Re: What do you think about the Juniper MX line?

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

Sorry... I misspoke. My comments related to the SRX series and not the MX.

The MX is a fine product in my experience.

Owen

On Jun 25, 2011, at 10:03 PM, Howard Hart wrote:

> We have a couple installed as our edge routers.
>
> Pluses -  solid as a rock, easy to administer, and will take some extremely high packet rates for relatively low cost 
> (important for us since we use them for VoIP traffic). If you're approaching the capacity of a 1GB uplink, I highly 
> recommend these as your first step to 10 GB.
>
> Minuses - careful on your MX80 version. The MX80-48T includes a built in 48 port 1 GigE switch, but we've had 
> compatibility issues with it and other vendors switches. The modular version that replaces the MX80-48T costs quite a 
> bit more, but it does give you a lot more connection and compatibility options.
>
> Howard Hart
>
> On Jun 25, 2011, at 9:37 PM, "Ryan Finnesey" <ryan.finnesey () HarrierInvestments com> wrote:
>
> > I would love to know the same I am looking at the MX line as well for a
> > new network build-out 
> >
> > Cheers
> > Ryan
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris [mailto:behrnetworks () gmail com] 
> > Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 9:29 AM
> > To: nanog () nanog org
> > Subject: What do you think about the Juniper MX line?
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've been doing some research into using the MX line of Juniper routers
> > and was interested in hearing people's experiences (the good, bad, and
> > ugly). What do you like about them? What do you dislike?
> > Where are you putting them in your network? Where are you not putting
> > them? Why? What other platforms would you consider and why? I hope to
> > hear some candid responses, but feel free to respond privately if you
> > need to.
> >
> > Thanks!