thanks Scott. Does that mean that you can't bridge ports together that don't exist in the same switch group?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Reed" <[email protected]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 9:26 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] RB1100U Anywhere? >2 Switch groups means you can either put any or all of the ports in a > switch or any or all can be routed. > The bypass is a pair of ports that if the power goes away are physically > connected, so data just bypasses the router. > > On 11/1/2010 11:15 AM, Mark Nash wrote: >> 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"<[email protected]> >> To: "WISPA General List"<[email protected]> >> 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! 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