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On Sunday 29 May 2011 02:17:24 Pandu Poluan wrote: |
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> You might want to look into Mikrotik's offering. They are not only |
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> inexpensive, but they are extremely reliable. Many Internet cafés in |
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> my country use Mikrotik: they put the device in an outdoor box, and |
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> stuck it on the pole bearing the wireless antennae connecting the café |
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> to the ISP. The boxes have endured untold days of heat and cold, and |
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> nearly all of them survived to this day (barring some who got hit |
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> directly by lightning). |
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> The documentation is widely available on the 'net, the CLI is much |
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> more intuitive than Cisco IOS, and their features are on a par with |
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> the most expensive IOS variant. |
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Yes, the RouterBoard products are very highly spoken of in my ISP's forums. |
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They are considered extremely versatile and powerful, but at more reasonable |
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prices that the Ciscos or other professional network gear of this world. |
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If I were to replace mine I would seriously consider them. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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