Help in selecting router please

Wed Sep 20 15:31:17 PDT 2006

A full BGP route table on the 2821 pushing 3gb/s? Not according to cisco.

Tim Pozar wrote:
> If all you need is a box with say 3 fiber drops and some twisted pairs,
> you can do this with a 2821 very nicely.  Great box.  You can even put
> 10Gb/s fiber cards in this box too.
>
> Tim
>
> 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.
>>     
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