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

[Josh Reynolds <josh () kyneticwifi com>]

Since it's been announced now...

I have an alpha unit. It came with 1.9.8dev straight from $manufacturer. My
box still has markings from customs all over it.

Expect a new version with some minor fixes soon. A lot of firmware work
going on at the moment on various edgeOS product lines.

On Aug 11, 2017 10:03 AM, "Nick W" <nickdwhite () gmail com> wrote:

> 1.9.7 definitely applies to Infinity:
>
> ER-8-XG:
> https://dl.ubnt.com/firmwares/edgemax/v1.9.7/ER-e1000.v1.9.
> 7+hotfix.1.5005858.tar
> (SHA256:b1a16900e3fbe1eef3876548ac7eda12a95ef849d4328f22b478459e2a506b92)
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 9:07 PM, Josh Reynolds <josh () kyneticwifi com>
> wrote:
>
> > Forgot reply all...
> >
> > That does not apply to the infinity. Those shipped with 1.9.8dev.
> >
> >
> > On Aug 8, 2017 8:03 PM, "Mike Hammett" <nanog () ics-il net> wrote:
> >
> > > 1.9.7+hotfix.1 is the currently available stable. 1.9.1.1 was released
> > on
> > > May 1st.
> > >
> > > https://community.ubnt.com/t5/EdgeMAX-Updates-Blog/EdgeMAX-
> > > EdgeRouter-software-security-release-v1-9-7-hotfix-1/ba-p/2019161
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----
> > > Mike Hammett
> > > Intelligent Computing Solutions
> > > http://www.ics-il.com
> > >
> > > Midwest-IX
> > > http://www.midwest-ix.com
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > >
> > > From: "Nick W" <nickdwhite () gmail com>
> > > To: nanog () nanog org
> > > Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 10:55:28 PM
> > > Subject: Re: EdgeRouter Infinity as medium-sized "IXP Peering Router"?
> > >
> > > Tried the Infinity, unsuccessfully. Several of them. Ended up pulling
> > them
> > > all, sitting in my homelab for now. Multiple full tables, nothing fancy
> > for
> > > firewall or QOS, but ran into issues with random ribd/bgpd crashes and
> > > kernel panics. I've submitted a lot of logs and core dumps to UBNT. I
> > would
> > > personally stay away from them until they are out of beta, and possibly
> > > even another 6-12 months after that.
> > >
> > > The current stable EdgeMax version (1.9.1.1) is relatively stable, but
> > > using an outdated ZebOS (1.2.0?) with a number of issues (MPLS, OSPF,
> > BGP)
> > > - nothing too major, but can be annoying. Probably okay for what you
> > > described. Depending on how much throughput you need, an ERPro, or
> > Mikrotik
> > > would probably be fine. If you need 10G, load up VyOS on some cheap
> > servers
> > > with an Intel or Solarflare card... probably cheaper than a beta
> > Infinity
> > > or Mikrotik.
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Job Snijders <job () instituut net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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