Thoughts on new CRS226-24G-2S+IN?
Hi, first non announcement post! Has anyone seen the new CRS226-24G-2SplusIN http://routerboard.com/CRS226-24G-2SplusIN -- thoughts? I'm working on a larger scale project that's was leaning towards a full Mikrotik environment but wasn't possible because of the missing SFP+ ports on the current CRS series. From initial view, this new CRS seems to be lacking in grunt although the newer CPU. Nor a rackmount case? I have a two of the first CRS125s and they seem to be serving me well, although the software is still lacking a little.. I wonder how long till our local friends Duxtel will have stock :) Andrew
I'm pretty keen to see how they go with some more revisions to the vlan setup and config (the older stuff was atrocious to configure but they've made some pretty major changes to how it's all layed out and done via both winbox and terminal) but based on the price point I'd be keen to roll a few of these out when we're happy they're stable. Now they just need to sort out a 48 port version and I can say goodbye to some Ciscos :-) Andrew Cox (omega-00 on the MT forums / http://www.mikrotik-routeros.com ) On 25 March 2014 19:07, Andrew Lau <andrew@andrewklau.com> wrote:
Hi,
first non announcement post!
Has anyone seen the new CRS226-24G-2SplusIN http://routerboard.com/CRS226-24G-2SplusIN -- thoughts?
I'm working on a larger scale project that's was leaning towards a full Mikrotik environment but wasn't possible because of the missing SFP+ ports on the current CRS series. From initial view, this new CRS seems to be lacking in grunt although the newer CPU. Nor a rackmount case?
I have a two of the first CRS125s and they seem to be serving me well, although the software is still lacking a little..
I wonder how long till our local friends Duxtel will have stock :)
Andrew
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{resending this one after discovering that I sent 'from' wrong email address :-} Yes! The low CPU spec is a bit of a surprise to me too :-o My guess is that they figured that as a switch, most of the forwarding is done by the switch chips and so powerful cpu is not important. Looking at typical load on other CRS switches in production at the moment, the routing capabilities are not used a great deal - just with one routed port as an internet gateway perhaps. In campus or enterprise switch application, cpu is probably doing little more than management tasks, so 400mhz is perfectly adequate ;-) We have a few units already on order - hope to receive them by end of next week! :) Cheers! Mike.
-----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Andrew Lau Sent: Tuesday, 25 March 2014 8:08 PM To: Public@talk.mikrotik.com.au Subject: [MT-AU Public] Thoughts on new CRS226-24G-2S+IN?
Hi,
first non announcement post!
Has anyone seen the new CRS226-24G-2SplusIN http://routerboard.com/CRS226-24G-2SplusIN -- thoughts?
I'm working on a larger scale project that's was leaning towards a full Mikrotik environment but wasn't possible because of the missing SFP+ ports on the current CRS series. From initial view, this new CRS seems to be lacking in grunt although the newer CPU. Nor a rackmount case?
I have a two of the first CRS125s and they seem to be serving me well, although the software is still lacking a little..
I wonder how long till our local friends Duxtel will have stock :)
Andrew
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