Cisco Router best for full BGP on a sub 5K bidget 7500 7200 orother vendor ?

Sun Apr 25 13:06:49 UTC 2004

It is a great box. But I need BGP. I notice Cisco does not support 7505
with Software Advisor but does 7507 whats the deal with that ?

Alexander Hagen
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-----Original Message-----
From: sthaug at nethelp.no [mailto:sthaug at nethelp.no] 
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 6:04 AM
To: alexander at etheric.net
Cc: nanog at merit.edu
Subject: RE: Cisco Router best for full BGP on a sub 5K bidget 7500 7200
orother vendor ?

> Yes. I've been looking at it and a 7505 with a 3550 behind it seems
the
> way to go for our type of operation. 
> 
> As a cost cutting alternative - has anyone played with the 2900 XL
> series using sub interfaces to turn them into virtual router ports ?
or
> vlan groups ?
> Is it better to just buy a 3550 ?

If you're only doing basic Ethernet-Ethernet routing, and don't need
a full routing table, it's quite possible that the 3550 will perform
better than either the 6000/Sup1A or the 7505. You might also consider
a 3750, which handles a large number of SVIs better than the 3550.

(Yes, I'm seriously suggesting using the 3550 or 3750 alone.)

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no