Why can't you do OSPF and PPPOE? HWMP and PPPOE? I would use OSPF over HWMP/STP.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Randy Cosby <[email protected]> wrote: > We're planning to build out a new town with 5 towers, and would like to do > a "ring" backhaul topology. We're debating on whether to go layer 3 (ospf, > etc) or layer 2 (hwmp+?). We would either put PPPOE termination at the main > tower (and filter out everything else on the backhaul net); or relay dhcp > from each AP to a central dhcp server and route out each AP. > > We have a pretty good idea how to accomplish the layer3 ring, but see some > potential advantages for layer2 hwmp+. Has anyone used it successfully in a > scenario like this? Any gotchas, or better alternatives? > > We use PPPOE extensively now, it works very well for us, and I prefer to > stay that way. But I am open to other ideas if the advantages outweigh the > costs of a less-homogeneous network . > > > -- > Randy Cosby | InfoWest, Inc | www.infowest.com > Vice President | 435-674-0165 x 2010 | facebook.com/infowest > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mikrotik mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik > > Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik > RouterOS > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://www.butchevans.com/pipermail/mikrotik/attachments/20101014/ff6cb83c/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list [email protected] http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS
