18 messages in net.nether.puck.cisco-nsp[c-nsp] Cisco 7304 as a Border router
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Robert BlayzorJan 14, 2005 10:30 am 
McCallum, RobertJan 14, 2005 10:39 am 
Clinton WorkJan 14, 2005 1:03 pm 
Rodney DunnJan 14, 2005 1:44 pm 
Mark PriorJan 15, 2005 12:24 am 
Majid FaridJan 15, 2005 4:59 am 
Mikael AbrahamssonJan 15, 2005 5:27 am 
sth...@nethelp.noJan 15, 2005 9:03 am 
Robert BlayzorJan 15, 2005 10:15 am 
Mark PriorJan 15, 2005 11:25 pm 
sth...@nethelp.noJan 16, 2005 12:17 am 
Majid FaridJan 16, 2005 2:23 am 
Mikael AbrahamssonJan 16, 2005 2:31 am 
McCallum, RobertJan 16, 2005 5:01 pm 
Majid FaridJan 17, 2005 12:12 pm 
Kevin GrahamJan 17, 2005 9:36 pm 
McCallum, RobertJan 18, 2005 4:59 am 
Simon LeinenJan 21, 2005 3:20 am 
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Subject:[c-nsp] Cisco 7304 as a Border routerActions...
From:Mark Prior (mr@mrp.net)
Date:Jan 15, 2005 12:24:45 am
List:net.nether.puck.cisco-nsp

On 14 January 2005, Robert Blayzor wrote:

I'm looking for anyones comments or experiences with using 7300's in a border router deployment and if it's meeting your needs. I'm curious as to what type and how much traffic you are pushing through it.

We have a 7304-G100 acting as a border router, multiple OC12 transits, but it doesn't really like a large number of flows in that role so DOS is esepcially annoying. It's fine as an edge system though. The native ATM card has MTU problems so I would avoid it. We also had issues with the system turning off both ports on the dual OC12 card when it had a problem with one of the ports which we considered pretty anti-social. We've also had a couple of unexplainable reloads.

IOS choices are pretty limited and the way Cisco is handling 12.2S is confusing. At least it does jumbo frames on the GbE ports which is better than a 7206VXR/G1.

Of our cisco border routers the 12404/PRP-2 seems the best, hardly surprising really.

Mark.