Hello,
We are working on telemetry project, where we have about 100 of endpoints, which will
grow up to 300 endpoints. Traffic generated by each device is very low (few kilobytes per second).
Our first idea is to use RB750 on endpoints and some device to connect to. We would like to use
some kind of Mikrotik device, but which one could provide enough power to support that many
sessions? There will be no cryptography used. We plan to use OSPF or something like that (or static
routes if OSPF will be not suitable for that many devices).
Any ideas will be apreciated, thanks!
That is true but I think it is way too much for that project.
OSPF could be used in this scenario if you use multiple areas…best practice ospf design is to limit your areas to no more tham 50 routers. Also you might want to take a look at multicast over whatever tunnel you want to use as there sometimes tend to be limitations when tunneling multicast
OK, we discussed topic and another idea would be bridging over some kind of VPN, then there would be no need for OSPF, it would work in L2. But still what device would be OK for that? If we look at PPS only even RB750 would suffice as central point, but probably RAM would be most importation limitation.
What is the nature of the connections between the endpoints and the central location?
It is telemetry so central point connects to endpoint, asks for data. No idea how often but traffic is very low because it used be to on GPRS modems.
Will the endpoints still be using some kind of cellular modem as their connection to the central location or do you have something else in mind?
No. It will be over plain ethernet but in places where it won’t be possible to use VLANs and we need to separate that traffic from everything else on that ethernet. So VPN or some kind of MPLS or EoIP comes in mind.
I would flesh out what your topology/transport options are and then see whether the viable options point towards a static or dynamic routing model.
e.g. If most endpoints really only have one path back to the central systems then dynamic routing may be unnecessary.
Yes there will be only one path and we are considering L2 only links now, so routing issues will be absent.
