On 7/3/10 12:22 PM, Mike wrote: > Alan Bryant wrote: >> I haven't seen much traffic on this list about Mikrotik or RouterOS, >> but I thought it was worth a shot as a last ditch effort to get this >> going. >> >> Does anyone know of a solution to connect a POS OC-3 to a router >> running Mikrotik's RouterOS? I have searched google extensively with >> varying phrases and nothing helpful comes out of it. >> >> > Mikrotik is great at lower end stuff where you have ethernet interfaces. > Real POS OC-3 however, ain't in it's repertory and would not be what I > would choose to route at those interfaces/speeds. However, if you must > 'connect mikrotik to oc-3', you might as well find yourself a cisco > router of some kind with a PA-POS-OC3 card and use it as a simple modem. > Of course, for the price, you might as well just let the cisco do what > you're planning on doing with the Mikrotik and get orders of magnitude > of functionality and stability out of it in the process. >
That's what I was going to say. ;) Once you reach SONET land you're no longer playing in the "everything is Ethernet" playground that they specializes in. I would say that you've outgrown your Mikrotik routers if you need SONET interfaces and it's time to forklift into a Cisco or Juniper. ~Seth
