hi, i just purchase our new RB1100.. i know all its capabilities the reason why i recommend it for our network. problem is how to configure it to work with our network. here is the set up:
i want to load balance with fail over two of our internet feed in port 1 and port 2.
port 5 to 8 will be a dchp server for a specific bandwidth package.
can mikrotik support this:
port 5: 10.1.1.0/24
port 6: 10.2.1.0/24
port 7: 10.3.1.0/24
each ip block then will be limit w/ a specific bandwidth and protocol.
please help! hope you understand the configuration i need.
Just apply the IP addresses to the ports you want them on and add simple queues to the interfaces for rate limiting. Make sure the master-port of the interfaces is set to “none” so that the switch chip doesn’t act on them.
That is impossible to answer. The router is going to be doing stuff to user traffic: NAT, connection tracking, rate limits, firewall filters, mangling. Depending on what exactly you’re having the router do it is going to be able to process some number of packets per second. Then, depending on how many packets per second the average user is consuming/creating, the router can serve some number of users. There is no generic answer to your question - it depends on the users, and how the router is configured.
