At my former job, we had Juniper switches at every “leaf” tower site and at major “hub” sites we had Juniper MX routers with Juniper switches as well. At one time, similar setup but Cisco routers at each and every site.
Worked extremely well – very reliable. Am I saying it was better than MT? Don’t know … don’t see it used very much in my line of work. Having said that, my current employer uses MT in their wireless networks so I’ll be spending more time looking into them and understanding them better I’m guessing… that area is run by a different group than mine. From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 7:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing They are there, but usually not the best suited for the roll. If I were to replace my MTs with anything, it'd be Telco Systems for CE. The rest of that stuff belongs in a datacenter or a wiring closet, not a tower. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> _____ From: "Paul Stewart" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 6:48:48 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing They are a great option for lots of WISP’s but there are *many* that doesn’t use MT …. Cisco/Juniper/Brocade etc come to mind as other options used… From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 5:32 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing They're far from perfect, but they're the best fit for almost everyone. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> _____ From: "Jaime Solorza" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > To: "Animal Farm" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 4:30:09 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing not everyone drinks the MT Kool Aide Jaime Solorza Wireless Systems Architect 915-861-1390 On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 3:23 PM, Mike Hammett <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: How could you have been a WISP and not dealt with Mikrotik at all? ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> _____ From: "Chuck McCown" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 3:02:34 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing I am pretty ignorant as to the abilities of any Mikrotic device. Can you enlighten me? -----Original Message----- From: Matt Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 2:01 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing > I am wondering if I got a GigE managed switch, could I see some phy data > speeds by looking at its management interface? > Why not just a Mikrotik CCR? > > > Demand for our GigE surge suppressor has been growing such that I am now > limited by my test station throughput. > > > > Any ideas on how to test a GigE device go-nogo without buying more big > dollar testers (which I currently use)? > > > > It needs to be fast and show speeds in both directions. > > > > Have considered just putting up a GigE switch and plugging the surge > suppressor into two ports and seeing if they light. But that sounds > pretty > cheap and dirty. Want to see numbers. A laptop talking to another laptop > with iperf may end up being the solution. Not sure if there are GigE USB > NICS so I could do it all on one laptop or not. > > > > Any other ideas?
