Switches Juniper

[Arturo Servin]

On 19 Oct 2011, at 05:31, Tore Anderson wrote:

> * Arturo Servin
> 
>> I was going to to buy some juniper switches (ERX3200) but Juniper
>> sales representative told to my local distributor that IPv6 requires
>> a "special licence" and to pay more. They also wanted the list of
>> "protocols" that we require to run IPv6 (I just forwarded them the
>> list that they have in its own brochure -
>> http://www.juniper.net/us/en/local/pdf/datasheets/1000216-en.pdf -)
>> 
>> Before going and buying Cisco or any other brand I wanted to ask the
>> list if you have had a recent experience on this type with Juniper
>> and if this is really true or just another sales person without clue
>> about v6.
> 
> It is true if you want to run OSPF or RIP. While OSPFv2 and RIPv2 is in
> the base JUNOS licence, you need the «Advanced Feature Licence» in order
> to run OSPFv3 and RIPng. See:
> http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/junos/topics/concept/ex-series-software-licenses-overview.html#jd0e108

	Thanks. This seems more logical.

> 
> Apart from that, there's licencing parity between IPv4 and IPv6 as far
> as I know. We have quite a few EX-es (4500s and 4200s), hand have had no
> real problems with their IPv6 capabilities, except for one thing - the
> interface counters in IPv6-MIB doesn't work (they always report 0).

	This is good to know.

> 
>> I do not mind to pay more for licences with special features or to
>> pay more for better software, I just find hilarious from Juniper to
>> treat IPv6 as "special".
> 
> AOL
> 
> -- 
> Tore Anderson
> Redpill Linpro AS - http://www.redpill-linpro.com

Regards,
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