I am a big fan of the bugfix versions and generally recommend them to our clients, but there are a few valid reasons to use other versions.
1. The features you need aren’t stable or don’t perform as well in bugfix 2. The features you need aren’t available in bugfix 3. MikroTik has made hardware revisions recently to certain routers like the CCR series and those ship with firmware that won’t allow downgrade below a certain version (see the image below for a failed bugfix downgrade). For example, this leaves you in a situation where an earlier CCR1036-8G-2S+ will run on 6.32.4 bugfix but a newer CCR of the same model will not. [No automatic alt text available.] Thanks, Kevin Myers MTCINE # 1409 MTCRE, MTCTCE, MTCWE, CCNP, MCP Network Architect / Managing Partner +1 (601) 287-3868 - Mobile (GMT -6) +1 (303) 590-9943 – Office (GMT -6) ipa.kevin.myers – Skype [iparchitechs_ms_logo_msp-header-166x46] #1 Ranked MikroTik consulting firm in North America Expert consulting in | BGP | MPLS | OSPF | ISP | Data Center From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Darin Steffl via Mikrotik-users Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2017 7:08 AM To: Dan Harling; Judd Dare; Mikrotik Users Subject: Re: [Mikrotik Users] router OS upgrade to 6.38 failed ...a lot Why is everyone upgrading to an unstable version is my question? The "current" version is not near as stable as bug fix release. If you want stability, use the bug fix release and learn to sleep at night. On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 3:10 AM Judd Dare via Mikrotik-users <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Honestly my guess is that it was VLAN related. I posted the details and recovery process on the mikrotik fb page. First few netboots didn't take so it took about 2 hours to recover from. Be patient during the recovery process, may take 10-15 attempts. On Jan 7, 2017 1:51 AM, "Dan Harling via Mikrotik-users" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: At the top of the release notes for RouterOS 6.38: Important note!!! To avoid STP/RSTP compatibility issues with older RouterOS versions upgrade RouterOS on all routers in Layer2 networks with VLAN and STP/RSTP configurations. Daniel Harling <>< Engineering, Cape Ann Communications 183 Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 3:04 AM, Glenn Kelley via Mikrotik-users <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > We have been quite busy rescuing folks from failed upgrades here @ > Connectivity.Engineer. > > My advice is - test first on a similar unit - OR wait. > > Sorry you're going through this ... > > I know Judd Dare had a similar problem last week as well. > > Glenn Kelley, CEO Connectivity.Engineer > http://connectivity.Engineer > https://www.facebook.com/connectivityengineer/ > > _______________________________________________ > Mikrotik-users mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik-users _______________________________________________ Mikrotik-users mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik-users _______________________________________________ Mikrotik-users mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik-users
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