DDWRT - Microtik

[JanezFord]

@janisbvp

But, why would you choose rb800 over an intel Atom platform - namely D2500CC?
It has 2 real cpu cores, 2 Intel gig lans, and ofcourse you can boot OpenWRT or DD-WRT, although I would recommend Openwrt.

Well.. this is my fault… should have read the forum, not just the routeros features on mikrotik page more thoroughly before purchasing units… and as someone else stated, there should be a big red WARNING sign on routeros features page right where OVPN is mentioned, clearly pointing out there is no UDP, no LZO, no CRL, no push route support for OVPN and there will not be any of those features added to ROS “in the near future” …

even so … rb800 seems a better solution to go with if you want to have multiple minipci cards and need poe support…

@janisbvp

Even more - you can get the hang of Routeros rather fast and things that you can do in routeros are way more stable than Openwrt.

Agreed.

@janisbvp

Still, I use Openwrt on some routers, just for the sake of VPN.
Bu, who knows - maybe we get functional vpn with v6?

Doesen’t look like it … look at the post from mrz on 25th Apr 2012.
http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/ovpn-on-new-versoins-ros-6-0-and-5-1/56153/1

I do believe that mikrotik software engineers are more involved with other problems like ipv6 functionality, ospfv3, and bug fixes for 4xx and 7xx products, so if they say “not in the near future” this does not look good for OVPN to get their attention.


JF