Jan,
As someone who is a network architect for a large number of WISPS that run MikroTik/Ubiquiti, I think you'll find this is a difficult question to answer in a generic way for several reasons (this isn't an exhaustive list either): 1. Geography - Service provider network design (WISP or Wireline) follows the geography of the area you intend to serve. This affects link speed, redundancy, overall capacity, routing design, etc. Mountains, Deserts, Forests, Water, etc all play into defining the geography of where your towers are placed, where redundant paths are formed and what paths you want to prefer over others. This is different for everyone. 2. Routing design - you have to define what your technical and business goals are to be able to select the routing design that best fits your geography. I am a huge proponent of the combination of BGP/OSPF/MPLS when building WISPs because it provides the most functionality and scalability. 3. Physical layer design - I tend to utilize switch centric architecture because it scales well and has redundancy benefits but others prefer plugging all the routers into each other instead of everything into a switch with VLANs for routing. There isn't a right or wrong answer here, it largely depends on your comfort level with abstracting the physical layer into a logical layer (e.g VLANs) Here are some presentations I've given at the MikroTik MUM as well as articles I've written on WISP design - some of them have network topology examples with configuration examples. Hope this helps! MikroTik US MUM 2017 - WISP Design - Using eBGP and OSPF transit fabric for traffic engineering https://mum.mikrotik.com/presentations/US17/presentation_4519_1496062656.pdf MikroTik US MUM 2016 - ISP Architecture - MPLS Overview, Design and Implementation for WISPs https://mum.mikrotik.com//presentations/US16/presentation_3327_1462279781.pdf<https://mum.mikrotik.com/presentations/US16/presentation_3327_1462279781.pdf> MikroTik Europe MUM 2016 - ISP Architecture - Deploy virtualized public BGP routers with CHR for large scale transit peering. https://mum.mikrotik.com//presentations/EU16/presentation_3098_1456817868.pdf<https://mum.mikrotik.com/presentations/EU16/presentation_3098_1456817868.pdf> MikroTik US MUM 2013 - BGP as an IGP for Carrier/Enterprise Networks https://mum.mikrotik.com//presentations/US13/kevin.pdf<https://mum.mikrotik.com/presentations/US13/kevin.pdf> Stubarea51.net - WISP Design: Using OSPF to build a transit fabric over unequal links http://www.stubarea51.net/2016/10/27/wisp-design-using-ospf-to-build-a-transit-fabric-over-unequal-links/ Thanks, Kevin Myers MTCINE # 1409 MTCIPv6E, 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 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Faisal Imtiaz via Mikrotik-users Sent: Monday, May 29, 2017 4:02 AM To: Jan-OOLLC <[email protected]>; Mikrotik Users <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Mikrotik Users] network topology suggestions It is an interesting question that you are asking. Most of the time, speaking from personal experience, I have found searching for presentations and articles in regards to a particular topic easier, your starting point is a bit more broad. Having said that, I would suggest the following locations, in addition to the ones folks have already mentioned:- For Mikrotik:- Start with their WIKI (solutions section has a nice collection). Going thru last few years of MUM presentations has been invaluable. There are a few bloggers of Mikrotik who put out good info best to google for them. Lastly, kind of like mining for gems... scour thru the users forums ... some nice gems there too. For Cambium:- Start with their users forum, there are nice docs and gems there For Ubiquiti :- Scour thru their user forums, there are some nice gems there too. Keep in mind when going thru the user forums, it is like fishing... or mining... a lot of time is spent in reviewing lots of conversations, about 90% are kind of blah ! but the gems in other other 10% make it worth while. Sorry but I am not aware of any all in one place resources. Once you get to more advance topics... then going thru NANOG presentations is also very helpful. Lots of great education material available there (non vendor specific information mostly geared towards service provider networks). Regards Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, FL 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jan-OOLLC via Mikrotik-users" > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > To: "Mikrotik Users" > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: Friday, May 26, 2017 7:22:17 PM > Subject: [Mikrotik Users] network topology suggestions > Is there any documentation on suggested network topology using > Mikrotik routers with multiple Ubiquiti towers and APs? > > -- > > Jan V > > _______________________________________________ > 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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