[c-nsp] Recommendation for Cisco router with Full BGP Route

Mark Tinka mark at tinka.africa
Tue Mar 4 16:34:29 UTC 2025



On 3/4/25 17:28, Gert Doering via cisco-nsp wrote:
> On proper routers, packets forwarded will not be a concern to the CPU :-)
>
> With "5x 10Gbps", an ASR9001 would be a perfect match, but that's a
> platform Cisco no longer wants to sell.  The successors (ASR9901 etc)
> are much bigger (100G ports) and just so expensive.
>
> So maybe one of these Catalyst 8000 would indeed be an option, if you
> do not intend to connect to a big IXP.
>
> Or go Juniper and look for an MX204.

Either I've been somewhat out of the loop of the latest & greatest from 
Cisco, or it's just seeming rather dull with their latest compliment of 
switches and routers.

Unless it's all AI, now :-)?

Mark.


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