Would RB750G be able to handle it with all ports used? Anything i should be concern about like CPU usage or other issue i might encounter?
Aside from basic routing what should i configure? My sonicwall will be responsible for firewall and NAT so the Mikrotik would only be doing LAN to LAN routing. Directly each port are unmanaged switch/es.
Anything im missing please feel free to point it out. Thank you.
Subnet 1 = 3 Servers. 1 Database Server and 2 Application Server
Subnet 2 = Client of Database Server and Application Server
Subnet 3 = Client of the other Application Server
Subnet 4 = Mostly Internet Access
Subnet 5 = WLAN
Subnet 6 = Print Servers
About 5-10 Clients are connected to the Database Server at any time. Database is very large since it is a Media Planning Software design to handle regional and national advertising plans.
About 3-5 Clients are connected to one Application Server at any time and moderate to heavy traffic since it runs a Media Research program.
About 5-20 Clients are connected to the other Application Server at any time since it handles the company Finance Department General Ledger Program and Employee Time Management program.
Subnet 4 are mostly Internet Access like web and email but access subnet 1 as a client of Employee Time Management program.
The other 2 subnets i’m sure the Sonicwall can handle it.
So before I commit myself into the idea of buying a RB750G i would like to get a clearer picture of the whole situation so that i would have no surprises.
Well, in all fairness, you would not have to hope if you knew what traffic you were going to push through the router. Your current equipment may be able to five you those values.
Having a warm standby router is always a good idea, unless I am misunderstanding the question.
Also keep in mind that you’re describing what sounds like a production network that makes a fair bit of money for its users, and you’re looking at a sub-$100 router - one that is marketed as a SoHo solution. Mikrotik has more powerful routers available. I tend to mostly work with Cisco routers. Even an RB1100AH at $500 would be considered a steal.
I would like to get more money out. Its just that i have exhausted my budget to the Sonicwall TZ 210 Upgrade so ill have to do with a SOHO type router for the local gigabit. My network may run production type softwares but in itself it can still be considered a SOHO. My current setup is on a 10/100 Mbps and all of that in ONE subnet. A few problems here and there. But nothing i can handle. That’s why i’m changing everything with the upgrade.
You’re right. I know what kind of traffic is flowing in my network so i designed it that way. It’s just that i only have at least 1 to 2 hrs to migrate before people starts complaining. That includes changing all static IP per workstation. So i just don’t want to spend most of my time to configure the router. Time is of the essence. So what i want to do once i got the router and announce the network downtime is to do it right the first time. That’s why in also exhausting all possible scenario on what might go wrong and has a contingency in mind.
Speaking of contingency. With the right routing entries in the routing table, Should I have problems in the Microsoft Workgroup Master browser election? They may be on different subnet but they should be on the same workgroup. It took me years to teach users how to do file sharing right and my file server and web server request is still pending for approval. I guess this is what happens when you request everything in one go. Your budget gets evaluated.
Thanks for the assistance. I’ll start ordering that RB750G in the distributor here in the philippines.
With that new information I am not sure this will work out for you.
If you’re on a single subnet right now, you are switching. Switching is a lot faster than routing to do at wire speed. You can buy a wire speed gig switch for very little money. A wire speed gig router is a lot more expensive, and a lot more complicated. That’s because switching fundamentally is a much, much easier task. It is very possible that the 750G -when routing - is going to be slower than your current switched solution.
As far as Windows file sharing goes: if you’re using WINS servers (either statically configured on clients, or via DHCP), or are using a proper domain, you should be fine. If you’re relying on NetBIOS name resolution: that relies on broadcasts. Since you’ll be routing, you are splitting up broadcast domains, and file sharing would break.