[c-nsp] GigE Edge router

[Paul Connally]

On 5/31/05, sthaug at nethelp.no <sthaug at nethelp.no> wrote:
> 
> Depends on what kind of performance is desired, and what kind of
> limitations you can live with.
> 
> NPE-G1 was $15000 list price last time I checked, while a 3560 EMI with
> 4 SFP ports and 24 10/100/1000T ports is $8800. The 3560 (and similarly
> 3550, 3750, 4500) give you *much* higher performance, *if* you can live
> with the limitations. The limitations are significant, e.g.
> 
> - You're nowhere near being able to accept a full Internet routing
> table.

Probably should have specified; a full unicast BGP table (from
multiple providers) IS required.  For various reasons, default or
provider-only routes are not an option.

We also are running multicast BGP to one provider, possible another in
the future.