[146810] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Any recommended router. They are reliable and have good support.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Meftah Tayeb)
Tue Nov 22 14:45:41 2011
From: "Meftah Tayeb" <tayeb.meftah@gmail.com>
To: <Faisal@snappydsl.net>,
"Thomas York" <straterra@fuhell.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:07:22 +0200
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
+1 Faisal
never has any kind of issue with RouterBoards :)
Faisal, please contact me offlist
----- Original Message -----
From: "Faisal Imtiaz" <faisal@snappydsl.net>
To: "Thomas York" <straterra@fuhell.com>
Cc: <listas@esds.com.br>; <tayeb.meftah@gmail.com>;
<leigh.porter@ukbroadband.com>; <nanog@nanog.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: Any recommended router. They are reliable and have good
support.
> Having worked with approx 10-15 units of RouterBoards, I cannot say that
> I have see this issue.
>
> Could it be some sort of a software bug ? we typically update the
> mikrotik OS and Firmware before we deploy.
>
> Faisal Imtiaz
> Snappy Internet& Telecom
>
>
> On 11/22/2011 1:58 PM, Thomas York wrote:
>> I've had one major, glaring issue with RouterBoard/Mikrotik. Quite often,
>> I
>> will configure a new router/AP/whatever Mikrotik device and it simply
>> will
>> not work. The config is correct, but the device just won't work properly
>> (sometimes it won't pass data, it won't bridge correctly, VLAN membership
>> isn't correct, etc). However, if I reset the device to factory settings
>> (Which takes forever because you have to find the little metal half
>> circles
>> and use a flat-head screwdriver to bridge them) and redo the EXACT same
>> config everything will magically work.
>>
>> This annoyance hasn't been enough to make me switch to another brand yet,
>> but I know every time I have to deploy a new device I'm likely to wrestle
>> this issue.
>>
>> --Thomas York
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Eduardo Schoedler [mailto:listas@esds.com.br]
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 1:00 PM
>> To: 'Meftah Tayeb'; 'Leigh Porter'; Faisal@snappydsl.net
>> Cc: 'nanog list'
>> Subject: RES: Any recommended router. They are reliable and have good
>> support.
>>
>> One missing feature in MikroTik is IS-IS.
>>
>> --
>> Eduardo Schoedler
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Mensagem original-----
>>> De: Eduardo Schoedler [mailto:listas@esds.com.br] Enviada em:
>>> terça-feira, 22 de novembro de 2011 15:04
>>> Para: 'Meftah Tayeb'; 'Leigh Porter'; Faisal@snappydsl.net
>>> Cc: 'nanog list'
>>> Assunto: RES: Any recommended router. They are reliable and have good
>>> support.
>>>
>>> One important feature for me is MPLS/VPLS support.
>>>
>>> +1 MikroTik
>>>
>>> --
>>> Eduardo Schoedler
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Mensagem original-----
>>>> De: Meftah Tayeb [mailto:tayeb.meftah@gmail.com] Enviada em:
>>>> segunda-feira, 21 de novembro de 2011 12:26
>>>> Para: Leigh Porter; Faisal@snappydsl.net
>>>> Cc: nanog list
>>>> Assunto: Re: Any recommended router. They are reliable and have good
>>>> support.
>>>>
>>>> Leigh,
>>>> MT is very responcive
>>>> wonderfull
>>>> fast bug fixs and very organised RouterOs releases i use it a lot
>>>> and have a hell load of features support all major routing protocols
>>>> BGP, OSPF / OSPFv3, RIP/RIPNG, PIM for multicast, MME for wireless
>>>> and much
>>> more.
>>>> thank you
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Leigh Porter"<leigh.porter@ukbroadband.com>
>>>> To:<Faisal@snappydsl.net>
>>>> Cc: "nanog list"<nanog@nanog.org>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 6:02 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: Any recommended router. They are reliable and have good
>>>> support.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Has anybody had experience of mikrotik support? Is it any good? Any
>>>> thoughts about the time to fix bugs?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Leigh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 22 Nov 2011, at 15:57, "Faisal Imtiaz"<faisal@snappydsl.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> mikrotik family .. you can have all sizes and shapes of routers ..
>>>>> lots of support available online or from independent consultants.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards.
>>>>>
>>>>> Faisal Imtiaz
>>>>> Snappy Internet& Telecom
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11/22/2011 10:38 AM, Deric Kwok wrote:
>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can I know any selection of Linux routers except cisco / juniper?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They are reliable and have good support provided
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We would like to get one for testing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you
>>
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