Well that makes sense to me, but there is no way I can memorize IPs, what interfaces go to what, what routes to filter, what PPP secrets are there, queues, router name, port changes, firewall filters, etc. Just way too much to do off memory. I can't remember my home router configuration that I've used since 2.9!
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Scott Reed <[email protected]> wrote: > I normally agree with Butch, but I can't on this one. > Maybe for a small organization, this works, but even there I think there are > significant risks with this approach. > Suppose, since it is tornado season, that you are the one that normally sets > up new routers for your organization. A tornado rips through your > territory. Unfortunately, you are at home when the tornado destroys your > house and sends you to the hospital. The good folks of WISPA show up the > next day to get the 2 destroyed towers back in operation so your network can > support the clean-up efforts. How will they know how things are to be > setup? > Second scenario is similar, but for a larger organization. The "one" in the > know is out of contact for a couple of days, whether work or pleasure. A > site goes down and someone that normally doesn't do the setups is called on > to get the site up. > In both cases I see three things are are a requirement: > 1) Disaster Recovery Plan - what needs to be done to get back in > operation. Should be written so a 3rd party can do it. > 2) As-built documentation - how is every piece of equipment to be > configured. > 3) Backups for all (critical) equipment - so that it is easy to implement > the recovery plan. > These are the very things I am working now that we have added a part-time > person so I have more time to get it done. I see these 3 things becoming > more and more critical as we grow. > > > On 5/2/2012 2:29 AM, Butch Evans wrote: >> >> On Wed, 2012-05-02 at 00:48 -0400, Josh Luthman wrote: >>> >>> You take it out of the box, configure it from memory and put into place? >> >> All I typically need is the IP addresses, ssids and firewall, so yes. >> Then again, it depends on what the device is DOING on the network. Core >> routers are easy. PPPoE servers are easy. Even APs are pretty quick, >> IF I know the ssid. These things can be magical and are capable of SO >> many things, but MOST networks use only a small portion of that >> capability on each given router. >> > > -- > Scott Reed > Owner > NewWays Networking, LLC > Wireless Networking > Network Design, Installation and Administration > > > > Mikrotik Advanced Certified > > www.nwwnet.net > (765) 855-1060 > (765) 439-4253 > (855) 231-6239 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
