Not only can they, it's done quite frequently. I just completed a

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deployment of seven Juniper MX series routers in a dual ring configuration, all acting as combination P/PE devices for a state government WAN backbone. Works like a charm.

Erik

On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Serge Vautour <sergevautour@yahoo.ca>wrote:

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Hello,

I'm pretty confident that a router can be used to perform P & PE functions simultaneously. What about from a best practice perspective? Is this something that should be completely avoided? Why? We're considering doing this as a temporary workaround but we all know temporary usually lasts a long time. I'd like to know what kind of mess awaits if we let this one go.

Thanks, Serge

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