On 2/11/2010 1:53 PM, James Smallacombe wrote:
I have a customer that is looking at using BGP for their network; one connection over a few bonded T1s, the other over a Comcast Enterprise connection (which supposedly will do BGP now).
When I was dual homed a few years ago, a 7204VXR with 256MB was more than adequate. With routing tables growing the way they are, what's a good Cisco based solution on the lower end of the price spectrum that should handle this fine for a few years?
Somebody else is suggesting a Vyatta (Linux based) solution, which makes me a little nervous. Then again, Linux has improved dramatically from a security and stability P.O.V, so maybe it's worth a look if there's no hard drive involved.
I've been running vyatta, here, for a year now. Its running VPN's and its routing on a TimeWarner Fiber on a modest dual core supermicro server. Its never had to be restarted. Its only dropped its tunnel a few times, but a cronjob checks it and restarts if it goes away. Version : VC5.0.2 Copyright: 2006-2009 Vyatta, Inc. Built by : root@vyatta.com Built on : Fri Feb 27 03:18:16 UTC 2009 Build ID : 2009-02-26-2347-3bb1a83 Boot via : disk Uptime : 15:10:39 up 225 days, 22:31, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Cheers, Curtis