Re: EdgeRouter Infinity as medium-sized "IXP Peering Router"?

[Josh Reynolds <josh () kyneticwifi com>]

I kinda feel the same way.  I wish FRR was a big more mature at this
point though.

On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 10:21 PM, Baldur Norddahl
<baldur.norddahl () gmail com> wrote:
> Why not use a Linux or BSD computer for this? It is cheap and you know
> exactly what you are getting. It will forward 10 gig at line rate at least
> for normal traffic.
>
> Regards
>
> Baldur
>
> Den 3. jul. 2017 21.08 skrev "Job Snijders" <job () instituut net>:
>
> > Dear NANOG,
> >
> > Some friends of mine are operating a nonprofit (on shoe string) and looking
> > to connect some CDN caches to an IX fabric. A BGP speaking device is needed
> > between the caches and the BGP peers connected to the fabric. The BGP
> > speaker is needed to present the peers on the IX with a unified view of the
> > assemblage of CDN nodes.
> >
> > I was wondering whether anyone was experience with the "EdgeRouter Infinity
> > XG" device, specifically in the role of a simple peering router for a
> > couple of tens of thousands of routes. (I'd point default to the left and
> > take just the on-net routes on the right to reduce the table size
> > requirement).
> >
> > I hope the device can do at least 2xLACP trunks, has a sizable FIB, is
> > automatable (supports idempotency), can forward IMIX at line-rate, *flow,
> > and exposes some telemetry via SNMP.
> >
> > Any note sharing would be appreciated!
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Job