# Routers for Towers
**URL:** https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/routers-for-towers/29914
**Category:** PMP
**Created:** [January 10, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/routers-for-towers/29914 "2007-01-10T15:10:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@paulchops](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/u/paulchops)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/routers-for-towers/29914/1 "2007-01-10T15:10:07Z")
Hi there,
We currently have 25+ towers that currently are on 3 physical segments (3 sets of subnets). Because of broadcasts, worms, etc. etc., we want to put each tower on its own subnet and place a router at each one.
I am looking to find some real world experiences with the various routers out in the field. I have seen some people talk about Microtik PC style routers. Are there other benefits and/or features in these remote routers that I should be thinking about?
Paul
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### Author:  [@tlsarles](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/u/tlsarles)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2007, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/routers-for-towers/29914/2 "2007-01-10T15:31:16Z")
Cisco. My primary reason for this reccomendation is routing protocols. While 25 routers wouldn’t be too much hassle to staticlly populate all tables, I personally would use EIGRP. I’m guessing the Mikrotik uses OSPF, which is ok, but has more overhead and slower convergence.
We use a Cisco 2620 to service about 120 clients, and the router utilization never goes over 20%
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### Author:  [@paulchops](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/u/paulchops)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/routers-for-towers/29914/3 "2007-01-10T23:10:50Z")
Interesting. FYI, Microtek uses OSPF as a subset (based on my perceptions of their doc) of their ECMP protocol (Equal Cost Multi-Path protocol).
EIGRP looks quite intersting as though it would take a lot of the thinking out of the configuaration. Have you used that in a WISP environment such as I have described?
Paul
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### Author:  [@tlsarles](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/u/tlsarles)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2007, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/routers-for-towers/29914/4 "2007-01-11T15:25:15Z")
our WISP is small (only one tower and router), so I have only used EIGRP in a lab.
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### Author:  [@chrisopq](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/u/chrisopq)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2007, 6:22am UTC](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/routers-for-towers/29914/5 "2007-01-12T06:22:06Z")
we are planning on implementing this in our network. Could someone give me an example of how this would be done, given that you have a setup as below:
3 towers–\>3 backhauls–\>main tower–\>fibre to office
In office:
proxy, mail servers etc all on 10.x.x.x
How would i have to change my network, bearing in mind that all client traffic ends up at our office on 10.x.x.x then goes through our bandwidth manager.
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### Author:  [@m\_b\_h](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/u/m_b_h)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/routers-for-towers/29914/6 "2007-01-12T15:58:21Z")
> | tlsarles wrote: |
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> | I'm guessing the Mikrotik uses OSPF, which is ok, but has more overhead and slower convergence. |
Yes sir, you are guessing. I'll take a Mikrotik over a Cisco any day.
Mikrotik talks RIP (v1 and v2), OSPF, BGP and many other protocols. For a small fraction of the cost.
ONE of the nice things about Mikrotik is you can install/run it on a PC. Need a kick@SS router? Build a mini-ITX or micro-ATX dual-LAN PC with a modern CPU and plenty of RAM ... vLAN to your hearts content, or, purchase a (or several) 4-port ethernet PCI card(s) and have physical ports out the waaazzooo.....
I don't think there's a single necessary thing the Mikrotik software won't do. In other words, use Cisco only if you just want to/have to.
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### Author:  [@Harry](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/u/Harry)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/routers-for-towers/29914/7 "2007-01-16T22:04:21Z")
We have several hundred users and 3 towers… would not use a cisco… try the Image Stream routers from IS they are great and easy to use. We found the thru put to be MUCH better than the Cisco’s