Recommendation for WAN Switch

[Marsrock2021]

All,

We have a new site where we are using primary ISP and Resilient link and 2 x MX250 routers.

In the past we would have 1 ISP connected to primary mx250 and a secondary connected to a secondary MX250.

But with the resilient failovers this isnt recommended and the ISP requests a switch to sit between their kit and the 2 x MX250s.

The fibre links to their kit are 10gb and the same on the mx250 so Im looking for a switch to fulfill the task.

I already have MS425 switches for aggregation and have a spare and wonder how suitable the MS425 would be for WAN switch or should I look at others.

Having another MS425 would mean that i can manage it in the same way as the others and have spares to suit that device on hand too.

What are your thoughts on what option would be best.

[KarstenI]

For me, a MS425 would be a waste of resources, but should work. Just make sure the WAN-switch is using a separate dashboard-network.

For everything with up to 1G, I use the Catalyst 1000 as a WAN-switch. For higher throughput I'll plan to evaluate the CBS350-12XS which has multiple SFP+ ports.

[chrisautomates]

We've used the MS120 8 port for this. There is a setting support can enable to be able to assign it a public IP for management. That way you dont have to setup VLANS on it and plug it into the internal network.

I would first make sure your ISP cant give you a second handoff though.

[Marsrock2021]

Chris it has to be 10gb.

We have failover resilent connections on single IP with 10gb connections so need a 10gb switch