Having an SFP+ port is not the same as the ability to route 10Gbps. Anywho, that board with the SFP+ is their broadcom fastpath switch core, not their cavium router core.
Switching 10Gbps != Routing 10Gbps On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 3:21 PM, timothy steele <[email protected]> wrote: > The high end edge point has a SFP+ would not say the Edge router is that far > from doing 10g > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 11:07 AM Stefan Englhardt <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> With the higher speeds you need to dive a bit into the HW to get the >> announced speeds. >> >> E.g. with the RB1100AHx2 you have to see what ports are connected to which >> internal switch. >> >> If you route between 2 ports connected to the same switch you only get >> half the speed as there >> >> Is only one gigabit link between internal switch and CPU. If you use ports >> connected to different switches >> >> you get full speed. >> >> >> >> The CCR Tilera is powerful due to a lot of CPUs but single cpus are weak. >> So you see slow speed tests as >> >> they run on one cpu and max it out. This does not mean the CCR cant >> forward higher speeds. >> >> >> >> Same is with UBNT offloading HW. You need to know what is offloaded. >> >> >> >> We stay with MT for routing. As it works and we are used to Winbox. Very >> efficient. >> >> >> >> >> >> Von: Af [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Josh Reynolds >> Gesendet: Montag, 8. Februar 2016 16:33 >> An: [email protected] >> Betreff: Re: [AFMUG] Ubiquiti EdgeRouters? >> >> >> >> Does "use both" count? :) >> >> Mikrotik has a much better GUI for network operators. It's fast and >> informative and even works well on mobile. UBNT's is geared more to >> consumer-ish-es? :) >> >> MikroTik has a larger price range/variety. >> >> EdgeRouter has a FAR SUPERIOR CLI. This is especially true for people who >> are familiar with either JUNOS or Vyatta. Not only is the CLI documented >> very well inside of itself, but the ability to access the underlying Linux >> CLI is often quite useful. I've even seen them used as PBX's and other odd >> things - note: there are limits, and you can't just apt-get upgrade and >> expect things to be OK. >> >> Documentation is a Toss Up. You can use the very detailed vyatta docs for >> most things, but EdgeOS and VyOS/Brocade vrouter are starting to drift s >> bit. There are a lot of examples on both forums and knowledge bases >> (UBNT/Mikrotik) >> >> Mikrotik has better queuing/shaping methods, UBNT is catching up. UBNT >> does have hierarchal QOS as well as fq_codel. >> >> MikroTik is cheaper and more expensive. (Lol) >> >> EdgeRouterX SFP is a nice entry. It can do around 600Mbps or so with some >> firewall rules in place. They are about to enable hardware offload on it >> which should increase performance well beyond RB2011 levels. It also has a 5 >> port switch chip and sfp port, so it's a pretty handy piece of gear at a >> good price. >> >> ER Pro has much better BGP convergence than I think just about any of the >> Mikrotik boards currently. Also, DPI. ER does have mpls, vpls, te, etc in >> new builds but they are playing catch-up here. >> >> Just about all if not all of the CCRs will have higher overall >> performance. >> >> CCRs have some very limiting software characteristics on their 10G unit - >> hopefully that should change in ROS7(?). >> >> UBNT has not publicly announce a 10G product yet. >> >> I would love to see something with a 4-8 core x 2GHz cavium + DPI offload >> and DPDK. I'm pretty sure they could pull that off, and it could kick some >> serious butt in the 10G market. >> >> I probably missed a few things, but this should help. Both have their >> place and are great platforms. >> >> On Feb 8, 2016 8:25 AM, "Christopher Gray" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I have not heard much about Ubiquiti EdgeRouters in a while (Other than >> from Ubiquiti). I understand the firmware is improving and many features >> have added over the past year. >> >> >> >> Is anyone using EdgeRouter / EdgePoint product lines finding they prefer >> them over MikroTik? >> >> >> >> I'm using all MikroTik for my routing and switching at this time, but I'm >> willing to try new things. >> >> >> >> Thanks - Chris
