Last Mile Design

Thu Feb 14 18:50:26 UTC 2019

Aaron,

Indeed the ACX5048 is a great box but expensive. I was talking about using
the Gig-e ports of a 48 port switch to face subscribers, and asking what
low cost IP-Capable MPLS capable 48 port switch fits that role. Basically
an access switch for AE.

On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 9:10 AM Aaron Gould <aaron1 at gvtc.com> wrote:

> Not sure if this is what y'all are talking about, but I use lots of
> Juniper ACX5048 (previously Cisco ME3600 or ASR9000) for mpls-capable
> router edging in native ip/ethernet from ftth gpon network into mpls
> l2circuits and LOTS of vrf.... vrf for public ip, vrf for cgnat for private
> ip, vrf for voice...  I'm glad I did it.
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> Residential----- ONT-----ftth/gpon------OLT------ACX5048-----mpls/vrf
> x-------cgnat/inet------
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> Residential----- DSL Modem-----DSLAM-----------ACX5048-----mpls/vrf
> y-------cgnat/inet------
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> Residential----- Cable Modem-----CMTS-----------ACX5048-----mpls/vrf
> z-------cgnat/inet------
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> -Aaron
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