It would be worth your time to load up a VM on your laptop with VyOS (aka vyatta, aka brocade vrouter, etc.)
Vyatta using DPDK and good NICs can push 60Gbps on x86. Replace those 'good' NICs with Chelsio T5 2x10 or 2x40 and you just added 1 or more RAM backed ASICs to your system, taking the major load off of your CPUs which gives you overhead for Surucata inline IPS/IDS, ntop-ng based DPI, blazing fast BGP convergence, etc. On Feb 11, 2016 5:21 PM, "Christopher Gray" <cg...@graytechsoftware.com> wrote: > I've been very pleased with the RouterOS CLI, but perhaps I just haven't > experienced anything better (No experience with EdgeOS, VyOS, or JunOS). > > Based on the responses, for my purposes I seems would not benefit from > adding a new router operating system to my mix. > > Maybe I'll get one to experiment with in my spare time... > > Thanks - Chris > > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Stefan Englhardt <s...@genias.net> wrote: > >> With the higher speeds you need to dive a bit into the HW to get the >> announced speeds. >> >> E.g. with the RB1100AHx2 you have to see what ports are connected to >> which internal switch. >> >> If you route between 2 ports connected to the same switch you only get >> half the speed as there >> >> Is only one gigabit link between internal switch and CPU. If you use >> ports connected to different switches >> >> you get full speed. >> >> >> >> The CCR Tilera is powerful due to a lot of CPUs but single cpus are weak. >> So you see slow speed tests as >> >> they run on one cpu and max it out. This does not mean the CCR cant >> forward higher speeds. >> >> >> >> Same is with UBNT offloading HW. You need to know what is offloaded. >> >> >> >> We stay with MT for routing. As it works and we are used to Winbox. Very >> efficient. >> >> >> >> >> >> *Von:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *Im Auftrag von *Josh Reynolds >> *Gesendet:* Montag, 8. Februar 2016 16:33 >> *An:* af@afmug.com >> *Betreff:* Re: [AFMUG] Ubiquiti EdgeRouters? >> >> >> >> Does "use both" count? :) >> >> Mikrotik has a much better GUI for network operators. It's fast and >> informative and even works well on mobile. UBNT's is geared more to >> consumer-ish-es? :) >> >> MikroTik has a larger price range/variety. >> >> EdgeRouter has a FAR SUPERIOR CLI. This is especially true for people who >> are familiar with either JUNOS or Vyatta. Not only is the CLI documented >> very well inside of itself, but the ability to access the underlying Linux >> CLI is often quite useful. I've even seen them used as PBX's and other odd >> things - note: there are limits, and you can't just apt-get upgrade and >> expect things to be OK. >> >> Documentation is a Toss Up. You can use the very detailed vyatta docs for >> most things, but EdgeOS and VyOS/Brocade vrouter are starting to drift s >> bit. There are a lot of examples on both forums and knowledge bases >> (UBNT/Mikrotik) >> >> Mikrotik has better queuing/shaping methods, UBNT is catching up. UBNT >> does have hierarchal QOS as well as fq_codel. >> >> MikroTik is cheaper and more expensive. (Lol) >> >> EdgeRouterX SFP is a nice entry. It can do around 600Mbps or so with some >> firewall rules in place. They are about to enable hardware offload on it >> which should increase performance well beyond RB2011 levels. It also has a >> 5 port switch chip and sfp port, so it's a pretty handy piece of gear at a >> good price. >> >> ER Pro has much better BGP convergence than I think just about any of the >> Mikrotik boards currently. Also, DPI. ER does have mpls, vpls, te, etc in >> new builds but they are playing catch-up here. >> >> Just about all if not all of the CCRs will have higher overall >> performance. >> >> CCRs have some very limiting software characteristics on their 10G unit - >> hopefully that should change in ROS7(?). >> >> UBNT has not publicly announce a 10G product yet. >> >> I would love to see something with a 4-8 core x 2GHz cavium + DPI offload >> and DPDK. I'm pretty sure they could pull that off, and it could kick some >> serious butt in the 10G market. >> >> I probably missed a few things, but this should help. Both have their >> place and are great platforms. >> >> On Feb 8, 2016 8:25 AM, "Christopher Gray" <cg...@graytechsoftware.com> >> wrote: >> >> I have not heard much about Ubiquiti EdgeRouters in a while (Other than >> from Ubiquiti). I understand the firmware is improving and many features >> have added over the past year. >> >> >> >> Is anyone using EdgeRouter / EdgePoint product lines finding they prefer >> them over MikroTik? >> >> >> >> I'm using all MikroTik for my routing and switching at this time, but I'm >> willing to try new things. >> >> >> >> Thanks - Chris >> >> >
