[AusNOG] Cisco ASR 1K as a low-end LNS

[Skeeve Stevens]

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On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 6:58 AM, Tony Wicks <tony at wicks.co.nz> wrote:

> One last but important detail with using the ASR1K as a BNG is that load
> balancing on 1G port groups doing PPPoE and L2TP does not work. I spent
> three frustrating months working with TAC to be informed eventually that
> actually that is a feature that is working as designed. So if you only want
> n+1 redundancy you can use a port group, but load balancing you are out of
> luck. Load balancing on non PPPoE/L2TP port groups works fine. For me that
> meant moving to 10G interfaces earlier than anticipated.
>
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>
> cheers
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> *From:* AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] *On Behalf Of *Tony
> Wicks
> *Sent:* Sunday, 15 June 2014 5:00 p.m.
> *To:* 'Skeeve Stevens'
> *Cc:* ausnog at ausnog.net
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] Cisco ASR 1K as a low-end LNS
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> OH, and FYI the licences are all “paper” licences, not activation keys.
> I.e. if you start with the base 500 licence and exceed it, the box won’t
> blow up waiting for you to buy more.
>
>
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> *From:* AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
> <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>] *On Behalf Of *Tony Wicks
> *Sent:* Sunday, 15 June 2014 4:55 p.m.
> *To:* 'Skeeve Stevens'
> *Cc:* ausnog at ausnog.net
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] Cisco ASR 1K as a low-end LNS
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> 1002 with ESP10 can be readily obtained refurbished and will do the job. I
> recommend “advancedipservices”. You can buy the BBRTU licence (with 500)
> then the additional user licence as needed separately. The 1002/10G should
> be good be good for 10k+ users if you need to scale. You can also buy
> smartnet separately if you want proper access to IOS updates etc
> (recommended). I highly recommend at least the ESP10, anything lower and it
> really won’t last you long. I use asr1k6/esp40 as my primary LNS with some
> 1x2/esp10 for smaller tasks. The 1k6/esp40 are good for up to about 32k
> users. They seem to do the job ok, I use “Cisco IOS XE Software, Version
> 03.10.02.S - Extended Support Release” I would not recommend anything older
> than this. Oh and don’t bother trying to use the LI feature, it’s really
> bad.
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> *From:* AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
> <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>] *On Behalf Of *Skeeve Stevens
> *Sent:* Sunday, 15 June 2014 4:27 p.m.
> *To:* ausnog at ausnog.net
> *Subject:* [AusNOG] Cisco ASR 1K as a low-end LNS
>
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>
> Hey all,
>
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> I am looking at using some ASR1k's for some low-end LNS's.... but not used
> the 1K before.
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> I presume buying refurb ASR1002's hardware means you can just buy the
> licences?
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> Anyone got any thoughts/advice on the suitability of the ASR1K as an LNS -
> I am thinking maybe 1000 or so NBN related speeds... seems like the
> throughput will be fine for those sorts of numbers.
>
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>
> Looks like the BB licensing is RTU (500 users) then 4K users... but much
> than what I need... annoying. Pricing isn't too bad though.
>
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> Any comments on licensing would be helpful and if you need anything apart
> from the advanced IOS and the RTU.
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> Any thoughts on or off-list would be welcome.
>
>
> ...Skeeve
>
>
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> *Skeeve Stevens - *eintellego Networks Pty Ltd
>
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