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If you need an inexpensive, reliable, route reflector, perhaps you could
consider one of the free softwares? BIRD comes to mind. The RR doesn't
need to be in the packet routing path after all.
Aled
On Wed, 2 Nov 2022 at 07:37, Paul Bone <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hi
>
> Yes they are responsive on issues they can fix easily. I got told there
> are numerous BGP bugs but no timeline, and considering BGP improvement was
> one of RoS 7 selling points I find the lack of resolution a little odd. But
> perhaps not many of us are using route reflectors.
>
> Same as yourself though, v7.5 at the edge has been ok including BGP.
>
> Paul
>
> Paul Bone
> Director & Network Consultant
> 07803 570805
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> *From:* Leo Brown <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 2, 2022 7:23:53 AM
> *To:* Paul Bone <[email protected]>
> *Cc:* [email protected] <[email protected]>
> *Subject:* Re: [uknof] MIkrotik RoS7 BGP Woes
>
> Hi
>
> I’ve found them to be very responsive on ROS7 issues while totally
> unhelpful on 6.49. (‘Please upgrade’)
>
> We have moved edges over to 7.5 which is working well but we are not route
> reflecting.
>
> For anyone thinking about ROS7 the main gotcha for us was (permanently)
> missing aggregate statement and also permanently missing as-path-prepend
>
> Leo
>
> On Wed, 2 Nov 2022 at 11:14, Paul Bone <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> I am probably not the only one with a love/hate relationship with
> Mikrotik, sometimes it amazes me what you can do, but has anyone else been
> unfortunate enough to deploy a Mikrotik RoS7 BGP Route Reflector network?
>
>
>
> I have had an issue for nearly a year now with stale BGP routes stuck in a
> loop between two route reflectors and can only over ride them with static
> routes which defeats the object of using routing protocols.
>
>
>
> I get the usual arrogant response from Mikrotik, with no time lines. If
> only I had the budget to replace it with a different vendor.
>
>
>
> This is small ISP network and I am seriously considering changing over to
> OSPF only in the core network – just makes route manipulation a little
> trickier.
>
>
>
> Paul Bone
>
> Network Consultant/Engineer
>
>
>
> --
>
> Leo Brown
> Network Design (AS41099)
> Global Reach Networks
> Tel: 0330 800 1000
>
>
>
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