Pricewise per site POP router, we have always been at the 4-700 dollar range between the old imagestreams and the Fortigates, of course that was before the funds got pulled out from under me. Apparently the powers that be have revalued this and are putting the funds on the carrot sticks. This is a current decision we are still mulling over as a Powercode user, this puts us at a price rage where we can do BMUs at each POP, which from they powercode management and accounting perspective is the way to go, but it robs us of flexibility and toolsets at the site.... decisions.
At the price-points with MT, the specs annihilate Fortigate and Imagestream (guessing on imagestrem since we no longer do business with them) I dont know the difference between the RB and CCR lines, is this a transition, to where it will all be CCR in the future, or just separate featuresets and levels of robustness? I like that MT software is available stand alone, because we can set up a virtual lab for a decent price, where other vendors we could not. Paul, I trust, he never rips us off on repairs. On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 2:31 PM, Paul McCall <pa...@pdmnet.net> wrote: > Steve…. Do you trust me? Mikrotik all the way, just DO IT! … > routerboard.com has all the models. > > > > slicker than owl-snot on linoleum floor J One of the best things we > ever did for our network > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *That One Guy > *Sent:* Monday, March 30, 2015 3:27 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* [AFMUG] Mikrotik Pros/Cons and recomendations > > > > After poking around at many different brands, it seems Mikrotik is the > right fit for our network and budget. > > > > I dont fully understand the licensing tiers > > > > Is there a sizing chart on these? > > > > Is the interface similar between the router models and the switch models? > Are the mikrotik switches comparable to the HP procurve in reliability? > > > > It would be the bees knees to see out network more universal as far as > management interfaces go, we have three purposes for routers: > > > > our upstream routers, which we have 2, will ultimately be running OSPF > internally and BGP externally (current thought) 200mbps-1gbps projected > need through the next couple of years. > > > > Our network/POP routers ranging from 1 customer at a POP to 150 > > > > A residential solution comparable to the UBNT AirRouters (1-25mbps rate > plans) wifi capable. > > > > If the switches have similar interfaces, we would look toward replacing a > combination of UBNT toughswitch POE, and a variety of HP procurves from > 1810G to 2510G and their other POE models. > > > > > > > > I note alot of discussion regarding MT ethernet negotiation flakiness, how > much of an impact does this present? Right now we have imagestream and > fortigate on the network, and have zero issues with that. > > > > > > The decision to go toward mikrotik is primarily based on cost and > community support availability within the industry. (this consideration has > alot to do with a single point of administrative failure in only having one > person, me, training to design, maintain, support, and grow the network, in > the event i became absent from the picture) The winbox interface and > feature availability within was also a primary consideration for support > staff. > > > > I would like to her from people entrenched in MT who love/hate it, anybody > who turned their back on it, and anybody who moved toward it. > > > > > > > -- > > If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team > as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
