[AusNOG] ATM Router / Switch recommendations

[Mark Prior]

On 2/08/12 9:26 AM, Jarrod Lucia wrote:

> I have been a follower for a while but first time posting.
>
> I was after opinions for some ATM router / switch hardware. We have a need to connect to a supplier via ATM (STM-4 at this stage), and I was looking for some equipment to terminate this on.
>
> I have used the Cisco lightstream 1010 in the past, but I believe these are now EOL and long in the tooth.
>
> As this is the only ATM connections we are likely to have I don't particularly want to get a high end router just to hold a few ATM cards.
>
> So list is short and sweet:
>
> a.	STM-4 capacity, with ability to add additional STM-4 for redundancy.
> b.	Redundant hardware (power supply etc).
> c.	New or second hand (as long as the price is right)
>
> Any thoughts / and or recommendations would be appreciated.

A supplier still using ATM, WOW :-) Are you sure that they couldn't do a 
hand off via SDH or GigE?

Mark.