[lug] Router Recommendation

[George Sexton]

> option would be to go into a colocation facility that will provide the
> routing for you...  Some places will, some places won't.

The ISP would do the routing, but then I end up paying for 2 additional
network drops, and perhaps more as I add equipment. 

> Well, there are some interesting-looking routing switches that would
> probably do the job you're asking starting around $3,000.  

I'm thinking the AdTran NetVanta 1224R is going to do what I need. It's an
integrated 24 port managed switch/router. It would certainly give me a lot
of capability and flexibility.

http://www.adtran.com/adtranpx/Rooms/DisplayPages/LayoutInitial?ProductCateg
ory=com.webridge.entity.Entity%5BOID%5B34595DA27BE27647B8BC485E24223937%5D%5
D&Product=com.webridge.entity.Entity%5BOID%5B3284610E3C90BA489466A977173F321
A%5D%5D&Container=com.webridge.entity.Entity%5BOID%5B2E2EF98FEE3A4D4FB0BE09F
B47791C36%5D%5D

Here's a link to the configuration section.

http://www.adtran.com/adtranpx/Doc/0/IRNH1OJMUPMKJ982P9NM8CRN4E/Configuring%
20the%20NetVanta%201224R%20and%201224STR%20for%20Broadband%20Internet.pdf

Pricing is around $800 at the bottom end. By the time I get a 1U Linux
server, and configure it the cost would be pretty close to the same for a
lot less capability.



George Sexton
MH Software, Inc.
http://www.mhsoftware.com/
Voice: 303 438 9585
  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us 
> [mailto:lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us] On Behalf Of Sean Reifschneider
> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 12:54 AM
> To: Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [lug] Router Recommendation
> 
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 10:08:57PM -0600, George Sexton wrote:
> >I'm putting two servers in a colocation facility, and the 
> facility prefers
> >that I provide my own router, and they would provide a 
> sub-net. Since it's a
> 
> A Linux box makes a great router in that sort of situation, 
> but only as
> long as you aren't under a DoS.  It just can't handle the 
> number of packets
> per second and still remain responsive to allow you to do 
> things like shut
> down the offending server.  That sort of thing.  Of course, the other
> option would be to go into a colocation facility that will provide the
> routing for you...  Some places will, some places won't.
> 
> This is also one of the benefits of going with a managed 
> hosting place over
> going with co-location.  For example, we charge $150/month 
> per server which
> includes the router, machine, power, monitoring, and even 
> some optional
> sys-admin services.  That's extremely price-competitive with 
> co-location
> from what I've seen, especially since we do all the hardware 
> maintenance
> and have cold-spare hardware on-hand in case of a failure as well.  Of
> course, this is all coming from a company that provides 
> managed hosting, so
> read into it what you will.
> 
> >Does anyone have a suggestion  for a budget rackmount router, that
> >preferably includes a switch with 4-8 ports?
> 
> Well, there are some interesting-looking routing switches that would
> probably do the job you're asking starting around $3,000.  
> 1U, some have
> redundant power supplies, multiple gigabit ports, ability to 
> do RIP and
> OSPF routing as well as just static routes if you aren't 
> doing anything
> that's very concerned with availability.  Of course, you then 
> have to be
> concerned with what happens if it dies, you probably want to 
> have a second
> one on-hand for a failure, but if you've got that you might 
> as well set it
> up with high availability routing so that it will just route 
> around the
> broken box.  Of course, then you also need monitoring of both 
> of them to
> make sure that if one goes down you aren't running on just 
> the other one,
> waiting for it to fail.  Same idea as monitoring a RAID array.
> 
> If $3,000 doesn't hit you as "budget", a Linux box is 
> probably your best
> route.  With on-board dual-port and an out-board 1 port card 
> you can handle
> the upstream and links to the two machines.
> 
> Sean
> -- 
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>                  -- Oscar Wilde
> Sean Reifschneider, Member of Technical Staff <jafo at tummy.com>
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