Actually, the latest version 5 adds IP6 over PPP, I don't know where you got that they are not capable of routing IPv6. Just have to install the V6 package.
----------------------------------------------------------- Dennis Burgess, CCNA, Mikrotik Certified Trainer, MTCNA, MTCRE, MTCWE, MTCTCE, MTCUME Link Technologies, Inc -- Mikrotik & WISP Support Services Office: 314-735-0270 Website: http://www.linktechs.net LIVE On-Line Mikrotik Training - Author of "Learn RouterOS" -----Original Message----- From: Owen DeLong [mailto:o...@delong.com] Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 8:42 PM To: Dennis Burgess Cc: Jeffrey Negro; nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Router for Metro Ethernet Yes, but, according to the Mikrotik web site they appear to be obsolete and incapable of routing IPv6. Owen On Apr 12, 2010, at 10:32 AM, Dennis Burgess wrote: > a PowerRouter at http://www.mikrotikrouter.com can handle several > hundred meg without issues. > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Dennis Burgess, CCNA, Mikrotik Certified Trainer, MTCNA, MTCRE, MTCWE, > MTCTCE, MTCUME > Link Technologies, Inc -- Mikrotik & WISP Support Services > Office: 314-735-0270 Website: http://www.linktechs.net > LIVE On-Line Mikrotik Training - Author of "Learn RouterOS" > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeffrey Negro [mailto:jne...@billtrust.com] > Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 12:29 PM > To: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Router for Metro Ethernet > > Before I get taken for a ride by salespeople, I figured it would be best > to > ask the experts of Nanog.... > > My company is currently in talks to bring an ethernet circuit into our > headquarters, initially committing around 40Mbps. The ISP will be > providing > ethernet handoff, but I do not want their managed router offering > (Adtran > 4430) since it is pricey, non-redundant and I'd rather manage it myself. > My > question is about hardware. Can I assume that I can use something like > a > Cisco 2000 series router with two built in fast/gig ethernet ports, > without > a WIC? and since both sides are ethernet would the routing throughput > be > near fast ethernet speed? This is my first dealing with metro ethernet > offerings, and I don't want to assume that the Cisco throughput rates > listed > for T1/ADSL etc. are the same for a metro ethernet as the WAN. > > Any and all suggestions on the hardware would be greatly appreciated. > Thank > you in advance!
