They are there, but usually not the best suited for the roll. If I were to replace my MTs with anything, it'd be Telco Systems for CE. The rest of that stuff belongs in a datacenter or a wiring closet, not a tower.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stewart" <p...@paulstewart.org> To: af@afmug.com Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 6:48:48 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing 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 Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jaime Solorza" < losguyswirel...@gmail.com > To: "Animal Farm" < 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 > 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 Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com From: "Chuck McCown" < ch...@wbmfg.com > To: 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 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?
