A #SysAdmin / #MastoAdmin Question for folks
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A #SysAdmin / #MastoAdmin Question for folks
Has anyone used mikrotik hardware in anger / in production?
I've had enough now of my Unifi gear causing problems, this is the second gateway I've purchased which exhibits these random lock-ups / crashes and I'm very much over it so am looking at alternatives and mikrotik continues to be one that looks sensible.
Just curious if anyone has much experience using it hands on?
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A #SysAdmin / #MastoAdmin Question for folks
Has anyone used mikrotik hardware in anger / in production?
I've had enough now of my Unifi gear causing problems, this is the second gateway I've purchased which exhibits these random lock-ups / crashes and I'm very much over it so am looking at alternatives and mikrotik continues to be one that looks sensible.
Just curious if anyone has much experience using it hands on?
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A #SysAdmin / #MastoAdmin Question for folks
Has anyone used mikrotik hardware in anger / in production?
I've had enough now of my Unifi gear causing problems, this is the second gateway I've purchased which exhibits these random lock-ups / crashes and I'm very much over it so am looking at alternatives and mikrotik continues to be one that looks sensible.
Just curious if anyone has much experience using it hands on?
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@tobybryans @wild1145 I use them in production. For me, they're being great. They have their own "philosophy" which may be different from the other vendors and/or bare OSes approach. And this is both good and bad, depending on the point of view.
Once you get used to them, they are usually reliable and efficient. No lock-ins, no recurring costs, no artificial limits - they do what they can do. Even a small 15 euro mAP lite can do (most of) the things a much more expensive device can do. And the price is interesting, too.
They won't stop you from shooting yourself in the foot.
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@wild1145 It's asleep again. when that happens does it take down both Universeodon and MastodonApp or just one?
@Onj If our gateway router goes down it takes almost everything down, currently the Universeodon relay hasn't been moved across to our new infra but everything else MastodonAppUK and Universeodon related goes offline.
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@tobybryans @wild1145 I use them in production. For me, they're being great. They have their own "philosophy" which may be different from the other vendors and/or bare OSes approach. And this is both good and bad, depending on the point of view.
Once you get used to them, they are usually reliable and efficient. No lock-ins, no recurring costs, no artificial limits - they do what they can do. Even a small 15 euro mAP lite can do (most of) the things a much more expensive device can do. And the price is interesting, too.
They won't stop you from shooting yourself in the foot.
@stefano @tobybryans The price and value for money is a large part of why I'm seriously considering them as well as the fact they seem to just have more user configurable functionality which I think is part of what I'm struggling with on some of my unifi gear I've deployed (as well as constant stability issues with some of this gear).
Appreciate the insight, will continue to do my homework on it and see if purchasing some gear is the way forward!
