Mike, Check out http://www.usedcisco.com they have some good prices. -- Christopher Young InterMetro Communications NOC Department imcnoc@intermetro.net 866-4IMCNOC, (866) 446-2662 805-433-8000 Main 805-433-0050 Direct 805-433-2589 Mobile -----Original Message----- From: Alan Bryant <alan@gtekcommunications.com> Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 14:45:26 To: Mike<mike-nanog@tiedyenetworks.com> Cc: <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: Mikrotik & OC-3 Connection 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. 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. 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. -- Alan Bryant | Systems Administrator Gtek Computers & Wireless, LLC. alan@gtekcommunications.com | www.gtek.biz O 361-777-1400 | F 361-777-1405