Re: [AusNOG] Mikrotik routers in HA environments

2018-06-28 Thread David Walsh
> On 26 Jun 2018, at 12:19 pm, Rob Thomas wrote: > > > Can a pair of Mikrotik routers be configured for a *reliable* HA scenario ? > > > > > Yep, using VRRP, they work really well. You don't even need any 'tricky' bits > - for example, if you bind your BGP to the floating IP address, it

Re: [AusNOG] Mikrotik routers in HA environments

2018-06-28 Thread Darren Moss
...@lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Philip Loenneker Sent: Thursday, 28 June 2018 3:49 PM To: Ausnog Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Mikrotik routers in HA environments I can also vouch for VRRP working really well on Mikrotik gear. For those that are concerned about the BGP processing time, consider the virtual

Re: [AusNOG] Mikrotik routers in HA environments

2018-06-27 Thread Philip Loenneker
] On Behalf Of Alex Samad Sent: Thursday, 28 June 2018 3:01 PM To: Mike Everest Cc: Ausnog Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Mikrotik routers in HA environments Hi Like them cheap and have been reliable - noted about the power supplies. I have 4 upstream full feeds . takes a very very long time to process. also

Re: [AusNOG] Mikrotik routers in HA environments

2018-06-27 Thread Alex Samad
Cheers! Mike Everest. > > > > *From:* AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-boun...@lists.ausnog.net] *On Behalf Of *Darren > Moss > *Sent:* Tuesday, 26 June 2018 11:58 AM > *To:* ausnog@lists.ausnog.net > *Subject:* [AusNOG] Mikrotik routers in HA environments > > > > Hi All, > >

Re: [AusNOG] Mikrotik routers in HA environments

2018-06-25 Thread Mike Everest
: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-boun...@lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Darren Moss Sent: Tuesday, 26 June 2018 11:58 AM To: ausnog@lists.ausnog.net Subject: [AusNOG] Mikrotik routers in HA environments Hi All, We are about to deploy a new location, which we normally do with our SOE around Cisco router

Re: [AusNOG] Mikrotik routers in HA environments

2018-06-25 Thread Rob Thomas
> > > Can a pair of Mikrotik routers be configured for a **reliable** HA > scenario ? > > > Yep, using VRRP, they work really well. You don't even need any 'tricky' bits - for example, if you bind your BGP to the floating IP address, it won't start the BGP session until the IP address is present.

Re: [AusNOG] Mikrotik routers in HA environments

2018-06-25 Thread Joseph Goldman
*Sent:* Tuesday, 26 June 2018 12:05 *To:* darren.m...@cloud365.com.au *Cc:* *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] Mikrotik routers in HA environments Hi Darren, We use the CCR1072's with VRRP and have not skipped a beat in the last 372 days they have been online & installed. We also run BGP + OSPF on

Re: [AusNOG] Mikrotik routers in HA environments

2018-06-25 Thread Brad Evans
] On Behalf Of Cameron Murray Sent: Tuesday, 26 June 2018 12:05 To: darren.m...@cloud365.com.au Cc: Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Mikrotik routers in HA environments Hi Darren, We use the CCR1072's with VRRP and have not skipped a beat in the last 372 days they have been online & installed. We also

Re: [AusNOG] Mikrotik routers in HA environments

2018-06-25 Thread Joseph Goldman
>if you do go down this path, note that the CCR1036s are single PSU. They do have dual power headers on the board though, so you can rip out the single PSU and build your own PSU for dual power. I run 2x CCR1036's at a site, with a 1RU box with 4 PSU's in it, 2 fed by A power, 2 fed by B

Re: [AusNOG] Mikrotik routers in HA environments

2018-06-25 Thread Cameron Murray
Hi Darren, We use the CCR1072's with VRRP and have not skipped a beat in the last 372 days they have been online & installed. We also run BGP + OSPF on both devices without issue holding 600,000+ routes. Cheers Cameron On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 11:58 AM Darren Moss wrote: > Hi All, > > > > We

Re: [AusNOG] Mikrotik routers in HA environments

2018-06-25 Thread andrew khoo
we have deployed Mikrotiks in the field as PPPoE and LNS termination devices. they have been reliable for us. however, we only use them for single purpose. no MPLS. no OSPF. no BGP. simple default routes. i have seen people deploy them running all sort of functionality etc and anecdoctally those

[AusNOG] Mikrotik routers in HA environments

2018-06-25 Thread Darren Moss
Hi All, We are about to deploy a new location, which we normally do with our SOE around Cisco router kit (2 of them for redundancy). I was talking with another DC customer and they swear by Mikrotik router gear over Cisco. I've played with Mikrotik in a domestic/home fibre connection