2 SFP? your wish may be fulfilled sooner than you expect…
i removed the board, and found a place for the 2nd SFP. it’s even printed on the pcb’s backside.
the SFP’s place is currently occupied by the micro-usb socket.
if you look close, you can spot the solder pads for the SFP socket’s connectors.
if they can be a switch group, that’s an extra. so the members of switch group can communicate with 2gbps with each other.
(that can really good for servers and NAS, or uplink)
Console port (still need to try this with my crisco cable)
Ears - Can turn them 90* to mount unit to a wall or board
Not so much on the PSU… external wall wart? Really? Why not use an internal PSU like you did on the CCR and RB1100?
Still no love for the single GigE interface to the CPU. Fortunately, I’m putting this on a network that only has a 6Mbit/s internet connection, so no performance issues expected.
On the SFP, put it on it’s own GigE lane to the CPU. Add a 2nd SFP and a couple GigE ports, all with separate lanes.
troy: this is a real SWITCH with routerOS features addon. Why the hell do you need more then a gbps connection to the CPU (what cannot handle more than few hundred megs)?
Think about a managed gigabit switch plus a dual port mikrotik router - in one box (ok it offers more, but not expect too much…)
It would be more accurate to say it’s a switch with a SINGLE port MT router. All traffic in/out of the CPU (router) is restricted to a single GigE interface. That means that when traffic is routed between Ether1 and Ether2, it’s moving on a shared resource. Putting dedicated uplink ports on dedicated GigE lanes would improve Layer-3 performance dramatically, though never a full gigabit since the CPU still wouldn’t be able to handle it.
With regards to performance, if a PPC could get Layer-3 to wire speed, it would probably be well worth the increased cost.
The bottom line for me, is that for the money, this unit is hands-down the best anyone can ask for, but that doesn’t mean that the development of this device wasn’t short sighted or that there’s no room for improvement.