Kevin,
You really spilled the beans here, thank you. This is really good, I'm
marking this email along with some others for reference.
Jan V
On 05/29/2017 06:36 AM, Kevin Myers wrote:
Jan,
As someone who is a network architect for a large number of WISPS that
run MikroTik/Ubiquiti, I think you’ll find this is a difficult
question to answer in a generic way for several reasons (this isn’t an
exhaustive list either):
1. *Geography* - Service provider network design (WISP or Wireline)
follows the geography of the area you intend to serve. This
affects link speed, redundancy, overall capacity, routing design,
etc. Mountains, Deserts, Forests, Water, etc all play into
defining the geography of where your towers are placed, where
redundant paths are formed and what paths you want to prefer over
others. This is different for everyone.
2. *Routing design* – you have to define what your technical and
business goals are to be able to select the routing design that
best fits your geography. I am a huge proponent of the combination
of BGP/OSPF/MPLS when building WISPs because it provides the most
functionality and scalability.
3. *Physical layer design* – I tend to utilize switch centric
architecture because it scales well and has redundancy benefits
but others prefer plugging all the routers into each other instead
of everything into a switch with VLANs for routing. There isn’t a
right or wrong answer here, it largely depends on your comfort
level with abstracting the physical layer into a logical layer
(e.g VLANs)
Here are some presentations I’ve given at the MikroTik MUM as well as
articles I’ve written on WISP design – some of them have network
topology examples with configuration examples. Hope this helps!
*MikroTik US MUM 2017* – WISP Design**– Using eBGP and OSPF transit
fabric for traffic engineering
https://mum.mikrotik.com/presentations/US17/presentation_4519_1496062656.pdf
*MikroTik US MUM 2016* - ISP Architecture – MPLS Overview, Design and
Implementation for WISPs
https://mum.mikrotik.com//presentations/US16/presentation_3327_1462279781.pdf
<https://mum.mikrotik.com/presentations/US16/presentation_3327_1462279781.pdf>
*MikroTik Europe MUM 2016* – ISP Architecture – Deploy virtualized
public BGP routers with CHR for large scale transit peering.
https://mum.mikrotik.com//presentations/EU16/presentation_3098_1456817868.pdf
<https://mum.mikrotik.com/presentations/EU16/presentation_3098_1456817868.pdf>
*MikroTik US MUM 2013* – BGP as an IGP for Carrier/Enterprise Networks
https://mum.mikrotik.com//presentations/US13/kevin.pdf
<https://mum.mikrotik.com/presentations/US13/kevin.pdf>
*Stubarea51.net* – WISP Design: Using OSPF to build a transit fabric
over unequal links
http://www.stubarea51.net/2016/10/27/wisp-design-using-ospf-to-build-a-transit-fabric-over-unequal-links/
*Thanks,*
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Faisal Imtiaz
via Mikrotik-users
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2017 4:02 AM
To: Jan-OOLLC <[email protected]>; Mikrotik Users
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Mikrotik Users] network topology suggestions
It is an interesting question that you are asking. Most of the time,
speaking from personal experience, I have found searching for
presentations and articles in regards to a particular topic easier,
your starting point is a bit more broad.
Having said that, I would suggest the following locations, in addition
to the ones folks have already mentioned:-
For Mikrotik:-
Start with their WIKI (solutions section has a nice collection).
Going thru last few years of MUM presentations has been invaluable.
There are a few bloggers of Mikrotik who put out good info best
to google for them.
Lastly, kind of like mining for gems... scour thru the users
forums ... some nice gems there too.
For Cambium:-
Start with their users forum, there are nice docs and gems there
For Ubiquiti :-
Scour thru their user forums, there are some nice gems there too.
Keep in mind when going thru the user forums, it is like fishing... or
mining... a lot of time is spent in reviewing lots of conversations,
about 90% are kind of blah ! but the gems in other other 10% make it
worth while.
Sorry but I am not aware of any all in one place resources.
Once you get to more advance topics... then going thru NANOG
presentations is also very helpful. Lots of great education material
available there (non vendor specific information mostly geared towards
service provider networks).
Regards
Faisal Imtiaz
Snappy Internet & Telecom
7266 SW 48 Street
Miami, FL 33155
Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232
Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: [email protected]
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> From: "Jan-OOLLC via Mikrotik-users" <[email protected]
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> To: "Mikrotik Users" <[email protected]
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> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2017 7:22:17 PM
> Subject: [Mikrotik Users] network topology suggestions
> Is there any documentation on suggested network topology using
> Mikrotik routers with multiple Ubiquiti towers and APs?
>
> --
>
> Jan V
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