Re: Mikrotik & OC-3 Connection

[Alan Bryant <alan () gtekcommunications com>]

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.

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