I've been very pleased with the RouterOS CLI, but perhaps I just haven't experienced anything better (No experience with EdgeOS, VyOS, or JunOS).
Based on the responses, for my purposes I seems would not benefit from adding a new router operating system to my mix. Maybe I'll get one to experiment with in my spare time... Thanks - Chris On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 11:06 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 > >
