Re: Router choice.

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Marlon K. Schafer <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't run at the bandwidth levels you guys do so I don't know if this
> helps or not.  Also I have no idea what the costs of a pci oc3 adapter would
> be so your prices will clearly be different...
>
> I'm running Mikrotik for my routers.  www.mikrotik.com  They have hardware
> solutions available but I buy Dell servers to put them on.
>
> My latest will be a quad core 2. something ghz processor, 8 gigs of ram and
> 4 gigE ethernet ports.  I picked up a new monitor etc. too all for a shade
> over $1,600.
>
> The solid state sata disk drive AND the router OS that'll run on the box
> will cost under $200.  I'll pay a consultant http://www.butchevans.com/ a
> few hundred more to program and test it.  We'll be (finally) setting up with
> our own IP space and bgp.
>
> I dropped Cisco in favor of MT and have been REALLY happy with the product.
> It's more powerful than the Cisco gear was (does a LOT more things) and has
> been just as reliable.  I think I'm going on 6 or 7 years with MT now.
>
> I've also got a router from www.imagestream.com.  Great company, great
> product.  They don't have a nice GUI like MT does so they require a lot more
> consulting/higher costs for my operation.  I'm a real point and click kind
> of guy but the folks I know that can handle an ssh interface love the
> imagestream gear they use.
>
> Hope that helps Kieth,
> marlon
>

Wow - awesome post Marlon.  This solves an unrelated application for
me (using mikrotik), while telling me about two products I was
unfamiliar with.

Thanks!!

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