This is sort of an illustration of why I am still very wary of Mikrotik for routers.
There's a myriad of Cisco routers available with 12 to 20 SFP-based GbE interfacess (used/refurb) that are just as capable, if somewhat bigger and hotter, that run very stable versions of IOS. It's totally unacceptable for Cisco to break basic functionality for $HUGE_ISP and $HUGE_ENTERPRISE_CUSTOMER , which are usually using the same IOS trains I use for service provider functions. Mikrotik OS software support is pretty much "hey go over to this forum and hope somebody answers your question", if something is broken you are just supposed to wait for a new version release in a month or two. If something is fundamentally broken in a version of IOS used by a mature (6+ year old) Cisco platform it's almost certain that somebody much bigger and more important than yourself has already run into the issue, escalated it with Cisco, and a new build fixing the bug is available. If the space and power are available I would much rather have a 6503E with dual supervisor than a CCR.... On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 7:34 PM, Rory Conaway <r...@triadwireless.net> wrote: > This just gets even better. Worked 24 hours, then breaks again. Up to > Level 4 tech support. > > > > Rory > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Rory Conaway > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 13, 2016 7:56 AM > > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Weird Problem with download > > > > We are taking it to the Mikrotik forum. This makes no sense since we have > 12 of the already running with no issues. > > > > Rory > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On > Behalf Of *Glen Waldrop > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 13, 2016 7:54 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Weird Problem with download > > > > I’m not terribly happy with ROS since 6.29. > > > > Maybe it’s just still not 100% yet. > > > > > > > > *From:* Rory Conaway <r...@triadwireless.net> > > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 12, 2016 8:36 PM > > *To:* af@afmug.com > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Weird Problem with download > > > > Replaced the Mikrotik routers with an Airrouter, it works. Replaced with > an Edgerouter, still works. This goes under the category of WTF. > > > > Rory > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On > Behalf Of *Rory Conaway > *Sent:* Monday, January 11, 2016 9:13 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Weird Problem with download > > > > We tried 3 Mikrotik routers, 2 cable modems, and two radios from two > different manufacturers. > > > > Rory > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On > Behalf Of *Glen Waldrop > *Sent:* Monday, January 11, 2016 8:52 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Weird Problem with download > > > > MTU? > > Last time I had that problem was an inconsistent Ethernet connection. It > wasn’t showing errors, but UDP was dropping packets. TCP retransmitted. > > UDP was screwy, but TCP was downloading at the limit of the wireless feed. > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* Rory Conaway <r...@triadwireless.net> > > *Sent:* Monday, January 11, 2016 9:47 PM > > *To:* af@afmug.com > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Weird Problem with download > > > > Nailed the problem down to the Mikrotik router having a problem with DNS > caching whether it’s Cox or Google. Not sure where to go from there since > the other 12 don’t have a problem. > > > > Rory > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On > Behalf Of *Rory Conaway > *Sent:* Monday, January 11, 2016 4:44 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Weird Problem with download > > > > We had raons bit no dangling cables. Level 3 says no errors to the modem > and we had a tech out already. We are changing the 2011 to a 450 just to > confirm before we eacalate further. > > > > > > > > Rory Conaway > > Triad Wireless > > > > Typed on my phone with one finger so please excuse typos and abbreviations. > > > > > > -------- Original message -------- > > From: That One Guy /sarcasm <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> > > Date: 1/11/2016 10:38 AM (GMT-07:00) > > To: af@afmug.com > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Weird Problem with download > > > > If it just started and youre in an area hit by storms, some of the > neighbors, mostly the empty houses with no tenants at this point, cable was > busted down by tree limbs and is dangling terminated byt the mud now > > > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 10:58 AM, Glen Waldrop <gwl...@cngwireless.net> > wrote: > > Likely an RF issue on the cable side. > > I see this sort of thing with the company I consult for. They’ll have me > going through the router, trying to shut down the “virus” or peer to peer > when it is thousands and thousands of retransmits and broken packets. > > > > Just like our wireless it can have good quality until loaded, then watch > the quality drop to nearly nothing and loose connection. > > > > > > > > *From:* Rory Conaway <r...@triadwireless.net> > > *Sent:* Sunday, January 10, 2016 8:25 PM > > *To:* af@afmug.com > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Weird Problem with download > > > > The Netgear router has nothing to do with it, I was just using their > website as an example of downloading a file. It’s computer, 2011, cable > modem, the world. I just can’t download anything from any sites. What’s > weird is they just drop. > > > > Rory > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Ken Hohhof > *Sent:* Sunday, January 10, 2016 5:12 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Weird Problem with download > > > > You mention Netgear, is this a Netgear router? They used to have a > problem with downloads stalling, but that was quite a few years ago. The > fix was to disable SPI Firewall. > > > > > > *From:* Rory Conaway <r...@triadwireless.net> > > *Sent:* Sunday, January 10, 2016 6:06 PM > > *To:* af@afmug.com > > *Subject:* [AFMUG] Weird Problem with download > > > > We have a cable circuit that can do everything except download. There is > a Mikrotik router between the computer and the cable modem. Haven’t tested > taking the router out yet but we have tried 2 routers, same results. > Basically, downloads either don’t start or start and then just crash. Game > machines can’t update, even downloading a 20MB file from netgear fails. > Everything else seems to work. Any ideas would be helpful. > > > > *Rory Conaway **• Triad Wireless •** CEO* > > *4226 S. 37th Street • Phoenix • AZ 85040* > > *602-426-0542 <602-426-0542>* > > *r...@triadwireless.net <r...@triadwireless.net>* > > *www.triadwireless.net <http://www.triadwireless.net/>* > > > > “Life is full of unfair calls, missed plays, and bad catches. But true > baseball players keep on playing” - Lessons from Baseball > > > > > > > > -- > > If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team > as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. >
