11 May
2018
11 May
'18
1:37 a.m.
Hi David,
I use MikroTiks both at home and for work (our production Webservers and
Database machines run through them).
Also I have a solution I will be documenting which will allow you to get
route-able 44.x.x.x (AMPRnet) public IP addresses over VPN and have found
an economical provider to do the BGP via a virtual host. Initial setup and
testing is looking good. I hope to publish soon, though I have Hamvention
and SeaPac coming up.
On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 9:23 PM, David Ranch <amprgw(a)trinnet.net> wrote:
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> Considering there is a good chunk of routing-savvy HAMs here, I thought
> I'd use you as a sounding board on what would be a good router to buy.
> Specifically, I have a project to consolidate the current adhoc setup of
> three consumer grade "routers" to one larger, better router. I'm
> considering something like a:
>
> https://mikrotik.com/product/CCR1009-7G-1C-1Splus <
> https://mikrotik.com/product/CCR1009-7G-1C-1Splus>
>
> or maybe https://mikrotik.com/product/rb1100ahx4 <
> https://mikrotik.com/product/rb1100ahx4>
>
>
> I'm looking for something that is:
> - very stable
> - offer long term software updates (a support contract might be fine)
> - Has strong support for IPv4 NAT (to better the consumer routers
> mentioned above) for the three IPs we have onsite
> - maybe some L2 segmenting and vlan'ing support for traffic isolation
> - has performance to grow into
> - has a decent GUI UI for others in the club who can't / won't cope
> with a CLI
> - ACLs to limit incoming traffic to specific hosts (say limit RDP
> traffic to just some people to some hosts, etc)
> - maybe.. just maybe support SSL VPNs or IPSEC
> - maybe dual power supplies
> - stretch goal: native support for IPv6
> - I have no need for dynamic routing protocols. This is a single site
> and statics are fine
>
>
> For background on our needs, the site supports a multi-RF link repeater
> system has:
>
> - two unique IRLP nodes (low use)
> - one Echolink node (low use)
> - one WIresX enabled Yaesu System Fusion repeater (decent use)
> - One three band Icom Dstar stack (1.2Ghz DD system as well) (decent
> use)
> - One Internet enabled Motorola DMR repeater (decent use)
> - backhaul of rarely used multi-county 3.4Ghz wifi network
> - other random needs for remote management (SSH, RDP, etc)
>
>
> I believe something like a Miktrotik would be fine for our low-end needs
> but maybe something from Ubiquiti or others would be fine. I'm perfectly
> comfortable with a CLI and I'm decently versed in Mikrotik (a bit weird of
> a UI), IOS (but I don't want to pay for Cisco prices, JUNOS (same point),
> etc. I personally think a lot of the lower tier vendor's products have
> come a LONG way so I don't need/want/care for "carrier" grade.
>
>
> If you have any other recommendations for a quality but not too expensive
> router, I'd love to hear it!
>
> --David
> KI6ZHD
>