I have FiOS 1G, but hear they’re offering 10G soon. Currently using a Cisco 4331 (formerly a Cisco 3825), which is fine for gigabit… but will need a router once they upgrade the OLTs around here. Afaik Cisco wise the ASR1001X is the best I can do ($1kish on eBay), but is there something good from like Juniper or Arista that’s a bit cheaper?

I want hardware, enterprise grade.

  • Just-a-waffle_@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Could look at Mikrotik too, they have options that are certainly capable of routing higher than 10G, would be good to learn on, and don’t have ridiculous licensing BS like Cisco.

    I was lucky enough to get a CCR2004-1G-12S+2XS (1x 1G management port, 12x 10G SFP+, 2x 25G SFP28), work was testing a pair of them as the new core, and ended up having extra budget to get Arista instead. So one of them came home with me :)

    3.4Gbps to single tunnel, 40Gbps routing with fastpath, and while it has active cooling available, it has a massive passive heatsink on the back and I’ve never heard the fans spin up. Max power consumption 49W. It’s amazing for a home/business, and can very well handle enterprise workloads.