is there a reason you can't use a VXR/NPE-300 with CEF per-packet load
balancing [instead of the imux path]? if all you need is to conserve
ip address space, you can un-number the DS3s to a loopback interface.
cheers
.siva
>
>
> I need to provision about 250mb/s of clearchannel IP capacity between two
> POPs. I'd prefer to do this over OC12POS, but WCOM is 6 months behind
> capacity for us right now, and can't provide us any additional optical
> services into that building.
>
> So I am stuck using DS3s with the ILEC. I'd rather not stick 2 6port DS3
> cards (1 in each router) to get the job done while we are waiting for WCOM
> capacity. Are there any good DS3-IMUX solutions to either 100Mbit/s or
> 1000Mbit/s ethernet? Or can anyone recommend a good (emphasis on small
> rack space requirements) Cisco box that can handle that?
>
> If I have to terminate the DS3s in a router, I was thinking (from a rack
> space point-of-view) either an M20 or a 7206VXR. The Juniper seems like
> overkill because there are no complex routing needs and even a 4-5xDS3
> bridge would be more than sufficient.
>
> Any ideas would be most appreciated.
>
> Deepak Jain
> AiNET
>
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