I don't know to what extent, but at least some of MT's routing previously was open source based, but I believe in 3.0, the open source parts were replaced by Mikrotik coded parts.
---------- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom DeReggi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 11:33 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Intel-based 4-port Fast Ethernet Card - StarOS > Butch, > > I agree the MT graphical interface for configuring BGP, OSPF, and stuff, > is > pretty nice. > > Can you tell us more about MT's BGP. Is it Quagga, GateD, or their Own? > > There had been reports that in the past, BGP was buggy on MT, but NOT > buggy > anymore with more recent V3 code. > I was just wondering because I was wondering about compatibilty with other > third party BGP implementations used by upstreams using different > platforms. > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dennis Burgess - LinkTechs.net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 10:01 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. 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