Mikrotik RB3011UIAS-RM RouterBOARD 10xGigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0, LCD, RB3011

My favorite new Mikrotik workhorse

Excelent

i ordered this because it is a dedicated router and will not share cpu power with a wireless card so it should be faster. well at least in theory. i have built routers from repurposed machines in the past and am familiar with several open source operating systems. ip fire monowall untangle and clearOS, to name a few. i will see how this performs in comparison and keep an objective opinion. stay tuned for updates. i uploaded some initial specs not found here in the site. looks like this thing will do some work in a short time. i will update long term on this review later.

Very nice enterprise class router for a fraction of the cost.

Great router. Heavy learning curve but otherwise security has been working better than the majority of consumer based routers. Plenty of information available for setting up, writing scripts, etc. You will have a lot of reading to do setting this up but in the end I sleep better knowing whats going on inside this box.

Fantastic router with way more options than Ill ever need. High quality, high performance, for a low price.

There is only one reason this gets 3 stars instead of 5. Its the total P.O.S. power supply connector. Unfortunately this thing doesnt have an internal p/s, it uses an external wall wart. The circular DC power connector on my unit is poorly soldered / connected to the PCB. So if you bump or wiggle the connector on the back of the box, the unit will reset (power failure). So its possible I got the only bad unit, but I dont dare return it for another because Im afraid the replacement will have the exact same problem. Would I pay an extra $20 for Mikrotik to put a real p/s internal to the unit? Absolutely. Mikrotik, if youre reading this, PLEASE stop using these external wall warts. I cant imagine anyone wanting to deal with wall warts in a rack environment. The same goes for your switches as well. So if I had to do it again, I would likely pay double for the ubiqiti competitor even though the price is double. The quality control here of the solder joints just arent reliable. Here comes the duct tape to hold the power connector stable.

This is a great product for a fraction of the cost of other manufacturers. We should have gotten the Wi-Fi option that came with a similar model but well just use an Access Point. Great shipping and packaging. Also, plenty of paper receipts and manufacturers information came with the box. This will make it easy to deal with my clients and customer service if needed. The touch screen is friendly and big enough for the job. The web interface is loaded with features. I have found plenty of local techs being able to support this technology and help with me setting up the many features. Thanks!

Great router. Paired with a Ubiquity AP to have wifi. Upgraded from a RB2011 and this router is a major upgrade.

very fast router. I have replaced a rb2011 with which managed 65 users through simple queues, qos via queue tree, balancing loads of 3 wan via vlans, more than 30 firewall rules and another 30 in mangle. in the peak hour 60 megs were spent with an average use of 70% to 90% cpu. now with this new router 3011 the same work consumes between 8% and 11% cpu