Flow Control..... take 2, 3, 4?

[wayneorack]

You know there is a wealth of knowledge that the "Community" provided over the years...

That is the reason I am here (and UBNT forum). To Learn! I learn something new every day. It is amazing the amount of great information that smart guys are willing to share. This flow control issue is an example. Ubiquiti will not even acknowledge that there is an issue but from following lots of posts, the solutions are obvious. Thanks for the wealth of information.

[wtm]

Anything in the Mikrotik line that would be worth using to replace the UBNT routers?

[mhoppes]

No... oh man no. Go Cisco if you don't go EdgeRouter.

[wtm]

What's a good Cisco head end router that won't break the bank ?

[mhoppes]

First let's define "won't break the bank". If I was switching away from a Ubiquiti router (I'm not sure I am yet, but I might have to) south of $1,500 would be "not breaking the bank" for me.

This is, after all, your lively hood. You don't buy $20 tires at the discount mall for your family car either do you?

[wtm]

And that would be what model number ?
Thanks !

[sirhc]

2951

[wtm]

Thanks,
Wayne

[wtm]

Sorry to hyjack this post, but what options on the 2951 for just 1 WAN GigE and 1 LAN GigE/
Thanks,
Wayne

[jjonsson]

I was heavily affected by the TOUGHswitch problem. I actually managed to get rid of the problem by moving a PtP Rocket AC link to the EdgeRouter PoE instead of going through the switch.

Now I have swapped all switches to Netonix. My network is now routed with EdgeRouter, both ERL, ERPOE and ERPRO. I have a mix of PtP links connected to the switch (AF24, AF5, AF5X) and some Rocket AC Lite / PowerBeam connected to the EdgeRouter PoE.

Since I removed the TOUGHswitches I have had no problems at all regarding low download / high upload. I provide minimum 25/25 Mbps to each customer and they often get around 40/40 Mbps.

Everytime I connect new customer and do a speedtest they get similar down/up speed...

So the Netonix switches fixed my issues. The only thing I miss from the EdgeRouters are VRF. With that I could give a customer his own network (VLAN) within my route OSPF redundant network. That is not possible at the moment, unfortunately....