Router that can handle multiple gateways with fail-over?

Mzezman said:
Sorry I thought I was linking this one


Hope that’s clearer. Really enjoyed his vids when I was in the MikroTik landscape. Is ROS7 that much different from 6?
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I ended up following this one:


There's a significant change from RouterOS 6 to 7 when it comes to recursive hops in routing, so instructions for 6 tend to use the same target scope when it should be higher than the static monitor routes for the two default routes. That had me spinning wheels for a bit, but all in all it wasn't too difficult once I figured out where the issue is. The only other thing I had a bit of trouble with was getting used to manually configuring interfaces etc. - e.g. I had to add my second router as a WAN interface after removing it from the bridge.

All in all it works way better than I'd hoped, thanks!
I'm looking forward to setting up some cool software and scripts on this baby.

Thanks everyone for the help!
 
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lkpat said:
I ended up following this one:


There's a significant change from RouterOS 6 to 7 when it comes to recursive hops in routing, so instructions for 6 tend to use the same target scope when it should be higher than the static monitor routes for the two default routes. That had me spinning wheels for a bit, but all in all it wasn't too difficult once I figured out where the issue is. The only other thing I had a bit of trouble with was getting used to manually configuring interfaces etc. - e.g. I had to add my second router as a WAN interface after removing it from the bridge.

All in all it works way better than I'd hoped, thanks!
I'm looking forward to setting up some cool software and scripts on this baby.

Thanks everyone for the help!
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Oh, and for anyone following thay one, the gent narrating is properly Hispanic... gwan = one, Bejon = beyond... LOL
 
Heads up to anyone wanting to use this router as your main WiFi point. I've had endless intermittent disconnects from RDP and SSH when using my satellite connection on this routers WiFi. Fortunately I could turn it off with no ill effects as I have plenty wifi in thr house. I'll look into whether this is a channel clash issue or perhaps another manual setting like MTU on the SAT WAN port that can fix it, but I'm not I a hurry. I couldn't be happier with the unit and what it does so far.
 
So much hate for Mikrotik in this thread. Personally I've tried every brand under the sun and the only router that truly managed to help me get my home network under control was Mikrotik.
 
deweyzeph said:
So much hate for Mikrotik in this thread. Personally I've tried every brand under the sun and the only router that truly managed to help me get my home network under control was Mikrotik.
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Mikrotik is far more capable in terms of what you can do with them but Ubiquiti has a very sleek hardware and admin which people love.
 
quovadis said:
Mikrotik is far more capable in terms of what you can do with them but Ubiquiti has a very sleek hardware and admin which people love.
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I had a UDM Pro for a while before I got the Mikrotik, but I found it cumbersome and I had to drop into the CLI everytime I wanted to do something even vaguely off-script. For power users Ubiquiti can feel very limiting at times, especially the Unifi range of products. The Edge range is better but still feels lacking compared to Mikrotik. The other thing I love about Mikrotik is that they release package updates almost once a month. They are very transparent about bugs and bug fixes and aren't afraid to release new firmware updates as often as is needed.
 
deweyzeph said:
So much hate for Mikrotik in this thread. Personally I've tried every brand under the sun and the only router that truly managed to help me get my home network under control was Mikrotik.
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They can do what the Chinese routers can't
Also, the whole user interface is clearly aimed at programmers. So if you understand their lingo somewhat, then it becomes easier.

The only issue with their products is RF performance so I do not advise making them a WiFi AP for performance scenarios as interference is an issue and the RF output is not optimal.

My primary router is a Mikrotik rack mount RB951 series. On that unit I have a lot of scripts running, one of them send me a Telegram message when the IP address changes.
 
DARoodt said:
They can do what the Chinese routers can't
Also, the whole user interface is clearly aimed at programmers. So if you understand their lingo somewhat, then it becomes easier.

The only issue with their products is RF performance so I do not advise making them a WiFi AP for performance scenarios as interference is an issue and the RF output is not optimal.

My primary router is a Mikrotik rack mount RB951 series. On that unit I have a lot of scripts running, one of them send me a Telegram message when the IP address changes.
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Completely agree with the Mikrotik wifi, it's crap. BUT, that's not what you buy a Mikrotik for. You get enterprise level routing functionality at a consumer price. After I dumped my UDM Pro, I kept the 3 Unifi APs, installed a Unifi controller docker container on my Synology NAS, setup the Mikrotik for routing duties, and I had the best of both worlds. Enterprise routing with Ubiquities' truly awesome wifi radios.
 
renagade-wolf said:
To be honest.

I would just import one of these
and install OpnSense or PFSense on it, it will do all the above you want.

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Even buy a small pc throw a few intel 1G network cards in there and be on the way.
if you really want

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Absolutely the best advice
 
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