CRS125-24G-1S as temporary Router and CAPsMAN

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Hey guys,

I would like to setup my CRS125 as temporary router and CAPsMAN to setup my new network.

The CRS125 would connect to WAN and provide all routing tasks for the LAN, the firewall, DHCP and CAPsMAN with 2 AP's?

I am aware of the performance limitations, but am curious what would be the worst case scenario? Would the network slow down, because traffic is "waiting" to be handled or would it not work at all?

The CRS125 is currently behind a RB5009, but I need the network to remain live as I reconfigure the RB5009 with my new CRS326 and implement VLANs for guest network, trusted network and IOT network. As I have no experience with this, I want to prevent my family not being connected :slight_smile:

Thanks a bundle for your insights...

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The answer is YES. No worries.
If it works with ROS it has same set of features as 5009 has (excluding that ones that depend on switch chips)

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Thanks for your reply. I read everywhere that the CPU is sub-par, so was kind of worried...

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You are right, CRS is mainly SWITCH so it means that routing is not the main task it is designed for.
Routing is an additional ability that let you manage it same as other routers however the "power" of it is "moderate" or "lite" at max comparing to full flagged routers.