I find it highly amusing that this reply assumes the customer is the abusive partner, not the vendor.
Jared > Sent: Monday, December 21, 2020 > From: "Trey Scarborough" <t...@3dsc.co> > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik 1072 Frustrations > > I really haven't seen these issues. I would say its more likely if you > don't beat them and expect them to do more than they can they will work > for you well. If you try to beat them in to submission they will just > fall over and play dead. > > On 12/21/2020 10:36 AM, fiber...@mail.com wrote: > > Reading this thread is like listening to somebody in an abusive > > relationship: "... if I treat him right, he won't hit me. The problem is > > just that I can't figure out that sets him off..." > > > > You know what the solution to that problem is. > > > > Jared > > > > > > > > Sent: Monday, December 21, 2020 > > From: "Colin Stanners" <cstann...@gmail.com> > > To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com> > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik 1072 Frustrations > > > > This last year, I've seen a MikroTik CCR1072 switch from long being > > rock-solid to now having occasional random reboots (from watchdog) or 100% > > CPU usage, which strangles the BGP process. In the latter case, > > tools->profile would show the firewall taking 100% of CPU, even after > > temporarily disabling all firewall filter and NAT rules and connection > > tracking. Not fun. > > > > MT tech support did not seem super helpful or interested, mostly > > recommending to disable watchdog (unacceptable on a production router) or > > to upgrade firmware (without specifying the suspected cause of the problem > > or nature of the fix). > > > > Tried 1 update, that didn't seem to help, have now tried another... > > > > On Sun, Dec 20, 2020, 11:38 PM Steven Kenney > > <st...@wavedirect.org[mailto:st...@wavedirect.org]> wrote: > > > > MIkrotik has been rock solid for me for years. Until this year and the > > 1072's. Random reboots set off by watchdog timer on all of my 1072's. > > Some more than others. Threads in the forum all discuss the same problem > > exactly. Its a connection tracking issue.. however I need connection > > tracking on one particular router. I've adjusted everything I could. > > Firmware and board firmware all up to date etc. Happens randomly with low > > levels of traffic, high levels of traffic, sometimes a couple times a > > day, sometimes weeks. No DDOS evidence at all from upstream routers. > > Configs checked and rechecked by third party experts. I graph everything > > about the Mikrotik and there are no clues or anything abnormal happening > > before the crash. Plenty of memory, disk space, CPU etc. Replaces all > > the trannies, power cables and such. Not running BGP only OSPF on the one > > that is giving me the most trouble. > > > > Even have a serial console cable plugged into them to my opengear and set > > it to log pretty much everything to console including the kernel and > > nothing. A hard freeze. > > > > Then there is Mikrotik support... I've never needed their support before > > until now. So I put a ticket in and the shitty attitude I'm getting from > > them seems like they KNOW there is something wrong with the hardware and > > they are intentionally not being helpful. It is pretty clear to see with > > all the people reporting this issue that there IS an issue. > > > > If this is any indication of how things are going to go with Mikrotik on > > the newer hardware going forware I think its time to jump to an enterprise > > level system. Juniper most likely. Shame because they are just about > > keeping up with the demands with their hardware. Getting closer to 100Gbps > > etc and ROS7 ... but at their current pace I think we've outgrew them. > > > > All the threads discussing this issue has been absolutely quiet when it > > comes to Mikrotik jumping in to mention or try to help troubleshoot. I > > think they know they had bad hardware out there and do not want to honor > > warranties. I've heard rumors of bad batches of 1072's. > > > > Anyone else encounter this? > > > > > > > > > > > > [https://www.wavedirect.net/] > > [https://www.facebook.com/ruralhighspeed] > > [https://www.instagram.com/wave.direct/] > > [https://www.linkedin.com/company/wavedirect-telecommunication/] > > [https://twitter.com/wavedirect1] > > [https://www.youtube.com/user/WaveDirect] STEVEN KENNEY > > DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY & CONTINUITY A: 158 Erie St. N | Leamington > > ON > > E: st...@wavedirect.org[mailto:st...@wavedirect.org] | P: 519-737-9283 > > W: www.wavedirect.net[http://www.wavedirect.net]-- > > AF mailing list > > AF@af.afmug.com[mailto:AF@af.afmug.com] > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com-- AF mailing list > > AF@af.afmug.com > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com[http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com] > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
