Roman, for the things you are talking about, Ciscos are not necessarily
stupid expensive.
We typically are installing Cisco 881 series routers on Cable modem
Internet connections that run at 87 meg down and 20 meg up, and they
rarely push more than a few % CPU. 880 series routers can be had for in
the $450 - 700 range. Up a notch to the 891 series that is around $1000
and the 1900 series in the 1200-1500 dollar range. The 1900s are
necessary if you are into T-1's. The smartnets on these run from around
$100 per year into about $200 per year.
John
On 7/7/2011 1:31 PM, Roman wrote:
Great thanks for all who participated in discussion! This community is
very good place to ask question and get opinions from experienced
wireless professionals.
Opinions vary, though. And as the way to thank community and to
provoke additional discussion I would like to summarize all the inputs
from community members. Hope to get unbiased view of core routers
market as it is today.
Feel free to criticize it if you want! We can make it even better with
help of WISP community!
Market segment
Econom
Middle
Top
Market players
Mikrotik
Imagestream
Vyatta
Juniper SRX
Cisco
Performance and price
20 Mbps – 219$ (RB750G)
2 GE – 1219$ (Power router 732)
Up to 8x1GE
300 Mbps – 1500$
Up to 8x1GE
Features
Proprietary OS
Open source, Linux-based
Quagga as dynamic routing package
High end of open source routers
Cisco competitor,
Junos
IOS – stable and proven
Advantages
Disadvantages
Up to 2x10GE (
Powerouter 732?)
OSPF issues
Use cases
Startups
Startups
Large enterprises with certified engineers
Large enterprises with certified engineers
Technical support
Free forum or Fee-based from Mikrotik consultants
Free software upgrades for life, 1 year of free support
You can purchase service contract
Many paid options
Many paid options
Try before buy
http://demo2.mt.lv/
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: *Roman* <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
Date: Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 12:00 AM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Choosing core router for small - medium WISP
To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
What I would like to get at this stage is not actual configuration for
one-time project. I need some "rule-of-thumb" in order to apply it for
all of my projects to get budget calculation.
For example, for projects with not more than 200 subscribers and 10
Mbps backhaul you advise to use configuration "Small". Then, for
projects with up to 1000 subscribers and 100 Mbps backhaul, you advise
to use configuration "Medium". For every type of configuration I would
like to know its technical characteristics and price.
Thank you in advance!
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