<div dir="ltr"><div>Hey Alex, </div><div><br>The RouterOS system is by and large both incredibly cost-effective and feature rich for what it is (a software based router); we carry RB450G's around in laptop bags as they can act as a serial -> IP unit, BGP peer, or basic vlan switch etc.. super handy little unit's to have in a pinch. I've been working with them for nearly 8 years now so I can answer most any questions if you want to wing me an email off-list.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Further to this, as I'm seeing more of these MikroTik/RouterOS question emails come through in AusNOG every now and again I'd like to mention I do some free MikroTik consulting for a bunch of people in my spare time via <a href="mailto:admin@mikrotik-routeros.com">admin@mikrotik-routeros.com</a> (there's some folks here on this list who can vouch for me if needed) so anyone here is welcome to hit me up if you run into problems or have questions.</div>
<div><div><br></div><div>Other than that, if you're looking for an entirely free solution I would add a +1 to utilising BIRD (and I'll add that at least two of the well known IX's in OZ are currently using BIRD in some capacity)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Andrew Cox</div><div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 September 2013 14:31, Alex Samad - Yieldbroker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Alex.Samad@yieldbroker.com" target="_blank">Alex.Samad@yieldbroker.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Wondering what peoples experience with router OS is. thinking about running in a VM and using BGP and OSPF. First glance it looks like somebody has taken linux and added some apps and wrapped it into a distro of sorts<br>
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Also i saw mention a while back of somebody building a sw BGP setup. Wondering what solution they used. Quagga seems to have come up a few times in my searches<br>
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Alex<br>
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I run 10gb links out of a Dell 1950 with router OS (Can't be version 6) on it as long as you use an Intel 10gb card it is fine.<br>
Production is running DAC HP Procurve sfp+ cables - I'm unsure what fibre modules would work for you however I did find one that worked but can't remember which one.<br>
I can remember that HP Procurve, H3C and a Dell Branded Finstar did not work.<br>
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+1 for Mikrotik kit, interesting to see Emergency services here are using it as a backup MPLS over radio network... pretty fun stuff.<br>
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Daniel.<br>
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Also I am have to be corrected here but I am fairly sure the RB2011UAS-RM only has a single SFP cage, not even SFP+ and does not support that Optic or any other optic over 1G.<br>
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I believe you would need a Cloud Core router to support 10G and even so it's fairly experimental.<br>
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The CCR's are sexy little boxes, they'll do the throughput you need once you man handle the configuration into them!<br>
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Nathan Brookfield<br>
Chief Executive Officer<br>
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Simtronic Technologies Pty Ltd<br>
<a href="http://www.simtronic.com.au" target="_blank">http://www.simtronic.com.au</a><br>
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> On 20 Sep 2013, at 19:06, "Daniel Watson" <<a href="mailto:daniel@glovine.com.au">daniel@glovine.com.au</a>> wrote:<br>
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> RB2011UAS-RM<br>
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