I'd add to the MT column. I don't run MT boards for my main routers, I use Dell servers with MT software. 3ghz processors, many gigs of ram, as many interfaces of nearly any kind etc. Never had a lick of trouble with that system, and they basically never running over single digit processor usage.
The only problem I have had, might be fixed by now, was the last one I tried to do. The drivers for sata hard drives and pci/e slots didn't work right. I ended up having to use an MT appliance. It's working fine too, but I'll swap it out and use it as a spare one of these days. marlon ----- Original Message ----- From: Roman To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:31 PM Subject: [WISPA] Fwd: Choosing core router for small - medium WISP 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]> Date: Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 12:00 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Choosing core router for small - medium WISP To: [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! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
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