I can second that. Mikrotik MPLS implementation is not good and lacking key features (speaking from personal experience also), and has not show any signs of improvement in quite some time. One unit to take a look at for a cheap 10G solution is this: https://www.zte.com.cn/global/products/bearer/Ethernet-Switch/5960-EN Many many years ago this was mentioned by some NANOG members (Baldur?) and I recall one had said they were using it with some success. -PC Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 06:12:10AM +0000, Philip Loenneker wrote:
While I like MikroTik, I don’t recommend anyone uses it for MPLS.
There are problems with the way they handle labels that causes random connectivity issues, and can crash MPLS devices from other vendors. That’s from experience.
As an example, check out this post which was started back in 2013 and is still an issue in 2020:
https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?t=73820
Regards,
Philip
From: NANOG <nanog-bounces+philip.loenneker=tasmanet.com.au@nanog.org> On Behalf Of Tony Wicks Sent: Thursday, 22 October 2020 8:19 AM To: adamv0025@netconsultings.com Cc: 'NANOG' <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: RE: cheap MPLS router recommendations
Right, well in that price/performance range you either “roll your own” or this is your best option IMHO - https://mikrotik.com/product/CCR1072-1G-8Splus and I’d pick the Mikrotik every time.
From: NANOG <nanog-bounces+tony=wicks.co.nz@nanog.org> On Behalf Of adamv0025@netconsultings.com Sent: Thursday, 22 October 2020 9:28 am To: 'Colton Conor' <colton.conor@gmail.com>; tim@pelican.org Cc: 'NANOG' <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: RE: cheap MPLS router recommendations
Just to clarify what cheap means, ideally -$2000 to $4000 new
-new is preferred as buying used kit on second hand market one is at the mercy of the price fluctuations and availability.
And the likes of the M2400 looks good 4x10G plus some 1G, unfortunately there are no details on the webpage (and the datasheet can’t be downloaded… )
Are there more folks out there bundling open NOS and white-box HW along with the support for the whole thing?
adam
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