UBNT EdgeRouter 12

[Trip]

For those who follow UBNT EdgeRouters and have been hoping for an ER-4/6P with a dedicated switch chip and more ports, the ER-12 will be coming out soon. UBNT website price: $195 USD. Here's the initial info from the early-access page, plus photos:

The EdgeRouter 12 is a high-performance Gigabit Router with PoE flexibility. With increased performance over the previous generation of routers, the EdgeRouter 12 delivers up to 3.4 million pps for 64-byte packets. Ten Gigabit Ethernet ports offer copper connectivity, while two SFP ports offer fiber connectivity. The EdgeRouter 12 supports Layer-2 switching and scalable configuration using EdgeOS or the Ubiquiti Network Management System (UNMS).

* Initial EdgeRouter 12 units will ship with alpha firmware that is not yet feature-complete. Updated firmware will be released in the near future.

 

[kvic]

$195 for ER-12 would be a steal (if Edgemax firmware could start to improve..).

Is the price real...? I saw ER-4 is around the same price online.

 

[Trip]

Is the price real...? I saw ER-4 is around the same price online.

No photoshop, I swear.

And regarding firmware, yes. More CLI/GUI feature parity would be nice, among a whole host of other things. But they're getting there, albeit slowly...

 

[System Error Message]

but will it blend?

 

[kvic]

but will it blend?

LoL

btw, did anyone tell you that Tilera CPU being used in Microtik has been dropped by mainline Linux kernel?

 

[System Error Message]

LoL

btw, did anyone tell you that Tilera CPU being used in Microtik has been dropped by mainline Linux kernel?

mentioned many times. keyword, mainline, so it can be supported on the side. The reason why it was dropped by mainline was that there was no company supporting it nor a need so any support would be on the sideline.

 

[coxhaus]

I would not run a router which did not have manufacture support. It is time to let it go.

 

[System Error Message]

I would not run a router which did not have manufacture support. It is time to let it go.

https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?p=649704#p649704
keep reading.

 

[kvic]

https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?p=649704#p649704
keep reading.

Microtik has been on their own, and will continue so. That's why it doesn't matter much to them, and I believe one of the reasons Tile was dropped as Microtik never contributes back codes.

So it's still the same Microtik..like it or not. Personally I like a more open approach. But I won't be surprised quite a few have Cisco and alike as their model and wanna-be.

 

[System Error Message]

when i asked will it blend, i didnt mean that edgerouters are bad, mikrotik routers are great, i meant will it work well for all networks? Because there hasnt been many extensive reviews.

 

[Cloud200]

when i asked will it blend, i didnt mean that edgerouters are bad, mikrotik routers are great, i meant will it work well for all networks? Because there hasnt been many extensive reviews.

I don't know of any router that will work for all networks.
Thats why Cisco, Juniper, and yes . . . even Mikrotik make multiple models.

 

[System Error Message]

Lets make a new meme for router reviews @thiggins @sfx2000 @kvic @coxhaus

Will it route? Basically to test how much it fits into every network for example.

 

[sfx2000]

LoL

btw, did anyone tell you that Tilera CPU being used in Microtik has been dropped by mainline Linux kernel?

FWIW - Tilera was good enough that EzChip bought them up - and then they (EzChip) was bought by Mellanox...

The idea of many cores in a mesh is still alive - it's shifted from the proprietary Tilera cores (being somewhat MIPS like) over to ARM, and that chip is still alive in big iron switches and routers.

 

[Trip]

Lets make a new meme for router reviews [...] Will it route? Basically to test how much it fits into every network for example.

Lol, love that. And actually pretty relevant, too. Not sure it would @thiggins style of content, but funny and applicable nonetheless.

 

[sfx2000]

Lol, love that. And actually pretty relevant, too. Not sure it would @thiggins style of content, but funny and applicable nonetheless.

I offered to send over a Netgate SG-2440 w/pfSense for review...

 

[System Error Message]

FWIW - Tilera was good enough that EzChip bought them up - and then they (EzChip) was bought by Mellanox...

The idea of many cores in a mesh is still alive - it's shifted from the proprietary Tilera cores (being somewhat MIPS like) over to ARM, and that chip is still alive in big iron switches and routers.

the manycore and mesh is still much alive in many architectures, intel's GPU attempt is one which is now available as a xeon CPU which can be run as a standalone or mixed with a regular xeon CPU in a multi socket board. Even the MIPS used in the new edgerouter is a manycore as well but ubiquiti uses the lowest end of it (16 cores rather than the 64 core available version) at best.

 

[Robertomcat]

Hello good day! Does anyone know when this product will be available for sale (Europe)?

 

[Mokers]

This thread said they should be in production by next month:

https://community.ubnt.com/t5/EdgeRouter12-Product-Feedback/Waiting-list-for-ER-12/m-p/2460868#M108

Not sure about EU availability though.

 

[Robertomcat]

Not sure about EU availability though.

Hello! Thank you for your answer, I am going to ask if you know anything about the sale in Europe. Thank you very much.

 

[SandieRevel]

I would not run a switch which did not have make bolster. The time has come to release it.
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