Re: [WISPA] RB1100U Anywhere?
Philip Dorr <wireless <at> judgementgaming.com>
2010-11-01 16:40:13 GMT
You can still bridge,you just cannot switch outside the groups.
software hub vs hardware switch.
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Mark Nash <marklist <at> uwol.net> wrote:
> thanks Scott.
>
> Does that mean that you can't bridge ports together that don't exist in the
> same switch group?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Reed" <scottreed <at> onlyinternet.net>
> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless <at> wispa.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 9:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [WISPA] RB1100U Anywhere?
>
>
>>2 Switch groups means you can either put any or all of the ports in a
>> switch or any or all can be routed.
>> The bypass is a pair of ports that if the power goes away are physically
>> connected, so data just bypasses the router.
>>
>> On 11/1/2010 11:15 AM, Mark Nash wrote:
>>> Fair enough. I also get bitchy sometimes when conversations go awry and
>>> the
>>> point is lost for something I care about, so...sorry for my part in
>>> that....
>>> like I hope the guy's question about install vehicles actually got
>>> ANSWERED
>>> ;)
>>>
>>> You get what you pay for. In the Mikrotik router game for port density
>>> there seems to be no middle ground where we have 10 or 12 ports but not
>>> with
>>> the horsepower that's out there now.
>>>
>>> I'd like to have at least 8 ports at every site so that I don't have to
>>> include a switch:
>>>
>>> 2 for backhauls
>>> 3 for APs
>>> 1 for UPS
>>> 1 for remote power control unit
>>> 1 for laptop access when technician is there
>>>
>>> I want to put these EVERYWHERE, and I don't want to pay $1400 just to add
>>> a
>>> router at every tower. I've got 20 towers and I know others have way
>>> more
>>> than that. 20x$1400=$28000. 20x$400=$8000.
>>>
>>> There are towers that I could use 3 or 4 more for additional access
>>> points,
>>> and some that need additional throughput and in those cases I could go
>>> for
>>> the higher end models.
>>>
>>> I just looked at the docs for the RB1100...
>>>
>>> It says "thirteen individual gigabit ethernet ports, two 5-port switch
>>> groups, and includes ethernet bypass capability"
>>>
>>> The two questions I have:
>>>
>>> 1. The "5-port switch groups"... Does this mean that the individual ports
>>> can't be routed independently of the other 4 ports in the switch group?
>>> 2. The "ethernet bypass capability"... What's the application for this?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Butch Evans"<butche <at> butchevans.com>
>>> To: "WISPA General List"<wireless <at> wispa.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 5:05 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] RB1100U Anywhere?
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 2010-10-29 at 16:15 -0700, Mark Nash wrote:
>>>>> Well.... That's not what I said. You took that leap.
>>>> 
I only did so because your quoted price was in the range of the x86
>>>> systems. I didn't intend to offend, just thought it was funny that the
>>>> comparison was made. If it wasn't intentional and I read it wrong, then
>>>> I apologize for jumping to the wrong conclusion. Fair enough?
>>>>
>>>>> What I said was that we need port density. That was no joke.
>>>> I agree. I have mentioned to MT that they need to build a switch with
>>>> more than 5 ports, too. Of course, the response was deadly silent.
>>>>
>>>>> Many many many many MANY times... I need ports ports ports ports but
>>>>> not
>>>>> the
>>>>> horsepower of an x86 box and not the power draw of an x86 power supply.
>>>> My suggestion for this is to use whatever box you are gonna need and a
>>>> low cost managed switch that you can vlan. You can buy Cisco switches
>>>> off the secondary market for peanuts these days. That gives you the
>>>> physical ports and you can back it with whatever horsepower you may
>>>> want/need. If you want it all in one box, then you can build an rb800
>>>> with the expansion board for even more ports than you'd get in an rb1100
>>>> (and more power, too).
>>>>
>>>> --
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