I haven't used Mikrotik on anything other than a WRAP. Has anyone had great success with Mikrotik in a high speed x86 platform mounted outside at all? Just been testing 2.9.11 running on P4's with dual-polarized antennas and was able to get 150mbps half-duplex and 78mbps full-duplex. Obviously this was in the lab in ideal conditions so next step is to test on a 5-10km link with some kit that can survive in the great outdoors but with enough CPU for it not to be the limiting factor.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 Sent: 30 January 2006 23:40 To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] My Towers Need More CPU - suggestions? Just bread down and put Dell rack mount servers in place..... grin Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage) Consulting services 42846865 (icq) And I run my own wisp! 64.146.146.12 (net meeting) www.odessaoffice.com/wireless www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam ----- Original Message ----- From: "David E. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 1:57 PM Subject: [WISPA] My Towers Need More CPU - suggestions? > Like many folks on this list (I'm guessing), I have a lot of PC-type > hardware at tower locations. Right now, it's mostly RouterBoard 230s and > WRAPs, but those systems just don't have all that much CPU power, and > I'd like to try to improve things. When you start seriously tinkering > with traffic shaping, firewalling, and especially some of the advanced > filtering you can do with Linux these days, 233MHz just doesn't go as > far as it used to. > > There are all kinds of cheap computers out there, so getting something > with more CPU power than those boards (both of which are basically > Pentium 233s or so) isn't the problem. > > The problems are size/space, and that pesky weather. > > Ideally, I'd like something with at least double the raw horsepower (a > P-500 or better), not too much larger than a RouterBoard, and that can > handle temperatures from -20 to +120 (Fahrenheit, obviously, and those > numbers are the highs and lows from the last couple years, with a bit of > breathing room). I'm shooting for "no moving parts," so a fanless system > would be ideal. > > And while it needs to be small, it also needs to have at least two > Ethernet ports, and for bonus points, access to a PCI slot (for adding > things like miniPCI card adapters). > > I'd also like a flying car. :D > > If it existed, a Soekris 5501 would probably fill the bill, but it's > been listed as "coming soon" since late 2004. There's also a number of > low-end VIA EPIA-based boards that, while a bit larger than I'd really > prefer, would probably work. (Eje at wisp-router sells a couple systems > that look like they'd do the job.) > > So, does anyone have any recommendations on specific hardware for > something like this? Surely someone else out there has run into the same > kind of problems. I suspect my size constraint will be the most > difficult, but it's also the most flexible. Reliability is obviously my > top concern. > > David Smith > MVN.net > -- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.23/243 - Release Date: 27/01/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.25/246 - Release Date: 30/01/2006 -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
