CCR: stable for hunderds of PPPoE/DHCP + queues ?

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Hi,

I’m planning to replace a RB1100AH which is servicing +300 PPPoE customers, +300 DHCP customers, + 600 queues which is going to 100% cpu at peak hours with a CCR 1016. No firewall rules or other things.

My concerns are about stability as the router will be installed in a quite inaccessibly site (requires + 3 hours car drive to arrive).

Any feedback is very welcome.

Best regards,
Antonio

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Even if someone says, “Yes, they are rock solid”, that does not mean the one you purchase will be. All electronic devices have the possibility for issues. You need to do a burn-in test period before I would install it.

Maybe others can tell you to watch out for any performance or software issues.

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For me when there is any chance of uncertainty with any device, I would only put the new device active when I had planned to be close by and remain so for the first peak usage hours, no point in having to face a long drive to swap out ,

Another option for consideration which I am currently looking at as I am facing a similar situation is where you parallel the existing connections into the RB1100AH and CCR 1016 and with the help of GSM relay’s select which router has power, this way if the CCR1016 gives any issues revert back with GSM text to switch power back to RB1100AH - or to simply re-cycle power if the router gets locked up?

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Good afternoon,

thanks for the both responses. May be the original question was too generic.

I’m asking about reliability from the SOFTWARE point of view.

Agree about electronics (I always have an spare part of same of similar performance).
Agree about the first hours → It will be in “quarantine” the first days. Me or someone will be near enough to handle any issue.

My concern is about SOFTWARE reliability. The current RB1100AH has 233 days up without issue.

If the device reboots from time to time (each several months, etc); it is not an urgent issue. If the device locks up and requires power-cycle or something similar (it can be remotely restarted via GSM), but the worst is if the device malfunctions in a way that is difficult to know with remote monitoring tools ( nagios, scripts, etc..)

Best Regards,
Antonio