Yup, RB3011 is what you want. On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 12:55 PM, Paul McCall <pa...@pdmnet.net> wrote:
> Yep, don’t why I didn’t think of that. The 3011 will fit the bill nicely > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Colin Stanners > *Sent:* Friday, July 21, 2017 1:36 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] cost effective, mid-range performance Mikrotik > router needed > > > > RB3011. Fast, stable (once you upgrade past earlt factory firmware that > had packet loss bug), $170. > > > > On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 12:17 PM, Paul McCall <pa...@pdmnet.net> wrote: > > As we moved all out towers to Fiber / Power up the tower, we still have > the router at the bottom (running a UBNT S16) at the tower top. The only > thing we really have at the bottom that plugs into the router (other than > Fiber) is a SiteMonitor. (Boy, I wish it had an SFP, but I digress.) > > > > So, we use something like the CRSCRS125-24G-1S (because it was already > there and has an SFP port) or a RB2011 (same reason). Both have a 600Mhz > MIPS 74Kc V4.12. > > I am looking to find something that has more power without jumping up to a > $ 380 CCR1009. We have 25+ towers that fit into that scenario. In each > case, these towers never push for than 50 Mbit of BW but often go over 60% > CPU. The use Queues per connected customers (that it grabs from Radius) > and very basic Firewall rules to restrict access on all the good ports to > our internal office subnet. > > > > But, we just need a bit more horsepower. Was wondering if someone had any > ideas? Like maybe building some little cube box to run ROS, but not seeing > a cost effective solution that has a fiber port and a copper port. There > is the Power Box pro with same CPU but 800Mhz, but not sure that would be > the tipping point that we need long term. > > > > Any suggestions> > > > > Paul > > > > > > Paul McCall, President > > PDMNet, Inc. / Florida Broadband, Inc. > > 658 Old Dixie Highway > > Vero Beach, FL 32962 > > 772-564-6800 <(772)%20564-6800> > > pa...@pdmnet.net > > www.pdmnet.com > > www.floridabroadband.com > > > > > > >
