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by quantgenius 1123 days ago
Has anyone tried Mikrotik routers? The one I tried a while ago was fantastic.
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somehnguy 1123 days ago
I've been using a Mikrotik for about 2 years now, switched from an Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X when I upgraded to 1gig at home. It works great and has been rock solid since setting it up. I even have 4 port bonding setup to my main switch because neither has SFP+.

However, it was kind of a bear to get all setup. In terms of setup difficulty it goes Mikrotik -> EdgeRouter - any consumer focused router. I've been putting off setting up VLANs for about a year and a half because I just know I'm going to break everything.

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bombcar 1123 days ago
I've used them for years and have had no major issues, and the wiki is good enough to follow along for most any normal setup you might have.

It is certainly a step up from "plug in and it works" consumer routers/APs but the setup has gotten much easier since the early days.

Recommended. And if you check you can even find some of their hardware can run OpenWRT so you have that as a backup.

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newhotelowner 1123 days ago
I have it. It's nice. But a lot of boxes to check to get it working.

We have Rukus unleashed (AP) + PfSense at one of my hotel

But I prefer Aruba Instant on APs. Most easist and simple.

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