Re: (PM) BGP4 & IRX114 (and a couple of questions)

Stephen Fisher (lithium@cia-g.com)
Sat, 17 Jan 1998 14:02:00 -0700

On Sat, Jan 17, 1998 at 02:57:16PM -0000, Mark Johnson wrote:

> Although BGP4 works fine on the IRX it seems a little lacking in features.
> Specifically I would like to pad our AS path. Are there any plans to add
> this soon (or have I missed this option)?

Pad it in what means?

> Can the PM3 be upgraded to 32Mb?

Yes.

> Does the new WAN card for the PM3 take up one of the modem slots?

Yes.

> Lastly, and most cheekily, I may need to add a new BGP router for peering
> with about six other ISP's and handle two E1 feeds as well. I don't think
> Livingston have anything appropriate so I was considering the Cisco 3620.
> Do you think it will handle this or should I go for the 3640 (or even
> 4700)?

I personally prefer Cisco routers for core routers (because of the OS
features) but the PM3 should be able to handle it just fine.

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 - Steve
  - Systems Manager
  - Community Internet Access, Inc.
  - Gallup and Grants, New Mexico
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