We have two of these deployed, both running version 5.2 and they've been up for 116 and 130 days, respectively. Super low CPU usage, even with 130Mbps traffic at peak times, and we've had no lockups or reboots. Darren ECPI Western Broadband
-----Original Message----- Message: 3 Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:24:35 -0500 From: Rory McCann <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Mikrotik] Best Gigabit Routerboard To: Mikrotik discussions <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" Thanks Travis- I've looked at those units many times, but I've also read reports of random lockups and reboots with them and the x86 version of routerOS. Have you had any issues with them and if so, what version have you found to be the most stable? Rory McCann Minn-Kota Ag Products P: 701-403-4877 | E: [email protected] On 8/7/2012 9:24 AM, Travis Johnson wrote: > These are the best little X86 based boxes you can buy (for the money). > We have some we are pushing over 100Mbps and the CPU is less than 10%: > > http://www.balticnetworks.com/routermaxx-6-port-gigabit-router-dual-co > re.html > > > Travis > Microserv > > On 8/7/2012 8:16 AM, Rory McCann wrote: >> Hi guys, >> >> I lost my "beloved" RB1000 the other day due to fan failure and it's >> time to start considering what I should replace it with (and what to >> stock a spare of). >> >> This will be a router for my company (not a WISP). Our internet feed >> is 50Mb and on average, I would say there is no more than 25-30Mbit >> being pushed through the unit, however I did notice a huge >> performance hit when I plopped in my temporary RB750 to get my >> internet connection back up and running. I don't run much in the way >> of simple queues other than Butch's QoS script. I have a handful of >> firewall rules dictating which subnets can talk to who. The router >> also has an EoIP tunnel to another router for failover and acts as a >> PPTP VPN server. >> >> I'm looking for something that will offer similar performance to what >> my RB1000 provided me. Port count isn't critical, but I'd like at >> least 3 and they have to be gigabit. I'm not overly concerned about >> rackmount or not as I have a shelf I could set the unit on. By far >> the most critical piece though has to be stability - both in the >> platform itself and ethernet performance. >> >> So far, I've been looking at the RB450G, the RB1200 and the RB800. >> I've looked at a few of the x86 boards, but I believe these might be >> overkill for my particular application. >> >> What do you guys think? >> _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list [email protected] http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS
