12 Port router/firewall

[fistv]

This looks interesting, a bit pricey but interesting.
http://routerboard.com/CCR1036-12G-4S

 

[abailey]

Wow that is cool. The price is very good for what you get! I use many Ubiquiti products because I believe that they are extremely good for the money. Two of Ubiquiti's Edgerouter Pro's would be needed to match this Routerboard. If you connected the two Edgerouters together then you would only have 14 ports available as opposed to the 16 on this Routerboard. Also the Routerboard can take more memory if you want to put it in. Two Edgerouter Pro's would be about the same cost as the Routerboard. Very interesting product at a very reasonable price.

 

[fistv]

Stumbled across this one as well, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...125-24G-1S-2HnD-IN-_-9SIA1EA1703399-_-Product

as well as this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1EA0V54800 but no wireless on this one, just a wired router.

 

[abailey]

Stumbled across this one as well, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...125-24G-1S-2HnD-IN-_-9SIA1EA1703399-_-Product

as well as this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1EA0V54800 but no wireless on this one, just a wired router.

What in the world. A 24port layer 3 switch/router/AP for less than $200. How is that possible? Just to get a regular Layer 3, 24port switch for $200 is a deal. Has anyone had experience with the Mikrotik routers and or switches? Are they any good? I have heard of them but don't know anyone who uses them.

 

[fistv]

What in the world. A 24port layer 3 switch/router/AP for less than $200. How is that possible? Just to get a regular Layer 3, 24port switch for $200 is a deal. Has anyone had experience with the Mikrotik routers and or switches? Are they any good? I have heard of them but don't know anyone who uses them.

That's almost scary, almost a dare to try one out. The name is familiar, just don't remember from where. It was in the IT industry...pardon me while I work my way through the cob webs..

Review on Amazon first I found http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HX3KNWC/?tag=snbforums-20

They have some interesting stuff and prices.
http://routerboard.com/

 

[Trip]

MT's stuff is probably one of the best kept secrets in the North American SMB space, especially in terms of capability vs. cost. RouterOS's feature set is off the charts when compared to any consumer gear, open-source firmwares included, and even most business-class stuff. Assuming you have enough of a skillset with (or patience to learn) RouterOS (and now SwitchOS) I'd say the experience can be anywhere from maddeningly confusing/frustrating every now and then, to satisfying beyond expectations, most of the time.

If any criticisms exist, they tend to stem from how unorthodox/undocumented their products are and/or from a lack of support quality along the more distant parts of the supply chain (than that of a Cisco, for example). They're based out of Latvia and it appears that the linguistic and cultural barrier is probably at the root of most of that disparity.

The cloud core router products ("CCR-" prefixes) are a new departure for them and are still being bug-fixed at a fairly high rate, but they've been cranking out their RB models for quite some time now and I'd call at least that part of the platform pretty well matured -- definitely more so than many of the items headlining SNB (no fault there, just an observation). The units themselves are mostly assembled in Europe (even if many of the internals are sourced from Asia, like everyone else's...). Their build quality is something they tout, and my experience would mostly support the claims.

Just search "MikroTik" on Amazon, and you'll see exactly the kind of animal you're dealing with through the reviews alone... Picking one up would be a great learning experience in networking, if nothing else.

 

[Mordred]

That's almost scary, almost a dare to try one out. The name is familiar, just don't remember from where. It was in the IT industry...pardon me while I work my way through the cob webs..

Review on Amazon first I found http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HX3KNWC/?tag=snbforums-20

They have some interesting stuff and prices.
http://routerboard.com/

Forget about those reviews.

We had a bunch of those Mikrotik routers and while the hardware was okay, RouterOS is a complete mess. Full of bugs and the configuration itself is a nightmare. Even simple things like a backup/restore did not work.
You changed some basic parameters and your whole config was messed up.
They advertise 1000mW for 2.4G, which is complete nonsense, you are not allowed to output that much power anywhere in the world.

If you are looking for some semi professional gear you should look at stuff from ubiquiti.

If you have special requirements, then openwrt is the way to go, especially if you have a skilled developer, that is able to troubleshoot and fix a few bugs.

 

[politby]

I do not agree with that at all. I have been running a Routerboard RB2011 - which is a level 3 router with 5 Gigabit ports, 5 10/100 ports (one of which is PoE), an SFP port and a USB port - for 6 months and it's been working flawlessly.

I have VLANs and subnets configured, and I have an LTE dongle connected to the USB port for failover. I have had basically zero issues.

I find the user interface fairly easy to use. I am not a networking professional and my understanding of advanced networking is limited, so I can understand if someone with an advanced networking background finds it unconventional.

I think I paid less than 100 euros for the device and that is definitely a steal. I would not hesitate to recommend Microtik.

The support community is active and helped me a lot when I was new to the UI.

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

 

[Mordred]

I do not agree with that at all. I have been running a Routerboard RB2011 - which is a level 3 router with 5 Gigabit ports, 5 10/100 ports (one of which is PoE), an SFP port and a USB port - for 6 months and it's been working flawlessly.

I have VLANs and subnets configured, and I have an LTE dongle connected to the USB port for failover. I have had basically zero issues.

I find the user interface fairly easy to use. I am not a networking professional and my understanding of advanced networking is limited, so I can understand if someone with an advanced networking background finds it unconventional.

I think I paid less than 100 euros for the device and that is definitely a steal. I would not hesitate to recommend Microtik.

The support community is active and helped me a lot when I was new to the UI.

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

Well you are talking about a simple router without wireless, for that you can just use a $50 TP-Link, turn off radio and use oem firmware, will be just as good.

If you need to manage and monitor the device install openwrt, add nagios or zabbix client packages and be good with it.

 

[Trip]

[...] while the hardware was okay, RouterOS is a complete mess. Full of bugs and the configuration itself is a nightmare. Even simple things like a backup/restore did not work.[...]

I do not agree with that at all. I have been running a Routerboard RB2011 - which is a level 3 router with 5 Gigabit ports, 5 10/100 ports (one of which is PoE), an SFP port and a USB port - for 6 months and it's been working flawlessly.

^ This is what I was hinting at before.

Well you are talking about a simple router without wireless, for that you can just use a $50 TP-Link, turn off radio and use oem firmware, will be just as good. If you need to manage and monitor the device install openwrt, add nagios or zabbix client packages and be good with it.

There may be other requirements he didn't disclose that simply might not be doable with commodity hardware, and maybe he was looking for a solution that didn't need to be gutted and reloaded with open-source to do it.