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Manage third party router through winbox

Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 2:46 pm
by leostereo
Hi , guys.
Im running out os hardware on my CCR1036 bgp border router.
Im thinking about replacing it with an arista router-switch with bgp capabilities.
Im very used to work with winbox and would like to keep using it to manage router routes.
Is there some chance / possiblity to manage routes on arista , though my CCR1036 ?
Perhaps using my CCR as route reflector and filters ...
The idea is to route all traffic using the arista router-switch and manage routes using winbox running on my CCR1036.

Oh ... some idea would be wellcome.
Regards.
Leandro.

Re: Manage third party router through winbox

Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 3:54 pm
by StubArea51
You cannot use Winbox to manage an Arista device as winbox is specific to MikroTik. You can use it as a route reflector if you want though and that will give you some visibility....but is that a good fit for your network architecture?

However, you can use programs like Unimus or Ansible to manage all of your devices using a common web interface.

Re: Manage third party router through winbox

Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 8:08 pm
by leostereo
You cannot use Winbox to manage an Arista device as winbox is specific to MikroTik. You can use it as a route reflector if you want though and that will give you some visibility....but is that a good fit for your network architecture?

However, you can use programs like Unimus or Ansible to manage all of your devices using a common web interface.
Well , you mentioned "using my mikrotik as route reflector".
Can you point an example of this ?
This is what I currently have:
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All my routers are mikrotik CCR1036.
I can move traffic from any provider to any customer.
for example if Provider C is down , I can suppy service to customer C from provider A y B.
Now , I will to change those CCR1036 for a more powerfull router-switch.
Quesion is ,
Using route reflector ,like this:
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can I achieve same ?
Any teoric / papper I need to read or learn about would be wellcome.
Regards.