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  • 1.  Juniper MX104:Planned for Getting full routes from ISP . Need Suggestion on advantages and Disadavantages

    Posted 03-26-2018 23:43
    Hi, I am using Juniper MX104 as a Internet gateway router . We have two internet links with Ebgp . We planned to go for full routes from both the ISP . I need your suggestion on the following 1) Whether MX104 is capable of receiving full routes from two different ISP . 2) Maximum routes that can be learned by the MX104. 3) Best practices or precautions that need to be taken before receiving full routes from ISP . Routing Engine : RE-MX-104 Thanks Mahesh


  • 2.  RE: Juniper MX104:Planned for Getting full routes from ISP . Need Suggestion on advantages and Disadavantages
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    Posted 03-27-2018 12:16

    Hi Mahesh,

    2 ISP links can be configured with full BGP table.

    You can go through the below thread for more details on MX104

     

    https://forums.juniper.net/t5/Routing/MX104-Information/td-p/214953

     

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  • 3.  RE: Juniper MX104:Planned for Getting full routes from ISP . Need Suggestion on advantages and Disadavantages

     
    Posted 03-27-2018 19:18

    Hi Mahesh,

    MX104 is powerful box which is optimized for aggregating mobile, enterprise WAN, business, and residential access services. The router is a high-performance router functioning as a universal aggregation platform for mobile broadband and metro Ethernet applications.

     

    However, I would personally suggest not to consume 2 Full routing tables; unless otherwise there is some real requirement to play with prefixes. Since, learning of 2 Full Internet feed will consume a good amount of Memory/CPU resources of the box.



  • 4.  RE: Juniper MX104:Planned for Getting full routes from ISP . Need Suggestion on advantages and Disadavantages

    Posted 03-29-2018 02:51

    1) Whether MX104 is capable of receiving full routes from two different ISP .

    Yes, if the only major purpose of the device is dual peerings and a merged internet table the device should be fine for the services.  But as Python as mentioned this routing capacity and management will be a significant percentage of the FIB so I would not load a number of other services on the device.

     

    2) Maximum routes that can be learned by the MX104.

    FIB 1 million RIB 4 million with the current internet active table being under 700 k right now.

     

    3) Best practices or precautions that need to be taken before receiving

    For this type of setup, I would establish the sessions one at a time and add the second one after hours.  During convergence routing paths will change and can have minor effects on existing flows to internet sources.  But this is a pretty simple setup without much complication.