![]() ![]() It will be an even bigger deal without IPSec policy matching to secure L2TP or IPSec for RW connect. While it's been an endless complaint, UDP on OpenVPN is a big deal. It is not possible to distinguish between encrypted and unencrypted traffic in FW rules (which is required to make dynamic policy generation secure) SwOS has a terribly basic featureset, there's alot of potential here but they'd need to provide much higher density models, PoE and a revised OS before I could put them out in the wild.Īll in all i like them very much and i've decided to get some of their certifications RB for Switching - I saw potential with this to get a share of the market that would have a use for a cheap smart switch however this has seemingly died all together. RB for Wireless (PtP-PtMP)- I believe this is almost where Mikrotik started, I have not had the chance to really use all of its potential here but there are many on the forums who have created businesses out of Mikrotik so i'm sure it is a great product.ĩ. They will also need to pay attention to VoIP a bit more to be successful in this space also.Ĩ. WiFi doesn't seem to hold up to media rich applications as well as other vendors, it may have only been the RB751 models i used but still none the less was a roadblock. One is the lack of DSL modems, bridging works well but means another device for the end user. RB for SMB/SoHo - I see Mikrotik aiming alot for this space but there are a few things holding them back from what i can see. I'm not really sold on it 100% yet but i hope that it is just due to my understanding.ħ. RB for QoS - I'm still undecided on this one, from what i read it is extremely powerful and i have set it up a few times. ![]() Some odd irregularities have come up (like a roadwarrior setup that decides to lose its SA's) that have pushed me to other vendors for some projects.Ħ. RB for VPN - Fairly average, IPSec unfortunately doesn't play well with other vendor devices and is slightly odd to configure the first few times around. RB User interface (Winbox and Webfig) - Feedback from my peers is that its not that good for people coming in from most other Router or Firewall vendors, this hasn't bothered me and i actually like winbox quite alot now.ĥ. If you're coming from IPTables this most likely wont be the caseĤ. RB as a firewall - great, works well but for some may be a steep learning curve. Out in large corporate for smarter AP's that operate in a lightweight configuration or haveģ. RB as a business access point - Deployed in many small businesses, again the best value vs. RB as a appliance - The firewall is extremely powerful and i have used it in many loadbalancing projects successfully.Ģ. Somewhat complex config - This isn't really a bad thing, but it does ward off alot of potential customers for mikrotikġ. Poor Communication - Bugs and Changelogs aren't communicated well, Mikrotik have a great community presence but are selectively quiet sometimesģ. Excellent value - there's nothing at their pricepoint that has the capabilities these RB's haveĢ. In the past year and a bit i have taken them more seriously and spent alot of time learning them more and have started deploying them in alot of my customer sites.ġ. In this time it sparked enough curiosity topursue it more. ![]() I have been 'playing around' with mikrotik for a few years, mainly at home. ![]()
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