Hi, new to Mikrotik, I am going to try and ask my question as clearly as possible having read the forum guidelines, lets hope I succeed
Background
This is my home setup, currently I have:
BT vDSL Modem <=> Draytek Router/Wifi <=> Netgear 24 port GbE <=> 3Com 10/100 PoE switch (16w total provision) with GbE uplink used only for PoE camera.
Internet connection is vDSL (FTTC) 38/6 on a good day (UK, so no fast Gigabit connections here)
House is wired Cat6 back to patch panel where the switch is located.
Requirement
Draytek is old and no longer support, WiFi is 54g only
ESXi server is currently LACP to Netgear, as is a Synology NAS and main desktop. I now have 10GbE card for ESXI and would like to 10GbE connect if possible (came in through CSS326 door).
Wireless clients are mostly tablets and phones, occasionally laptops and I want to upgrade to AC. Full 3x3 radio not required, not enough traffic.
Routing
So replacing the Draytek with a hEX, and adding a hAP AC Lite (or AC^2 when available) solves my immediate problem, but I have started to think bigger with my 10GbE ESXI requirement.
The hEX is more than adequate for my connection speed, looking at the performance tests:
https://mikrotik.com/product/RB750Gr3#fndtn-testresults
Then comparing with those of the CRS 326/CRS328 (same chip I noticed):
https://mikrotik.com/product/CRS326-24G ... estresults
https://mikrotik.com/product/crs328_24p ... ifications
The Question: It looks like the CRS326/328 would be acceptable performance for routing for my network given my max downlink speed is 38Mbit/s? Can anyone confirm or advise if not suitable and why I would need a hEX/RB750gr3? (ignoring separation of routing and switching into two devices is philosophically a good design concept)
I have omitted approx 300 small side questions to try and not clutter the big question, if I missed some relevant detail please let me know!