[125364] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Router for Metro Ethernet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Mon Apr 12 21:44:53 2010
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <91522911795E174F97E7EF8B792A1031228980@ltiserver.LTI.local>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:41:32 -0700
To: "Dennis Burgess" <dmburgess@linktechs.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Yes, but, according to the Mikrotik web site they appear to be obsolete
and incapable of routing IPv6.
Owen
On Apr 12, 2010, at 10:32 AM, Dennis Burgess wrote:
> a PowerRouter at http://www.mikrotikrouter.com can handle several
> hundred meg without issues.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Dennis Burgess, CCNA, Mikrotik Certified Trainer, MTCNA, MTCRE, MTCWE,
> MTCTCE, MTCUME
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeffrey Negro [mailto:jnegro@billtrust.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 12:29 PM
> To: nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: Router for Metro Ethernet
>
> Before I get taken for a ride by salespeople, I figured it would be best
> to
> ask the experts of Nanog....
>
> My company is currently in talks to bring an ethernet circuit into our
> headquarters, initially committing around 40Mbps. The ISP will be
> providing
> ethernet handoff, but I do not want their managed router offering
> (Adtran
> 4430) since it is pricey, non-redundant and I'd rather manage it myself.
> My
> question is about hardware. Can I assume that I can use something like
> a
> Cisco 2000 series router with two built in fast/gig ethernet ports,
> without
> a WIC? and since both sides are ethernet would the routing throughput
> be
> near fast ethernet speed? This is my first dealing with metro ethernet
> offerings, and I don't want to assume that the Cisco throughput rates
> listed
> for T1/ADSL etc. are the same for a metro ethernet as the WAN.
>
> Any and all suggestions on the hardware would be greatly appreciated.
> Thank
> you in advance!
