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- May 21, 2019
Nigga you just posted a switch. That means Null will still have to buy an ISR and the ASA, both of which should support 10G.
Guess how much a 10G capable ASA costs?
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Guys, you do not need to spend 25k on a Fortigate or 90k paying the Cisco toll to get into a decent 10GbE router…. a Fortigate 500E is 10G capable, and costs about 5-7k. The 100F is even cheaper, but it has a lot less memory and I wouldn’t be comfortable recommending to handle 10GbE of DoS protection against some cashed up spergs who either know how to use LOIC, or just pay someone to know what that acronym is. 1100E is way overkill and Josh does not want a 2RU router using up his colo bux.
Josh does not need a UTM/IPS subscription. DoS protection, advanced routing, session-based NGFW, all comes with the firmware, no license required. Also, IPS only really protects against CVEs, it won’t protect you against bad website design.
He’s gotta keep it simple, as he’s (probably) paying per RU for colo. If it was me, here’s my layer 2 design (not firing up visio unless I’m on someone else’s dime):
For bonus points, if you got a 10GbE switch that is reasonably shallow, you could mount the switch in the same RU as the router (router front, switch rear), meaning you’ve got an extra RU to use for one extra server, so you’re ready to store the sheer volume of memes the next time Ralph decides to Gunt™ someone and post video proof to own the ayylawgz.