Normis: any way to do vlan based on Mac address in dhcp lease table? It would be nice to force unknown macs to a captive portal. Or to use user manager for both.. Or something like that?
The new CRS looks good from the hardware and cost perspective! But if you want to get also in the small remote offices (currently one needs a router, a switch and access point - with CRS only one device) you need one feature which sets a switch apart from the unmanaged or smart managed ones.
wired MAC and 802.1x authentication via radius
To make it really usable it should be dual authentication - if a device supports 802.1x use that otherwise use MAC authentication … And let the radius sort it out and decide about the vlan to use.
But it should not be that hard to implement as you have already some groundwork done in the wireless part. When can we expect such a feature? … Maybe even beta test.
The enterprise market is waiting for a layer 2 10G switch 48 port in the price range of sub 2K$. It should have minimal options like igmp snooping and QOS.
I think its a great time for mikrotik to get into the enterprise market.
But this is not what you probably wanted. Simply make a hotspot authentication based on MAC address. This way, known MAC addresses will be automatically authenticated, and unknown ones will be redirected to login page.
… Maybe even beta test.