[AusNOG] LAC/LNS hardware recommendation

[Ankit Agrawal]

I have used Cisco 10000 series before for the same and must say it wasn't a pleasant experience. But, I suppose the ASR 1000 series has a different architecture and is more stable and scalable.

Not sure if it is the 1006 or 1013 that will do 64k subs...certainly worth looking...

Ankit.

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From: Matthew Moyle-Croft [mailto:mmc at 1mmc.com] On Behalf Of Matthew Moyle-Croft
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 5:55 PM
To: Ankit Agrawal
Cc: Julien Goodwin; Skeeve Stevens; 'ausnog at ausnog.net'
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] LAC/LNS hardware recommendation

Cisco ASR1k is a good choice for LAC/LNS.

My experience with it is pretty good, it scales (you can buy small ASR1001s upto larger ASR1004/6 which, with the newer RP and ESPs will do larger sub numbers and many 10Gs).

I can, from experience, tell you it's about the best for running IPv6 at scale.

MMC


On 26/11/2011, at 2:42 PM, Ankit Agrawal wrote:

> Even then I think its only 32k subscribers and not sure if it actually has all the functions of a broadband series router. Sure, it can do much more throughput wise but that is not exactly what I want from this router, more interested in terminating l2tp sessions and l2tp switching with all the standard ppp capabilities...I may only need about 20 Gbps of throughput per box but atleast 64k subs.
> 
> Ankit.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julien Goodwin [mailto:ausnog at studio442.com.au]
> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 3:07 PM
> To: Skeeve Stevens
> Cc: Ankit Agrawal; 'ausnog at ausnog.net'
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] LAC/LNS hardware recommendation
> 
> On 25/11/11 20:03, Skeeve Stevens wrote:
>> I think its only supported on the MX240 and up.
> 
> Which is what I said. Unfortunately the release notes were a little unclear on this.
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Julien Goodwin [mailto:ausnog at studio442.com.au]
>> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 02:58 PM
>> To: Ankit Agrawal <Ankit.Agrawal at dodo.com.au>
>> Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net <ausnog at ausnog.net>
>> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] LAC/LNS hardware recommendation
>> 
>> On 25/11/11 18:34, Ankit Agrawal wrote:
>>> Just wondering if anyone has had any experience with the below 
>>> Broadband Series routers in a LAC/LNS configuration:
>> 
>>> 2.       Juniper E series
>> 
>> The whole E/ERX is coming close to EOL with Juniper.
>> 
>> The (JunOS running) MXen being their stated replacements. Until 
>> recently the MXen didn't support L2TP LNS, but the release of 11.4 
>> this month fixes that, although it will be first gen quality (and I 
>> don't think it's available on the MX80, only the larger boxes when 
>> they're running "trio" line cards).
>> 
>> The MXen will also be much better base platform for NBN work if needed.
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