Model recommendation

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Hi Im new in mikrotik what would you suggest model for a 2 isp with 100Mbps and 200Mbps connection?
at the same time is the model should be base on how many devices on the network?

Thanks in advance for your help

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With the ISP connections alone, we may not really narrow down the possible suggestions.
A lot of the presently offered products (ethernet/SOHO) can handle this easily
OK, I am already disregarding products with only fast ethernet ports because of the 200M ISP connection.

We need a bit more info on the requirements.

  • Only ethernet or also SFP connections (future safety) ?
  • Wireless ? Can 2.4 only be good enough or do you also need 5GHz ? Or no wireless ?
  • how many client devices (wired and wireless) ?
  • only this device for managing wired clients or are there also switches (managed/unmanaged ?) ?
  • other stuff like VPN, containers, USB port, LTE backup, … ?
  • and … price range ?
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Quick answer is hex, but no wifi, best answers is hapax3 for best bang for buck providing wifi and routing up to 1 gig and will have a long future for you being a new model with arm64 processor and plenty of ram etc…

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No offence, but residential service plans where I live have already surpassed the capabilities of the ax3. Long future is relative and depends on many other factors the OP hasn’t provided, including budget.

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100Mbps line is on bridge mode already
200Mbps will be the new line
Planing to combine this 2 connections
more or less 60 devices and 3 AP’s
Thanks in advance for the help

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My recommendation is based on the fact that I am not a fan of running containers, VPNs and USB drives on small routers when it can be avoided, simply because they use performance limited processors designed to reduce heat/space - they handle routing just fine, but they are so-so for almost everything else including NAT (small in-order SoCs weren’t designed to be used like larger computers). If your gateway goes down, everything else does too. I personally do not have time to deal with that when I am away at work. YMMV.

  1. Most recent devices will handle 300 Mbps easily. However, unless you’re very budget limited, I would avoid older units like the Hex/Hex S. A hAP ax2 costs only slightly more where I live and is really a lot more powerful - that is, unless you require the SFP/ PoE capabilities.

  2. There are conflicting reports about bonding on the forums, and I can’t offer any help for this. If you need more ports, basic switches are cheap.

  3. Without knowing the coverage required and if you plan to wire your APs…the hAP ax2 (and ax3) will allow for added APs and, it is relatively cheap. Admittedly, MT aren’t wireless market leaders, but the choice of devices has to be made in respect to your environment and budget. For reference, my 2 hAPs give me around 500 Mbps at close range, just like my RB4011. However, they both become barely usable - along with a newer AX router I have - at only 25 m outside my house. The 4011 maintains a very respectable 260 Mbps at the same location. I do not have interference issues since I live in a rural location. There’s a cost/performance gap that is still valid with newer AX devices until a point of diminishing returns ($700 RGB spiders…). Both the ax2/ax3 can achieve better than my ac units according to numerous reports found online, at least at close range.

There you go. I would buy a small AIO and add wired APs as required. If you can’t run wires, forget MT for wireless. You can mix vendors, unless you wish to use a unified admin panel facility. Keep in mind that MT should announce Wi-Fi 7 devices - well, sooner or later. Qualcomm (an important MT partner) has a few BE SoCs announced in both A53 and A73 form. But since you have limited needs, AX will be cheaper and yet still provide some upgrade room for the future. Likewise, as much as I love the RB5009, it’s overkill for your needs and the other Ethernet routers available are either underpowered, too expensive or both. Hence, I would save some money to get better APs.