[AusNOG] 10G/SFP+ Router for NBN Enterprise Ethernet

[Luke Thompson]

Many thanks to everyone who replied on- and off-list!

Cheers,

Luke Thompson
Operations Manager

The Network Crew Pty Ltd
https://thenetworkcrew.com.au


On 21/2/22 11:23 am, Luke Thompson wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> For a long while we've leveraged 1G hardware within our office 
> environments. Thankfully, we're soon to have fibre at work.
>
> We're waiting for NBN Enterprise Ethernet to be fulfilled now so we 
> can transition from copper to fibre, and it presents a good 
> opportunity to replace our non-DC routers while we're at it. The 
> hand-off will be SFP+ rather than SFP.
>
> Ideally keeping away from lock-in models (ie. Meraki), what's 
> recommended and where would you seek it out? In terms of slot 
> failures, we'd probably prefer 2x SFP+ cages rather than 1x, and to 
> have a bit of resource overhead (ie. 2-4 cores rather than 
> single-core, and 1-4GB RAM rather than 512MB/etc) so we have room for 
> other services (VPN, DNS, etc).
>
> What do you recommend? Ubiquiti make some options, likewise MikroTik 
> have some RB/CCR models that look suitable. WISP seem to have some 
> low-spec MikroTiks in-stock that would suit, though without much 
> resource overhead to leverage. We're happy to compromise, the main 
> consideration is that it balances out to being a solid all-rounder.
>
> This is a situation where we haven't changed the configuration in a 
> fair while, so are open to ideas. We'd rather get this change right 
> and repeat it as time goes on, rather than make the wrong move and 
> look to re-do it again fairly soon.
>
> One final factor is security - we'd prefer a vendor who issues patches 
> as-needed, rather than quickly EOLing devices and/or hiding them 
> behind a subscription. If the value's there, we can look at it, though 
> would rather keep that for the DCs.
>
> Any and all insights much appreciated!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Luke Thompson
> Operations Manager
>
> The Network Crew Pty Ltd
> https://thenetworkcrew.com.au
>
>
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