Which router to choose?

RouterOS Beginner Basics
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I have absolutelly no idea what Microtik produces, only today saw products and some of them I think are the exact match of what I need
The situation:
Organization is ~30 computers, 3 wifi AP, 3 network printers, 1 file/AD/app server. “Bring your own device” is acceptable, so up to 10-15 wireless devices may be active at some time, total up to 50 nodes. No heavy trafic, only occasional youtube, some downloads. FastEthernet 5/5e network, no plans (and even no need) for Gigabit. VPN is not used but may be in plans. Switching is with 2 very very basic cisco unmanaged switches. Trafic is routed currently through some “ADB” branded device provided from internet provider, but is not up to the task.
Needs:
-Stability! The highes priority. Some “self-healing” if the router gets stuck it is rebooted automatically in the worst case. No “Push the reset/power button” stuff
-Qos - lowest priority for audio/video streams
-Traffic monitoring: only to see if some mallware is on one of the nodes and doing nasty stuff, nothing extra
-2 providers capability: if the primary is down - second is used. All automatic if possible
-DHCP server

Thats pretty much it (had a long day, so the brains are not up to the logic tasks anymore…). To stay short all the extra features of the cheap home routers are welcome.

RB2011UiAS-RM is suitable for my organizational needs?

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2011 is enough for you. I understood you deal with 5mbits Internet connection, so it is much more than enough.

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Sorry, I did not mentioned my internet speed - it is approx 50Mbit, much more than that. Only it is most of the time underutilised.

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Even with firewall and queues the device can route several hundred Mbits, so you should be fine

5

It will be for the government organization - the budget is not infinite, so the next on the line RB1100AHx2 has the same functionality, but just more “horsepower” and higher RouterOS licence, right?

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yes, considerably more power. RB2011 is smaller, and more optimal for mid size offices, RB1100 can be used for larger ISP even

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The RB2011 is fanless. The RB1100 has a fan.

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The fan is not a problem or a feature. Router will sit in rack in room with AC, that rack itself does not have a server or other heat generating device
seems RB2011 will do the work

thak you for answers

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A moving part is a prime candidate for failure.