Generally you use x86 for the purchase of a license. That's where they started their business. Baltic/Titan/etc have their "suggested" models which are just x86 machines with RouterOS on them already. I'd use these 1000x before I touched ImageStream at tower sites.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 4:00 PM, That One Guy <[email protected]> wrote: > Are you guys saying, you purchase the router OS and put it on third party > hardware over using their hardware? What hardware do you find yourselves > using, if not routerboard? > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 2:56 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > >> We do 99% of what we need on MT level 4. You only need level 5 or 6 if >> you have a bunch of tunnels. Get what you need mainly based on throughput >> and simultaneous connections. A lowly RB493 easily handles tens of >> thousands simultaneous connections, and a X86 router probably another order >> of magnitude. I think the typical connection table on any of the newer >> boards can get up around 500,000 connections. >> >> If you have solar powered sites, I think that MT is the only game in town. >> >> I've had limited success with their switches, and I do not consider them >> a robust solution. So if you need decent switches in your infrastructure, >> and you like your Procurves, stick with them. That said, I have stuck in >> quite a few routerboards and used them as switches no problem. >> >> bp >> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >> >> >> On 3/30/2015 12:26 PM, That One Guy wrote: >> >> 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. >
