Hi everyone, I'm currently planning a network upgrade for a small business and MikroTik is one of the platforms I'm seriously considering. For those who have deployed MikroTik in production, how has your experience been with long-term stability, RouterOS updates, VPN performance, and overall relia…

It all boils down to the skill of the one configuring the network. Has networking skills = the best ever equipment that money can buy in this lifetime. Lacks networking skills = go buy some TP-Link/Asus/Ubiquiti etc. Ez.

Thanks for sharing your perspective. I agree that the person configuring the network has a huge impact on its overall performance. Even high-end hardware won't deliver good results if the design or configuration isn't done properly. That said, I also think the choice of hardware depends on the dep…

Buy both brands and try to setup eg. home lab and check yourself what are the pros and cons. Selfexperience is the best judge.

What I am missing are base requirements... A bit hard to provide recommendations/experiences if nobody knows what it is going to be used for and in which context ?

I'm managing IT for a SMB, and in the company network there are as of now 26 Mikrotik Switches - from the small RB260GS to the 48 port CRS354 and also L3 switches like CCR1009 and CCR2004. On customer sites we also run several CCR1072 and RB40xx with encrypted traffic between them. My reasons are: …

I have both Ubiquiti and MikroTik routers at the customer edge. They each have pros and cons. MikroTik is like a Swiss army knife, and you can pretty much make it do anything you want, at a good price. But it does require a bit of learning how to manage the equipment and troubleshoot things. Ubiqu…

They work great, hardware issues are not frequent and when they occur they usually are in the plug-pack power supply. Easy to replace it, or select a model with built-in (redundant) powersupplies. An issue I have had is that most IT management companies do not know it and do not want to support it…

My personal opinion: I've used Extreme Networks, Ruckus, MikroTik, HPE Aruba, Lancom, SonicWall and Ubiquity in a professional and private context. My favorites are: Mikrotik for routing and switches. Hardware is well-made and very robust, especially for this price-performance ratio. Even harsh e…

Mikrotik for routers is a no-brainer. Cheap, reliable, ROS updates free for all devices basically forever (maybe yours runs out of RAM or storage eventually)... but you need to know what you're doing, it's a lot more like Linux networking than Cisco so if you know that you'll be comfortable.

Worth reading. Very similar topic. [image] Mikrotik or NOT!!! Industry standarts say no!! Why? General Hello! Please help with your opinion… I love MK and have used it in many places, but all projects was small scale! Now i have chance to plan city network an…

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