CPE/NID options

Sun Nov 26 00:10:53 UTC 2023

For ISPs buying this sort of white box/OEM platform in large quantities, I
would recommend sending one person to attend the yearly Computex Taipei
trade show to look at the new stuff and meet the manufacturer reps in
person.

Edgecore is just a marketing name/sub-brand for the company Accton.

https://www.computextaipei.com.tw/en/index.html

On Sat, Nov 25, 2023 at 2:32 PM Aled Morris via NANOG <nanog at nanog.org>
wrote:

> I don't think IP Infustion makes hardware  - their OCNOS software runs on
> many third-party white-box platforms from the likes of EdgeCore and
> UfiSpace.
>
> There may well be a device that suits the OP's requirements amongst the
> supported hardware list.
>
> I refer you to this handy table:
>
> https://www.ipinfusion.com/documentation/ocnos-hardware-compatibility-list/
>
> Aled
>
> On Fri, 24 Nov 2023 at 16:33, Tom Mitchell <tmitchell at netelastic.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I don't know about specific SKUs, but IP Infusion make a very popular set
>> of L2 switches.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 8:42 PM Ross Tajvar <ross at tajvar.io> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm evaluating CPEs for one of my clients, a regional ISP. Currently,
>>> we're terminating the customer's service (L3) on our upstream equipment and
>>> extending it over our own fiber to the customer's premise, where it lands
>>> in a Juniper EX2200 or EX2300.
>>>
>>> At a previous job, I used Accedian's ANTs on the customer prem side. I
>>> like the ANT because it has a small footprint with only 2 ports, it's
>>> passively cooled, it's very simple to operate, it's controlled centrally,
>>> etc. Unfortunately, when I reached out to Accedian, they insisted that the
>>> controller (which is required) started at $30k, which is a non-starter for
>>> us.
>>>
>>> I'm not aware of any other products like this. Does anyone have a
>>> recommendation for a simple L2* device to deploy to customer premises? Not
>>> necessarily the exact same thing, but something similarly-featured would be
>>> ideal.
>>>
>>> *I'm not sure if the ANT is exactly "layer 2", but I don't know what
>>> else to call it.
>>>
>>
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