[cisco-bba] 7204VXR vs ASR1001-x (as LNS / provider is LAC)

[Bruce Technical]

Hi Nathan,

Thanks for the feedback.

1- ASR1001-x need IP Advance licenses ($6k) and sessions licens (500 for
$5k and 4500 more for another $5k+). Do you need those for your setup?

2- Are there any licenses you have to buy for the 7204vxr series to be able
to do LNS/LAC or VRF and L2TP?

Side note: There are some Radius challenges apparently that the new ASR
will throw your way.

Cheers,

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 4:41 PM, Nathan Downes <nathandownes at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
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> We use a 7204vxr with an NPE-G2 as an LNS,  Carrier sends sessions from
> their LAC to us via L2TP tunnel.
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> Use it more for FTTx than DSL, have about 30 DSL sessions and 400 FTTX
> connections, varying fom 12/1 to 100/40.  Pretty impressed with the NPE-G2,
> we average about 30-40% CPU with those connections, no extra cards in
> device, just using standard 3 gigabit ports on the NPE, one for inbound
> sessions, one for internet and one for radius.
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> In the process of putting in an ASR1004 with an ESP40 in a couple of
> weeks, a lot more coin than the 7204, but consolidating a bit and we do a
> lot of L2 Fibre connections to business customers, biggest reason is to get
> netflow for new data retention laws.
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> Not being a Cisco expert by any means, moving from a switch platform to a
> router platform has been a huge learning curve!
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> *From:* cisco-bba [mailto:cisco-bba-bounces at puck.nether.net] *On Behalf
> Of *Bruce Technical
> *Sent:* Sunday, 12 February 2017 7:03 AM
> *To:* cisco-bba at puck.nether.net
> *Subject:* [cisco-bba] 7204VXR vs ASR1001-x (as LNS / provider is LAC)
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> Hi,
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> We are entering the DSL reseller market and costs for ASR1001-x or
> ASR1002-x are in the $20k+ for Cisco ASR1001-x + IP Advance Licenses + 500
> Sessions.
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> We are considering used 7204VXR. What is it in ASR1001-x that 7204VXR
> can't do for example?
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> Our Service Provider require LNS/LAC, L2TP, VRF, and Radius.
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> Thanks,
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> Bruce
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