Mikrotik Routerboard RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN Sfp Port plus 10 Port Ethernet

Feature-packed, stable, and speedy! Perfect for the trained network adminstrator for their home or their workplace.This router does so many things so well (e.g. VPN server/client, multiple DHCP servers, WiFi hotspot with real login capability, RADIUS authentication, etc.) with RouterOS that I just couldn’t pass it up. This is the kind of router you would see at a small business or tiny commercial location, and it has the kind of reliability that you just don’t see in more consumer-focused routers!I’ve been using this router for more than three years now and it hasn’t failed me yet. WiFi is long-range, but cannot handle more than 30Mbps speed even at the highest level of signal strength. This is due to the particularities of 2.4Ghz WiFi, though this router will have no problem serving multiple clients at once.If you want more powerful wireless capabilities I suggest the Routerboard 922UAGS-5HPacD which I have also reviewed here on Amazon. The other mentioned Mikrotik router comes with a high-powered long-range two-stream 866Mbps 5Ghz wireless interface and I completely recommend both for SOHO-based networking requirements.The router usually ships with Router OS version 6.5 or later, but it was easy enough through Winbox (a GUI Mikrotik router management tool) to update to version 6.39.1 – the very latest as of this review. Same for the boot firmware, which often brings network speed improvements. For more information, check the change-logs available on the Mikrotik website.You’ll find these routers to be supported for years to come by new and better features!The upgrade brought even more new features than before, such as more stable low-range wireless communication and faster bridged network transfers. For devices that have low-power radios or low signal, like my cell phones, the improvements have considerably improved coverage and speed even at negative-80-and-less wireless signal (which is visible from the management tool as well). For internal network devices like video servers or file-sharing, you’ll find the new ‘fast-path’ and ‘fasttrack’ network transfer options to easily push 1Gbps without any drops or CPU usage by the router itself.The router comes with two switch-chips, connected to each set of five ports, which can drastically stabilize communication speed without any router overhead! This is a great thing for Internet communication because the router can max out 100Mbps+ with zero median speed difference. I have 100Mbps cable Internet and this router can push 100Mbps continuously to any Ethernet client without any problems or strange latency-related issues.The only issue I have with this is a lack of Mikrotik non-Wiki documentation, help system, or roll-over explanation but for someone like me who loves tinkering with all kinds of network equipment for home or business it wasn’t really a problem. Less technical people may find the router configuration daunting, though you can purchase books on how to configure the router or hire someone if you really need help since Mikrotik has its own certified people to support their products.The only settings I had problems with were getting the WiFi to work (you have to set it to AP Bridge mode, not Station) and getting my cable ISP’s modem to see the MAC address they needed to see so I could get a public IP (can only do that through the terminal console and not Winbox).The router provides 27-30dBm of WiFi power, or for those not versed in WiFi that’s about 1 watt of power, which is more than many consumer-focused routers (often limited up-to 21dBm power). Clients may not be able to communicate at that high 30dBm power-level, but it can definitely help with range if you have clients that do support it like laptops and external WiFi cards (e.g. wireless-to-Ethernet bridges).One router is able to cover my whole house through several floors and walls, and if you have several of the same model configured on the same network and with different channels the routers can load-balance WiFi clients between themselves with no configuration changes or downtime.The router has 10 Ethernet ports: Ether1 (the first port) is taken for WAN connectivity in the default configuration for this router, 5 Gigabit Ethernet and 5 Fast Ethernet (1000Mbps and 100Mbps respectively) ports are available, though I would have preferred a bit of consistency here. There is an updated hardware revision called the Routerboard 3011UiAS that has ten Gigabit ports and more modern hardware, so don’t forget to check the Mikrotik product pages for any new hardware releases!The Routerboard 2011UiAS-2HnD-IN internally has a 600Mhz processor which is absolutely great – with 20-50Mbps Internet traffic the CPU load barely reaches above 5% and even then that’s only for a second. With 100Mbps Internet traffic, the CPU only reaches about 25% load which means the router can support even more bandwidth! Official figures quote the router at 200Mbps max, but with ‘fast-path’ and ‘fasttrack’ enabled supposedly the maximum is at least doubled (500Mbps).However, with my 100Mbps max Internet, this router is quite capable at handling that as well as any background traffic like port scanning or network attacks. You can configure port monitoring and automatically define blocked/allowed IP lists with firewall rules, and thereby protect the router against Internet scanning with almost no CPU or bandwidth impact!To explain further, with normal firewall rules (at the stage where data has already traversed the router destined for another device or network port), there is some slowdown with more than 25 rules. However, if you instead use the raw filter options (that operate as traffic is first seen by the router Ethernet port), you can minimize or reduce that slowdown to almost nothing,It also includes 128MB of storage space and 128MB of RAM – plenty for caching any kind of data such as DNS entries or computer files, or for upgrading the router on-the-fly. The router supports multiple partitions running different versions of RouterOS, so that way you can have a complete backup of another firmware version to downgrade/roll-back to if you encounter any problems, though it isn’t done automatically.To restore an older version, you can simply boot up the other partition and continue working without any downtime!There is plenty of room for device updates, of which this router can support up to RouterOS v8 (as of now, the software is not yet out of v6, so there are several more years of updates available) with it’s Level 5 license (normally about $100 or so, but included with the device). The software is device agnostic (but not CPU architecture agnostic), so you can update the router to any supported version as mentioned very easily using your preferred management interface.It even comes with an included fiber-optic Internet port (module for connectivity not included), though I don’t have fiber Internet out here in rural West Virginia; the port supports up to 1Gbps or so I heard online. (I can’t test it due to no fiber Internet service here.)The router does not reboot needlessly, nor does rebooting take more than 10 seconds.Other devices may need to reboot to apply configuration changes, but this router can reconfigure itself without the need to reboot (no matter how small the config change is or what part of the router it concerns, like wireless configuration or IP address changing). The only time you must reboot is if you want to upgrade the router, but you can choose to postpone rebooting indefinitely as the process is manually initiated.The router does not reboot under strain either, the worst that can happen is it starts dropping wireless clients if they have too-low signal or there is too much contention going on, but you can minimize this with multiple Mikrotik wireless routers like I am doing. I have three of these routers now and they operate a mesh wireless network for my entire house – no problems whatsoever to report!There is a web interface for this router, but I never used it because I prefer the client software Winbox for management (it exposes all the features of this router without any need for continuous page refreshes). The alternative SSH command-line interface (and the web interface) are easy enough to navigate since they match up with the Winbox management layout completely.This is the router brand that you should make your next purchase, I promise you will not be disappointed!

Great router, lots of configurability – if you can figure it out (it will take work).Oh boy, what to say. This is a full featured router, but you really have to be willing to learn some tech to figure it out. It runs RouterOS, which is basically a command driven OS, and you can configure the router in all sorts of incredible ways *IF* you can figure out what you are doing. It comes with a few basic cases you can start with, and modify from there. I started with “Home Router” with a guestnet, and then proceeded to make all my devices have a static IP onces they logged on. Most things (I guess) can be done via GUI, but the GUI is literally just that: It’s a window with a table of lines of things that you have to sort out what to put there. There’s lots of info on line, some good, some bad, most not very explanatory unless you are a network savvy user. By that, I mean you know how, for instance, traffic is controlled, how queues work (or what they are), and have time to experiment.I was hoping there would be more “example configurations” on line, and there probably are somewhere, but the forums at Mikrotik are most of whats out there, and it’s fair enough that “you are going to have to learn how to configure this thing”.To be clear: This is a very powerful router. Even in it’s basic configuration state with a few of my tweaks I find it worth it. But I still haven’t configured a few things I’d really like to because of confusing examples – or perhaps more explicitly my thick skull goes a bit numb looking at some of the larger examples (I’m thinking specifically quality of service here – if QoS is important to you you *probably* want to get a router than has a nice gui with this setup for a simple user – unless you really really want to learn how network traffic works).In summary:Pro: Good router for the price. I get good wifi service – and it’s really handy to see where network traffic is going in the router Lots of configurability – if you take the time to learn, you will be a router expert. Scary to look at logs and see how many login attempts and attacks get turned away The preconfigured cases are probably good enough for most peopleCon: Some features I want are clearly there, but oh boy I can’t quite figure out how to set them up. Lots of examples from different revisions make it confusing. You won’t be able to configure this exactly like you want without some elbow grease. Unless you want to get into the guts of routing – you are probably better off with a router targeted towards home users.EDIT 1: The antenna on this unit are *NOT* user replaceable (not easily anyway). You have to disassemble the unit, unsolder the old antenna connection, and solder new ones on to you knew antenna. There’s is some discussion on the mikrotik forums about this: answer from mikrotik is uniformly “if you want to use your own antenna, by own of our open board units” (where you make your own case, etc). The range is pretty good already, and if you seriously need heavy long range wifi, you probably want to consider a mesh or stand alone wifi unit.

Not your average router. AMAZING price for all the things this can do.I am so amazed with this product. It’s powerful, flexible, inside a robust metal case, sports external antennas, USB data access, ability to use web-based configuration, command line configuration, or Windows configuration program, and this even a touchscreen LCD panel built right in!The catch?You will have to learn how to use it. I am a standard user with a desire to tinker, so have been running DD-WRT (custom firmware) for my old WRT-54GL. I found that setup easy to use, even though there are many advanced features available, for the most part I could ignore them. Now, this Mikrotik product made me wonder if purchasing it was a mistake once I booted it up and logged into the interface the first time. There is a “quick set” feature that will preload many standard settings that will turn the Mikrotik router into your basic home router, where you plug in your modem on Ethernet port #1, and the rest of the 9 ports act as your local bridged network. With quick set, you can be up and running in no time, but the setup will be basic… and if you’re looking at this router, I know you want to do some fun stuff with it.Want to do DDNS? You’ll need a script+schedule to get that working. Want to do some port forwarding? You’ll need to 1) allow access through the firewall for whatever port you want to use, and 2) create a NAT rule that handles this incoming connection on that port. Automatic backup to file on local storage + email you a copy? Make a schedule for it. And so on and so forth.This thing seems to be very versatile. So far, everything I want to do can be done, but you can’t always assume it will be a simple task… or even straightforward. I know I’m barely tapping the potential of this thing, but as a hobbyist/tinkerer, it’s been a good investment. Also, the RouterOS license that you need for this is built in. There are no licensing feeds – just buy the hardware and it works – unlike enterprise-class Cisco products, etc…I read that power users (e.g. those used to the aforementioned Cisco products) will have no problem adjusting to RouterOS. It’s different, but if you are already messing with the high-class gear, you probably have a good idea of what you’re doing. For basic users like me, it was more of a fun project, but can clearly see the potential of this device.Also, if you need help, the Mikrotik community is great. I’ve received so many scripting tips and troubleshooting techniques just by browsing the forums.Just take it slow and get to know the router. Treat it with respect and invest some time into it – it’s different than what you’re used to, but that’s okay. You might even form a long lasting bond with this amazing piece of tech, ha! 🙂

A really superb routerThis router was purchased for home use on the advice of my local ISP. I’ve owned over half a dozen routers, and installed that many for friends and family. I can say without hesitation that this Mikrotik is the best I’ve ever used, from the standpoint of its very deep featureset, complete configurability, manufacturer patch support, and so far, its reliability.You can set up this router to just be a durable, high-SN ratio home router, but one of its intended applications is a small hotel. That should give you a sense of what its reliability and capabilities for security, control and throughput are.To give you a sense of what it can do (it can do much more than I do with it), I’ve got it set up to be my DNS server, and with that I squelch malware domains, abusive ads, and general junk for all wifi devices in the house. In addition to DNS, I have > 13,000 specifically blocked domains (like a hosts file in desktop OS terms), and then I also convert the Firehol blocklist (with over 600 million malware IPs) to .rsc format and upload that periodically. I can log and examine all incoming and outgoing hits by or against malware domains.The manufacturer is quick to provide online updates to the firmware and routerOS. I log in every couple weeks and update. Mikrotik and many other routers suffered a severe attack against a vulnerability a few months ago. Mikrotik was among the first to acknowledge the vuln and quickly patched for it. They have an active, massive online forum and an extensive and frequently updated wiki and how-to.This is not a beginner’s router, though it can be made to act that way. If you’re looking for a preconfigured ready out-of-the-box router, don’t get this one. There are lots of consumer-grade routers that do that just fine. This one fits into and stokes the mindset that with great configurability and a bit of a learning curve come great results. I won’t say I’ve merely scratched the surface, but there’s a lot more to appreciate I’m sure.

The most complex piece of love in a networkers life.Let me tell you right from the get go, just in case anyone else hasn’t said it already, that this router is one complex *blankity blank* if you know what I mean. HOWEVER, it is truly a master of doing the routing stuff. I bought this for two very big reasons.1. I was sick and tired of every commercial N router from D-Link, Linksys, Netgear, TP-Link and so on just dropping my connections all the time. Approximately 15 connections on my routers wireless network alone to be liberal.2. I had just passed my CCENT and CCNA and Network+ certifications and wanted a real piece of hardware for my own dissecting pleasure without spending a fortune on a, not even new, Cisco server router. Let me tell you this bad boy delivers better than Ron Jeremy did back in his hay days. It has everything from simple wireless setting such as hiding SSID, NAT, and Bridging all the way to running separate subnets on specific ports and separating wireless “clouds” so you can have different IP’s running off the same wireless bands. Like a private and public IP for example. What’s even better is that the PPPoE is really smooth on this router so if you want to dump that junk DSL Router/Modem/Wireless/BULLDOOKIE that you ISP so graciously gave you this will easily do all the ISP connecting for you so long as you have the username and password from your ISP among other settings. Just throw the ISP-POS into Bridge mode, set this up for PPPoE with all the login info and voila! Much better ping response and better traffic load handling. If you know the definitions of every abbreviation I just used then you need this router for your own diabolical networking schemes. IF you didn’t understand anything I just said. Leave this page and find a different router. Quickly.

Makes for a really good home router; possible wireless limitation.Very strong router, endless capabilities. I’m used to dealing with DD-WRT, ClearOS, and pfSense. I turned this on and it operates a lot like any other commercial router. This isn’t something to get for the typical person wanting a user friendly GUI. It takes some experience to set it up, or at least patience to find out how. I was a bit lost at but I did eventually figure it out. Basically if your used to a Linksys, Belkin, NETGEAR, or 2wire style interface, this isn’t a router for you. It is powerful but you need to know how to set it to get the most out of it, isn’t exactly plug-n-play.One thing to note, out of the box I’m only able to achieve 4-5MB/s [32-40Mbps] max transfer over WLAN. Took quite a bit of tweaking but I finally was able to achieve a 12.2MB/s solid from my server connected via gigabit. However, that is only 100Mbps on a single client over a 150Mbps Wireless N capable connection. If I download the file over ethernet, I get it at 123MB/s so I know it isn’t my server or ports. I just can’t seem to get any higher than this on wireless. Not sure if the wireless chip is binded to a 100Mbps interface internally and this is the limitation of it?Other than this small issue, I have replaced the antennas on it with coax terminations and have installed 2x9dBi antennas on the unit to increase the range a bit. However, same results persist with bandwidth limitation. Otherwise I’m not too bothered by it, definitely worth the money. I only use it as an access point instead of a router at the moment. Just was tired of my current router’s 71mW and intennas.

A review by a nontechieI’ve been through at least half a dozen consumer-grade routers over the past few years, some of them no less expensive than the Mikrotek. Most eventually fail on one way or another, and all seem to require regular rebooting to work. Fed up, I bought this on the recommendation of a friend who is a serious networking expert.The first thing you’ll notice is that it looks and feels pretty cool–like a small piece of industrial hardware rsther than some cheap molded plastic thing. It also has this little bitty color LCD display. You can touch it and it goes blank for security! NEAT-O!If you know almost nothing about networking like me and you go to the configuration screens you’ll feel sudden awe and terror. Might as well be written in Latin. Wow, there are so many things to change! Are there actual humans who understand all this stuff? I’m sure all this stuff is useful if you live in North Korea and are out to hack Sony.The great news is that if all you want to do is name your network and put a password on it, that’s really simple. I also figured out how to block ports, which is the fanciest thing I’d ever need to do. I wouldn’t buy one of these for my Dad, but most everyone else could figure it out no problem.Once configured, it works great. I haven’t reset it once, and range is appreciably better than any other router I’ve owned before. Plus, I feel like a total stud for having such a sophisticated piece of hardware in my office. Please don’t tell anyone that I have no idea how it works. Thanks.

Excellent router with high end Level 2&3 softwareBest freaking router software with very cheap price.Pro’s: First off, no, this is not a normal router. Although you can set it up as such. This has router software that is capable of switching, vlans, mpls, vpls, vrrp, wireless, firewalling, web proxy, hotspot(web page injection and web direction), notification scripts, snmp, ntp, up-down notices, traffic shaping, bandwidth shaping, bandwidth queues, and so so much more.This software, combined with their cheap(priced) hardware is capable of Level 2 and Level 3 vlans and routing. I use it exclusively at my home. It is beyond capable of anything you throw at it.Con’s: There isn’t really support for it like Linksys or Netgear. Their support is forum based. But I don’t care because I didn’t buy it for their support. I bought it to do so much more than a normal router.Notes: I am currently receiving tagged vlans as my internet into this Mikrotik RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN through a copper sfp. I then add my own networks into that router, perform traffic shaping with hotspot, filtering with the firewall and web proxy, and send my home network, guest network, and tv service across a single cat5 to a RB951G-2HND. I then use that device to split the tv service off to a set top box, bridge my home network and guest network into their own respective SSID’s, and create a bigger wireless “mesh” of my wifi at the house.I currently use the scripts for location awareness(where people are), link down notification’s, server down notification’s, and lots more.This is no ordinary rabbit.

Not difficult to set up – and signal strength like a boss!Don’t believe the warnings that this is too complicated for the average user to set up! If you just want to use it for a basic home network, it pretty much works right out of the box like any other router. A couple of the menus for setting up network IDs, passwords, etc., are named a little differently, but it’s nothing you can’t figure out in about 5 minutes. If you want to get into all kinds of advanced networking features, all that is there, and then some.The signal strength on this thing is incredible. Strong and clear as a bell. We have a fixed Internet access point out of the wall, and every router we’ve ever owned has had trouble reaching the far side of the house, including the supposedly high-end $200 models. This little marvel covers the entire house with no more than 0.5 Mbps loss of speed versus the hardwired connection. My phone and laptop can detect the network almost a sixth of a mile up the street, the limiting factor is that they can’t “shout back” from that distance.This is THE perfect wireless router if you live in a big house, have lots of walls and doors to contend with, or suffer from lots of interference. Hands-down the best I have ever owned.

it really is a great router! It has no trouble handling my 105/10 …Let me preface this review with the fact that I use to be a network engineer for a small wireless ISP and we used the Mikrotik RouterOS for all of our routing.Out of the box with no configuration you can plug your WAN ethernet into port 1 and any other network devices in 2-10 and it will work. If you want to change ANYTHING else you will need to use the web interface, Winbox, or SSH.If you are not willing to read documentation, read forum posts, and/or ask questions on forums, this is not the router for you. With all of this said, it really is a great router! It has no trouble handling my 105/10 connection from Comcast. Which is why I purchased this router in the first place. My Linksys router running DD-WRT capped out at about 50 Mbps on the download. For a little over a hundred dollars I doubled my download speed.I have a handful of ports forwarded for Foscam cameras, Plex, remoting into my PC, network storage, etc. All of that works really well. The wifi portion of the router is great. I have better signal throughout my home with just this device. Previously I had a router and a secondary access point to extend my wireless network.

A beast at this price pointI have a DSL line and with my old router (Linksys WRT320N) I could get a max throughput of 850kb/sec. I figured this was the best I could get at my place. I replaced it with this router and was shocked to see the max throughout hit 1.6 – 1.7 M/sec. My old router was a bottleneckl!!!That said, this router is not user friendly. You can probably get it going via a basic configuration, but to utilize it fully, you need to dig deep. This is not a consumer grade router. I can imagine this being used in a work/business environment. But it this price point, it is so much better than those 120$+ priced consumer grade routers.Yes it has a LCD screen on top, but I think it is just one of those things that you won’t use after the device has been setup and placed out of site. I feel I will not need another router for the next 10 years.Support from Mikrotik has been awesome as well. I made a configuration error on my side which was slowing things down and they provided top-notch support via email when they didn’t have to (I didn’t go to the vendor, went straight to the manufacturer).

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Amazing switch and router – 3X faster download speed compared to WRT54GLMikrotik Routerboard RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN Sfp Port plus 10 Port Ethernet is a amazing little switch and router. So many options the average network amin would not understand all of them. This increased the throughput of my network 3 fold compared to a Cisco Linksys WRT54GL. I have Comcast blast which is rated at 105 mbps download speed. With my very reliable WRT54GL (I still love it BTW) speedtest was showing around 36 Mbps. After replacing the WRT54GL with Microtik I am getting the full 105 Mbps speed. This is easy to setup. I found their online documentaion has few outdated screen shots. I never reached out to their customer support for help. I have been using this for past 7 weeks and it is pretty reliable so far. My only complaint on this one is the wireless is n. This would have been the ultimate router if it had ac. Please remember to login to the router and shutdown or reboot. This is not your typical router to pull the cordHere is my setupMotorola SurfBoard SB6141Mikrotik Routerboard RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN Sfp Port plus 10 Port Ethernet

Works great but not easy to installScience 2019 I’ve bought 3 routers from this seller to different locations in Ukraine and ready to order another one. Honestly I can say this product is good, I wouldn’t buy anything else. It’s difficult to install, but if you ask any professional they would recommend buying it and help to install. Returning customer over and over again.

there is no “touch screen” on this modelthis is an old style model… not an old model. It takes a bit of configuration but I come from the same era of design. You should get onto their net and read how to configure. It has features that are absolutely needed… maybe a few more. Good model, and if you pay attention, easy to configure. Lots of features which you need to use.

Bn equipo muy estable.con una red exigente mueve facilmete 120 equipos al 30% de cpu pero con fastrack; sin ft 60% cpu. muy bno lo recomiendo.

That’s not terrible, but however my devices that are wired are …This routers signal strength is impressive. My iPhone picks it up nearly a 1/4 mile away. It reaches into every corner of my home. The wifi performance in terms of speed leaves something to be desired averaging at about 20Mbps. That’s not terrible, but however my devices that are wired are averaging about 115Mbps. So there is a noted difference. Occasionally a wifi connected device will get about 50Mbps. The initial setup was almost plug and play like. I did have to do some digging to learn how to setup WPA. It only took about five Minutes to find a Mikrotik document that was very clear about to set up a security profile and enable it for the wireless interface. If the wifi speeds were a bit higher I would’ve given this a 5 star rating.

Amazing deal, great support, great dealI have owned this router for over a year now. I got tired of being limited by random things with many other routers in this price range. I finally purchased a sonicwall for my home, and then because that was not fast enough for my cable modem, I ended up purchasing this instead of a new sonicwall. WOW, did I make the right decision.VPN has been solid, no issues at all. The support for the device is phenomenal, they already patched the zero day WPA hack. I can not say enough good things about this router! Could the gui be better? Sure. But the router is very solid, no resetting, no crashing. The software supports everything I want/need.This is a great price and a great router.

but the default configuration that it comes with works just great as isPros:Very powerful and versitile. This should be the go to home router for any IT pro. Plenty of knobs to turn, but the default configuration that it comes with works just great as is. Excellent wireless signal. RouterOS is a very powerful operating system that does a great job at what it does.Cons:This is not a typical consumer router. If you’re looking for something that can be setup with minimal knowledge of computer networking, then look for another device. That being said, typical home users are not the audience for this piece of hardware.Other thoughts:I did try using it as a SMB NAS using an external hard drive. It didn’t appreciate it very much and ended up kernel panicing. It might have been the hard drive I was trying to use, so I won’t fault it.

Excellent range, very powerful router with tons of features …Excellent range, very powerful router with tons of features (vlans, vpn, etc). The only complaints I have are that i wish it were more user friendly and that they would fix their openvpn client so it supports UDP mode, LZO encryption, TLS authentication and authentication without username/password (certificates only). I was a bit annoyed that I couldn’t have the router directly connect to PIA via openvpn and had to fallback to the much less secure option of PPTP. I have mine configured to route some IPs in my living room over a VPN so I can watch Netflix and Amazon Videos without stuttering and that works great. The rest of my network is routed straight out over my comcast connection. Excellent device.

Beats the regular Home Routers out there like Linksys, D-LinkVery well designed Router. Beats the regular Home Routers out there like Linksys, D-Link, Netgear by a wide margin. You just cannot beat the price and stability of RouterOS. You need to have some knowledge of networking to setup this thing. Look on YouTube and search for Mikrotik, you should be able to find a walkthrough setup of model R750 but for this router should work just fine. Lastly, I bought this Router to replace a Netgear R7000 that cost me $150 and had to re-boot it every 1 week of it being up 24/7. Now that I have this Router, I can proudly say that I have not had to re-boot it and running solid for 2 weeks straight with the Wireless AP setup also. Just a very solid product. I will very likely buy this companies new model RB3011 that is coming this year sometime. I rate this a 10 star product.

Better options exist for both routing and wireless, but it does what it says on the tin and is extremely affordableThere are faster routers out there that are cheaper than this. Check out the 

Ubiquiti EdgeMax EdgeRouter Lite ERLite-3 512MB Memory 3 Ethernet Ports Router

, a favorite of mine for its rock-solid stability (it’s aimed at internet service providers). Also note that I’m specifically not recommending the EdgeRouter X because it lacks hardware acceleration for routing, which will strongly hurt its performance. I do NOT recommend this or EdgeRouters for home users unless you know a pro who’s willing to configure it for you.Pros:Super, super feature rich (I’m a network admin and was still slightly overwhelmed by the UI)Useful GUIHandy (albeit clunky and tiny) LCD, if you’re into that kind of thingSFP port! Woohoo!5 Gigabit ethernet ports (my EdgeRouter Lite has only 3 ports) and 5 FastEthernet ports, for a total of 10 portsCons:2.4GHz WiFi is crowded, and this does NOT support 5GHz WiFiNo 802.11ac supportThroughput is limited to about 280Mb/s in either direction (I haven’t tested using both directions at once)5 FastEthernet ports (I guess this is better than not having those 5 additional ports?)

Rock solid expert router, great for experimentsThis has been a very stable, reliable part of my home network.Initial configuration is easy for the basic home wifi router usage, but if you want to do anything more, you’ll need a good knowledge of networking and a lot of reading through their help pages. The user forums do have a lot of great help and examples, especially necessary for the scripting language.The touchscreen is a cute feature, and is fairly configurable, buy you probably won’t use it after the first week unless you mount the router out in the open.The remote configuration management software is excellent.The only thing that could make this better is a 5Ghz wifi option.

Setup was very easy, just set the proper country location after ticking …This router is fabulous. Do not fear it! Setup was very easy, just set the proper country location after ticking the wireless AP pre-config button! You can learn how to create firewall rules and make use of the advanced tools later.I have no idea what half of the stuff does in the interface. It has quick set capabilities and I can figure out whose eating my bandwidth, get a signal at the farthest points across 3 floors of my house, and see whose trying to hack me and block them with ease. I really don’t care beyond these points.IF I wanted to get creative, I can sniff traffic, setup guest hotspots, run a video conferencing unit, and a 1000 other things that are way above my head.I am using 1/10th of the power of this router and it was worth every penny!

Great RouterNot too friendly to configure, but man, router OS is grate once you understand how it works. This is a grate router with tons of flexibility. I have been using it for a while now, and absolutely love it.This router is also super stable, I never reboot it, and it keeps on running without any issues.

Powerful, fun and can be used for SOHO. Beginner/intermediate level can configure using Winbox or WebUILike others have said, it’s very robust and has many features most will never use/understand.On the flip side, it can be configured fairly easily for basic SOHO use. It has a web interface, which is almost identical to their Winbox interface, that offers a QuickSet configuration. This QuickSet would suffice for those savvy enough to setup basic routers. Just note that once you change the default network 192.168.88.0/24, there are other settings that will need to changed as well e.g. DHCP, IP pool, DNS, addresses etc.I had a Netgear R7000 Nighthawk and it worked perfectly, but I wanted more features and granular control. This RB2011 did not disappoint but you do lose out on 5Ghz Wifi if you already have it.

Labs, testing, learning, will literally do anything you want it to do,Excellent product with amazing capabilities for the money. does anything you can possibly need it to. span port, 2 switches in one, easy to open or close ports etc. great for home labs or testing environments,

Best Bang For Your Money.As an IT professional I have worked with a lot of enterprise grade equipment. I have not seen or heard of any other wireless router/switch with the features and capabilities this one has for the price. Many people have commented that this router is too complex for most folks -(IMHO) NOT TRUE!Yes this router has some capabilities which are best approached cautiously but if you are smart enough to operate the computers at home and at work you have (Again IMHO 🙂 ) enough skill to set it up quickly and easily for most common home or SOHO uses. Once you are initially set up you can use the RouterOS resources to delve into more complex features this router offers.

Great product, lacking documentationThis is a great home/SOHO router, useful also for small cyber cafes. It provides great flexibility for management, and linux fans will rejoice as it has plenty of the features found in a robust distribution, albeit in a different cli format. The features it has plenty make it for a great deal in price. The only caveat is the documentation. I had to do a lot of digging to realize how things are made, the wiki is pretty good for somebody that has knowledge on how to use RouterOS, but it is quite poor for somebody new to the platform. Even so, this is a great deal!!!

If you know what you’re doing…AMAZING piece of kit!For starters, yes I work in the technology industry and have a massive leg up on many who might try this product BUT witht hat being said this is easily the best off the shelf router I’ve ever had the pleasure of using. It is absolutely loaded with features (most you will likely never use), runs rock solid, has a great case/design. I can not say enough good things about this unit.Now with all that being said, if you’re not comfortable with IT or setting up anything with a microcircuit in it then you may want to keep looking. This is not that sh*tty linksys/dlink/netgear that you’re likely used to at this point.

Top!Tamaño compacto y muy liviano (de materiales robustos) el modo de Instalacion básico es muy sencillo y fácil, aunque evidentemente tiene muchas más herramientas por configurar.

Fantastic capability!As many other reviewers have mentioned, unless you want to stick with a basic setup or actually learn networking, Mikrotik is not for you.That being said, this thing is a fantastic piece of hardware! I absolutely love it. One problem I did run into was the screen losing it’s touch capability entirely as well as the screen turning itself off after a while. This of course is more an annoyance than an issue since I use software to manage it anyway.

So powerful, so little money.This aint your ordinary consumer grade router. If you have a fear of getting technical as far as networking goes and want plug n play connectivity, I would recommend looking at a different brand of router. If you are a technical power user, this thing does it all. You can configure it up just as you need it. Supports all of the cool router acronyms, such as VLANS, OSPF, DHCP, BGP, etc… Even has an SFP cage if you want to connect to another network or device with fiber. If you are looking for a home or small business router that can handle the advanced tasks, this is where it’s at.

Best kept secret in the networking industryI was introduced to Mikrotik a couple years ago in my job (I am a network engineer). I have been very pleasantly surprised with how reliable, robust, and feature-rich they are, for a very attractive price. We’ve used these as CPE/SOHO routers, and also in business settings where QOS and VPN needs have to be factored in. These things are great.As others have noted, they are not user-friendly for the average Joe, but if you have some network and/or Linux savvy, you should be able to find your way around these with minimal frustration.

Best I ever ownedYou need to have networking background to setup and use. But I will never use any other manufacturer. This has an excellent array of management features that no other manufacturer can touch at this price point. User interface is consistent across product lines. Wireless in this model has never dropped a connection and is highly stable and sensitive. And high power. Only drawback is that the antennas are permanently attached. They need to have connectors on them so I can change antennas when needed. Metal case also great.

Definitely recommend for anyone who is interested in advanced networkingDefinitely recommend for anyone who is interested in advanced networking. I was able to set up a IPSec tunnel from my home network to my VPC in AWS. I’m not going to say it was easy, since I’ve never done it before, but worth the learning experience. There’s also a host of other features I have not touched yet, and there’s a CLI interface so you can create, run, and schedule scripts.Honestly even if you don’t want to do anything crazy it does come with pre baked configurations, so you can just quickly get up and running.

Nice all-in-one solution for a red-lab environmentI put this at the core of my home read-lab. For advanced users, I love the functionality and flexibility. However, this is not for the novice user, it is possible to thoroughly mess things up with a single mouse-click.

POWERFUL but not for the beginner.Best best best best wireless router/firewall I have ever owned. But I will say this with a strong emphasis, it’s probably NOT for the beginner. With great power comes great complexity, perhaps a butchered version of the old adage, but very true. For those that know IPTABLES, acl and router/bridge and wireless configuration well, get this one. You will likely never need another. For anyone else, make sure you have a geek on speed dial before you even consider this unit. For myself, I can’t praise it enough.

Excellent piece of gear.This is a very configurable device that has allowed me to replace several pieces of cisco gear on my home network.The only feature that needed a bit of research was the implementation of dot1q vlans which was far from intuitive, but treating it like a linux router goes a long way in understanding it’s capabilities.The RB2011UiAS has been very reliable. The biggest bonus was the significant reduction in overall gear required for my home lab that directly translates into money in my pocket every month.

Great wired performance, abysmal wireless range.Great wired performance, abysmal wireless range.I have rock solid wired connection with this router, but can’t for the life of me get the wireless to work well. In the same room it’s fine and connects at 802.11N connectivity, move one room over and signal drops out left and right, despite there being good signal strength. The signal quality drops significantly, much more so than my previous netgear consumer level wireless router.I tried contacting Mikrotik’s customer service, and got no response other than an automated message with links to their FAQ.Would not recommend this unit if you are primarily looking to have better wireless range and speed.

Good, powerful routerWhile it is not the easiest router to configure, it is extremely flexible and powerful at a software level. It took a bit of tinkering, but in mine ether6 is the WAN port since my broadband speed is less than 100MBit. I reserved the Gigabit ports for the LAN devices that are Gigabit. At the hardware level, I really love the 1000mW power, as that ensures coverage throughout the entire house. I have personally started recommending MikroTik routers to other family members.

Robust and capable, but not for everyoneThis router is not for the average buyer, or for the feint-of-heart IT hobbyist. It handles my needs well, but it’s difficult to configure even basic features like WiFi and port forwarding. I’ve got it plugged into a battery backup, and it’s never had to be rebooted since I put it in. A great value for the money if you or someone you know is capable of configuring it.

Super RouterReally good router but difficult to set up. My IT guy from work came over to help and he said that without significant knowledge or background…it will take the average person a ton of time to get it up and running. He even had to make a few calls. Having said that, this is a beast that will handle more than most people will ever need. Love it.

Excellent router for small $$What else could you ask for. This router is a fraction of what the big box builders charge and does all the same things. We have deployed (3) in just the last month. Very good web interface and easy to configure. Caution ** this is not a consumer grade router and should be setup by a pro since there are thousands of settings and each one is important. Not at DYI device.

Channel bonding was a nice surprise. The 1000 watt WiFi antennas work well …This is the first miktotik router I’ve owned. It has features that usually are found only on high end routers and switches. Channel bonding was a nice surprise. The 1000 watt WiFi antennas work well but one of them would spin around very easily. I pulled the case of and found the glue had come unstuck.

Complex but worth the effortSo far this has outperformed my previous wireless setup and I’ll also acquired a VLAN aware router to offload some processing from my existing router. It has been said before, this is a complex router and the documentation is sparse. I had a chance to experiment with several items (upgrades, configuration management, VLANs [access ports/trunks/routing], logging, wireless portal, etc) before it went into service; I’d recommend it for anyone new to the device since I accidentally caused several outages in the controlled environment.

Best small router around.This thing has got it! Feature rich, flexible. For the money – best deal around. So far, I haven’t found a thing this thing won’t do. Yes, it does require some networking knowledge. But even for a home user, the defaults it is shipped with should work for most users. Great little box.

They have some great models and some not great models and in betweenI have used Mikrotik routers in situations from home to large enterprise multi site WAN and also used them for regional wireless service provider networks. They have some great models and some not great models and in between. I have deployed about a dozen of this model and I would say that this one falls in between. This model has a great price point but if you need business class reliability look to one of their higher end models.

You cant find a better router for the money than MikrotikI have been using mine for over a year and this router is the best you can buy in its class. Period. Its has all the features you could ever want, VPN, hotspot, PPPOE, you name it it does it.. Rock solid never complains,Update: 2/17/2018 Since my Purchase this router is still running like a champ.

Great buy for the money for networking engineersThis router is stable with improved range over my dlink dir655.I find that network throughput is also improved by about 20% as well. It is not intended for consumers but is definitely worth the additional complications for network engineering types. Consumers can use it as well provided they are prepared to get their fingernails dirty. So far, it’s the most stable router I’ve used among the small business routers. It also supports a broad array of network features.

Pretty and Worthless?…No! Just Worthless and a PITAI wrote a bad review when I first started using this wireless router because it kept needing to be power cycled to keep working properly. After reading all of the rave reviews from professional network engineers I thought I would retract my negative review and wait a few months and review it again. Well I have given this router all of the chances in the world and the bottom line is I find it to be unreliable. It constantly needs rebooting and I believe the rest of you are obsessed with your acceptance of the RB2011UiAS to the point that you would rather die than say anything bad about it. What good is a Swiss Army knife that is unreliable when you need it most. I don’t believe I have a defective unit, it is configured properly and I am tired of all the rave reviews saying the negative reviews are unjustified. Do not buy this for wireless use. Maybe it’s great for hard wired but wireless will have you calling it a PITA in no time at all.

Geek’s choiceIt’s the SOHO router for the routergeek in you. Setup is a breeze on the current firmware (not that it’s boomer-proof, but easy enough if you are comfortable clicking around a web UI.) And the advanced options are plentiful, though not as easy to get to as they would be in a simpler router. The LCD is a kind of pointless party trick, but the plethora of port options are nice to have available.

Router that worksIt is clear that when I purchased this product i had to learn how to use it. It is NOT easy at FIRST but it will be after trial and error. Mikrotik has the ability to make you want to purchase more and more of their products because how good all works when configured well. I would recommend this and other product from Mikrotik because they just work!

This is your answer to perfect home routerThis is your answer to perfect home router. And it’s easy to setup too. Everything you need for home use is on the screen 1. It’s so powerful, I get good coverage through out the 3 storey house. Buy it if you wifi problems,you won’t regret it.

Great device that is feature rich!This device was recommended in a webinar and is everything that it was touted to be for a home lab.

If you are tired of buggy firmware and constantly resetting your router, then look at MikrotikRock solid and reliable, unlike almost every consumer router (D-Link, Linksys, etc.) which tend to have buggy firmware. The only thing is that Mikrotik gear is a bit more complicated to use for those without any networking experience. Great alternative to overpriced Cisco gear. If you need something just as reliable but less complicated, look at Apple Airport gear instead.

Good luck graphing interfaces with CactiStrange issues with queues that cause inexplicable congestion. Sometimes need to be restarted because wireless clients experience very slow transfer rates. Good luck graphing interfaces with Cacti, the templates seem to be abandonware created by a 3rd party. Support is almost non-existent. Mikrotik seems to lean heavily on the community to write scripts for functions like QoS, and for creating methods of procedure. Mikrotik’s operating system has a daunting number of options, and once you get used to the CLI, it seems powerful, but the aforementioned issues can’t be ignored.If you need something for your home or small business network, skip Mikrotik. You’re better off buying an Asus router or something that accepts DD-WRT/Tomato.

good productjust what i needed

Difficult Configuration – not for beginners.I received the router and fired it up. Maybe I’m getting old, but the quick start guide is in extra-extra-extra small font (looks like a power warning label) and it took a magnifying glass to get the default IP address, user/password. The configuration software is not very intuitive, so it took a couple of hard resets to get a solid configuration. I spent a lot more time on the configuration than I thought I would need and I haven’t even gotten to the hard stuff yet.

Complex learning curve to setup, but powerful routing. Wifi is sluggish though.Great router for complex situations, but its a bit complicated to set it up. Not great if you have gigabit internet and want to push the speeds out over wifi though. Wifi is a bit sluggish on this router but good for most ISPs.

Great RouterGreat router, huge feature set and rock solid stability. This router provides excellent wireless coverage (much better than mainstream brands that I’ve owned) and has a feature set comparable to much more expensive Cisco Routers. Highly recommended but be aware that networking knowledge is required to do anything more advanced than a basic configuration.

The lack of wire-speed networking fabric really adversely affects performance with even 4 1GbEBarely suits…The lack of wire-speed networking fabric really adversely affects performance with even 4 1GbE systems connected just browsing common web pages (not even those session-heavy ones like Yahoo).Will not recommend for any but the trivial home users

4 only and not the greatest. The router as a router though is fast …The wireless is 2.4 only and not the greatest. The router as a router though is fast and packed full of functions.

A monster in a red and black suitThis Mikrotik router is powerful; with hotspot function, a powerful web proxy server and unbeleiveable flexibility. I would recommend this for any savvy IT person looking for low budget high quality network router. I use a much lower version to administer a store of 10000sqft. No kidding and it does a brilliant job with DNS, routing and all; and its super fast.

GoodOk

Love it, the sfp and wifi particuarly.Normally I use my own linux box, but figured I’d buy this and later flash it over. The onboard software is good enough I didn’t bother. great performance, took my mmf sfp module with no problem, just been churning ever since. Haven’t gotten the openvpn support going yet, but that’ll be soon, the software options are amazing.

Biggest Bang for your BuckGreat product. This is a fully functional router and firewall. Fairly easy to set up but be prepared to do some reading and a general understanding of computer networking is helpful. Most powerful router for your money.

Awesome productIf you are a networking advanced user who needs a good gateway to work with, this is the best value out there.From vlans to multiple wans, it does it all very efficiently, iptables bult in and managed through the interface in a very nice manner.If there were 6 start I would give it too….

One of the BestIt only supports 2.4, but the range is fantastic, seems to keep the signal strength good across all devices. I have video cameras mounted about 50ft. from the router and have no problem at all with signal strength.

Excellent router, cant beat the price!Man I love this thing. You have control over everything. Much better then any other router I have ever worked with and you cant beat the price either! I would say if you don’t have much experience with networking this may not be the best router for you.

A great product with a steep learning curve if you want …A great product with a steep learning curve if you want to do more than the average Netgear or Linksys. But it is well worth the research and YouTube videos. This little box is very powerful for what it is priced. Corporate power in a retail box

Be ready to know your stuff before buying this. …Be ready to know your stuff before buying this. Even to open a port and forward traffic was more than a typical home router.

Four StarsGreat product. Love it. Relatively easy to install yet very robust

Powerful. Too powerful.Incredibly full-featured router. Turning on the wifi will clear a room with angry exits. The wireless on here is so powerful as to give me headaches, dizziness, and plenty of physical discomfort. Store it in a wiring closet or disable the wireless and use a normal ap.

Excellent Alternative to the Past Industry StandardAfter weeks of struggling with arcane configuration issues on a competitive unit, got this one up in a day with no prior experience. Solid approach, intuitive software without ‘silent’ failures, and good thermal management. We’ll be moving the rest of our network to Mikrotik equipment.

A serious power toolI have generally run Tomato or DD-WRT on my routers, but RouterOS is very impressive, and the hardware is also impressive, small but dense, and the touchscreen is a cool bonus for when you just want a quick look at what’s happening on the network.

VERY good value for the money. I own 10 MikroTik devices and LOVE themWhat is not to love about MikroTik Routers. In the old days Routers and Switches were two different thing. No longer if you do your research and learn how to program RouterOS.

This isn’t for the casual home user. Very tech …This isn’t for the casual home user. Very tech oriented configuration is required. Product is extremely well designed and doesn’t go down. I bought a few of these after this purchase for the branch/main office.

Reliable, but needs a better basic forwarding GUII realize this unit is primarily used by WISP providers and pros, but for the rest of us, we really need a basic system in their GUI to do port forwarding. It would be a great router IF it had that option.

Great little routerGreat little router, may not have a “desk” appeal, and requires sitting down with a manual to configure, but works great, love the touch screen, nice, stable, and has enough ports! Wish more routers like this were available.

… technical than most home routers but it should work better in the long runDefinitely more technical than most home routers but it should work better in the long run. Like the fact of the many ports and the dual antennas with higher wireless gain.

As a network engineer and first time mikrotik user, …As a network engineer and first time mikrotik user, my first works “wow”.Value 10/10 for what you pay for this unit you get the same features as the high end enterprise solutions I work with regularly.

… bit burdensome for a typical user–otherwise the hardware is great.UI can be a bit burdensome for a typical user–otherwise the hardware is great.

Five Starsgreat buy. internet runs perfect now. had this for almost 2 years. still going strong!

Four StarsA good router but not for the novice to set up.

Excellent productExcellent product, allows to make different configurations as needed. The price is quite affordable. I can recommend this product with confidence.

Works greatSuper micro tic.

Experts onlySet-up on this is a **ther-**ving **tch. After I fought it to a standstill and set it up, I found spewing packets arbitrarily without any justification I could find. I’m sure a network expert can make these dance, but it’s a non-starter for me… while I’m not an expert, I’m a pretty good amateur *nix sysadmin with more than a decade of experience. Do not buy this if you’re not extremely well-versed in networking arcana.

Great power on the wireless sideSOLID router. Great power on the wireless side, and everything you want out of a router board style setup. This thing has been quite reliable in its application.

Professional level gearAmazing router for the price! This is definitely not something for the faint of heart, but if you are willing to learn I highly recommend.

Awesome little routerAwesome little router. Be aware though it may take you a while to set up if you have no experience building networks.

Greg product and handles my needs of isolating my home …Greg product and handles my needs of isolating my home network from my test network. You will need some networking experience to understand what this router is capable of.

Five StarsGreat range and I love the superuser config options. But I’m a network geek.

Great unit.Great router. You do need to have a tech background to configure it but it is packed with features.

The Best Wireless RouterThe best router for the price on the market! However, it is very difficult to configure unless you are a networking guru …

Excellent buy!Love this router. Unbelievable amount of features and very high availability. No issues since we installed this router and it completely alleviated our home network congestion.

buen equipoexcelente

Excellent product, 100%Excellent product, 100%, this is not a common home router, you must have some knowledge to make it work, it is quite fun with this product.

Five StarsMikrotik delivers an amazing value for the price. You get high-end professional equipment, at consumer pricing.

Five StarsThis thing is really fun to play with… the only downside is it is not 802.11AC.

ExcelenteExcelente

Three Starsether port is not stable

Awesome!Awesome price for such a robust piece of equipment. Took a little getting used to but definitely worth every dollar.

This product doesn’t workThis product doesn’t work. Since I bought it, the LCD display never turn on and I’m unable to configure the router.default IP not accessible and winbox not able to connect to the console. It always says “Wrong username/password” event after reset.This product is expensive and useless !!!

The best router!This is honestly the best router we have ever had. It is well worth the money!

Great small business routerHigh quality, carrier grade business router. Great for small businesses.

Don’t know this productNo instructions in packages no WiFi setup

Five StarsLove this.

Five StarsExcelent router, Hard to configure, but if you are pacient, you will discover an excellent router.

Five StarsWorked better then than a booster!

Five StarsExcellent Router

Five StarsGreat product, everything was as expected

Five Starsgreat device for who understands how this works.

Highly recommendedGreat product, great price, great seller, highly recommended!

Five Starsonly recommended if you know what you’re doing

Great piece of gearGreat piece of gear. Definitely not for beginners.!

Five StarsExcellent

Bad, I received other modelBad, I received other model.

Five StarsWorked great.

EXCELLENT DEVICE FOR AN EXCELLENT PRICEEXCELLENT DEVICE FOR AN EXCELLENT PRICE

Five StarsMikrotik products are rock solid.

Five Starsexcellent product

works as expectedgood router!

Excellent Router. Definitely NOT for the beginner!This little red wonder leaves consumer grade routers in the dust. It’s worth it just for the wi-fi range alone. Places in the house where regular routers could not reach show a strong signal with this one, strong enough that I went from zero signal to a signal strong enough to stream HD movies through my Roku.There are literally hundreds of settings in RouterOS that allow you to tweak every conceivable aspect of the router’s hardware, performance and security. The level of granularity is mind-boggling. And that’s where I must caution that this router is not for the beginner or faint of heart.You MUST have at least an intermediate level of understanding of networking principles and jargon, or you will likely be completely bewildered by this router. Out of the box, it comes with instructions on which ports to connect the wires to, the router’s default IP address and logon, and that’s it. There are a lot of settings that need to be configured in RouterOS before you can even start using it as a home router (E.g. the gigabit ports have to be configured to actually act like a switch, as this feature is not enabled by default).Fortunately, the graphical interface for RouterOS is a life saver for first time users. It has a “Quick Set” feature that allows you to select the router’s main function, such as a “Home AP”, and it will take care of configuring all the hardware settings in RouterOS to make it perform as such, and it also brings up a config screen for things like LAN IP, DHCP address pool, Wireless security, etc. that should be familiar to users of consumer grade routers. It’s a nice way to get some basic functionality up and running with no hassles, and saved me hours of reading through manuals before I could even get online!Overall, this is a very powerful router that is probably way more than what the average home user would ever need; but if you are a network professional by day, a heavy power-user, or dedicated hobbyist looking for something above and beyond the consumer grade stuff carried by the Big Box retailers, then this is the router for you.

AdministratorI have one of these routers. 🙂 I searched a long time to find a router with the features this one has. It really is a geek’s router. It is quite a bit more bang for the buck than Netgear, Linksys, D-Link routers that cost 20% more. Additionally, there is documenation on-line. At the on-line site, there is well over 600 PDF pages, i.e. more than you ever wanted to know. Some vendors offer a wall mount for the router & runs around $10. This guy is a no-brainer for me when I want to buy another router.——————My original review, above, was submitted May 8, 2013. It is now November 26, 2015. The router has worked very well until 2 days ago. I had learned, though, that it needs to be rebooted from time to time just to clear some of its memory. I was rebooting it about once a month. 2 days ago, I manually installed an OS upgrade. I did it manually because the router was not automatically doing it even though I had an option selected for automatic upgrades. In any case, once the upgrade installed, the router simply quit working. The upgrade eliminated all communication with the router. The Reset had no effect. So far, I have only partially resurrected the router based on guidance fromhttp://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?t=77999 That topic seems to indicate that OS upgrades often turn the router into a brick. Hence, before you upgrade be certain you have a good configuration file saved. Mikrotik’s support is mainly via the forum unless you pay for the support or your router’s purchase is less than 30 days old. At this point, I am *not* a happy camper.

MikroTik RoXThis is one of the better boxes for the value and functionality from a medium business too a small ISP though Im sure it can handle quit a bit more! Great Router, Enjoy!!!

Completely happy with itI bought this to replace a dying DLink. I also wanted the ability to add a second subnet for a test lab environment at home. While not for the faint of heart, there is lots of help in their forums.Using WinBox and the Quick Set configuration I was able to customize my MAC address and get online fairly quickly. I did use the new default subnet internally (192.168.88.x). Took me about an hour to figure out how to add and confgure a second subnet by reading their manuals and forum postings. The web configuration page looks like the WinBox tool. Updating it is easy and half the time doesn’t require a reboot. RouterOS is constantly updated.I’d recommend for anyone that can be patient and is technically inclined and not happy with the various issues regarding default passwords and such that other venders have had in the last year or so.

… this thing for a year and it’s only gotten better with software updatesI’ve had this thing for a year and it’s only gotten better with software updates. It has basically every feature you could want: OpenVPN, IPsec/L2TP, IPv6, DNS (caching, static entries), DHCP, scripting, DDNS, etc. It even does big-boy routing stuff like BGP and such. Absolutely recommended, although you may want to look at Mikrotik’s other offerings (the CRS models in particular) if you want more GigE ports.Only catch: This is not a simple product. You need to know basic level networking to make it work properly.

Incomplete documentaiton, key features for latest version has no consistent documentationI used the non-wireless version of this hardware. The hardware itself is very nice, but it’s obvious the company is more interested in providing training seminars than providing real documentation.The “documentation” consists of a wiki that mostly applies to v3, v4, and v5 of the product, but this ships with v6. Key documentation such as queues, and system architecture are completely missing for v6. The company does not provide support if you bought it from a reseller, so good luck using a product that doesn’t even have documentation. The forums are full of posts never answered due to bugs in the software, and I refuse to waste my time on something that should be in the documentation or crap that should have been caught in testing.I would only buy this if you already have found a script online that you know will work for your network AND if you know it works with the latest version of their OS. That is a big if, most of the online documentation is for the older version. Then what are you going to do when security updates are for v7 of the OS and your script only works with the now v6?This company really needs to look around and see their days are numbered if they don’t provide organised and consistent documentation. If you are interested in being a network engineering look into pfsense. If you just want a nice SOHO router hopefully one will be able to find an something based on OpenWRT, tomato, VyOS or other software with real documentation for your needs. There are quite a few available now, and even a few in the works designed to only use opensource software without any modifications from the hardware company. You will be avoiding lots of headaches in the long run if you find equipment with proper documentation.

Very robust wireless router with plenty of ports.Some say its harder to set up than your usual Linksys, Acer, Wal-mart router etc. This is true. If your not good with routers and don’t need metric scat loads of extra functionality, I would stay away from this. If you do need more, then you should check out this beast of a router. Great price. Great wireless range. More ports. More functionality. Small form factor. Plenty of online documentation to help you get it set up. Several video tutorials as well. You may want to watch those videos to see if you would be comfortable with this router.

Very annoying. The person I borrowed it from has the …I borrowed this routerboard from a friend before buying it. It turned out to be very hard to configure and when I got it eventually configured the signal was constantly dropping, and it was doing it in a vary sporadic way. Very annoying. The person I borrowed it from has the same problems with it.

The IT specialists swear that this is the best little deviceInstallation was a breeze. Perfect for small to medium businesses. …..