Thanks Guys for the suggestions -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew Cox Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 1:39 AM To: Mikrotik discussions Subject: Re: [Mikrotik] Need to NAT 10 to 15 offices - gigabit
I'd recommend this way also (building / buying x86 boxes). There's a good thread on the MT forums from a guy who was quite happily running 10Gbps interfaces on Dell PowerEdge 860's back in v3.X http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=19245 <http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=19245> - Andrew On 03/11/2010 01:29, Travis Johnson wrote: > Hi, > > I would build my own x86 based Mikrotik boxes with as many GigE ports > as you need (or use multiple boxes). You can build a much more > powerful system for the same or less money than an RB1100. > > Even the ATOM processor based Supermicro boards have a LOT more > horsepower, and some come with two GigE ports right on the board. > > Travis > Microserv > > > On 11/2/2010 8:47 PM, Paul McCall wrote: >> We have an office complex where we have wired up 15 offices. >> Typically, we put in as many RB493s tied together as it takes, with >> each available port doing NAT/DHCP on a separate network. >> >> In this case, we have fiber to the building, and we have gigabit >> access to Radiological Images, where a series of images can be quite large. >> So, having gigabit to each customer unit is required to "do it right". >> >> Obviously, I want something that can handle some pretty good "bursty" >> traffic. I would guess that only one or two units would actually be >> doing the big transfers at one time, but I want them to be super-fast... >> kinda get in, get the data, get done.. >> >> My considerations thus far have been a RB1100. >> >> Is there a better/faster/cheaper way to do this? >> >> Paul, PDMNet >> _______________________________________________ >> Mikrotik mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik >> >> Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik >> RouterOS >> > _______________________________________________ > Mikrotik mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik > > Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik > RouterOS _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list [email protected] http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list [email protected] http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS
