CRS354 as router?

Hardware MikroTik hardware general
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Hi everybody,

As an amateur in this field, I am asking the following question: can CRS354-48P-4S+2Q+RM be used as a router, not only smart switch, if configured properly?
There is a place where I have a network with 30-40 FTP cables, and instead of using router + switch, I want to combine everything in one device.

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CRS can route but at low capacity. Check official product page, it includes official test results (mind that published numbers are pretty high, in real-life achieved throughputs are from lower right part of that table) and compare those to results of decent routers (e.g. CCR line).