Hardware recommendation for routing up to 2Gb/s

RouterOS General
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Hello,

I’m looking for a Mikrotik device with:

  • equipped two 2.5 Gb/s Ethernet (either native or through a SFP+ slot)
  • able to route a 1 or 2 Gb/s flow applying NAT or firewall rules.

I’ve looked at several product but:

  • RB4011 is fine but only host a single SFP+ slot,
  • hEX PoE has no SFP+ slot at all,
  • CRS305 seems under-powered for routing (is L3 hardware offloading changing this ?)
  • CCR1009 also host a single a single SFP+ slot,
  1. How many packets per second should a box be able to process to keep up with a 1 or 2 Gb/s link, usage being “simple Internet access” (web surfing, watching videos, …) ?
  2. Which existing box could match ?

Best regards
3. Are you aware a soon-to-be-released Mikrotik

2

You could combine a CRS305 and a RB4011 and get great routing with multiple SFP+ ports, and that’s the next cheapest option after getting a CCR1036 with only 2 SFP+ ports.

3

The CRS305 will not do NAT in L3 HW offload, just standard routing. The CRS309 will, if you want to go the L3 HW offload route.

4

…my best bet, but without own experience, is the CCR2004.

5

What are you too friggen lazy to look up the routers yourself.
It took me 30 seconds to find a 1036 model that has two SFP+ ports…

or the CCR2004

Take your pick…

6

My ideal pick would be a 2 (or 4 ports) 2.5Gb ports with RB4011 processing power.
You can build one using SBCs like Hardkernel’s H2+ but that is a very path …

Thanks for all input

7

The CCR1036 is going to be the most stable option. As much as I love the idea of the CCR2004, it’s still going through some growing pains.