[clug-talk] Mikrotik routers & MPLS on the cheap

[John Jardine]

Hi,

I'd like to setup a MPLS core network as part of my home lab.  MPLS
enabled routers are normally pretty expensive so when I saw the ad for
Mikrotik on page 3 of the January LinuxJournal I got pretty excited.

I couldn't find a link to the ad, but the corporate site is here:
http://wiki.mikrotik.com

What I'm considering is 4 or 5 of these:
http://routerboard.com/index.php?showProduct=56

At $40 each it's a steal if I can use them as a core and then hang Cisco
PEs off them then I can model my real work.

Has anyone setup a 4 or 5 P-Router core to play with?  Any comments,
suggestions, pointers?

Thanks,
J.J.