Fair enough. I also get bitchy sometimes when conversations go awry and the point is lost for something I care about, so...sorry for my part in that.... like I hope the guy's question about install vehicles actually got ANSWERED ;)
You get what you pay for. In the Mikrotik router game for port density there seems to be no middle ground where we have 10 or 12 ports but not with the horsepower that's out there now. I'd like to have at least 8 ports at every site so that I don't have to include a switch: 2 for backhauls 3 for APs 1 for UPS 1 for remote power control unit 1 for laptop access when technician is there I want to put these EVERYWHERE, and I don't want to pay $1400 just to add a router at every tower. I've got 20 towers and I know others have way more than that. 20x$1400=$28000. 20x$400=$8000. There are towers that I could use 3 or 4 more for additional access points, and some that need additional throughput and in those cases I could go for the higher end models. I just looked at the docs for the RB1100... It says "thirteen individual gigabit ethernet ports, two 5-port switch groups, and includes ethernet bypass capability" The two questions I have: 1. The "5-port switch groups"... Does this mean that the individual ports can't be routed independently of the other 4 ports in the switch group? 2. The "ethernet bypass capability"... What's the application for this? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Butch Evans" <but...@butchevans.com> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 5:05 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] RB1100U Anywhere? > On Fri, 2010-10-29 at 16:15 -0700, Mark Nash wrote: >> Well.... That's not what I said. You took that leap. > > :-) I only did so because your quoted price was in the range of the x86 > systems. I didn't intend to offend, just thought it was funny that the > comparison was made. If it wasn't intentional and I read it wrong, then > I apologize for jumping to the wrong conclusion. Fair enough? > >> What I said was that we need port density. That was no joke. > > I agree. I have mentioned to MT that they need to build a switch with > more than 5 ports, too. Of course, the response was deadly silent. > >> Many many many many MANY times... I need ports ports ports ports but not >> the >> horsepower of an x86 box and not the power draw of an x86 power supply. > > My suggestion for this is to use whatever box you are gonna need and a > low cost managed switch that you can vlan. You can buy Cisco switches > off the secondary market for peanuts these days. That gives you the > physical ports and you can back it with whatever horsepower you may > want/need. If you want it all in one box, then you can build an rb800 > with the expansion board for even more ports than you'd get in an rb1100 > (and more power, too). > > -- > ******************************************************************** > * 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: wireless@wispa.org > > 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: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
