Hi I working on a solution to offload my current internet facing, and soon to be backbone, routers from terminating IBGP sessions from aggregation network routers. I currently have 4948s (pizza box version of the cat4500) in place, mostly bridging traffic, but some routing (OSPF, couple dozen SVIs with HSRP). The 4948s surpasses all solution requirements (I think) except when it comes to scaling the number of BGP sessions to 80-100. The obvious solution is to replace with a much larger platform (ASR1k, etc), which I am consider as an option but capital is the killer. A more economical idea is to pair the 4948s with a route reflector or server. I am looking for recommendations on platforms that I should consider. I have seen the presentation from NANOG48 on open source route server applications (Thanks!), and I am considering a home grown solution, but I want to also consider any other commercial appliances that we can drop in (with some lab work of course) and buy support services on. I looked at a Vyatta appliance (2500 looks good, but single power supply is disappointing). At each PoP I would plan on having two reflectors/servers clustered, each paired with one 4948. I have 7206 NPE-G2s coming out of service in the future that could perhaps be used, but the timing wont work. If anyone has a recommendation on a platform, or general criticism of the idea, please advise. Feedback, positive or negative, is always welcome. Thanks in advance Eric RR Morin