[101927] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cost per prefix [was: request for help w/ ATT and terminology]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Palmer)
Sun Jan 20 21:14:11 2008
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:58:40 +1100
From: Matt Palmer <mpalmer@hezmatt.org>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <4793F364.3070106@iglou.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 08:20:36PM -0500, Jeff McAdams wrote:
> Joe Abley wrote:
> > On 20-Jan-2008, at 15:34, William Herrin wrote:
>
> >> Perhaps your definition of "entry level DFZ router" differs from mine.
> >> I selected a Cisco 7600 w/ sup720-3bxl or rsp720-3xcl as my baseline
> >> for an entry level DFZ router.
>
> > A new cisco 2851 can be found for under $10k and can take a gig of RAM.
> > If your goal is to have fine-grained routing data, and not to carry gigs
> > of traffic, that particular router is perfectly adequate.
>
> And to take that concept to its logical extreme.
>
> A Linux box (*BSD, pick your poison) running Quagga or similar will do
> the job at an extremely low price point.
So if we plug in, say, $2k for the cost of the Linux box, and compare it to
the L3 switch mentioned earlier, each extra prefix saves the Internet around
50c? <grin>
- Matt
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