2/25 What is the smallest (physical and price) cisco router that can
handle BGP? It should be able to have more than 256 ram.
\_ When you say ``handle BGP'', do you mean supports the bgp
protocol or supports enough ram to keep a reasonable (what do you
consider to be reasonable) number of routes in memory? Do you want
to be peering at PAIX, or do you just need a router to run the T1
line for your house? 256 megs is a *LOT* of RAM for a router and
more than you would ever reasonably need to run your home T1 line.
The 1760 is a reasonably good entry-level/consumer grade router,
but it maxes out at 96 megs. The 2691 appears to support 256 megs.
-dans
\_ I mean "supports enough ram to keep a reasonable number of
routes in memory." I shouldn't have mentioned price, I have
changed it to be just physical. I don't understand why a router
running bgp between two networks memory needs to be multi-u.
Isn't one of the advantages of having a "do one thing" box is
that it can be small? Anyway, I want a commercial grade
cisco router. I do plan to multi home my IP address, so that
if one colo goes down my precious pron server will still be
up at ISP number 2. (I know, the ISP has to cooperate, and
i'm kidding about the pronness)
\_ You need to define what you consider to be a reasonable
number of routes. Based on that you can calculate the amount
of memory you need. My (still largely uninformed) off the
cuff answer based on the above would be something from the
2600 series, which, I believe, are all 1U. -dans
\_ why would you run BGP out of your house? is there any reason
to run BGP unless you are multi-homed? Don't you need some
unique ID (ARIN or something-erother) to be multi-homed?
\_ so he can learn how it works?
\_ Look, I'm not the one asking for the ``smallest ... cisco
router that can handle BGP [that] should be able to have
more than 256 ram.'' As for why one might run BGP out of
one's house:
a) maybe you're a practitioner of the better homes and colo
facilities phenomenon
b) yes, there are other reasons to run BGP than being
multi-homed (details left as an exercise for the reader,
hint IBGP)
i) Those reasons aside, I said something about using a
router to run a T1 line, *I* never said anything about
running BGP out of your house.
The `unique ID' you are referring to is an Autonomous System
Number or ASN. You need one if you want to announce a
routeable ip address block on the internet. -dans |
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