[AusNOG Classifieds] Mikrotik 10GB CCRs

[Andrew Cox]

It seems Skeeve and I have this discussion every year, but I have to agree
with him on "right tool, right job".

While I completely disagree on the "it is junk" if you're going to deploy
gear in production you make damn sure you've tested it and you're confident
on the reliability.
Make sure you have redundancy and lab your major networks before anything
else.

I've been using the gear for 9 years now and have yet to come to a point
where I've needed to swap it out for an alternative. But I'm not everyone
out there and a lot of the jobs I end up consulting on are ones where
people with minimal industry experience have bought the gear simply based
around its cost then had no idea how to actually use it properly so people
leave with a bad taste in their mouths.

Just my 2c :-)

- Andrew


On 11 April 2014 12:14, Skeeve Stevens <
skeeve+ausnogclassifieds at eintellegonetworks.com> wrote:

> Not hating just for the fun of it.  It is junk and only Netgear and Dlink
> are worse.
>
> I am involved in multiple networks at the moment where the Mikrotik is
> causing problems and we're slowly removing them.  The worst is their junk
> hardware... failing units, leaking or exploding capacitors, bad throughput,
> minimal interoperability testing, etc etc etc.
>
> People who love to build stuff themselves or are doing things with no
> budget will always love things like Mikrotik. *But* no matter what anyone
> says, it is NOT enterprise grade.
>
> I do see practical applications for it... Labs, small SME environments,
> remote PoPs with minimal users (and value) or in developing countries who
> can't afford anything else.
>
> I am having my netops guys being trained on Mikrotik at the moment for
> some of the above purposes/reasons... but I would never, *ever* recommend
> someone put it in their core network or on any critical parts of their
> infrastructure.
>
> Loving or hating Mikrotik is like a religious discussion.... but for me it
> comes down to right tool, right job.
>
>
> ...Skeeve
>
> *Skeeve Stevens - *eintellego Networks Pty Ltd
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> On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Andrew Cox <andrew.cox at bigair.net.au>wrote:
>
>> H8rs gon h8 ;-)
>>
>> -Andrew
>>
>>
>> On 11 April 2014 11:14, Skeeve Stevens <
>> skeeve+ausnogclassifieds at eintellegonetworks.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Removing Microtik, that's what I love to see :)
>>>
>>>
>>> ...Skeeve
>>>
>>> *Skeeve Stevens - *eintellego Networks Pty Ltd
>>> skeeve at eintellegonetworks.com ; www.eintellegonetworks.com
>>>
>>> Phone: 1300 239 038; Cell +61 (0)414 753 383 ; skype://skeeve
>>>
>>> facebook.com/eintellegonetworks ;  <http://twitter.com/networkceoau>
>>> linkedin.com/in/skeeve
>>>
>>> twitter.com/theispguy ; blog: www.theispguy.com
>>>
>>>
>>> The Experts Who The Experts Call
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>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 9:47 AM, David Bomba <david at echoman.com.au>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Guys,
>>>>
>>>> We have a bunch of Mikrotik gear that has been removed from a client
>>>> location ready for immediate shipping
>>>>
>>>> 4 x 10GB Mikrotik CCR1036-8G-2S+ $950 each
>>>> Mikrotik 10GB SingleMode SFP's = $80.00 each
>>>> Mikrotik 10GB MultiMode SFP's = $25.00 each
>>>>
>>>> We will have another 4 of the routers to be removed in the coming weeks
>>>> .
>>>>
>>>> First in best dressed!
>>>>
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