Category: Hardware
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Cisco RPS (Redundant Power Supply)
If you have Cisco switches you may have noticed that there is a little plate covering something on the back. This something would be the RPS port. Cisco has a few devices, RPS’, used to backup your standard power. If the power supply in your switch malfunctions, the RPS will kick in and provide power.…
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New 2011 Mikrotik Products
This is fresh off the press from the Budapest MUM. RB435G This appears to be your all in one tower solution. The documentation says 4 sectors and one backbone, though I would think you could do ring completion with this unit. Two backbones, heading in either direction while running 3 120 degree sectors. You could…
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Cisco 2600 + Mikrotik RB750
Whenever I need to terminate a T1, I’ll usually use a Cisco 2600. A 2610 with a T1 interface can be had for $60. I install these along with a mikrotik pretty regularly, so I thought it would be fun to rig the two together. I decided to just mock up a face plate, though…
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New RB1100AH
Well my fine feathered fiends, it looks like we have a new product announcement. I was bored for a bit this weekend and I was perusing the Mikrotik forums as I am want to do. I came across this: Looks like they took the same design and gave us more CPU and a little more…
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Mikrotik – Use The Serial Port To Connect To Other Equipment
It’s sometimes useful to connect the serial port on your Mikrotik over to another piece of network equipment. I don’t need it very often, but it is quite useful for out of band management. The wiki article is here. I made a quick video showing how to connect to a Cisco device. I’m using a…
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Mikrotik Newsletter 28
Newsletter is HERE. There’s a great shot of the new 493G…thanks Normis 😉 They also mention that as of RouterOS v5rc2 AES 128 bit hardware acceleration is available…though rc2 isn’t in the wild yet. I assume this means we shall see it very shortly. That’s the bulk of what’s new.