[c-nsp] Router recommendation for load balancing setup

[Hector Herrera]

Hello,

I'm looking for a router that can:

- handle load-balancing on two 100Mbps links with minimal cpu impact
- must have at least 4 ports, at least 2 of which should be GigE and
the other two must support FE or GigE
- BGP with 25,000 routes

My budget is small (under $2,000) so I'm probably looking for EOL/EOS products.

I'm currently using a 3550-12t for the task, with the only drawback
that the cpu hits 99% load with a 5000 packets per sec./40Mbps
combined throughput on the load-balanced links.  The two 100Mbps
uplinks never reach more than 50% utilization because the router can't
handle the load.

I would like to be able to handle up to 80% utilization on the 100Mbps links.

Thank you for your suggestions,

Hector