[AFMUG] [OT] MT CRS125/RB2011 vs 493G

[George Skorup]

If I believe the throughput test results at routerboard.com, the CRS125 
and 2011 (same CPU) should be very similar if not slightly better than 
the 493G. Like Mike Hammett mentioned (almost as much as SFPs :), the 
issue going foward with the 493s is the L2 MTU limitation. I hate the 
split 10/100 and gigabit on the 2011 and we're always adding more radios 
at medium sized sites so the more ports (and all gigabit) that the CRS 
offers is attractive. I'm kinda thinking of just going to the CRS as a 
replacement for the 493G instead of adding a managed switch. I've put a 
little over 200Mbps through the 493G's (with a handful of queues and 
firewall rules, nothing major) and they still had a bit of room left, 
but I'm just not sure if the CRS can handle that. It looks like it 
will.. on paper. The most I've ever been able to get out of a 493G is 
about 70k PPS and 245Mbps of real live traffic. I'm also slightly 
worried about MT shit-canning the 493 series too. Hell, if I could fit 
an 1100AHx2 at all of the sites, I'd just use those, but they have fans 
that like to stop working. Just had another one last night, had to 
power-cycle it to get the fans going again.

Has anyone else done this already? Does the CRS125 suck as a router, 
compared to the 493G anyway?