MikroTik Cloud Router Switch CRS109-8G-1S-2HnD-IN

I discovered Mikrotik hardware while looking for a firewall for a small business. When you're looking for something that does all that the Mikrotik RouterOS promises, the price is is so good that you just have to give it a try. After you mess with it for awhile you find that the feature set makes it all worth it.Important note: If you are just looking for a home device that you plug in and it works, this will probably do what you need, but the configuration may be too much for users without some hefty networking knowledge, and you can pay less for a more consumer-grade device with that much functionality. That said, it's a good price for a device to learn on, should you want to learn networking, and there's plenty of help on their forums to get you through whatever it is you don't know (because you can't know everything).I bought this model for home use after messing around with a couple of the 24-port versions, and I have only one complaint, if you want to call it that. The one issue I have is that the WiFi on this unit is ONLY 2GHz, and 5GHz is not available. Most consumer-grade WiFi access points give you both and never really explain what the difference is, so you take it for granted and probably don't have it set up right. 5GHz tends to have less range, but better transfer speeds. 2GHz has better coverage, but your uploads and downloads aren't as fast. I like the wider coverage, but my primary in-house access point is another device with supports 5GHz, and this is my WiFi when I'm in the garage or just outside the house. Because speed.Beyond that, gigabit Ethernet is good, having 8 ports is good, and RouterOS is amazing functionality for whatever you need to set up. I set up static-assigned IPs with DHCP and NAT port forwarding with no trouble. With some searching and reading I established a site-to-site VPN (between 2 Mikrotik devices), remote-access VPN, and more. I'm working on creating separate VLANs to better segregate traffic that gets to external-facing web & mail servers from devices that could be better protected in the event that those servers maybe get compromised.

I have had one of these in service in my home network for a couple of years now. It is extremely capable, exposing very advanced networking capabilities. However, if you need to depart from the built-in configuration of a simple wireless network and switch, you will need a CCNA level of network experience. The documentation for how this works is fragmented and some topics are not well covered. Its been a few years, but I found their forum to be useless as my questions did not get answered. I finally did learn enough about it--youtube videos, wiki, internet searching--main thing for me was to have the wireless network blocked from my wired network. Wireless can only communicate with internet, so if someone gets in to that, they can't access local network. I did this in firewall and had to learn the *nix firewall configuration. So, very pleased with it overall, but cofiguration can be frustrating and time consuming.

Do not buy these if you only have experience with consumer grade equipment like Linksys or netgear. You will be lost. If you're coming from pfsense, adtran, cisco (rack mount), Junos then you'll enjoy these for their priceWe use these in the field by the hundreds. I really love the configuration options. This unit is perfect for home or small business use. I'd prefer rack mount but can't justify that many ports plus you lose the built in AP then. The only reason I give 4 stars is because the LCD was pressure damaged from install. It has a white glow coming fr the edges making it impossible to read. Granted, I could have probably easily swapped it hassle free, but being stock was limited I opted to replace the screen myself. (I do not recommended as you could easily damage the clips and ruin the shell holding the LCD if you brute force it). In reality you probably won't use the screen much if at all other than getting its initial IP.

I have this CRS running in my living room and a hEX in my basement. OSPF configured between the two and has worked flawless. Bonded trunk ports on both routers connected to Cisco managed switches work seamlessly. I'm using a Cisco sfp copper module on my CRS as the uplink to my hEX. I have multiple vlans configured on both units and an isolated guest vlan. You will need to have UPNP enabled or ports forwarded if you have Directv services or game consoles in your network. if I have a complaint its DHCP services, My FireTV's for whatever reason will not renew their leases. Obviously you can hard code a static address but I went a different route and configured a raspberryPI with Dnsmasq for DHCP and has worked flawlessly. Use relay option on your layer3 or add a helper address on a managed switch either way will work. As you can see you can make these Mikrotik units act like the big boy Cisco enterprise routers and switches. Or you can configure a simple home network and will work as well as a Linksys, Netgear, Dlink home router.

Works as advertised

Ecco un router "universale", lo potete usare con tutte le connessioni, manca solo la porta ADSL/PSTN, è un router FIBRA PURA (porta SFTP configurabile a piacimento) o ethernet WAN (da usare in cascata su modem tradizionali o su ONT dell'operatore, anche...) con access point integrato (anche se solo 2,4Ghz, in standard B/G/N) e 8 porte GIGABIT totalmente configurabili, sia come parte lan che vlan, potete creare bridge, subnet, vlan....tutto insomma, veramente tutto.La configurazione non è banale, bisogna conoscere la materia e le terminologie, serve una padronanza di strumenti software normalmente sconosciuti all'utente medio, però si possono ottenere risultati incredibili.Inutile cercare di spiegare come configurarlo, ci sono forum e guide in rete ovunque, ma se non siete abbastanza indottrinati, chiedete aiuto ad un tecnico di rete serio, anche io ho avuto bisogno di aiuto (e sono un utente abbastanza avanzato), esiste anche una funzionalità "quick set" che prova a configurare in pochi click una connessione PPPoE con ACCESS POINT attivo, ma nel mio caso non ha portato alla connettività fino a che non ho chiesto aiuto, vi consiglio comunque di tentare con una "riserva" pronta, ovvero il modem originale già abilitato e configurato, onde evitare di rimanere senza connettività.

Amazing router, granular configuration, supports almost any kind of connection and the software is extremely flexible. WiFi power is very high (30dbm = 1W) and works well.There is a design glitch: It cannot be fixed on the wall, there are no holes on the bottom therefore it must stay on a desk or any horizontal surface; having the display on top of the box it makes ridiculous trying to read anything on it.

Première chose : se routeur s'adresse aux connaisseurs. Si vous n'avez pas de bonnes connaissances en réseaux, passez votre chemin. La granularité des réglages possible est époustouflante, ce qui rend la configuration complexe.Le boitier en métal respire la solidité. Le wifi est très très très puissant (il est heureusement possible de paramétrer cette puissance). Il dispose même d'un port SFP (pour brancher une fibre optique par exemple) et d'un port USB pour brancher une clé 4G. Incroyable à ce niveau de prix.Une fois habitué à l'interface Winbox et à tous les réglages disponibles, toutes les autres marques vous sembleront être très très très limitées. Vous pouvez absolument TOUT faire avec, par exemple vous pouvez configurer autant de serveurs DHCP que vous le souhaitez, définir des routes, paramétrer chaque port individuellement ou les regrouper ensemble pour diviser les ports entre eux (par exemple : 4 switchs indépendants de 2 ports). Il peut même jouer le rôle de VPN client et/ou serveur, y compris OpenVPN.Contrairement à d'autres routeurs Mikrotik, celui-ci accepte le PoE 802.3 et tous ses ports sont Gigabits. Pour moi c'est le routeur idéal à la maison.Les possibilités sont infinies. Plus jamais je n'acheterai une autre marque.

Recientemente y debido a problemas de cableado con mi linea ADSL contraté el servicio 100/10 ftth de Movistar.Si bien el router Comtrend 8050 que instala el operador cumple con su cometido y los test de velocidad son muy buenos (104/9.7) la experiencia me dice que cuando empiezas a exigir de torrent algo mas empiezan los problemas. Siempre he prescindido de los routers de los operadores no porque no cumplan con lo básico sino porque me interesa siempre un plus de calidad, monitorización, servicios de vpn, dns dinámico, vlans para cacharrear...He tenido experiencia con Cisco , Draytec, tplink, etc y esta marca no la conocía. Despues de leer en los foros comentarios positivos me decidí a probarla, principalmente porque la relación calidad precio me parecía muy buena.He quedado muy muy sorprendido (para bien) con este router. Dispone de 8 puertos gigabit, puerto SFP (que por lo visto no se puede configurar para prescindir de la ONT sin un conector adicional bastante caro), display táctil a color con información básica de interfaces, estadísticas de tráfico , etc.A traves de la interfaz web tienes acceso a un sinfín de opciones que te permiten configurar lo que necesites. Dispone además de configuración cli por comandos y de un cliente windows nativo. Las posibilidades son tremendas.Como punto negativo el wifi no es de banda dual. Las prestaciones obtenidas en los diferentes tests de velocidad son iguales que con el original , pero cuando aumentan el número de sesiones se nota que los ratios son superiores. No he experimentado cortes ni calentamientos extraños. Respecto al alcance de la wifi es ligeramente superior (+10%) en todos los puntos de la casa que he medido con el WifyAnalizer, por lo que no debería ser factor determinante en la compra.Pienso que un usuario normal no debería tener mayores problemas con el router que entregan los operadores , pero si tienes necesidades mas avanzadas este router/switch me parece excelente.Al principio dudaba entre este y el RB2011 porque no estaba seguro si tenía las funciones de routing , cliente pppoe, etc que necesitaría para mi conexión , pero tiene todo lo que necesito implementado en el RouterOS . Lo recomiendo 100%