They are a great option for lots of WISP’s but there are *many* that doesn’t use MT …. Cisco/Juniper/Brocade etc come to mind as other options used…
From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 5:32 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing They're far from perfect, but they're the best fit for almost everyone. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> _____ From: "Jaime Solorza" <losguyswirel...@gmail.com <mailto:losguyswirel...@gmail.com> > To: "Animal Farm" <af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 4:30:09 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing not everyone drinks the MT Kool Aide Jaime Solorza Wireless Systems Architect 915-861-1390 On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 3:23 PM, Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net <mailto:af...@ics-il.net> > wrote: How could you have been a WISP and not dealt with Mikrotik at all? ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> _____ From: "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> > To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 3:02:34 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing I am pretty ignorant as to the abilities of any Mikrotic device. Can you enlighten me? -----Original Message----- From: Matt Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 2:01 PM To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing > I am wondering if I got a GigE managed switch, could I see some phy data > speeds by looking at its management interface? > Why not just a Mikrotik CCR? > > > Demand for our GigE surge suppressor has been growing such that I am now > limited by my test station throughput. > > > > Any ideas on how to test a GigE device go-nogo without buying more big > dollar testers (which I currently use)? > > > > It needs to be fast and show speeds in both directions. > > > > Have considered just putting up a GigE switch and plugging the surge > suppressor into two ports and seeing if they light. But that sounds > pretty > cheap and dirty. Want to see numbers. A laptop talking to another laptop > with iperf may end up being the solution. Not sure if there are GigE USB > NICS so I could do it all on one laptop or not. > > > > Any other ideas?
