I'm finding it very difficult to find the old forum topics in here so please feel free to merge this with the old topic (I think Discord can do that). Many a discussion has been had over the pros and cons of a (simpler) cloud controller with both support and resistance probably in equal numbers. I…

It's hard to defend the lack of an overview like this too... [image]

There are only 2 genders, MT & UBI, why mix it up? :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

I tend to agree although I manage a pretty complex wedding barn infrastructure with a mixture of Mikrotik and Unifi. The former for routing and switching and the later for Wi-Fi. I look forward to the day when this forum isn't full of "Problems with Wi-Fi 6..." type posts. I know I'm probably bangi…

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From my point of view, in the 2000s and even in the 2010s, most solutions on the market were similarly difficult to manage. But cloud controllers and provisioning have changed the ecosystem. Manufacturers who adapted to this trend were able to capture the SOHO market. Although Mikrotik is technical…

MikroTik already have a self-hosted controller, it is CAPsMAN. They don't have a cloud controller, that is the difference. It would be possible to get a VPS, install CHR on it, and use that as a controller, but what SOHO user is going to do that when at other manufacturers you can just make an acc…

[image] robmaltsystems: 'm finding it very difficult to find the old forum topics [image] MikroTik Devices Controller Announcements Hello, MikroTik is planning to develop and build a controller app for MikroTik Devices. Currently we are researching possibilities an…

In Mikrotik terms, three years is still fairly recent.

I will do, thanks. Building a web based controller and firing off RouterOS commands was always one of those projects that sounds fascinating until you start looking into the detail!

Mikrotik cloud controller in SOHO sector

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