Is the RB450G enough for my needs?

Hardware MikroTik hardware general
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Hello!

I could really use some advice.

I need a router to handle 1,000 client connections. The connections will be shaped by PCQ and a handful of simple queues (not more than 100).

Would the RB450G be sufficient or would I need something more powerful? If the RB450G is not powerful enough, which routerboard hardware would you recommend?

THANK you!
Eric

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I really doubt it. I would go with an RB1100AHx2 or an x86 solution if I had to have 1000 clients queued on one router.

I have seen RB1200’s (single 1GHz CPU) have CPU loads of about 30-60% with 300 customers. We don’t deploy routerboard with 680MHz CPU’s to towers with over 75 clients unless it is only used as a distribution router (router no firewall or per customer queuing). If it is doing QOS for clients and serving more then 75 customers we go with something with a PowerPC CPU of 1GHz or more.

I also do all of my traffic shaping for clients at the tower location… we don’t have 1000 clients at any towers and if we did then I would have multiple local routers and a distribution router at that location.

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Joshaven - Thank you for your advice! I’ll look into the RB1100AH.

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eped, I think you need an x86 router or wait for the new CCR-1036 router from Mikrotik.

I have a few RB1200. The 1Ghz PPC is a nice bump up from the 680Mhz MIPS but 1000 clients is going to push its limits if you do anything but basic routing.

I have a couple high bandwidth clients (30Mb/10Mb) and with just two of those I can keep an rb1200’s CPU very busy.

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If you have 1000 clients (not just 1000 connections), then go for x86 as syadnom suggested. Some quad i5 would do nice job, just be sure that your motherboard’s chipset is supported.

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Have you looked much at the Power Routers?

http://www.mikrotikrouter.com/

I inherited a 732 with a contract I took over and it has performed fantastically. I just don’t know about the performance / cost ratio given the new products coming out.

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Thank you syadnom, acim, CCDKP - I’ll look into an x86 solution or wait for that new-fangled cloud core router due out. Thanks for your time and expertise!