Doesn't job require an earring as well as attitude... The latter Mike has.... Ducking hoping he doesn't serve me some sissy latte'
On Nov 10, 2016 6:01 AM, "Gino Villarini" <g...@aeronetpr.com> wrote: > Mike whats the deal? You’re working for Starbucks now? Mike the Barista :-) > > From: Af <af-boun...@afmug.com> on behalf of Mike Hammett < > af...@ics-il.net> > Reply-To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> > Date: Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 8:39 AM > To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Multiple Routers At Small POPs? > > There's always someone smarter. > > > > ----- > 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> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > > > > *Gino Villarini* > President > Metro Office Park #18 Suite 304 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968 > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"That One Guy /sarcasm" <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> > *To: *af@afmug.com > *Sent: *Wednesday, November 9, 2016 8:43:37 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Multiple Routers At Small POPs? > > 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? >> >> >
