My point was that Ax Lite has an arm processor (=32 bit).
This L009 has an arm64 processor (but indeed with 32 bit ROS ?).
RB5009UPr+S+IN+5HPaxD2HPaxD ?
¯_(ツ)_/¯
serial port !
if anything is failing … a serial port … can be a very good friend … either direction 
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5009 lacking it … … here is a place found … fancy … appreciated.
Until we see performance numbers, we won’t really know how it compares to other models.
The dual core 800Mhz is underwhelming, the console is nice, and the switch chip has enough ports to make vlan-filtering useful as a stand alone device.
2.5 Gb on the SFP won’t be as useful for many users as a 2.5Gb copper ethernet port would have been.
I wonder whether the CPU will be a bottleneck. Even the hap ac 2 had 4 cores although older gen and slightly lower clock. It does have a dedicated 1Gb port for ether1
I do wish my RB5009 had a console port built in.
Test result posted today.
https://mikrotik.com/product/l009uigs_rm#fndtn-testresults
Well, I have mixed feeling, but more towards disappointment.
No HW encription, and routing performance doesn’t look that exciting as soon you move away from fastpath/fasttrack configuration.
When I saw the announcement yesterday I was thinking as a possible replacement for my HEX-S, but now I’m a bit skeptic.
Yes, block diagram might be better than HEX but still CPU is not convincing me…
For sure is a good devices if the logic is to have a cheap device based on ARM to be placed on that market segment and in order to phase out MIPSBE/MMPIS and focus only on ARM architecture, but I wouldn’t call it an upgrade in “absolute sense”.
And I agree with chechito, it look a device made to move to ARM but to not compete with HAP AX3 and RB5009.
I don’t call it a “missed opportunity”, but for my own case I will still point to RB5009 (altough its cost is the double L009).
Without wifi, I see perfect use for this device though I can understand in some cases at least a little bit of wifi can be useful. It doesn’t always have to reach bleeding speed to be functional.
But I’ll prefer my RB5009 too 
Absolutely, we are on the same page.
This device makes full sense if considered in its price range and for a new setup.
But if the word “upgrade” is used with the meaning of increasing performance from and existing setup, then I pass. 
WifI? Who need wifi on a router??? (I’m a purist )
Seems like a downgrade in terms of CPU performance compared to HEX and more expensive. There is usecases where this makes sense but a bit disappointing in CPU performance.
There may be hope, the hap ax lite is getting hw assisted ipsec in v7.10beta
*) ipsec - added hardware acceleration support for IPQ-5010 (hAP ax lite);
That’s not the same chip as the L009 has (IPQ-5018), but they are probably closely related due to the similar performance numbers. At least there is the chance that ipsec performance may improve some.
But its really too bad they didn’t choose the IPQ-6010 instead of the IPQ-5018. Maybe there will be a midrange M009 in the same form factor in the future.
My guess is that the SFP was included in the switch because the switch chip probably had two 2.5 channels. Being part of the switch would also make it possible to connect to a remote switch with a 2.5G SFP as a trunk link.
Seems the glass-half-empty-contingent did the job here pretty exhaustive. 
I can see an dsl-bw-like cpe … with some … options … and nothing more was it’s predecessor … with cpu-speed increased by factor 4 now.
has a modern ARM CPU with container support
… is maybe a little bit kooky !
But the marketing department has to do something for the monthly check ?! .. or not ? : )
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… and I do like the housing … the color too : )
… and the serial ! ( … yes … I made that point already )
wondering why the 2.5G-port is sfp and not copper-rj45 ...
I've learned that 2.5G-fiber sfp's are on the market ... but not even the chinese-network-supermarket has the items in it's store.
not shure which bandwith the sfp-standard supports ... my opinion was 1.25 ... end of the pole
knowlegde gap ... standardization tweak ... ?!
... obviously even the photo is showing the wrong item ...
https://www.liverage.com.tw/de/category/CAT-SFP-2_5G.html
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The optical 2.5 Gbps 2 km 1310 nm SFP transceiver has been specifically designed for high-performance integrated duplex data connections over bidirectional single-mode fiber. The high-speed laser diode and photodiode serve as the light source and detector, respectively. An EEPROM, containing detailed product information for the host device, is accessed via the 2-wire serial CMOS EEPROM protocol. It complies with the SFP MSA, SONET/SDH, Class 1 laser product, EN60825, and EN60950 standards.
double BiDi
fancy ... optical side ... maybe ...
sfp interface side ... ??
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https://www.fs.com/de/products/139650.html
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but the chinese-shop has 2.5G copper-sfp ( NOT sfp+ ) in the shelves ... ? ... these plugables are a crazy universe ( ... and not started discussing prices here )
seems I trapped myself in a "knowlegde gap"
i think marketing is backfiring on L009 ,some of us (me included) at first expected to see it as a worthy representative of 2011-3011-4011-5009 Latvian Muscle legendary Router Family when it is far from it
We already have the rb4011 and rb5009
This Red Device first appeals to nostalgia then appeals to be more or less direct replacement of rb2011 (maybe 2011 will be discontinued soon) with some updates
and this is understandable because rb2011 still find buyers, so there is demand for this kind of product and this is the answer
SFP cage on this product maybe its compatible GPON ONU on SFPmodule, some people asked about that in rb5009 topics an operate at 2.5g
https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/MikroTik_wired_interface_compatibility
say this for some 10g modules:
L009 – supports up to 2.5G rate (works with forced speed mode).
Plus the recurring dream of being able to get a Rolls Royce for the cost of a city car…
But I don’t blame anybody here, as you said it makes perfect sense that somewhere in the future the RB2011 and HEX will be removed and then have a product line based on L009 ==> RB4011/RB5009 ==> CCR
hEX aka RB750G has been a best seller, i think it will or should be renewed
SFP cage on this product maybe its compatible GPON ONU
… more knowledge gaps … “GPON ONU” … thought that was a rebell from "Liang Shan Po [ 水滸伝 ] "
maybe the compatibility list is growing here:
Cut costs, not speed – choose GPEN over GPON!
just a guess … never seen a GPON installation on the shores of my home-zone … MT-competition had these stuff on the list … remember I’ve tried to enhance the zoo on ebay with it …
IMHO - for home use, at least 4 poe outs are missing for capsman managed APs.
Or, combine CRS112-8P-4S-IN (passive and active poe) with L009UiGS-RM performance or better (RB450Gx4, RB5009…)
RB5009 has an all-port POE version.
Yes, RB5009 has an all-port POE version, but not both 24 + 48V power supplies at once.
Unfortunately, the RB9xx cannot handle 48V.
edit:
Yes, RB5009UPr+S+IN has an all-port POE version, but not both 24 + 48V PoE out power supplies at once.