I can't tell you how much I prefer the graphical UI to what StarOS offers. MT does have a limited Web UI, but the Winbox app is very nice. Viewing queues & traffic, DHCP leases, ARP entries, etc. Leaps an bounds over StarOS. But I will deal with not having these tools in the name of standardization on 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: "Dennis Burgess - LinkTechs.net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 8:01 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Intel-based 4-port Fast Ethernet Card - StarOS > MT does BGP and Bandwitdh shaping. Much simpler to use compaired to > star, at least you get a graphic interface. N-Stream does the same thing. > > Dennis Burgess > Mikrotik Certified Consultant > www.linktechs.net > > > > George Rogato wrote: > > Ok > > What about Butch? > > Butch can maybe better define the difference between MT and Star as a > > router considering Star V3 which has been out for a while now. I see > > Butch on the Star forums, so I'm assuming he knows both quite well. > > > > Star does BGP and bandwidth shaping, it's done bandwidth shaping for as > > long as I can remember, and I started using it before it was known as > > star-os. > > > > It also does duplex, not sure if it's true duplex, but stars duplex uses > > two radios, one to send and one to receive. Not sure how much of a > > difference it is between n stream. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David E. Smith wrote: > > > >>> Not to be antagonistic, but rather to be better educated, let me ask you > >>> this. > >>> What does MT do that Star doesn't do in the routing arena? > >>> > >> In terms of "just" routing and basic firewalling, the two are fairly > >> comparable. I'm putting more and more Mikrotik RouterOS in my network > >> because of all the nifty extra stuff it does better than StarOS (or that > >> StarOS doesn't do, period). Keep in mind my shopping list is based mainly > >> upon StarOS 2.x. > >> > >> * "Nstreme Dual," a proprietary extension that would be great for busy > >> backhauls (you put in two radio cards and have a full-duplex link, one > >> dedicated to transmit and one to receive at each side of the link) I've > >> never actually used this but it sure sounds nifty... > >> * the ability to act as both a client and a server for pretty much every > >> type of VPN out there (StarOS can do some of this, but it's limited by > >> comparison) > >> * BGP (this existed in StarOS 2.x, but was taken out of early 3.x > >> releases, I heard StarOS might be getting it back someday) and MPLS > >> * ridiculously extensive traffic shaping/queuing capability > >> * pretty GUI (this could be a plus or a minus, actually, as the SSH > >> interface to RouterOS is pretty blah while StarOS' console is quite nice) > >> > >> Ultimately, though, I'd say this sort of thing is about 95% personal > >> preference. For many basic jobs, both of 'em will work just fine; might as > >> well get the one with which you're more familiar. > >> > >> 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/ > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > 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/
