[171665] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Residential CPE suggestions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Carpenter)
Thu May 8 12:30:24 2014
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Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 12:30:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: Randy Carpenter <rcarpen@network1.net>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <2a700f3fd03343be80c1bd4db30b3965@KWMAIL.local.kw-corp.com>
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I would love to see the EdgeRouter Lite, or something similar with 2 SFP po=
rts and 2 1000bT ports (Which would fit with the OP's question). Q-in-Q tun=
neling and basic routing required, but not much else for me. Bonus points p=
oints for something like that with redundant power supplies for <$1k
There really does not seem to be anything in that space that is viable and =
inexpensive.
thanks,
-Randy
----- Original Message -----
> We=E2=80=99ve had two of the ER3s in production. One of which has had no =
problems to
> date, the other one had several issues just staying online. It would
> randomly drop out from time to time (no ICMP, didn't pass traffic; basica=
lly
> a flashing brick). These were both single homed stub networks on older
> firmware so your results may vary. In my past experience the Ubiquiti
> release cycle is:
>=20
> Announce Product --> (1 year later) --> Reannounce Product /Start Shippin=
g
> --> (4 months later) --> Claim it's still on the boat and will reach
> distributors soon --> (2 months later) --> Begin shipping from Distributi=
on
> with defunct firmware --> (8 months later and a few firmware updates) -->
> Release a stable firmware version
>=20
> TL;DR: Ubiquiti has good, inexpensive equipment but it might not always b=
e
> ready for production networks or very patient customers. For what you=E2=
=80=99re
> looking for though no one else can match that price point.
>=20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Jimmy Hess
> Sent: Tuesday, May 6, 2014 9:13 PM
> To: surfer@mauigateway.com
> Cc: NANOG list
> Subject: Re: Residential CPE suggestions
>=20
> On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 2:31 PM, Scott Weeks <surfer@mauigateway.com> wrot=
e:
>=20
> I wouldn't worry. A fancy GUI without intelligent engineering and desig=
n
> leveraged is just more rope for everyone to hang themselves with, esp.
> when something in the GUI inevitably doesn't work quite like it's suppose=
d
> to.
>=20
> Network vendor GUIs never work 100% like they are supposed to; there's al=
ways
> eventually some bug or another, or limitation requiring some workaround.
>=20
> And IPv6 is a game-changer.
>=20
> > It looks like everyone here should start looking for a new
> > career: "Next-generation user experience allows anyone to quickly
> > become a routing expert."
>=20
> > ;-)
> > scott
> --
> -JH
>=20
