[c-nsp] Recommended IOS for 7500

[Richard A Steenbergen]

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 04:50:05PM -0400, Jay Nakamura wrote:
> Speaking of scrapping it, what router or L3 switch would you recommend to
> 
> - Connect legacy T1 users (1 or 2 DS3s)
> - Connect direct Ethernet users (Colo or Eth WAN 40~50mbps aggragate)
> 
> that's cheap and reliable, new or used?  Again, QoS and rate limiting
> is most we would use over simple L3 forwarding.  Doesn't have to carry
> full BGP routes.  The two function can be on separate devices.

Last time I looked at something like that (many many many years ago, but 
I doubt that much has changed), a Juniper M5/M10 with a chds3 pic was 
going to be much cheaper on the used market (and better performing) than 
any comperable Cisco solution like a 7206vxr. You should be able to 
clear that entire package in under $5k (maybe well under, depends) with 
15 mins judiciously spent on ebay.com. :)

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