Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-08 Thread Gino Villarini
...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jon Auer Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 3:56 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? Oh, I'm still a believer in Cisco for the edge :-) Although I'm looking at Juniper for the next upgrade. MX80s or MX240s

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-08 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
Johnson Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 12:14 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? Personally, I would be looking at an Intel Core2Duo or higher system. There are many for sale on ebay in 1u cases. Something like item #170451664096 would be perfect... I'm sure

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-08 Thread can...@believewireless.net
We get Dell 1U Quad Core boxes, install flash drives and Intel NICs and these are fine. We can easily do 500Mbps Mikrotik speed tests over a PPTP link across two Bridgewave links. All for around $1000. WISPA Wants

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-08 Thread Gino Villarini
...@aeronetpr.com Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. 787.273.4143 -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 1:14 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-08 Thread Dennis Burgess
: Monday, March 08, 2010 8:15 AM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? Just seen a WISP here over the weekend show me his new core router. Core 2 Duo in a rackmount 4U case with 5 PCI network cards and Solid State Hard Drive. And 2 gigs of RAM. I think the Solid

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-07 Thread Brad Belton
[mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Philip Dorr Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 11:26 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? APC Makes Serial cables for their UPSs. On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 10:04 PM, Brad Belton b...@belwave.com wrote: Geesh

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-07 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
MT X86 with routerboard? Hey guys, I am thinking about replacing my X86 PC running MT with a routerboard. My current setup is a P4 1.7Ghz with 256 Meg Ram. I am routing 7.5 Mbit, soon to be 10 Mbit. I have 183 filter rules, 76 Mangles, and 215 Simple queues. I do some filters with L7 and I have

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-07 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
[mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Brad Belton Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 11:04 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? Geesh...the RB1100 is a nice step in the right direction, but still no USB port. No USB port - no way to monitor the APC UPS

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-07 Thread Scott Piehn
wireless@wispa.org Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 8:14 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? I posted this to Butch's MT list too. To answer a few questions. It is a full P4, not Celeron. I forgot to mention a few things that come to mind. I am using it as DNS server

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-07 Thread Brad Belton
-Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Kurt Fankhauser Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 8:43 AM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? I monitor my APC ups with a Smart Slot Card. Don't know why anyone

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-07 Thread Scottie Arnett
) - $285 Eric -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 11:51 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? Care to share your parts list? I can't seem

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-07 Thread Gino Villarini
- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Scottie Arnett Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 12:16 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? Thanks for all the replies and suggestions. I think I will stay with the PC and try out

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-07 Thread Travis Johnson
To: wireless@wispa.org Subject: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? Hey guys, I am thinking about replacing my X86 PC running MT with a routerboard. My current setup is a P4 1.7Ghz with 256 Meg Ram. I am routing 7.5 Mbit, soon to be 10 Mbit. I have 183 filter rules, 76 Mangles, and 215 Simple

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-07 Thread Josh Luthman
12:16 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? Thanks for all the replies and suggestions. I think I will stay with the PC and try out the Atoms with a DOM. One of my goals was to cut down on electric usage also, and it looks like they will do the trick

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-07 Thread Scott Reed
Subject: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? Hey guys, I am thinking about replacing my X86 PC running MT with a routerboard. My current setup is a P4 1.7Ghz with 256 Meg Ram. I am routing 7.5 Mbit, soon to be 10 Mbit. I have 183 filter rules, 76 Mangles, and 215 Simple queues. I do some

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-07 Thread Travis Johnson
...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Scottie Arnett Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 7:25 PM To: wireless@wispa.org Subject: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? Hey guys, I am thinking about replacing my X86 PC running MT with a routerboard. My current setup is a P4 1.7Ghz with 256 Meg Ram. I am

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-07 Thread Mike Hammett
General List wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? What is the CPU running at? The one RB1000 we have in production is moving 50Mbps with about 10 rules and 5 queues, and the CPU is at 30%. That's just too high for me, we have it scheduled to be replaced

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-07 Thread charles
That's not bad at all. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: Eric Rogers ecrog...@precisionds.com Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:19:47 To: WISPA General Listwireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? I must eat crow... I am horrible

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-07 Thread Jon Auer
-Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Scottie Arnett Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 12:16 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? Thanks for all the replies and suggestions. I think

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-07 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
Johnson Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 12:52 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? What is the CPU running at? The one RB1000 we have in production is moving 50Mbps with about 10 rules and 5 queues, and the CPU is at 30%. That's just too high for me, we

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-07 Thread Jon Auer
) - $285 Eric -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 11:51 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? Care to share your parts list? I

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-07 Thread Josh Luthman
...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Scottie Arnett Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 12:16 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? Thanks for all the replies and suggestions. I think I will stay with the PC and try out the Atoms with a DOM. One of my goals was to cut

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-07 Thread Travis Johnson
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? Care to share your parts list? I can't seem to put everything together for less than $200... and I'd love to test one of these. Travis Microserv Eric Rogers wrote: We have been testing mini-box.com's little toys. They are Atom

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-07 Thread Travis Johnson
] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 8:19 PM To: can...@believewireless.net; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? All of those are steps down from his current P4 based system. The only way to get more performance

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-07 Thread Jon Auer
, 2010 12:16 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? Thanks for all the replies and suggestions. I think I will stay with the PC and try out the Atoms with a DOM. One of my goals was to cut down on electric usage also, and it looks like they will do

[WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-06 Thread Scottie Arnett
Hey guys, I am thinking about replacing my X86 PC running MT with a routerboard. My current setup is a P4 1.7Ghz with 256 Meg Ram. I am routing 7.5 Mbit, soon to be 10 Mbit. I have 183 filter rules, 76 Mangles, and 215 Simple queues. I do some filters with L7 and I have no DHCP server running.

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-06 Thread can...@believewireless.net
A RB450G should be fine for what you need. Or use an RB493AH if you need more ports. If you can wait a couple months, the new RB1100 is coming out which looks pretty sweet. WISPA Wants You! Join today!

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-06 Thread Scott Reed
493 only has 128M RAM. Might want a little more. RB800 only has 3 ports, but supports the new RB816 for a total of 19 ports and has a little more horsepower than the 4xxx cards. RB1000 has 4 ports and more horsepower, but I don't think it is expandable. can...@believewireless.net wrote: A

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-06 Thread Travis Johnson
All of those are steps down from his current P4 based system. The only way to get more performance is to build your own X86 system. Travis Microserv can...@believewireless.net wrote: A RB450G should be fine for what you need. Or use an RB493AH if you need more ports. If you can wait a

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-06 Thread Scottie Arnett
I posted this to Butch's MT list too. To answer a few questions. It is a full P4, not Celeron. I forgot to mention a few things that come to mind. I am using it as DNS server and redirecting(via NAT) all DNS activity through the MT to use the MT DNS cache. I am not using web proxy. At the

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-06 Thread Butch Evans
On Sat, 2010-03-06 at 18:25 -0600, Scottie Arnett wrote: I am thinking about replacing my X86 PC running MT with a routerboard. My current setup is a P4 1.7Ghz with 256 Meg Ram. I am routing 7.5 Mbit, soon to be 10 Mbit. I have 183 filter rules, 76 Mangles, and 215 Simple queues. I do some

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-06 Thread Rubens Kuhl
RB-1000 seems to fit you requirements, but not your $250 budget as it costs $685. As you told you have a 4-port requirement, my guess is that you could split the inbounds into 2 5-port RB-450G for $129 each. The number of rules+queues is the issue here. I've seen RB450G routing 100Mbps per

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-06 Thread Brad Belton
, 2010 9:41 PM To: sarn...@info-ed.com; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? On Sat, 2010-03-06 at 18:25 -0600, Scottie Arnett wrote: I am thinking about replacing my X86 PC running MT with a routerboard. My current setup is a P4 1.7Ghz with 256 Meg Ram. I am

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-06 Thread Eric Rogers
[mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 8:19 PM To: can...@believewireless.net; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? All of those are steps down from his current P4 based system. The only way to get more performance

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-06 Thread Glenn Kelley
...@believewireless.net; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? All of those are steps down from his current P4 based system. The only way to get more performance is to build your own X86 system. Travis Microserv can...@believewireless.net wrote: A RB450G should be fine

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-06 Thread Travis Johnson
...@believewireless.net; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? All of those are steps down from his current P4 based system. The only way to get more performance is to build your own X86 system. Travis Microserv can...@believewireless.net wrote: A RB450G should be fine

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-06 Thread Eric Rogers
] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 11:51 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? Care to share your parts list? I can't seem to put everything together for less than $200... and I'd love to test one of these. Travis Microserv Eric

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-06 Thread Josh Luthman
-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Butch Evans Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 9:41 PM To: sarn...@info-ed.com; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? On Sat, 2010-03-06 at 18:25 -0600, Scottie Arnett wrote: I am thinking about replacing my X86 PC running MT

Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard?

2010-03-06 Thread Philip Dorr
: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Butch Evans Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 9:41 PM To: sarn...@info-ed.com; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? On Sat, 2010-03-06 at 18:25 -0600, Scottie Arnett wrote: I am