Hi There,
I hope everyone had a good rest and is ready to tackle 2017
I need some advice regarding an issue I have with one of my customers. The customer has two sites (Main and DR) which is essentially on the same layer 2 network , meaning both sites shares the same IP network and are essentially one LAN but the switches are connected with Metro fiber over a 30km distance. Now this all works well but customer also have a radio between the two sites which they want to use as an automatic failover. Usually I'll just use normal STP but the upstream provider is blocking the bpdu packets and is either unwilling to unblock them or doesn't have a clue howto .
Anyway , I'm in the process of looking for an alternative and was wondering whether it would be possible to build something with the Microtik / Routerboard to accomplish this and was hoping that it might support some other failover protocols other then normal STP. The setup is rather simple. The main network plugs into a switch which connects to the DR site via a metro fiber connection. So basically a 30km fiber link connecting two switches with a Wireless bridge as failover.
Thanks in advance,