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Re: Arista Layer3


From: Nick Hilliard <nick () foobar org>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 22:38:53 +0000

Jared Mauch wrote:
Lots of folks also use MikroTik as well if the traffic is in the 1G
range or so.

mikrotik support for ipv6 is still dodgy: recursive next-hop is not
supported in bgp/ipv6:

https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?t=123964#p610239

...  and OSPFv3 routes with the local-address flag set are dropped:

https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?t=51124#p319794

Between the two of these feature deficits, ipv6 isn't a runner on this
platform in a SP environment.  Both problems are due to be resolved in
routeros v7, but the release date for this is elusive.

Also, the bgp stack is single-threaded and the individual core speeds
are relatively low, so operating these devices in the ipv4 dfz can be
troublesome.

Nick


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