December 2015 - Public - talk.mikrotik.com.au

Network design
by Russell Hurren 30 Dec '15

30 Dec '15

Hi everyone I'm designing a network for a large accommodation facility. It'll have an office/conference hall containing the server room and 8 houses (mixture of 1, 2 and 3 storey). Later on they'll add numerous small units at the other end of the site. My thoughts were to use an AxiomTek NA850 (http://axiomtek.com/Default.aspx?MenuId=Products&FunctionId=ProductView&Ite…) with 3x 4 port 10GbE running RouterOS as the main switch, a CCR1016-12S-1S+ as a secondary (so we've still got 1Gbps if the 10Gbps fails, but cheaper than 2x 10Gbps switches). I'd put CRS226-24G-2S+RMs in each of the buildings. The site will have NBN. It's a non-profit organisation so I don't think they'll go for enterprise fibre. Might go for multiple NBN links, not so much for redundancy but to separate voice and data etc. When they build the second stage, I was going to have a half height rack somewhere with another CCR1016-12S-1S+, and that connecting to either CRS125-24G-1S-RMs, or perhaps wall mount RB2011's or similar. My questions: . Will I get wirespeed switching at 1Gbps on the CCR, and at 10Gbps on the NA850? It'd be a dual Xeon with as much RAM as I need to specify. . What should I use a router? Perhaps a CCR1009-8G-1S-1S+? The bypass feature of the RB1100AHx2 was interesting (and the AxiomTek's have a bypass feature too) but I'm not sure how much cpu power I need. The site is a day's drive from me, so it needs to be reliable. There's people onsite who can handle things like swapping out a power supply (as long as I've got a way of detecting a failed one). Regards Russell Hurren Managing Director Zero Point Networks PTY LTD (08) 6262 ZERO

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PowerBox
by Andrew Gilbett 30 Dec '15

30 Dec '15

Hi Guys, Just a question on the PowerBox series. I noticed that the non "Box" versions have seen an update. Is there any likely hood that the POE version will become gigabit? (and in an external box aka PowerBox Gigabit)? I have a couple of little jobs where an outdoor gig switch would be very useful! Thanks Andrew

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CRS109-8G-1S-2HnD-IN usb port not working with LTE
by Andrew Gilbett 29 Dec '15

29 Dec '15

Hi Guys, I have a Huawei E8372 that works on a hAP just fine. But when I plug it into a CRS109-8G-1S-2HnD-IN it does not register as an LTE device even though both devices are running the same firmware. Nor does it work as a PPP device on either mikrotik. Has any one had luck getting the USB port to work on the CRS? Any help would be very happily received! Thanks Andrew

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some quick tests on ESXi with CHR
by Alex Samad - Yieldbroker 29 Dec '15

29 Dec '15

Hi I was looking forward to the CHR. Had budget to spend on the unlimited license. But I am bit let down by the initial numbers So ESX host. 3 vms Vm server A Vm server b Vm CHR Iperf -s -w 128M -I 10 Iperf -c <server ip> -w128M -I 10 A to B is [ 4] 0.0-10.0 sec 10.4 GBytes 8.96 Gbits/sec [ 4] 10.0-20.0 sec 11.7 GBytes 10.1 Gbits/sec [ 4] 20.0-30.0 sec 11.5 GBytes 9.89 Gbits/sec [ 4] 30.0-40.0 sec 11.6 GBytes 9.97 Gbits/sec [ 4] 40.0-50.0 sec 11.6 GBytes 9.99 Gbits/sec [ 4] 50.0-60.0 sec 11.7 GBytes 10.0 Gbits/sec [ 4] 60.0-70.0 sec 11.4 GBytes 9.79 Gbits/sec [ 4] 70.0-80.0 sec 11.7 GBytes 10.0 Gbits/sec [ 4] 80.0-90.0 sec 11.8 GBytes 10.1 Gbits/sec [ 4] 90.0-100.0 sec 11.6 GBytes 9.93 Gbits/sec [ 4] 100.0-110.0 sec 11.8 GBytes 10.1 Gbits/sec [ 4] 110.0-120.0 sec 11.7 GBytes 10.1 Gbits/sec [ 4] 120.0-130.0 sec 11.5 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec [ 4] 130.0-140.0 sec 11.5 GBytes 9.88 Gbits/sec [ 4] 140.0-150.0 sec 11.2 GBytes 9.63 Gbits/sec [ 4] 150.0-160.0 sec 11.7 GBytes 10.1 Gbits/sec [ 4] 160.0-170.0 sec 11.8 GBytes 10.1 Gbits/sec [ 4] 170.0-180.0 sec 10.2 GBytes 8.72 Gbits/sec [ 4] 180.0-190.0 sec 11.9 GBytes 10.2 Gbits/sec [ 4] 190.0-200.0 sec 11.7 GBytes 10.1 Gbits/sec Consistent 10Gb/s ... NO CHR A -> CHR -> B [SUM] 0.0-300.4 sec 70.5 GBytes 2.02 Gbits/sec Only 2Gb/s ... What am I missing and 100% cpu usage VM is 2 cpu 2G memory Vmxnet3 nics

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AWS CHR licenses
by Patrick Sayer 29 Dec '15

29 Dec '15

In case anyone has issues activating the higher level of licenses on AWS, they have a problem which is listed as a bug. The only license level on AWS CHR is the free level for now

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CHR licences
by Patrick Sayer 23 Dec '15

23 Dec '15

Does anyone know how to actually purchase a CHR Licence? I have an instance running on AWS without any problems at all, now I need to be able to upgrade to the P1 Licence as I need more than the 1meg limit on the free instance (love now that I will be able to run bandwidth test from a AWS instance). Thanks in advance if anyone knows what I am doing wrong. Patrick

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ROS access to mikrotik site
by Alex Samad - Yieldbroker 23 Dec '15

23 Dec '15

Hi Anyone know how if possible to get licensing and/or package updating to happen via a proxy ? Alex

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CHR
by Alex Samad - Yieldbroker 23 Dec '15

23 Dec '15

Hi Do I see that CHR licenses are available ??? Alex

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5GHz wireless
by Ben Williams 16 Dec '15

16 Dec '15

Hey, Is there any Mikrotik device that does 5GHz wireless? In my quick scan of the product list I couldn't see one. If not, does anyone know if there are any plans for 5GHz support? - Ben -- "If you made a Venn diagram [of my life], there would be two non-overlapping circles, one of which was labeled, 'Times when I am truly happy' and the other of which was labeled, 'Times when I am logged in as root, holding a cable, or have the case open.' " - Jamie Zawinski [jwz.org]

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Holiday shopping times
by Jason Hecker (Up & Running Tech) 15 Dec '15

15 Dec '15

Hi Mike, When will Duxtel be closed for business or at least not processing orders over the break? Regards Jason Hecker --

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