[sathackr]

Mikrotik routers are not designed to be a consumer router. The average consumer would pull his/her hair out trying to configure one. Providing network attached storage is generally not a feature requested of anything but the full-consumer line home routers of the type that you purchase from Best Buy etc...

[tomaac]

That is not quite true. They have soho product group: http://routerboard.com/products/group/20

[benjohnson]

The newer firmware also has a single-page setup that let you set the WAN/LAN IP, DHCP server and other basic stuff with ease.

Basic port forwarding is still interesting - it's simple once you understand MikroTik, but there's a learning curve.

[sathackr]

I haven't spent much time in the "Quickset" page...I learned it before they had that function and it never seems to do what I want it to.

Probably is handy for some basic configurations though.

[sathackr]

I was not aware they were marketing in that direction...imo they shouldn't be, for the reasons listed by others. The UI just isn't quite intuitive enough for the average-joe that's expecting something like a Linksys/Beldin interface.