Mikrotik CRS328-24P-4S+RM 24 port Gigabit Ethernet router/switch with four 10Gbps SFP+ ports in 1U rackmount case, Dual Boot and
- Mikrotik CRS328-24P-4S+RM is a 28 independent port switch, it has 24 Gigabit Ethernet ports, which offer different power output options: Passive PoE, low voltage PoE, 802.3af/at (Type 1 “PoE” / Type 2 “PoE+”) with auto-sensing
- PoE-Out is passed over mode B pins (4,5+)(7,8-). The four SFP+ ports provide up to 10 Gbps connectivity options via either optical fiber or Ethernet modules (not included)
- CRS328-24P-4S+RM comes in a 1U rackmount case with 100-240 V AC 500 W power supply built-in
- The device consumes up to 44 W leaving guaranteed 450 W (3×150 W per every 8 Ethernet ports) to power your PoE devices. Each port can provide up to 30 W of power with any power output option you choose
- It has a “Dual boot” feature that allows you to choose between two operating systems – RouterOS or SwOS
₨188,700.00
CRS328-24P-4S+RM is a 28 independent port switch, it has 24 Gigabit Ethernet ports, which offer different power output options: Passive PoE, low voltage PoE, 802.3af/at (Type 1 “PoE” / Type 2 “PoE+”) with auto-sensing. PoE-Out is passed over mode B pins (4,5+)(7,8-). The four SFP+ ports provide up to 10 Gbps connectivity options via either optical fiber or Ethernet modules (not included). CRS328-24P-4S+RM comes in a 1U rackmount case with 100-240 V AC 500 W power supply built-in. The device consumes up to 44 W leaving guaranteed 450 W (3×150 W per every 8 Ethernet ports) to power your PoE devices. Each port can provide up to 30 W of power with any power output option you choose. The device has a “Dual boot” feature that allows you to choose between two operating systems – RouterOS or SwOS. If you prefer to have a simplified operating system with only switch specific features, use SwOS. If you would like the ability to use routing and other Layer 3 features in your CRS, use RouterOS. You can select the desired operating system from RouterOS, from SwOS or from the RouterBOOT loader settings. All the feature set comes with disruptive price, providing best price/performance on the market.
Specification: Mikrotik CRS328-24P-4S+RM 24 port Gigabit Ethernet router/switch with four 10Gbps SFP+ ports in 1U rackmount case, Dual Boot and
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pcdoctor –
Best bang for my home network bucksI bought this for several reasons.I had been using a large HP 2900-48G switch and a PFSense i7-7700K PC based router for my home network.They worked great, but……The HP switch was large, LOUD, put out a LOT of heat and sucks down 200-300watts of power. It is a server 19″ rack enterprise switch. The PFSense i7 CPU PC mini tower router is powerful, flexible but takes up lots of space and consumes another 100 Watts.I wanted something with four 10GBit links like the HP. I no longer needed more than 24 ports like I did last year.The Mikrotik also has a comprehensive GUI (WinBox). I don’t manage routers and switches for a living so a GUI was a must for me. I have no desire to learn another command line interface. I have a couple of proper Win 2012R2 media servers and a Threadripper workstation I do most of my home based business and personal things on. I wanted to be able to move large multi gigabyte media files to the servers at HD speeds and not be limited to the roughly 115MB/sec of gigabit ethernet. I will also run the 4th fiber link to the media room to access content from the servers.In all honesty I do not need most of the features this device has (which are numerous). It was appealing that this device’s router OS has a following and is often used in business environments. A plus. I’m sure that I can grow with this setup to do all those things I want to do. My next step is to eventually install proper access points and power those with the need for a wall wart in whatever house we move to soon. Currently I use an R7000 and a WRT1900AC running DD-WRT setup as access points only(no routing).I only took me a couple of hours to find some tutorials online for things like setting Static IP address, changing DNS servers, upgrading the firmware and setting up the DHCP stuff. This is all pretty basic stuff. Later I will find more information concerning best security practices and hardening of this box so I am not a target for hackers.I am very happy. My network speed is great. My power draw is 8x less and I no longer have 5 screaming fans from the HP to talk over. The Mikrotik only has 2 quiet fans and barely puts out any heat. I love it!!!!UPDATE: Important!!!! You MUST add some firewall rules and go through the Mikrotik Wiki to secure this router or it will be hacked!!! I installed mine, updated the router OS to the latest version and changed the ADMIN password. NOT ENOUGH!! After a week I was getting failed login attempts every second form multiple sources all over the world. Google “microtik essential firewall rules” and watch the youtube tutorial #29. This guy also has a web page with a script to add rules. Also google “securing mikrotik router”. The first hit is the Mikrotik wiki. Follow this!!!! Turn off services from the Winbox CMD line that are not needed so this router doesn’t become some hacker’s plaything. Keep your router firmware up to date!!!!! VERY IMPORTANT!!!
Ian McDonough –
Loads of switch for the moneyThis is a pretty awesome switch for a home setup. I was a little hesitant to purchase this because there weren’t many reviews and the few I found were complaints about the fans cycling on and off. I got tired of waiting for UBNT to make a 10GB switch that I wanted to buy got old so I pulled the trigger on this one.I did have a problem with the fans cycling on and off in both switchos and router os with the latest firmware. This switch is in a rack in my bedroom so this was a problem. The fans were not loud and likely wouldn’t have been a problem if they just stayed on but the cycling got old quick. I saw on the forums there were a bunch of commands but none worked. I really liked the switch so I opened it up and found that it had regular pinout PWM fan headers. So I purchased two Noctua NF-A4x20 4 pin PWM fans and installed them and what a difference. These little fans are inaudible even on full power. Since the CPU temp is above the trigger point of 40c for the fans to turn on they run all the time and keep the CPU under 50c with about 15 watts of POE load and standard daily traffic for a house of 5.Things to note:Even if you are using this as a switch I would recommend routeros as it is much more mature and feature rich.This will power UBNT 24v POE gear no problem and on an interesting note it automatically figures out that the load takes 24v passive POE and supplies it without intervention just as if it was 802.3AF.10GBtek Mikrotik SFP+ fiber modules work great in this switch. Just make sure you leave auto-negotiate on.I would definitely recommend this to anyone who needs a few 10GB ports with 24v passive and af/at POE. If you cant live with the fan cycling, replacing the fans is relatively inexpensive and very easy resulting in a silent switch which is impressive for under $400.
Just your average person –
Works, 4 SFP+ ports + POE is hard to beat, a bit noisy in SWOSSo to start with, these things are basically just fancy switches that can route a little bit. I had planned all the way to switch it from RouterOS to SWOS because I just need a switch, and was going to use my USG as my router still. Unifi switches didn’t have a 24 port with SFP+ and POE, so they lost out on my sale, and I picked this up and switched it to SWOS.I am putting it in a closet in the kitchen, and when it was on RouterOS sitting on my counter, the fans barely ran and it was silent. So then I switched it to SWOS and for a few minutes it was silent, then the fans get this constant spinning. It is currently running at 35c, which doesn’t seem that high, and the fans have a sort of pulsing noise which is super annoying.Luckily when it is in the closet with the door closed, we don’t really notice it (well I hear it, but the wife doesn’t, so I am not going to point it out), but if we leave the door open you can hear it across the room.It’s hard to beat on price for the features, I upgraded from the fanless Mikrotik 24 port + 2 SFP+ which was working fine. I just was about to buy an 8 port POE+ switch and a decent one cost about half as much as this, so I decided to just get 24 ports of POE and then I didn’t have to figure out what wires went where.I am running 2 Unifi AP’s off the POE so far, and plan to switch the 3rd one over to it tonight. I had planned on adding a couple more outdoors, and just wanted to connect it directly to the switch so that if something acts wonky, I could have one place to take everything down and everything up. Plus it gives me a bit more freedom on putting stuff in the house. I wish SWOS managed the fans better.
kfan –
Amazing value24 ports including power over ethernet and 4 10GB capable SFP+ ports !!This was my first mikrotik device and have since gone on to purchase several others. Mikrotik keeps their costs low by integrating their linux-based RouterOS with chip manufacturer reference designs. This particular switch is based on a Marvell chip that is just fantastic. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that I could could do full speed hardware switching of a VLAN trunk across a pair of bonded connections to my FW/GW router. Really great stuff for such an inexpensive device. As for 10G, fully saturating two point-to-point links with iperf3 at the same time was no problem for this switch.I have also grown to like RouterOS as well. If you have some experience with networking and linux you will find it to be very intuitive and easy to use. Even if that’s not your forte there are enough online guides to get you going. You can also run SwitchOS on it instead if all you need is a basic high performance managed switch. SwitchOS will greatly reduce the learning curve. Since the cpu in this switch is so anemic you pretty much have to ensure that whatever you do with the switch is capable of being hardware offloaded. For that reason, 80% of the use use cases for this particular switich can probably be achieved with SwitchOS. Still, if you have the time and inclination, I’d encourage you to learn RouterOS.
Tom Godaminski –
Powerful, capable, inexpensive…what else can I say?This switch brought me farther into the MikroTik camp than any of the inexpensive RouterBoard products I’m used to working with. After several weeks of researching managed PoE switches for a local business install, I settled on the CRS328 over several Cisco enterprise and small business options, as well as some AdTran switches. I chose the CRS328 for a few key features, including:- CAPsMAN function for controlling wireless access points- Full Layer-3 routing capability, including BGP/OSPF/RIP as well as MPLS capability- MikroTik reputation for regular firmware updates and responsiveness to bug fixes- Lack of complicated licensing schemes (ahem, Cisco…)After installing this switch, it has exceeded my expectations. There were initially some growing pains as the Cisco router that it is connected to had an odd trunk configuration that created a few headaches. Now, the business where this is installed has near wirespeed throughput, PoE for wireless access points and security cameras, and built-in tools such as Bandwidth testing and Torch that make troubleshooting a breeze.A few things to consider for those who might purchase this switch for business use (especially if PCI-DSS compliance are a concern):- The Winbox interface is notoriously insecure, and should be disabled.- DHCP configuration makes it easy for a user to determine server source IP address, and access to the default web interface isn’t blocked by default (although firewall rules can be configured to limit access to the web interface from particular IPs or subnets). If you’re familiar with the MikroTik command line interface, all web access can be disabled leaving serial console access for secure management- Be mindful that the DHCP lease time configuration by default is set in HH:MM:SS format. If you want to provide long lease times to certain devices (or as part of the DHCP default configuration), leases can have days added as well using the format XXd HH:MM:SS for lease times.NOTE: The Manito Networks website has a great hardening guide for MikroTik devicesAfter a month of having this switch installed, it is running like a champ with CPU usage generally less than 30%, even with the network fully saturated and with 250+ clients.
Paul Mills –
Works as expected.The usual Mikrotik quality. Up and running in short order. Working great!
Eric –
The most powerful POE switch out thereHave to power my tower top radios at 320’ height. Works perfect
Dan Dickson –
Lower than average build quality but a feature set and price point that is currently unmatchedLow grade QA, so definitely do a shake test before you power the switch on, mine had a loose screw on the inside so I took it apart and found the missing screw from the power supply board, when I checked the rest of the screws they were all loose.As for the product itself, you wont find a larger feature set at this price point, if you are comfortable with RouterOS but haven’t done layer 2 or 3 switching since 6.41 budget a few hours for wrapping your head around the documentation. Once configured the device works as expected, wire speed hardware layer 3 as long as you don’t egress the bridge, close to wire speed if you do plus a full stack of RouterOS features and all the design options that presents.If you’re a complete beginner and/or just need layer 2 switching there is an option to boot SwOS and use a simplified interface to configure the switch in a few minutes.
Shimron Trammell –
Does the job wellI needed a new primary switch, and I’m already in the unifi family but have been looking to get out. This switch was super easy to setup especially once I switched it over to SwItchOS (pfsense is my router and things were bumping into each orher).
Travis R. –
Over all, I’m very happy with the product. But…When I took the item out of the box, immediately I noticed the sound of loose screws rattling around inside of the switch. I then had to go get my screwdriver, take the item apart, retrieve the loose screws, then search around on the internals of the device trying to figure out where they came from. They were the power supply mounting screws. Two of them had come totally out and the other two were also very loose. I had to go through the entire device and make sure all of the screws were tight, many were not. Then I got to reassemble and everything was perfect after that. It powered on, and all features work as intended. Very happy with the device, just not very happy the employees who built it did not make sure the internal screws of an enterprise switch were tight. The results could have been disastrous had I not noticed and just plugged the item in with two pieces of metal floating around inside on the motherboard.Also, If you’re using this device configured as a router, rather than just a switch.. It will throttle your internet connection. I have a 500Mbps internet connection and when configured as a router, it is only able to get 250Mbps download speed. Directly connect the cable modem to the PC, and you get the full 500Mbps download. I’m going to have to buy an additional router and just use this as a managed switch because losing half of my bandwidth letting this device do the routing is just not acceptable.
Jeremy Dean Mohrmann –
Enterprise gear for the home userEnterprise level gear at a reasonable price. I replaced an unmanaged switch in my home lab with this. There is a steep learning curve for routerOS. However, there are many tutorials available. Just about every function you could want. 10G SFP, POE, and 24 additional ports all in a level 2 solution.
Aaron Hartwig –
Excellent PoE SFP+ edge switchAn excellent switch running RouterOS and 4x SFP+ cages.Powers my 8x PoE cameras easily and is extremely quiet even when the rack gets a little warm.Its quite a deep unit and just manages to fit within the front and rear rails of my rack which are 350mm apart.A great edge PoE switch with 10Gbe capability.
Casey Ryan –
This is an awesome routerboardIt took some figuring out, but this is an amazingly powerful router. I’ve got this running in my home, but it would be perfect in a small office. The addition of SFP+ is great and has my home running nicely on 10gb.
Robert Bain –
great seller fast deliverygreat seller fast delivery
Amazon Customer –
10Gb without the 10Gb Price.Works great ! Good professional features. Love the 10Gb network I built with it.
Amazon Customer –
Be carefull with this sellerThis POE switch is fine. The seller is not a recognized MikroTik distributer/reseller and only offers 30 day support. The unit failed 2 days ago and the seller basically said tuff, contact MikroTik. I am now looking for someone to fix the power supply module. If this was a RB2011 or RB951G I would toss it but this is a $400.00 3 month old unit that needs repair. MikroTik is good stuff but as all electronics it will fail some day. Mine was 3 months. Everything else I have works well and I will continue purchasing MikroTik products, just not from this Amazon seller
Dan M. –
Five StarsCan’t get a better product at this price point. 5/5
WebLuke –
Powers SIP Phones and WiFi APsWe have this this POE Switch at work, it took over for another Mikrotik Cloud Router Switch. When I added SIP phones to every desk I got this switch because I like the control Mikrotik’s RouterOS gives me. We have 7 Grand Stream Phones, 3 Mikrotik CAP ACs, 1 Granstream DECT Base Station chained with one of the CAPs, and 1 Grand Stream PBX powered off this so far using about 45W total for everything including the switch. There has been no problems and it has been running quiet since we are not pulling too much of a load. To link to our Mikrotik router I used a 10GTek SFP+DAC with no problems. I don’t do anything special in RouterOS on this switch to keep the CPU free, but you could do routing on this if you had too, I would say just use it as a POE Switch with good connectivity for the price. I like using Mikrotik despite having a learning curve, and not having a hip web interface, but you get control and lower prices.
Virginia Guy –
Legendary Mikrotik value and stabilityI use this switch for my PTX cameras. PoE works without a hitch and the switch is nice and fast. Simple to use WebUI and rock solid stability. You just can’t beat these if you are looking for a simple managed L2 switch with reliable 56+v POE.
ENOC T. –
Recomiendo ampliamente, el equipo llego en perfectas condiciones.
Haegner –
Spitzen Preis-LeistungsverhältnisAktuell nutze ich noch bei weitem nicht die maximale Leistung des Gerätes, doch bin völlig begeistert. Die Verarbeitung ist sehr wertig und für den Preis einen PoE-Switch mit 4x 10SFP+ kostet sonst ein halbes Vermögen.Ich würde ihn jederzeit wieder kaufen.
M –
Great value L2 switchI’m not going to say much about the features, or os, or anything like that because there’s plenty of full-length reviews elsewhere on the internet. Suffice to say, while they’re loaded with L3 functions you don’t want to use them as such without destroying forwarding performance.For me, I have a number of Mikrotik devices and while the CLI is “interesting”, they do the job reliably, cheaply, silently, and while sipping the power. Replaced an equivalent Juniper switch with one of these and the difference in power consumption is amazing. This thing’s going to pay for itself in under a year!
Slezak –
Switch nach 5 Monaten DefektIch hab den switch vor 5 Monaten gekauft und war bisher auch sehr zufrieden damit, genauso wie auch mit den anderen Mikrotik switchen die ich schon weitaus länger habe.Ich hatte insgesamt 5 poe geräte die an dem switch angeschlossen waren und auch die 5 monate problemlos so funktioniert haben. Aufeinmal abends fliegt die sicherung im Keller raus und seitdem hat der Switch kein Lebenszeichen mehr von sich gegeben.Ich habe das ganze bei dem Händler erläutert (wlan-shop24) und ich habe mittlerweile auch mein Geld zurück bekommen. Ich sollte das Gerät einschicken zur Überprüfung und habe kein Ersatzgerät bekommen. Ich habe am Anfang der Konversation erwähnt das unser Gesamtes System zurzeit lahmliegt und es nur notdürftig geflickt wurde aber es wurde nicht darauf eingegangen. Nachdem ich nach 2 Tagen nachdem der Switch beim Händler wieder angekommen war noch keine Info bekommen habe habe ich mehrmals nachgehackt und dann die Aussage bekommen das der Techniker im Urlaub ist. Nach insg. über 2 Wochen habe ich dann die Rückmeldung bekommen (natürlich erst auf erneute anfrage) das der Switch defekt ist und nicht repariert werden kann. Dann habe ich mein Geld zurück bekommen und habe nun bei einem Zertifizierten Mikrotik händler ein neues Gerät bestellt und das ist auch heute bereits angekommen.Alles in allem ist das Gerät super für den Preis, aber leider ein defektes Gerät dabei gewesen. Und der Ablauf mit den Händler war umständlich und total daneben, man hätte direkt Kommunizieren müssen das Urlaubsbedingt das ganze länger dauert. Daher nur 2 Sterne.
moms_spaghettata –
Super Switch mit Passive POEIch habe an dem Switch Passiv-POE Geräte von Ubiquiti (UVC-G3 non-af und AP-AC-Lite) im Einsatz und selbst hier wurde automatisch erkannt das es sich um Passiv-POE Geräte handelt und ohne zusätzliche Konfiguration mit POE versorgt. Konnte bisher keine Probleme feststellen. Die 10G-Uplinks und das Preis/Leistungsverhältnis waren ausschlaggebend.
Michael Heinz –
Produkt Spitze – wenn da nicht der Versand über TNT wäreTNT Fahrer steht vorm Bürogebäude ohne auszusteigen und meldet “keinen angetroffen”. 3 Tage später kommt der selbe Fahrer und ruft an und fragt wo er hin muss. Auf die Frage warum er Freitag das nicht schon erledigt hätte, wurden die Pakete am Fahrstuhl auf den Boden geknallt und er verschwand.