Mikrotik RB750GL Mini-Router 5 Gigabit Ethernet Ports

Mikrotik is a professional grade router at a sub-consumer-grade price. You are getting hardware that does the same thing as professional grade routers costing thousands of dollars. As such, it is not trivial to configure. However, a network engineer or someone with extensive networking experience will have no trouble getting this running to do cool things like VLAN's, VPN tunnel terminations, active routing, MPLS, source and destination NAT, custom firewall rules, and way more than you would ever need for your home. I love that I can VPN into the router from my laptop or smartphone and access network devices as if I was home on the wifi. Out of the box, this comes configured for home use. Connect port 1 to your cable modem, connect ports 2 through 5 to your computers, and everyone can get online. It has DHCP and NAT enabled, so it will work out of the box, no problems. But it can do so much more than that. This would be perfect for a small or medium sized office, and has all the capabilities to connect multiple office sites together to share resources over a public link. Pros: + Very powerful professional grade router + GIGABIT!!!!!!! + Small form factor + High value (performace to dollar amount ratio) + Stable, reliable OS Cons: - Not trivial to set up, although everything you need to know is in an online wiki page. - There is absolutely no documentation included in the box with the router. - No built-in wireless; you'll need an external AP or different model number Mikrotik for that.

Summary: I think that the quality of this router is undisputed; it's a cheap but very powerful router with a great OS (MikroTik RouterOS) for configuration. Is it overwhelming to the uninitiated? Yes. Can you learn it? Yes. Or, can you ignore most things you see in the router configuration and focus on what you need? Yes. I would assume as a router with less 400 Mbps traffic through it, it would be absolutely fantastic for both a home and an office. With the features RouterOS provides, it's amazing it's the price it is. However, I found out a little too late that it appears to be insufficient to handle a 1 Gbps internet connection. If you are in that group, do not expect this thing to keep up. Some details regarding the major complaint: Basically, after unpacking and plugging in the connection to the internet and to my computer (i.e. plug & play), I only achieved about 250-300 Mbps through the router. After doing a little research, what you need to do is use the profiler to find out what's taking CPU time and thus slowing down your speeds. It was interesting to see that CPU usage was maxing out at 100% with about 45% coming from applying firewall rules. At this point, some Googling revealed that it's optimal to apply a setting to the default forward on established/related connections (assuming you are using a NAT network) called fasttrack. I enable fasttrack on the rule, and it was successful in increasing performance. I was able to achieve about 730/830 Mbps, but that's still about a >10% hit to my maximum speed by directly connecting my computer to the gigabit connection (I can achieve about 830/930 Mbps directly). Surprisingly, even with fasttrack enabled, CPU usage was hitting 100% during speed testing. I will monitor occasionally for comments, so if I see anything, I may try out any suggestions. I just don't think it's acceptable to think that using a router should entail a 100 Mbps speed hit. Pros: 1. Great OS for configuration with tons of powerful features (you may not use them, but if you were choosing between this and something more expensive, this may serve your needs). 2. Very small and compact. 3. Would probably serve most configurations very well without a problem. Cons: 1. Seemingly cannot handle 1 Gbps internet connections without needing either A) significant configuration changes that don't apply to most people (and thus, online help becomes more difficult to find) or B) an upgraded model that has a faster CPU. 2. When working with specialized problems, online help may be much harder to find and utilize.

These were bought for a work purpose as a router and firewall. My needs are more complex than someone just trying to setup their home network. From comments it sounds like it would be a breeze to use at home. The hardware works perfectly. I was concerned about the quality though I was not able to find any negative comments about the hardware. With the price point so low I bought duplicates. I have five in active service with five backups. The software works differently than any of the other types of routers and firewalls that I have configured and managed over the years. The learning curve is steep, the documentation on their website is arcane, but there are user-provided examples and support that can be found that make it a bit easier. These comments are in relation to the setting up vlans and quality of service. I would by them again, and I would use the OS again. If you aren't afraid to spend the time to learn the system, the Mikrotik is a great choice.

It is possible that in 2 months inoperable equipment I would like to know what kind of warranty does this router, no harnesses, and step 2 is melted. thanks

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