[c-nsp] Router advice

Ivan cisco-nsp at itpro.co.nz
Wed Nov 18 15:50:37 EST 2009


You may also want to check out the new ISR models (ISR G2 
http://www.cisco.com/go/isrg2).

Ivan

Seth Mattinen wrote:
> Ed W wrote:
>   
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I've been out of the market on the latest Cisco routers for a while and I'm
>> looking for some info about a router to use in a small co-located
>> environment.
>>
>> Basic requirements:
>> 2 Copper FastE/GigE
>> 50-75 Mbps throughput
>> HSRP
>> NetFlow
>> Basic ACLs/null routing for Bogons, etc.
>> No dynamic routing
>> No NAT/PAT
>>
>> Preferably 1U
>> More than 2 FE interfaces, IPv6 support and room to grow into a BGP session
>> or two would be nice, but not required.
>> Traffic will be mostly HTTP/HTTPS, Mail (IMAP, POP, SMTP) and some VOIP
>> channels mixed in (G711 & G729)
>>
>> My first thought after some research was a 2800 series, but NetFlow seems
>> like a possible red flag.
>>
>>     
>
> The 2800's support netflow just fine, but you won't get that kind of
> performance out of a 2811 (fastest 1U), nor anything else in the 2800
> line over a handful of single large packet flows. 3845 *maybe* depending
> on features, but it's 3U. If you need 1U then go for a 7201 which is
> basically a 1U 7200VXR NPE-G2.
>
> ~Seth
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