Help in selecting router please

Wed Sep 20 13:57:03 PDT 2006

Michael T. Halligan wrote:
> Nicole wrote:
>> Hi
>>  I was wondering if anyone could assist in helping me with a problem.
>>
>>   I have bandwidth that is exceeding our 1Gb fiber drop from our
>> colo providor, so I need to add another. So do so, I will need to 
>> move to a
>> router or routing switch that can use BGP (as that is all that our 
>> colo providor
>> offers) to support load balancing across the two fiber drops. Then 
>> provide at
>> least 2 preferably 4 or more 1Gb copper or fiber ports to connect to our
>> switches.
>>  Once we start talking multiple gigabit routing, I am in over my head 
>> and the
>> costs seem extreemly high. I was wondering if anyone could reccomend 
>> a solution
>> or router that may be less than stratosferic in cost.
>>
>>  Thanks
>>
>>   Nicole
>>
>>   
>
> You might look at the Cisco 7604. It can handle your load and is 
> reasonably priced at around $10k. I think
> it maxes out at about 3gb/s, however. We installed a fully-redundant 
> 7604 at a customer recently. They're
> pushing 3gb/s over 4x1gb fibre uplinks. We sold them the hardware with 
> tax, shipping, and setup as a package
> for $42k.

Err, cut and paste gone wrong. The Cisco 7301 can do 3gb/s for $10k.  
The Cisco 7604, fully redundant (power, sups, etc)
that we just installed for a customer was around $42k with 
shipping/tax/setup.