Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:17:12 -0400 From: "Brant I. Stevens" <branto@branto.com>
What about a 6524 switch? Or a Juniper EX 4200?
6524? Sounds like a bit of overkill to me. As far as the EX4200, it might do the job in a bit, but, as of the latest JunOS release, too many features are supported for us to use them as full-function routers. Maybe in a release or two (late this year), they will be ready. The hardware is most impressive. Note that they will not handle full routes. I believe that they do about 12K routes, so they may be fine for you application. They do all of the "standard" protocols, but they don't so MPLS yet. I'm not quite sure when this will make it into JunOS. I'm quite impressed with the potential of this box and, as a layer 2 switch, they run very well. Just some serious limitations for layer 3. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751