I wish I was as smart as you guys, my head would hurt less On Nov 9, 2016 7:04 PM, "Sterling Jacobson" <sterl...@avative.net> wrote:
> We do this currently. > > > > There are two MPLS routers with VPLS ports each connected to a switch bank > for redundancy. > > > > VPLS performance on Mikrotik is lacking though at above 1Gbps range, so > I’m reverting most my network back to just plain VRRP between two routers > and OSPF ring back to the sources. > > > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Josh Reynolds > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 9, 2016 5:42 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Multiple Routers At Small POPs? > > > > This is a fairly common configuration. Well, I don't know about 3, but > definitely 2 routers. It gives you redundancy, allows you to perform in > place hardware and software upgrades, etc. > > Another common design is multiple switches and routers at a site. On the > "lan" side there are 2 switches, crosslinked to two routers. The routers > run vrrp between them - boom, instant first hop redundancy. On the "wan > side" you've got two switches with crosslinks and ospf between the routers. > > > > On Nov 9, 2016 5:17 PM, "Christopher Gray" <cg...@graytechsoftware.com> > wrote: > > Early in my network design, I decided to have multiple routers at each POP > (normally 3 MikroTiks in a triangle configuration, using RB750UP where > power was needed). The goal was to improve reliability by having critical > links come into different routers, allowing site access if any router > actually failed. The system is setup with OSPF and MPLS routing between > them. I only ever installed 3 routers at one location, though (other site > have only 1 or 2 MikroTik routers). > > > > It has been 2 years now, and everything has worked great at the 1, 2, and > 3 router sites. The use of the RB750UP routers has allowed for remote > rebooting when necessary, and I have not had a single router failure. I'm > working on a revision to the design, and I'd like to know if anyone else > intentionally runs multiple routers like this. Any practical benefits to > running multiple PoE routers vs running a single router and a single PoE > switch? > >
