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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">While I like MikroTik, I don’t recommend anyone uses it for MPLS.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">There are problems with the way they handle labels that causes random connectivity issues, and can crash MPLS devices from other vendors. That’s from experience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">As an example, check out this post which was started back in 2013 and is still an issue in 2020:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?t=73820">https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?t=73820</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">Philip<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> NANOG <nanog-bounces+philip.loenneker=tasmanet.com.au@nanog.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Tony Wicks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 22 October 2020 8:19 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> adamv0025@netconsultings.com<br>
<b>Cc:</b> 'NANOG' <nanog@nanog.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: cheap MPLS router recommendations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Right, well in that price/performance range you either “roll your own” or this is your best option IMHO -
<a href="https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmikrotik.com%2Fproduct%2FCCR1072-1G-8Splus&data=04%7C01%7Cphilip.loenneker%40tasmanet.com.au%7C8ce25b7a3e7a4dbf590b08d876075003%7Cb53dc580ab7847208b30536f36d398ac%7C0%7C0%7C637389121077665349%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=1r2za67vrAwvPo%2BM4Kiq1KDf8eg1bp61NNockBRJKEk%3D&reserved=0">
https://mikrotik.com/product/CCR1072-1G-8Splus</a> and I’d pick the Mikrotik every time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> NANOG <<a href="mailto:nanog-bounces+tony=wicks.co.nz@nanog.org">nanog-bounces+tony=wicks.co.nz@nanog.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:adamv0025@netconsultings.com">adamv0025@netconsultings.com</a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 22 October 2020 9:28 am<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Colton Conor' <<a href="mailto:colton.conor@gmail.com">colton.conor@gmail.com</a>>;
<a href="mailto:tim@pelican.org">tim@pelican.org</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> 'NANOG' <<a href="mailto:nanog@nanog.org">nanog@nanog.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: cheap MPLS router recommendations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Just to clarify what cheap means, ideally -$2000 to $4000 new
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">-new is preferred as buying used kit on second hand market one is at the mercy of the price fluctuations and availability.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">And the likes of the M2400 looks good 4x10G plus some 1G, unfortunately there are no details on the webpage (and the datasheet can’t be downloaded… )
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Are there more folks out there bundling open NOS and white-box HW along with the support for the whole thing?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">adam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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