Does layer7 rules demand that much memory? It's the only thing on that list that I think would. Are the other things heavily used?
On 4/3/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > I would have to agree. Have had routers doing lot of work that had uptime > over a year (one that almost hit 500 days but lightning got the better of > one ethernet port). The ones I seen problems it tend to be bad PC hardware > or lack of memory. One router I saw would experience issues where vlans > would die and ip's assigned to the vlan interfaces would go invalid. Turned > out the unit had to little ram for what was going on on it (vlans, dns > proxy, queues, lot of firewall rules, layer 7 firewall rules, dhcp servers > and vpn server) installed more ram and unit ran flawless since (had 256MB to > start with, 512MB improved but would occasionally still have issues and need > reboot, 1GB and no issues after running for months). > > /Eje > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > -----Original Message----- > From: Travis Johnson <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2010 00:12:38 > To: WISPA General List<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Vyatta? > > Hi, > > I would like to be the first to say that the article about Skybeam seems > a little over dramatic. The quote that their Mikrotik routers had to be > rebooted every few days would indicate to me that they had hardware > problems, not software (Mikrotik) problems. > > I have Mikrotik routers on my network that have been up over a full year > without a single reboot or issue. The only reason it's only a year is > due to software upgrades. With over 200 Mikrotik routers on my network > (several moving over 100Mbps of traffic and 10,000pps daily and one > moving over 400Mbps and 100,000pps), I can tell you Mikrotik is one of > the most solid, reliable packages available. > > Yes, you are locked into their interface and CLI. Yes, it does have some > bugs and issues at times, but overall the best routing package I have seen. > > Travis > Microserv > > Glenn Kelley wrote: >> Josh >> >> Largest difference I have seen is in regards to load (and cost) >> Freeware community editions ... well cost is pretty low - especially >> if you have vmware already running, xen running - or a good pc or >> server around. >> that being said >> >> Mikrotik from experience can choke on DDOS attacks above 100K pps on a >> dual xeon - with vYatta you don't see much of a load. >> >> A good study on this is with SkyBeam: >> http://www.vyatta.com/downloads/casestudies/Vyatta_Skybeamcase.pdf >> >> might be worth asking them directly >> >> >> I'm not far from you if you want an in person overview :-) - thinking >> of hamfest >> >> I'm out in Court House - about an hour and 1/2 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Apr 3, 2010, at 1:10 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: >> >> >>> So who has used Vyatta and Mikrotik? Differences? >>> >>> On 4/3/10, Glenn Kelley <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> vyatta overview: http://www.vyatta.com/products/index.php >>>> >>>> PFSense overview: http://www.pfsense.org >>>> >>>> >>>> On Apr 3, 2010, at 12:52 AM, Glenn Kelley wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> I love Vyatta. I love PFSense... I love a bunch of other >>>>> applications that can do this as well... BUT it might be worth >>>>> asking >>>>> what the job that you want the router to perform. >>>>> >>>>> While some may bash vYatta - >>>>> >>>>> Keep in mind - when the reload happened - they specifically did that >>>>> for their own Support Contracts ... folks that paid them - but yes >>>>> - a >>>>> major release required a reload. >>>>> I can tell horror stories about having to do this w/ Cisco Vax >>>>> 7200's 2650's and such as well. IOS updates do not always go as >>>>> well as they advertise... >>>>> >>>>> Why I do like vYatta is the simple fact they provide both the CLI >>>>> and >>>>> GUI - (command line interface and graphical user interface)... >>>>> >>>>> Here are a few reasons why folks in this board should consider >>>>> vYatta >>>>> community edition: (free) >>>>> >>>>> 1. Load Balancing >>>>> 2. BGP (Full ) >>>>> 3. vLAN - do vlans out to the radios >>>>> 4. PPPOE - if you wanted to use it >>>>> 5. Parental Controls >>>>> 6. Speed Control / Traffic Shaping - You can do this right on >>>>> your >>>>> router. >>>>> 7. SQUID - cache things vs hitting the web all the time for the >>>>> same >>>>> content (like windows updates, youtubes, etc ) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I resell vYatta paid version for those interested - but for most the >>>>> community center is just fine. The paid edition will give you all >>>>> of >>>>> the aforementioned with the ability to obtain paid support - and >>>>> this >>>>> is based upon the following: >>>>> >>>>> 1. what type of contract you have purchased >>>>> 2. severity of the request - (ie everything down vs just a feature >>>>> request) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> that being said - WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO ? >>>>> >>>>> If you have a simple setup - and just need full BGP - you might also >>>>> want to check out another Open Source Project called PFSense. >>>>> >>>>> PFSense is full FreeBSD - runs on most any x86 hardware. >>>>> I can help any of you with this as well. The PFSense book is a >>>>> great >>>>> place to start - and is written for someone who has never done >>>>> routing... >>>>> >>>>> one last thing about pfsense... Its a full bsd license - you can >>>>> even >>>>> rebrand it. >>>>> >>>>> I have a bunch of PF systems out in the field as CPE for firewalling >>>>> and such - all running under our logo and skin when a client logs >>>>> in. >>>>> a simple 1U rack mount makes that an awesome option - so does a >>>>> simple flash drive on a card in a box ... >>>>> >>>>> Ask questions if I can help either on or off list >>>>> >>>>> :-) >>>>> >>>>> Glenn >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> WISPA Wants You! 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