On Fri, 2010-09-17 at 08:39 -0400, Justin Wilson wrote: > If it’s all bridged then ARP tables fill up, memory runs low, and > all kinds of things happen. I know Forbes has mentioned a bridged > network on here before. I would put your money into routing the > network and then get rid of the mikrotiks if they are still problems > after the routing is done. You will be amazed at how much a routed > network will improve the quality of the network. There are other > things he could try to hunt down, but until all that bridging is > stopped it will be an uphill battle.
While I agree that a routed network offers significant benefit, this can be made to work even in a bridged environment. I have one customer with over 2800 clients running on a single bridge WITHOUT issues. It just requires good management of the traffic (bridge filters) and it can work. -- ******************************************************************** * Butch Evans * Professional Network Consultation* * http://www.butchevans.com/ * Network Engineering * * http://store.wispgear.net/ * Wired or Wireless Networks * * http://blog.butchevans.com/ * ImageStream, Mikrotik and MORE! * ******************************************************************** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
