[c-nsp] Small LNS's

[Kristofer Sigurdsson]

Hi,

2006/12/20, Adrian Chadd <adrian at creative.net.au>:
> On Wed, Dec 20, 2006, Skeeve Stevens wrote:
> >
> > I am looking for a router which can do from 250-500 l2tp sessions.
> >
> > They don't need to do more than this.
> >
> > I'm thinking 2851, 3725, etc?

Might want to check the IDB limits on those platforms.  I've hit some
nasty unexpected problems with broadband aggregation on ISRs.

> >
> > Any opinions?
>
> Just to give you a rough guideline for CPU usage - 7200 w/ NPE-200 handles
> 300 l2tp sessions just fine. Bandwidth ranging from 56k to 1.5mbit per
> connection; aggregate speed of about ~9mbit of L2TP.

I second that.  The 7200 series are designated for (among other
things) this purpose, and hence, they are better suited for it.
You'll find an old 7200 cheap on eBay.

-Kristo