I've wondered how those powerouters performed. It would be nice to have a Linux-based 1u 8 or 12 port router that we could run either Mikrotik or StarOS on . My preference would be StarOS.
Mark Nash UnwiredWest 78 Centennial Loop Suite E Eugene, OR 97401 541-998-5555 541-998-5599 fax http://www.unwiredwest.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "David E. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 11:36 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Intel-based 4-port Fast Ethernet Card - StarOS >> After swapping >> DoM, RAM, power supply and even the motherboard it turned out to be a bad >> MikroTik RB44 NIC. Granted this is the first time I've ever seen a RB44 >> completely halt a MT router from booting, but it happened. > > Me too :D > > Over the last few months, I've had all manner of weird problems with > Mikrotik's RB44G NICs. One of them kept locking up a bandwidth shaper - > which, unfortunately, was connected at such a point in my network as to > kill off a whole bunch of customers until someone drove up to the office > and hard-powercycled it. > > While I replaced RAM, motherboards, and even obscure things like PCI riser > cards, I never replaced the NIC, because that's one of those things you > just don't expect to go bad. Or at least if it does, it'll just stop > working completely and not be weirdly intermittent. > > A second RB44G had one dud port out of the box. :( > > I recently replaced that system with one of Dennis Burgess' PowerRouter 1U > rackmount devices, which includes seven Intel Pro1000 gigabit network > ports. Those ports alone are probably half the price of the unit. It's a > bit overkill for my needs, honestly, but it hasn't so much as hiccuped. > (In all fairness I've only had it deployed for about a week and a half, > but that's already longer than my home-built system with the RB44G NIC was > running between total lockups.) > > David Smith > MVN.net > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
