[j-nsp] router recommendation

[Richard Zheng]

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 8:54 AM, Mehmet Akcin <mehmet at icann.org> wrote:

> On Oct 14, 2010, at 11:46 AM, "sthaug at nethelp.no" <sthaug at nethelp.no>
> wrote:
>
> >> I'd like to have some recommendation of a router model. It is for a
> small
> >> ISP. There are 2 or 3 upstreams which feeds the whole Internet routing
> >> table. Total about 20 peering sessions. The traffic is about 2-3G in 12
> >> months. Right now we only care about Internet. But if it can scale to
> >> support layer 2 and/or layer 3 VPN services, that's a big plus.
> >>
> >> We have dealt with M20 about 4-5 years ago. I am looking at M7i or M10i.
> Not
> >> sure if I am on the right path.
> >
> > You probably want the MX80, unless you *really* need other interface
> > types than Ethernet. M7i/M10i are getting rather long in the tooth.
>
> Hi, i agree. MX series is way to go. You will need to spend some $$ but my
> last two years with MXs (previously m7i) they worth every penny.
>
> Happy to answer if you have more specific questions
>

I looked at MX80 before. Its 20x 10/100/1000 and 80G backplane is way more
than what we need. M7i is also cheaper than MX80. I went through the history
of this list. M7i got pretty good review, except the hard drive issue in
2005. For what we need, M7i seems a better option.