Hi Experts
I want to run ring network in fibre cabal & V lan
Kindly suggest Hardware
Mikrotik CCS112 8G 4G IN is sufficient.
Unfortunately, MikroTik does not support ring-type networks with their hardware. Are you trying to set up a Token-Ring, or simply a series of daisy-chained switches that loops back on itself? I can tell you to forget about Token-Ring, but if you plan to loop a series of switches, you’ll end up with problems. MikroTik does not have support for spanning tree in hardware, so their switches cannot handle a switching loop like that. The only way around this would be to put a CCR with enough power to meet your needs between the two ends of the switch series and use a bridged interface with STP enabled on the router. How many ports do you need? Are you trying to run all fiber to the endpoints, or just fiber for the switch uplinks with copper to the endpoints?
Dear sir thank you for your valuable reply .
Why not possible with OSPF ?
OSPF has no relevance to what you’ve said you want to do. OSPF is a routing protocol, but you’ve said nothing about routing…only that you want to run fiber and use VLANs. VLAN is a layer 2 technology, and doesn’t require routers to implement. I suppose you could make a “ring” of routers and use OSPF to optimize shortest path routing (though that may not be the best option depending on network congestion), but again, you’re coming up with a routing scenario and you’re asking about using a switch…the CRS has some routing ability, but it probably won’t meet your needs depending on overall throughput needs and bandwidth availability. If this is the type of setup you want, I’d get a CCR and CRS for each location. This would ensure you have enough CPU to handle routing functions, and the CRS would provide the overall port count you need for all your endpoints.
Thank you for your valuable reply
Can you suggest me hardware for ring…