Mx204 alternative

Sat Aug 10 11:48:13 UTC 2019

I have to agree with Eric here. 1G should be relegated elsewhere. If you ask for something that does all these speeds you will soon ask for 10m and that’s a wide range. 

I would go with a 72q and if something needs 1G then add a switch or similar. Something like that Arista 7050 while EOL will cover this well and can be had for cheap. 

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> On Aug 8, 2019, at 8:20 AM, Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I am not certain on the value of having 1GbE interfaces natively on a $25k plus router in the year 2019. Pair the router with a nice 1RU 1/10GbE switch installed directly next to it with full metro Ethernet layer 2 feature set. 
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> Anything that needs a 1GbE inteface, attach it to that switch, give the switch a single 10GbE port to the router, and create the 1Gbps on the router as a subinterface. 
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> We have reached the point in 10GbE being so low cost that it should really be the minimum port size for a lot of things. I recently bought an Intel chipset two port SFP+ daughtercard for a Dell server (part c63dv for an old r720) on eBay for $40.
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>> On Wed, Aug 7, 2019, 8:04 PM Mehmet Akcin <mehmet at akcin.net> wrote:
>> Greetings,
>> 
>> I am looking for some suggestions on alternatives to mx204. 
>> 
>> Any recommendations on something more affordable which can handle full routing tables from two providers?
>> 
>> Prefer Juniper but happy to look alternatives.
>> Min 6-8 10G ports are required
>> 1G support required
>> 
>> Thanks in advance! 
>> 
>> Mehmet
>> -- 
>> Mehmet
>> +1-424-298-1903
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