[AusNOG] 10Gb Switching - Cheap but good

[Skeeve Stevens]

I don't have performance issues. I have interfaces randomly dropping and
staying down until you shut/no shut equiv to them.

And I have a MT guy who is at a loss to explain why they are doing it.


...Skeeve


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On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 11:57 PM, Mike Everest <mike at duxtel.com> wrote:

> Not at all!
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> Diagnostic toolset built in to routerOS is actually quite good :-)
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> It is definitely worth running an eye over your config just to make sure
> you aren’t inadvertently pushing packets through CPU – that is a surefire
> way to end up with crap performance ;)
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> Get in touch with support at duxtel.com if you’d like to find out if your
> cloud router switch can give you a better experience.
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> Cheers!
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> Mike.
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> *From:* Skeeve Stevens [mailto:skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com]
> *Sent:* Saturday, 30 May 2015 12:43 PM
> *To:* Mike Everest
> *Cc:* <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] 10Gb Switching - Cheap but good
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> Diagnostics on this model seem to be hard to get.  We've got a fibre link
> to another enterprise switch that just seems to go down randomly... across
> 6 different units so far with different connectivity scenarios.
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> ...Skeeve
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> *Skeeve Stevens - Founder & Chief Network Architect*
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> On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Mike Everest <mike at duxtel.com> wrote:
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> Hey Skeeve!
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> Did you try any diagnostics or get support feedback on that?  I’ve seen
> that switch hardware work quite well when using hardware alone :-}
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> If you’d like to contact our support guys off list (support at duxtel.com)
> I’ll be very keen to try to repro that observed behaviour then see what we
> can do to find some resolution :-)
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> Cheers! Mike.
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> *From:* AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] *On Behalf Of *Skeeve
> Stevens
> *Sent:* Friday, 29 May 2015 12:24 AM
> *To:* <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
> *Subject:* [AusNOG] 10Gb Switching - Cheap but good
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> Hey all,
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> Was doing some lab testing and needed some cheap 10Gb SFP+ ports - so used
> the Mikrotik CRS210-8G-2S+IN.
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> What a piece of junk. The OS isn't too bad but the switch hardware can't
> even keep its 10Gb ports up for very long without dying with little errors.
> What do you expect for $300 right?
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> So, I am looking for a stable 10Gb (SFP+) solution... 2 ports, preferably
> 4 SFP+, with a stable OS that can move VLANs around simply with trunks and
> VLAN access supported. I don't need much super fancy, but a 1RU form factor
> with rack mounting would be nice. A selection of 1Gb copper ports
> obviously. Remote ssh (or telnet if I have to) would be appreciated - not
> GUI please.
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> I think 1k-ish would be reasonable... I don't need Cisco or Juniper...
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> Recommendations?
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> ...Skeeve
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>
> *Skeeve Stevens - Founder & Chief Network Architect*
>
> eintellego Networks Pty Ltd
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> Email: skeeve at eintellegonetworks.com
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