The biggest problem with Mikrotik is you just can¹t call them up for support on buggy code. In a critical network this can be a major problem.
Justin --- Justin Wilson <j...@mtin.net> MTIN Consulting Mikrotik UBNT Climbing Network Design http://www.mtin.net/ <http://www.mtin.net/blog> http://www.thebrotherswisp.com -----Original Message----- From: Dale Rumph <dale.ru...@gmail.com> Date: Friday, December 27, 2013 at 10:04 AM To: Dennis Burgess <dmburg...@linktechs.net> Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: [SPAM]RE: [SPAM]RE: Mikrotik Cloud Core Router and BGP real life experiences? >Out of all the network hardware I have worked on in operations these were >by far some of the worst. I read lots of good things but like most things >in life these just dont stack up against a Cisco or Juniper for stability >and reliability. Most of the ISP's I have worked with were HSD but i also >followed the progression path in the industry so i have time with Dial Up, >ADSL/X/...,WISP's, Data Centers etc. and FTTH > >I generally only see these in WISP's and some DSL installs. Never anything >with huge traffic load and full tables. Generally always driven by the >cost >factor alone without regard to much else imho. But that's just my >experience. However maybe there are people that have managed to keep these >up and handle all you have requested. > >just my 2c > > >On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Dennis Burgess ><dmburg...@linktechs.net>wrote: > >> We have many with full routing tables. Load balancing, works fine, I >>have >> one site with 8 DSL lines doing balancing across them. We typically >>don't >> use a GRE tunnel, but OpenVPN or IPSEC work great. >> >> >> Dennis Burgess, Mikrotik Certified Trainer Author of "Learn RouterOS- >> Second Edition" >> Link Technologies, Inc -- Mikrotik & WISP Support >> Services >> Office: 314-735-0270 Website: http://www.linktechs.net - Skype: >> linktechs >> -- Create Wireless Coverage's with www.towercoverage.com - 900Mhz - LTE >> - 3G - 3.65 - TV Whitespace >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: matt kelly [mailto:mjke...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 8:41 AM >> To: Raymond Burkholder >> Cc: NANOG list >> Subject: [SPAM]RE: Mikrotik Cloud Core Router and BGP real life >> experiences? >> >> They can not handle a full routing table. The load balancing doesn't >>work. >> They can not properly reassemble fragmented packets, and therefore drop >> all but the first "piece". They can not reliably handle traffic loads >>over >> maybe 200 Mbps, we needed 4-6 Gbps capacity. They can not hold a gre >>tunnel >> connection. >> >> On Dec 27, 2013 9:07 AM, "Raymond Burkholder" <r...@oneunified.net> >>wrote: >> >> > >> > >My real world experience with these is that they suck. Plain and >>simple. >> > >Don't waste your time. >> > >> > Would you mind elaborating what you were trying to accomplish and what >> > failed? >> > >> > Thank you. >> > >> > Ray >> > >> > >> > -- >> > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by >> > MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. >> > >> > >> > >> >> >