[c-nsp] 3550 Switch and BGP

[Peter Hicks]

Hi Chris

Chris Moore wrote:

>  As far as BGP goes, all I'll be doing is advertising a subnet or two
>  and getting just default routes or perhaps directly connected routes
>  from the providers. A pair Cisco 3550s with EMI should be able to
>  handle this, right? I would guess it probably wouldn't handle
>  receiving the full routing table? I get a lot of conflicting advise
>  on how to size a router/switch for BGP.

Last time I looked, the 3550s couldn't do BGP even with EMI.  They can 
do the lower-end protocols - EIGRP, OSPF and RIP (does anyone still use 
this?) but not BGP.  I think you'll need a proper router rather than L3 
switch.

Or, can you get your upstreams to run EIGRP with you?


Peter.