[c-nsp] Routing recommendations

[sthaug at nethelp.no]

> I'm looking for a router with 3 GigE interfaces, capable of moving  
> 1gbps of traffic (64byte) and a full BGP table, with room to grow.     
> This would be for a border router scenario,  1 GigE from my upstream,  
> 1 GigE to my core switch and 1 GigE to interconnect two of these  
> routers.  Right now I have a GSR8 w/ GRP-B but that is overkill.   
> Redundant power/controllers would be nice but certainly not a  
> requirement.   Would I be able to get anything smaller than 7204/NPE- 
> G1,  Will anything in the 3800 series handle 1 gig of traffic?

If other vendors are relevant you might look at the Juniper M7i.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no