Router Suggestions

Tue Jun 16 16:16:41 UTC 2020

Pretty sure you can via the following PNs.

S-MX204-IR
S-MX204-R

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From: NANOG <nanog-bounces at nanog.org> On Behalf Of Jared Brown
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 11:11 AM
To: Matt Harris <matt at netfire.net>
Cc: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog at nanog.org>
Subject: Re: Router Suggestions

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Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2020
From: "Matt Harris" <matt at netfire.net>
>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 9:52 AM Jared Brown <nanog-isp at mail.com[mailto:nanog-isp at mail.com]> wrote:
>> My no-effort quote from last month lists just the box at $13,000. Once you are all in the total is that 1.5 multiple Baldur mentioned compared to OP.
>>
>> However, if you google "mx204 price" the first hit wants very much to sell you one for <$11,000. Caveat emptor and YMMV.
>>
>> Jared
>> 
> Not all MX204's are created equal, however. For edge applications, many folks will want to go with the -IR model, and the -R model is the fully-unrestricted one.
> These will cost substantively more than the base model which has rib, fib, and vrf limitations enforced.
  True enough. I was, however, under the impression you could upgrade the license at a later date.

Jared