Use E-bay. 1) Cisco 4700 or Cisco 4500 on EBAY, with 2FE card, is the cheapesr solution: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3055979445&category=28036 + http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3055635959&category=28036 or http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3055680837&category=28036 + some memory (it uses standard memory with parity). May be, 4000M with 2 NP-1FE can work, but 4000 is _very_ old (it use Motorola, 4500 and 4700 uses MIPS) and slow, and very far _out of life_. 4500 is the cheapest case, of course. 2) Cisco 3620 +_ this module: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3055171886&category=28035 for example http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3055145110&category=51202 3) Cisco 3640: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3055678338&category=51203 4) Cisco 2621 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3055489861&category=11185 Other choice is to have 1 FE and use switch with ISL trunk. It is veery unlikely that you need full 2xFE interface.
From technical point of view (if not think about a price), 3550 is the best solution, of course:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3056042558&category=28040 The best by price / features is 3620 or 3640 - it uses standard memory, can b expanded, easy to find modules, modules are compatible with new routers. The worst think you can do is go io Cisco and purchase a new box -:) - prices are crazy high (2 FE roputer shpuld not cost mopre than 500$). ----- Original Message ----- From: <sthaug@nethelp.no> To: <ariel@fireball.tau.ac.il> Cc: <nanog@merit.edu> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 2:47 PM Subject: Re: short question
I have a question. I need for a project a small router than can do
2xFE
@wire speed, IOS IP feature set, and it will do BGP with a small subset of the global routing table (~1000 networks).
Price is a big issue, but so is stability and reliability of the platform.
Cisco Catalyst 3550 with EMI feature set.
Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no