Cisco 7200 + NPE-G1 / 7301

Fri Nov 18 18:02:57 UTC 2005

On Fri, 18 Nov 2005, Neil J. McRae wrote:

>
> I'd stick with what you know unless you plan to terminate hundreds
> of thousands of things in which case cisco isn't a great choice. They
> two platforms are similar but 7301 is relatively new. Anything new from
> cisco
> I recommend to avoid for atleast a year so that you aren't an alpha
> tester.

The npe-g1 is not exactly a new product, it was introduced in early 2003 
if I'm not mistaken. The 7301 was introduced later that year.

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-nanog at merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog at merit.edu] On
>> Behalf Of Ben Butler
>> Sent: 18 November 2005 17:20
>> To: nanog at nanog.org
>> Subject: Cisco 7200 + NPE-G1 / 7301
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Anyone got any comments about how good or otherwise the Cisco 7200 +
>> NPE-G1 or 7301, both with 1GB of RAM, is as a eBGP router +
>> L2TP terminator for DSL subs, in terms of scalability for
>> bandwidth through put & the number of VPDN sessions it can
>> terminate before it dies.  Are the two solutions effectively
>> the same box or are there more technical differences beyond
>> the obvious number of slots.
>>
>> Without wanting to start one of those sorts of threads is it
>> time to look at something else, i.e. Juniper, for cost /
>> performance, or should I stick with the heard and what I know
>> in Cisco.
>>
>>
>> Kind Regards
>>
>> Ben Butler
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