Subject: Re: [44net] BGP announcement questions ? From: R P ronenp@hotmail.com Date: 02/17/2016 09:14 AM
To: AMPRNet working group 44net@hamradio.ucsd.edu
Thank you Edgar I look for Hardware solutions for making our gateways I know Cisco can serve as Gateway Now i start to understand that Microtik also can do it Do you know if anyone is doing a GateWay with Microtik ? if yes may I get the config to do IPIP for the 44 net ? Thanks Forward Ronen - 4Z4ZQ
I would not recommend Cisco or MikroTik to run an IPIP gateway. It is all much too complicated. Get a Linux box. Seriously. Or BSD when you like that better. With a few simple configuration steps you have an IPIP router that works automatically and does not need manual attention or complicated scripts to update its configuration all the time.
MikroTik is ideal for use as internal router in a radio network: point-to-point links and user accesses, and running BGP on the private AS numbers. That is not the same as running BGP towards internet!
To announce BGP subnets on internet I would recommend to get this service from an ISP. They know this matter because they use it to advertise their own subnets, and a good ISP can advertise your subnet to internet and statically route the traffic to your router.
Rob