[c-nsp] Small LNS's

[Skeeve Stevens]

Thanks.  But the 7200 are not practical in this situation.  This is because,
the size, cost and number of units required (15-20).

Cisco has a good page:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/iosswrel/ps1835/products_tech_note091
86a0080094322.shtml

877 - 300
1811 - 300
7507 - 2048
7204vxr-400 - 20050
7204vxr-g1 - 20050

7200's seem to be all the same?

2821 - 900
2851 - 1000
3825 - 1200
3845 - 1400

Seems the ISR's can do the work I am looking at.... But, what else should I
consider?

...Skeeve 

-----Original Message-----
From: Kristofer Sigurdsson [mailto:kristosig at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 20 December 2006 11:11 PM
To: Adrian Chadd
Cc: Skeeve Stevens; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Small LNS's

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