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Cascading Mikroitk

Wed Sep 07, 2022 1:04 pm

Hi Guys.

I'm using CCR2116 & CCR1036 together, I was using CCR1036 (as PPPoE server) & CCR2116 (CG-Nating + Queues).

I need to about Mikrotik CASCADING configuration, so that I can achieve "Double Performance with Cores & RAM"
 
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Re: Cascading Mikroitk

Wed Sep 07, 2022 4:32 pm

By cascading do you mean load balancing across multiple routers? Or something else?
 
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Re: Cascading Mikroitk

Sat Nov 05, 2022 7:53 am

By cascading do you mean load balancing across multiple routers? Or something else?
Basically, I need to Double the harware resources of Mikrotik in a same network.. I mean 2 mikoritk work together so their hardware resources become one.
 
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Re: Cascading Mikroitk

Sat Nov 05, 2022 11:03 am

There is no way to just "pour more CPU and RAM" into an existing router by means of interconnecting it with another one.

But in the context of the other topics you have open/contributed to, you can use multiple PPPoE servers in parallel and the clients will more or less evenly distribute among them; a similar thing can be done using DHCP servers if each of them offers a different router as a gateway to the client (or even a whole different subnet in the same L2 segment). And you can also have an independent uplink for each of the routers, so if you don't mind that a particular PPPoE or DHCP client will not access the internet from the same public IP all the time, you can distribute the load among multiple devices in every layer of the network.
 
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Re: Cascading Mikroitk

Sat Nov 05, 2022 12:59 pm

Just buy a bigger mikrotik and stop watching fantasy youtube.
 
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Re: Cascading Mikroitk  [SOLVED]

Sun Nov 06, 2022 9:26 pm

There is no way to just "pour more CPU and RAM" into an existing router by means of interconnecting it with another one.

But in the context of the other topics you have open/contributed to, you can use multiple PPPoE servers in parallel and the clients will more or less evenly distribute among them; a similar thing can be done using DHCP servers if each of them offers a different router as a gateway to the client (or even a whole different subnet in the same L2 segment). And you can also have an independent uplink for each of the routers, so if you don't mind that a particular PPPoE or DHCP client will not access the internet from the same public IP all the time, you can distribute the load among multiple devices in every layer of the network.
Thanks Sindy

I had already submit a suggestion to Mikrotik Support for adding this feature in newar future.
 
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Re: Cascading Mikroitk

Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:06 am

It sounds like your problem is more with design than the router. Ideally you should separate network functions so they can scale.

For PPPoE, take a look at this article to create multiple MikroTik BRAS routers for the same L2 domain to achieve load balancing and high availability

https://stubarea51.net/2018/04/23/pppoe ... atorsbras/

Then to understand the design concepts behind separation of network functions, take a look at this blog post and webinar to better understand how NAT routers should be separated from the BNG/AGG role like a BRAS to achieve scale and redundancy.

https://stubarea51.net/2021/11/14/isp-d ... -overview/
https://stubarea51.net/2022/05/02/webin ... functions/

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Re: Cascading Mikroitk

Sun Nov 13, 2022 1:48 pm

It sounds like your problem is more with design than the router. Ideally you should separate network functions so they can scale.

For PPPoE, take a look at this article to create multiple MikroTik BRAS routers for the same L2 domain to achieve load balancing and high availability

https://stubarea51.net/2018/04/23/pppoe ... atorsbras/

Then to understand the design concepts behind separation of network functions, take a look at this blog post and webinar to better understand how NAT routers should be separated from the BNG/AGG role like a BRAS to achieve scale and redundancy.

https://stubarea51.net/2021/11/14/isp-d ... -overview/
https://stubarea51.net/2022/05/02/webin ... functions/


Thanks I fixed this issue in a SAME WAY
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