On 2010-07-03 12:45, Alan Bryant wrote:
On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Mike<mike-nanog@tiedyenetworks.com> wrote:
Mikrotik is great at lower end stuff where you have ethernet interfaces. Real POS OC-3 however, ain't in it's repertory and would not be what I would choose to route at those interfaces/speeds. However, if you must 'connect mikrotik to oc-3', you might as well find yourself a cisco router of some kind with a PA-POS-OC3 card and use it as a simple modem. Of course, for the price, you might as well just let the cisco do what you're planning on doing with the Mikrotik and get orders of magnitude of functionality and stability out of it in the process.
Thanks for the responses guys. Unfortunately, we just don't have it in the budget for Cisco or Juniper hardware at this time. I was hoping there would be something available for Mikrotik, but I pretty much already knew the answer.
oc-3 pos or atm is riding the tail end of the technology curve, there's not a lot of demand for new products using old technology and no downward pressure on price other than that no-one cares (large capex opportunity) any more and that they are readily available on the secondary market.
While I know a lot of you guys would recommend Cisco or Juniper over anything else, and I also know that you guys probably think if you're needing an OC-3, it's time to invest in the big boys.
actually buying the thing is only one dimension of the cost of ownership. in this case the price is also a signal that perhaps the other options make more sense, metro-e eosdh etc. of course if you need channelized atm for some reason you may have other feature requirements that are the decision point.
However, I'm not the one who makes the final say on purchases. So, with all that being said, is there anyone who has any thoughts on ImageStream's products? They have a POS OC-3 card, and the price appears to be considerably lower for the router anyway, not necessarily the card, though.
I'm just trying to see what options there are and make the decision off of that. If Cisco or Juniper is the only way, then so be it. I just want to be sure.