Soldato
I reckon this company deserves its own thread as they have been hitting home runs after home runs after home runs with the hardware they keep releasing.
Here is there latest offering
Here is there latest offering
I think you might be waiting a good while. The ETA on the AX chipset devices is late 2022/early 2023 and as far as I’m aware Mikrotik don’t send out pre-production demo units to reviewers.I'm waiting for reviews on Hap AX2/AX3
Got all excited about the AX3... Then I saw it only has one 2.5gbe port. Boo.
So you got a router and an education? Bargain!I have an RB5009UG+S+IN router. It's really nice hardware and relatively cheap. The downside is the software (RouterOS specifically). Though powerful, it's very user-unfriendly, exposing raw features with no abstraction on top. I had to learn more about networking than I ever wanted to in order to get it set up how I wanted.
What were you expecting from a £100 router, 5x 10Gbe ports, WIFI 6E and an 10G SFP+ cage?
I am more than happy with my RB5009, running 7.6rc1, but I am having a few quirks with containers at the moment. I will probably redo the config this weekend.
I have tested a hacked RB4011 WLAN with the AC card swapped out for an AX card so there is no reason why it couldn’t be swapped out for a 6E card if Mikrotik release one. The key thing is that RouterOS is RouterOS is RouterOS so long as you download the right one for your CPU you get all the drivers for every Mikrotik device so they all do everything their chipsets are capable of. It’s a very different business model to Ubiquiti Networks who lock everything down.Having never heard of it before, but looking at it I was hoping it would be a first router with 2.5gb ports all round.
SFP+ would be a bonus though, and if you want to through Wifi6E in as well...
I wouldn’t touch any software not in the Stable release channel. The newer stuff can be properly buggy.
I think you have to be realistic about what systems can do. As I pointed out above, RouterOS is always the complete package so features that are actually intended to be used at Meta on serious hardware routers are available on the hAP AC and the RB5009 but that doesn’t always mean it’s a great idea to use them. It’s good to know the RB5009 can run these options.Downgraded to 'stable' OS7.5 on my RB5009, re-formatted my 8GB Cruzer USB drive to EXT4 and I have managed to get my PiHole container back up and running. I will deal with getting my Unifi controller running in a container later...
I'd expect more 2.5/10GbE ports in the RBXXXX series firstGot all excited about the AX3... Then I saw it only has one 2.5gbe port. Boo.
Getic.comWhat's the best place to buy mikrotik gear?
I can't seem to find any in stock in places like the forest etc.
Am looking for a poe router with at least one or two sfp plus ports and 8/16 sfp plus switch
[Edit]Apparently UK PSU devices will be available from yiur favourite Mikrotik reseller on 11/11/22. So that’s quite quick really.
ThanksGetic.com