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

[Gustin Johnson]

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Robert Lewko wrote:
> just for my curiosity, what do you boot from to install the OS onto
> the routerboard - like if I wanted to have Debian MIPS installed - the
> USB drive?
> 
Usually I pre-load the OS on to a CF card.  I use rs-232 to gain console
access.  voyage linux is good at building a debian base, though these
days I pretty much just use OpenWRT x86 (again pre-loaded on a CF card).

The router boards I leave with the "router OS" as they are at client
site's some of them quite remote.  I have programmed them from an rs-232
connection but lately I have been using their Windows utility from a VM
on my laptop.  Once up and running they are configured via a web GUI.
Most of the hardware in this space uses CF or SD cards for the OS.

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