Not questioning virtualized routers, but locating them at a remote hosting service like Linode instead of near your infrastructure.
Storage, computation or command-and-control intensive functions can be "in the cloud" (as long as latency doesn't get too high), but it seems like edge/core/access routers need to be connected to the physical infrastructure. -----Original Message----- From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Adam Moffett Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 8:08 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Cloud Hosted Mikrotik Yeah. I was resistant to that idea for a long time, but the push for more mbps for fewer dollars makes it hard to ignore. The future is layer2 to remote locations, and layer3 on virtual routers in the core. On 6/10/2020 9:01 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: > Oh, for sure. Virtualized routers are where the industry is going, whether > it's a VM running on your compute infrastructure or on your switch\router. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > > Midwest Internet Exchange > > The Brothers WISP > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dennis Burgess via AF" <af@af.afmug.com> > To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com> > Cc: "Dennis Burgess" <dmburg...@linktechs.net> > Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 6:56:29 AM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Cloud Hosted Mikrotik > > Most people don't use them in the "cloud" but they run them in their data > center, i.e. instead of a physical box in front of the servers, they just run > it on their servers. Not stating that this is good or bad, just another > design choice. I have complicated this, but cannot justify when I already > have hardware running. > > > > Dennis Burgess > > Mikrotik : Trainer, Network Associate, Routing Engineer, Wireless Engineer, > Traffic Control Engineer, Inter-Networking Engineer, Security Engineer, > Enterprise Wireless Engineer > Hurricane Electric: IPv6 Sage Level > Cambium: ePMP > > Author of "Learn RouterOS- Second Edition" > Link Technologies, Inc -- Mikrotik & WISP Support Services > Office: 314-735-0270 Website: http://www.linktechs.net > Create Wireless Coverage's with www.towercoverage.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Mike Hammett > Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 7:38 PM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Cloud Hosted Mikrotik > > VPN concentrator is about the only think I can think of. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > > Midwest Internet Exchange > > The Brothers WISP > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ken Hohhof" <af...@kwisp.com> > To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 7:32:01 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Cloud Hosted Mikrotik > > OK, I'm willing to appear stupid and ask the question. What do you do with a > router in the cloud? > > -----Original Message----- > From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Matt > Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 6:27 PM > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Cloud Hosted Mikrotik > > Managed to get it setup on Linode and seems to be working quite well. > > https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:CHR_Linode > > Anyone else using Linode? > >> Anyone using a cloud hosted Mikrotik router? Where and how much? We >> have one Mikrotik we use to terminate a number of tunnels for modem >> management and when its fiber got cut last time it made us think a >> cloud solution might be better. > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
