<div dir="ltr"><div>Prepare for the Ubiquiti comments to come at you - I personally like ubiquiti. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Short of a recommendation, something you will want to consider is redundancy and backup. Mikrotik is what we have run and we recently lost hardware during a lightning strike, only to find out "the hard way" and that many many people also learnt the hardway, restoring a mikrotik backup to the same mikrotik model - doesn't always work.</div><div><br></div><div>This is due to it having hard coded MAC addresses in its backup file to start with, just a reminder to ensure whichever direction you go, look into your DR methods and always keep a plaintext export of the configuration secured somewhere.<br></div><div><br></div><div>We didn't, although <br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Kind Regards,<br><br>Mario Zuppini<br><img src="http://www.fluffyduck.com.au/images/email-sig.gif"><br><b>P</b> 0405 650 930<br><b>E</b> <a href="mailto:mario@fluffyduck.com.au" target="_blank">mario@fluffyduck.com.au</a><br><b>W</b> <a href="http://www.fluffyduck.com.au" target="_blank">http://www.fluffyduck.com.au</a><br></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 21 Feb 2022 at 10:23, Luke Thompson <<a href="mailto:luke.t@tncrew.com.au">luke.t@tncrew.com.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi folks,<br>
<br>
For a long while we've leveraged 1G hardware within our office <br>
environments. Thankfully, we're soon to have fibre at work.<br>
<br>
We're waiting for NBN Enterprise Ethernet to be fulfilled now so we can <br>
transition from copper to fibre, and it presents a good opportunity to <br>
replace our non-DC routers while we're at it. The hand-off will be SFP+ <br>
rather than SFP.<br>
<br>
Ideally keeping away from lock-in models (ie. Meraki), what's <br>
recommended and where would you seek it out? In terms of slot failures, <br>
we'd probably prefer 2x SFP+ cages rather than 1x, and to have a bit of <br>
resource overhead (ie. 2-4 cores rather than single-core, and 1-4GB RAM <br>
rather than 512MB/etc) so we have room for other services (VPN, DNS, etc).<br>
<br>
What do you recommend? Ubiquiti make some options, likewise MikroTik <br>
have some RB/CCR models that look suitable. WISP seem to have some <br>
low-spec MikroTiks in-stock that would suit, though without much <br>
resource overhead to leverage. We're happy to compromise, the main <br>
consideration is that it balances out to being a solid all-rounder.<br>
<br>
This is a situation where we haven't changed the configuration in a fair <br>
while, so are open to ideas. We'd rather get this change right and <br>
repeat it as time goes on, rather than make the wrong move and look to <br>
re-do it again fairly soon.<br>
<br>
One final factor is security - we'd prefer a vendor who issues patches <br>
as-needed, rather than quickly EOLing devices and/or hiding them behind <br>
a subscription. If the value's there, we can look at it, though would <br>
rather keep that for the DCs.<br>
<br>
Any and all insights much appreciated!<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Luke Thompson<br>
Operations Manager<br>
<br>
The Network Crew Pty Ltd<br>
<a href="https://thenetworkcrew.com.au" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://thenetworkcrew.com.au</a><br>
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