[c-nsp] Customer Router Benefits on MPLS network

[Patrick Greene]

If all you want to be able to do is create more subnets, VLAN'S, ACL, etc.
then just place a Layer-3 capable switch out there.  You will need a switch
anyway.  Why incur the cost of a switch and a router when the switch will
support all your needs.

The out-of-band management is nice and sometimes necessary, however if the
MPLS carrier is managing the router I don't see much need to place a modem
at a location to manage a single switch.  Save the money of the modem and
recurring costs of the phone line and just get a better SmartNet package on
the switch.  I would also be more inclined to spend the money on a UPS since
bad power can create more problems than new equipment failing.

Keep things simple and fulfill the business needs.  

Patrick

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Shawn Mesiatowsky
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 8:09 PM
To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: [c-nsp] Customer Router Benefits on MPLS network

The place I work for is currently moving their network to an MPLS network. I
am trying to convince the executives we need customer routers at the remote
sites behind the Service Providers Customer edge router. The Service
provider will not allow us to use our own equipment for the customer edge
router. Each site will only have 1 subnet to start, but may expand to three
or four subnets (to allow for subnets to be created for things such as an
unsecured subnet that only has access to the internet, but not our internal
network, etc.), but the extra subnets are currently not needed. I also plan
to connect a modem to allow for remote administration of the site if for
some reason it goes down (including access to a Power bar with remote
cababilites to allow power cycling any remote equipment if needed). Now
those are the reasons I am looking to convince management to go with our own
customer routers on premise, but is there any additional reasons? I
appreciate any help.

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