I could look though our customer list and show over 2,000 networks being ran by RouterOS from small networks running 20-50 meg all the way up to networks running 10GigE BGP feeds. We just turned up a location running 4 BGP GigE feeds in a single router.
----------------------------------------------------------- Dennis Burgess, Mikrotik Certified Trainer Link Technologies, Inc -- Mikrotik & WISP Support Services Office: 314-735-0270 Website: http://www.linktechs.net LIVE On-Line Mikrotik Training - Author of "Learn RouterOS" > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Sullivan [mailto:joseph.sulli...@alyrica.net] > Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 2:31 PM > To: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: Any recommended router. They are reliable and have good > support. > > > We use a lot of Mikrotik in our network. They are fantastic little routers as > long as you remember that they are not Cisco/Juniper/whatever. In other > words, you pay a few hundred bucks, you get something worth at least that > much. But don't put it head to head against a $10k router. > > Support is technically sound, but you have to email Latvia and then wait for > the time difference to get a response. If you expect to pay $100 for a router > and then get prompt, courteous, 24/7 tech support, you will be disappointed. > :) > > We use their routers mostly for end user gateways doing QOS. They do a > superb job of this. I wouldn't particularly want them as network edge > devices or core routers; they will choke up if the PPS rate gets too high and > you are doing any kind of packet mangling. > > There have been a lot of bugs in various versions of RouterOS, but the > current (5.8?) OS seems pretty good. They added IPv6 support and fixed a > ton of bugs. > > OSPF implementation was buggy before OS5, but seems to be relatively > stable since we upgraded. BGP works fine but is perhaps less feature rich > than Cisco/Zebra. > > Joseph > > Alyrica Networks Inc / www.alyrica.net > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert E. Seastrom" <r...@seastrom.com> > To: "Leigh Porter" <leigh.por...@ukbroadband.com> > Cc: "nanog list" <nanog@nanog.org> > Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 11:52 AM > Subject: Re: Any recommended router. They are reliable and have good > support. > > > > > > Leigh Porter <leigh.por...@ukbroadband.com> writes: > > > >> Has anybody had experience of mikrotik support? Is it any good? Any > >> thoughts about the time to fix bugs? > > > > I have dealt with Mikrotik support. They were easily comparable to > > [CJ]TAC. Which is to say "guy was pleasant and courteous, I could > > tell through the language barrier that he wasn't really interested in > > addressing my problems or understanding them, and eventually I got > > exasperated and figured out a work-around". > > > > That said, it's easy to exceed expectations when you've spent > > something like $70 on a router that does five ports of gigabit > > ethernet. > > > > Several dot releases after that little ordeal, at least one of my > > laundry list of problems (ssh connections blew up if you are using > > application layer keepalives) seems to have gotten fixed, at least in > > 5.8, with nary a mention in the release notes so I assume it was a > > matter of syncing the codebase to whatever they run for an ssh server. > > Still no fix for the "your CLI only partially implements Emacs key > > binds, please try libcli.a which is LGPL instead", which is annoying > > since this shortcoming is really up in your grill whenever you're > > logged into the router. Still can't traceroute to an IPv6 host by > > name, only by number. Dunno if they figured out what the "G" in "GRE" > > stands for yet and started allowing protocols other than IPv4 (and > > ethertypes other than 0x0800) in a GRE tunnel - can't be bothered to > > test it out since I managed to get 6in4 tunneling working instead. > > There are more random gripes, but you get the idea - routeros > > definitely shows a certain lack of polish but can get the job done for > > low-end stuff at a very acceptably low-end price. > > > > All in all, despite the gripes it's worth your time to check out. > > Don't let the folks who sing their praises get your hopes up too much > > but hey, for pocket change invested? Pretty decent. There are some > > good surprises in there too, like putative support for 32 bit ASNs > > (haven't tested that myself) and scriptability that will allow you to > > send TSIG-signed dns update messages periodically for when you have > > customers to support that are on the far end of a non-sticky DHCP. > > > > -r >