If "smart" means both good and cheap then I'll answer your question with another question: is anyone doing merchant with comparable feature depth and lower pricing to broadcom? I think the most affordable good, read smart, choices are sprayed across Jericho and trident. On Mon, Mar 3, 2025, 1:51 AM john doe via NANOG <nanog@lists.nanog.org> wrote:

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: john doe <johan.borch@gmail.com> To: North American Network Operators Group <nanog@lists.nanog.org> Cc: Bcc: Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2025 07:50:36 +0100 Subject: [NANOG] Re: [NANOG]Re: Hardware for MPLS/SR network Full tables are not needed, this will mainly be used for L3VPNs and L2-transport. Mikrotik was only one of the options, we have looked at Juniper for example and this was more to check if there are other smart solutions out there, other than the traditional vendors :)

Johan

On Sun, Mar 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM Tony Wicks <tony@wicks.co.nz> wrote:

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Do you need full tables? Will merchant silicon (switch/routers) be sufficient (if you are only transporting L2 for example) or do you need full capability of a custom silicon (Nokia/Juniper) router. You mention Mikrotik, you would not get a single vendor silicon box (like a Nokia SR-1) for the cost of Mikrotik and there is a good reason for that. It really comes down to what the budget/use case is.

-----Original Message----- From: john doe <johan.borch@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, 3 March 2025 10:17 am To: nanog@lists.nanog.org Subject: [NANOG]Hardware for MPLS/SR network

Hi!

I’m looking for equipment to build a 100G MPLS/SR network. This won’t be a large setup—likely around six PE routers connected in a 100G ring, with distances ranging from 100 km to 400 km. These routers will also need to aggregate local links from 10G up to 100G. They don't need to carry a full table.

Given that I’m aiming to keep costs down (an impossible equation? 😊), what manufacturers would be worth considering today?

Is refurbished hardware still a viable option, considering licensing and other factors?

Mikrotik’s CCR line is quite affordable, but would it be capable of handling a PE role while aggregating multiple link speeds? Buffering?

Other options?

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