To be fair alot of the horror stories are mostly due to misconfiguration and mismanagement of the hardware..
As long as you secure the router adequately and regularly review changelogs for updates then they work a treat,
I've got quite a number within my core network working quite happily running BGP, MPLS, OSPF and PPP in telehouse as well as at my office,
So long as you are sensible with your expectations and what your wanting to do then there isn't much issue :)
I know a few people on list who I know will agree as they use CCRs in their core as well
Kev
Best wishes
Best wishes
Kevin Titmarsh
Senior Network Consultant
MikroTik Certified Engineer
SimRush Technical Trainer
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-------- Original message --------
From: Tom Hill <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020, 18:57
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [uknof] L2 Ethernet
On 28/07/2020 16:16, Chris Lawrence wrote:
> I'm looking at adding L2 ethernet into our connectivity portfolio and
> need a cost effective router to terminate the NNI/Vlans from the
> carrier. Thinking about one of the CCR devices from Mikrotik anybody any
> real horror stories?
There are definitely some horror[1] stories, yes. I realise that cost
can be an issue, but if you're capable I'd look at literally anything else.
I'm assuming that the requirements here are to provide IP/IPv6
connectivity to these circuits, possibly QoS and simple iACLs? Any 4-6
translation methods? Customer BGP? If so, then do not overlook buffering
capability, software features, and the lifetime that you might very well
expect those software features to be supported and/or developed.
The most common go-to lines here will be from Cisco ASR920/ASR900
series/ASR1000 series, or one of the many Juniper MX devices. I'm sure
Nokia have capable devices to do this, too, but I still don't see many
smaller ISPs buying from them yet - if you can, it's an option.
It's probable that if you're doing IPVPNs that you'll already have some
of this gear in place? :)
Just don't get tempted to whack a switch on the end of your NNI.[2]
Regards,
--
Tom
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0INwMN6FFE (UKNOF #43, Manchester)
[2] Been there, lost the sleep.
