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

I run the dude in this router! Router Os is a great platform. It will give the C__CO people a lot of envi

Package arrived on time and without damage. Unboxed and installed the same day received. That process went fairly quickly until I noticed a small hiccup. I was in the process if installing ny access point and noticed that the ports were labeled wrong.

Great router I am upgrading from an older version. Easy to set up and manage

Excelent

It was easy to configure. The IPtables kind of setup is something not many would like but I prefer it over the dumbed down versions. The screen can be turned off which is good. Does not run hot despite 22 total devices being connected to 1Gbps fiber internet. Its the most decent price to value of a router I have ever had. Works with UnifiPro AP out of the box. LAN transfers speeds are awesome. No choke at all because of good packet throughput. I was able to send real-time logs to Splunk instance so I can monitor the network traffic. Very powerful features, if you know what you are doing. Fanless but not hot, has been in use for 1+year non-stop. So no annoying fan sounds. The UI is simple and easy to use. Cons: being nit-picky Might be too advanced for home users. Took me a decent amount of time to learn RouterOS and have it setup right with port forwarding etc. Has limited memory and processing power so it cant really take on much outside of whats built-in. it would explain the lack of direct access since it wouldnt do much good. I wouldnt try to build too much cache or DNS lookup into it. I just used an external system for dnsmasq and squid. RouterOS can do cache and use a parent cache but it can itself be the choke. no SSH but has a terminal with RouterOS commands. wish it had 10Gbe ;) Doesnt seem to hit 1Gbps internet speeds like Edgemax used to. Might be limitation of having too many ports on the same board sharing the bandwidth. Its not a big deal to be stuck at 800Mbps. overall happy with it and glad to be rid of Edgemax. Would definitely get RouterOS in future.

You can get into trouble with RouterOS if you dont know what youre doing. Nonetheless, this switch offers great features and flexibility. Im using these with Polycom phones and Vonage Business in two separate offices. Ive had great results and not a single network issue. Ive never restarted the router since I put it into use.

Solid router with a significant amount of configurable features and advance features. Unfortunately, the router OS is generic and it has features listed that the hardware isnt capable of using, and there is no way to tell what the router can and cannot do without additional research. For example wireless. Its not a wireless router, but the OS has wireless features and settings. The touch screen isnt really intuitive, and its a capacitive screen rather than resistive (i.e. it works like early 2000s touchscreen smart phones - think palm pilot, not like todays). Still one of the best routers on the market.

Im partner in a multi-national MSP, and have deployed hundreds of Mikrotik devices. In short, this is the best bang-for-your-buck router possible for a small-medium size business. The RB3011 is an absolute monster router for the price. $170 for a 1U 10-port gigabit, SFP, and 6Gbps of WAN>LAN potential throughput. Though none of the ports can go faster than 1Gbps, the processing power is still there. When I ran a comparison of the specs between this and say, an equivalent Sonicwall (already lower-end gear), its $170 for a RB3011-RM vs a $3,400 for a Sonicwall NSA 2600, more features too. When you hold the device it feels like a prop, its nearly empty since Mikrotik designs their equipment around CPU-based routing over dedicated hardware. It allows for the feature-set to be upgraded over time, increases reliability, and massively reduces cost. Though its not uncommon for a switch to fail... and its not impossible for a CPU to fail, when is the last time youve see a mid-range (non-server) CPU actually just completely die? Probably pretty rare. We have a few Mikrotik routers with over 3 years uptime, just cranking along without issues. Another benefit -- everything is unlocked, no insane licensing fees like with Cisco gear! 50+ L2TP VPN users -- no problem! MPLS, Wireless Hotspot through the CAPsMAN Wireless Manager, Layer7 filtering. Mikrotik gives you all of the bells and whistles to work with, but no hand-holding -- you need to be familiar with network concepts and spend some time following their wiki. Mikrotik equipment is targeted at Wireless ISPs and networking professionals -- not for beginners to computers. Good luck, have fun, for $170 it cant hurt to buy one and play with it a bit. Once you see the feature set for yourself, youll likely be buying more of these.

Cant say enough good about this product. Bought it for a client. I liked it so much that my firm will be purchasing on for ourselves. Theres a learning curve if you havent worked with routerOS before but I pretty well had things down after two days so it isnt too bad. Great support online as well.

Incredible, powerful product. Fast and solid as a brick wall!