[c-nsp] Basic BGP Cisco Router

[Bill Woodcock]

Yep, a 2901 should do you fine, if you add one more routed GigE, or a four-port switched GigE, depending on your needs.  One up from that, the 2921 is a router we use a lot of, and are happy with. 

    
                -Bill


> On May 25, 2014, at 13:47, "Dan Brisson" <dbrisson at uvm.edu> wrote:
> 
> I'm wondering what folks would recommend for a very basic BGP router of the Cisco variety.  The scenario is that I want to introduce a second ISP to my Internet edge.  I don't have very high bandwidth needs - current connection is 20Mb/s and the new one will probably be 50Mb/s.  I plan to use BGP to advertise my address space to both ISPs with the main goal really being that I want to ensure that I never drop off the Internet.  I don't really care about best path TO the Internet, but want to make sure people can get to me.  That said, I plan to just take a default route from both providers which makes me think I shouldn't need much of a router.
> 
> So I'm looking at basic default routing via BGP, about 75Mb/s of throughput needed, and would like (3) 100mb or 1Gig interfaces. Seems like a 2900 series router would work but would love to hear what folks think.
> 
> Thanks!
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