[173864] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Mikrotik RouterBoard and Ubiquiti Networks Routing and Switching
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tony Wicks)
Mon Aug 11 21:06:21 2014
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From: "Tony Wicks" <tony@wicks.co.nz>
To: "'NANOG'" <nanog@nanog.org>
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Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 13:05:41 +1200
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Personally I have a simple matrix for routing and switching, if the =
customer can afford it I use Juniper, if they can afford it and really =
want Cisco then I will use Cisco. If the customer wants to put something =
in that will "just work" for years to come I use Juniper. If they want =
the cheapest routing solution that will do the job I will use MikroTik. =
If I was building a service provider that was not huge out of my own =
money then I would use Juniper switches and MikroTik routing/BNG. I have =
actually found MikroTik to be very stable and scalable over the years =
and I have had great support from them. In the early years (10 years =
ago) I saw some BGP instability under load, but not for several years. =
MikroTik's also make a great CPE device (Ethernet only). I have not used =
MikroTik switches so can't comment on them.
cheers
> I am interested to hear opinions on Mikrotik and Ubiquiti Networks=20
> routing and switching products. I know both hardware providers are=20
> widely deployed in WISP networks, but I am less interested in their=20
> wireless solutions and more in their wired products.
>
> I know most of their switches and routers are software based, but that =
> might not necessarily be a bad thing since everyone is going to SDN=20
> anyways. Their products are 1/10th or less of the cost of the=20
> equivalent Cisco/Juniper products.
>
Ubiquiti routers use Cavium chips so they are not 100% software =
solutions, having a bit of programmable hardware support.
Although most Mikrotik products are 100% software-based, their flagship =
router nowadays, CCR, also has similar hardware acceleration from =
Tilera.
