Please apologize for maybe a dumb question - but why are there certain MikroTik products with 32bit OS on a 64bit CPU architecture available?
Why don't these devices also obtain a 64bis OS?
Just out of interest...
... and storage. But I don't see this being the reason on hAP ax lite, both RAM and storage are generous.But the next line down likely tells the story, the RAM...
...bit-count apart, that had another reason.e.g. 32-bit Windows XP shipping on 64-bit Intel CPU. Vista was always 64-bit. People liked XP more I'd say.
I presume there is some relative reasonable why, perhaps several. I kinda view it Mikrotik's job to make my generic config run "best" on the platform it's on. Config scripts don't care about bit-ness.I guess it has more to do with the drivers.
This model runs 32bit OS because it does not have enough resources to run 64 bit OS.
The 32bit systems "vulnerability" is the "2038 year problem - Y2K38".Like I said, the lack of RAM is not a problem.
There is no benefit for device with only 512MB RAM. You need 2GB to feel any difference.
64Bit OS takes up more space and can be even slower if you only have 512MB
Hope that the ROS will then be based on Linux kernel 5.6 or higher and that you own/use device that supports it. https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/1/29/355What happens when they get time from NTP after the date of 2038 ?