EdgeRouter Infinity as medium-sized "IXP Peering Router"?

Fri Aug 11 15:34:31 UTC 2017

As an additional note, sometimes drivers get backported, this is how
1.9.7hotfix1 works on Infinity. There are multiple trees in various stages
of dev at any given time.

On Aug 11, 2017 10:29 AM, "Josh Reynolds" <josh at kyneticwifi.com> wrote:

> Since it's been announced now...
>
> I have an alpha unit. It came with 1.9.8dev straight from $manufacturer.
> My box still has markings from customs all over it.
>
> Expect a new version with some minor fixes soon. A lot of firmware work
> going on at the moment on various edgeOS product lines.
>
> On Aug 11, 2017 10:03 AM, "Nick W" <nickdwhite at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 1.9.7 definitely applies to Infinity:
>>
>> ER-8-XG:
>> https://dl.ubnt.com/firmwares/edgemax/v1.9.7/ER-e1000.v1.9.7
>> +hotfix.1.5005858.tar
>> (SHA256:b1a16900e3fbe1eef3876548ac7eda12a95ef849d4328f22b478459e2a506b92)
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 9:07 PM, Josh Reynolds <josh at kyneticwifi.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Forgot reply all...
>>>
>>> That does not apply to the infinity. Those shipped with 1.9.8dev.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Aug 8, 2017 8:03 PM, "Mike Hammett" <nanog at ics-il.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> > 1.9.7+hotfix.1 is the currently available stable. 1.9.1.1 was released
>>> on
>>> > May 1st.
>>> >
>>> > https://community.ubnt.com/t5/EdgeMAX-Updates-Blog/EdgeMAX-
>>> > EdgeRouter-software-security-release-v1-9-7-hotfix-1/ba-p/2019161
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > -----
>>> > Mike Hammett
>>> > Intelligent Computing Solutions
>>> > http://www.ics-il.com
>>> >
>>> > Midwest-IX
>>> > http://www.midwest-ix.com
>>> >
>>> > ----- Original Message -----
>>> >
>>> > From: "Nick W" <nickdwhite at gmail.com>
>>> > To: nanog at nanog.org
>>> > Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 10:55:28 PM
>>> > Subject: Re: EdgeRouter Infinity as medium-sized "IXP Peering Router"?
>>> >
>>> > Tried the Infinity, unsuccessfully. Several of them. Ended up pulling
>>> them
>>> > all, sitting in my homelab for now. Multiple full tables, nothing
>>> fancy for
>>> > firewall or QOS, but ran into issues with random ribd/bgpd crashes and
>>> > kernel panics. I've submitted a lot of logs and core dumps to UBNT. I
>>> would
>>> > personally stay away from them until they are out of beta, and possibly
>>> > even another 6-12 months after that.
>>> >
>>> > The current stable EdgeMax version (1.9.1.1) is relatively stable, but
>>> > using an outdated ZebOS (1.2.0?) with a number of issues (MPLS, OSPF,
>>> BGP)
>>> > - nothing too major, but can be annoying. Probably okay for what you
>>> > described. Depending on how much throughput you need, an ERPro, or
>>> Mikrotik
>>> > would probably be fine. If you need 10G, load up VyOS on some cheap
>>> servers
>>> > with an Intel or Solarflare card... probably cheaper than a beta
>>> Infinity
>>> > or Mikrotik.
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Job Snijders <job at instituut.net>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > Dear NANOG,
>>> > >
>>> > > Some friends of mine are operating a nonprofit (on shoe string) and
>>> > looking
>>> > > to connect some CDN caches to an IX fabric. A BGP speaking device is
>>> > needed
>>> > > between the caches and the BGP peers connected to the fabric. The BGP
>>> > > speaker is needed to present the peers on the IX with a unified view
>>> of
>>> > the
>>> > > assemblage of CDN nodes.
>>> > >
>>> > > I was wondering whether anyone was experience with the "EdgeRouter
>>> > Infinity
>>> > > XG" device, specifically in the role of a simple peering router for a
>>> > > couple of tens of thousands of routes. (I'd point default to the
>>> left and
>>> > > take just the on-net routes on the right to reduce the table size
>>> > > requirement).
>>> > >
>>> > > I hope the device can do at least 2xLACP trunks, has a sizable FIB,
>>> is
>>> > > automatable (supports idempotency), can forward IMIX at line-rate,
>>> *flow,
>>> > > and exposes some telemetry via SNMP.
>>> > >
>>> > > Any note sharing would be appreciated!
>>> > >
>>> > > Kind regards,
>>> > >
>>> > > Job
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
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