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MattS · ‎May 18 2018

Thanks @Adam and @PhilipDAth @MRCUR, I appreciate the caution but I'm not concerned about pushing the envelope. I was concerned that the MX would not throttle a 1G connection appropriately and we'd end up signing a new contract for 36 months, that would require purchasing replacement equipment when the pair of 84's I have are still more than enough for the office behind them.

MattS · ‎May 18 2018

I find myself in a position I never anticipated and I'm unsure how to proceed. Due to the rapid expansion of fiber in our area and price drops, I'm shopping for a new circuit. I've found myself in a position where I have 2 year old MX84's that were MORE than sufficient for our 100Mbps circuit, but now are not going to be able to handle the 1Gbps fiber line that is half the price we were previously paying for a 100Mbps circuit. Has anyone run into this? My questions are as follows. I know the MX84 maxes out at 500Mbps on a good day. What is the behavior if it's overloaded? Can the QoS artificially restrict bandwidth usage of the circuit so performance of the units isn't adversely affected? What are some other ideas for throttling this? Who ever thought a 1G fiber line would be cheaper than a 100M copper line? (rhetorical of course)

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