Hi love to see the following features on RouterOS v7 ( or even v6 ):
- VSS ( Virtual Switching and Stacking ): Even ROS supports for years VRRP you need to custom scripts to replicate other configuration parameters like DHCPs. Connection states should be replicated to allow a transparent failover if primary device ( i.e RB or CRS3.x) goes down.
- ZTP (Zero Touch Provisioning): Shouldn’t be great specially when you are trying to deploy remotely new devices that as soon they can reach the internet via default factory config using DHCP client the router calls to a remote system ( i.e. IP Cloud) and using the serial number or any other method the remote admin can register that device and use the IP Cloud like a proxy to get remote access to the router to load the configuration desired? This concept is similar to Unifi’s remote access that creates like an Out of the Band secure access without the need to deal with sometimes complex VPNs setups.
- IPv6 L3 HW offloading on CRS 3.x: I saw this feature recently launched on the recent BETA of ROSv7 for IPv4 and is great but also IPv6 support should be added to continue pushing this protocol as mainstream !!
- SD-WAN: ROS is very versatile on several areas and SD-WAN overlays and PBR can be emulated but requires a lot of manual configurations. If Mikrotik creates its own SD-WAN algorithm that is simple to use and can be turned in just in few clicks (aligned with ZTP approach) with DPBR (Dynamic Policy Base Routing) based on DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) on a nice dashboard will be a home run to star taking on big leagues on the market.
- UTM features: Even Mikrotik has a good IPTables based firewall the lack of additional security features such as IDS/IPS, AMP ( Anti malware protection) and others (similar to what PFsense offers) will make ROS a very compelling story that integrates network and security.
I would love to see these features implemented on the new ROS code as I am a big fan of it and I want to compete better with some bigger leagues including but not limited to Cisco as an example!!
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