MikroTik Router/Switch/Wireless

[s_alagas]

Any one interested to learn the difficult to use MikroTik router/switch/wireless yet powerful and affordable?

 

[Elijahonli]

are you offering a free course for us?

 

[magix]

so what are u doing to offer the user here?

 

[s_alagas]

are you offering a free course for us?

generally speaking, yes, it's free. but do not expect it to be a structured course like mikrotik certification programme

it's probably more like how to setup certain basic/popular features in MikroTik, common issues in setting up MikroTik router with ISPs, etc.

 

[s_alagas]

so what are u doing to offer the user here?

what do you want to know about MikroTik router/switch/wireless?

 

[magix]

what do you want to know about MikroTik router/switch/wireless?

Interested if the router support VPN server.

Wanna use the VPN to connect back to NAS @ home and also access the internet as a gateway to FB and etc (if travel in China is available again)

 

[s_alagas]

Interested if the router support VPN server.

Wanna use the VPN to connect back to NAS @ home and also access the internet as a gateway to FB and etc (if travel in China is available again)

It does support VPN: L2TP/IPSec, PPTP, SSTP, OpenVPN, WireGuard (RouterOS v7). There are many users using it to "jump wall" in China.

 

[singlion]

I have 1G broadband from singtel. I use it for singtel telelphone too.
Wonder how i can get to 10G networks? What equipments from mikrotick cable and transceiver required?

 

[miloaisdino]

interesting thread. i myself use mikrotik hapac2 as my home router.. affordable but a little underpowered. maybe their proper wired models can do a better job

any suggestions?

 

[firesong]

interesting thread. i myself use mikrotik hapac2 as my home router.. affordable but a little underpowered. maybe their proper wired models can do a better job

any suggestions?

Me too for this. Am also keen for a decent alternative, and did not want to go down the hap ac2 route as I suspected it would be a little limited.

 

[s_alagas]

I have 1G broadband from singtel. I use it for singtel telelphone too.
Wonder how i can get to 10G networks? What equipments from mikrotick cable and transceiver required?

For LAN, you can consider RB4011iGS+RM, it comes with 1x 10G port. If you would like to have both 10G LAN+WAN, got for CCR2004 (minimum) or CCR1036-8G-2S+ (recommended). As for the cable and transceiver, there is no special requirement, just make sure it's 10G transceiver and suitable cable.

interesting thread. i myself use mikrotik hapac2 as my home router.. affordable but a little underpowered. maybe their proper wired models can do a better job

any suggestions?

hAP ac2 will max out at around 860mbps. Wired model at similar cost without wireless interface definitely has better performance. What is your requirement? Right now, the most suitable for average use in SG is RB4011iGS+RM which come with 1x 10G SFP and 2x 5x Gigabit Ethernet.

 

[miloaisdino]

For LAN, you can consider RB4011iGS+RM, it comes with 1x 10G port. If you would like to have both 10G LAN+WAN, got for CCR2004 (minimum) or CCR1036-8G-2S+ (recommended). As for the cable and transceiver, there is no special requirement, just make sure it's 10G transceiver and suitable cable.

hAP ac2 will max out at around 860mbps. Wired model at similar cost without wireless interface definitely has better performance. What is your requirement? Right now, the most suitable for average use in SG is RB4011iGS+RM which come with 1x 10G SFP and 2x 5x Gigabit Ethernet.

thanks, ill look into the RB4011iGS+RM. my hapac2 is able to handle 900+mbps just fine, could be because i set the processor clock speed to the max (overclock) with fasttrack enabled. but still underpowered so it definitely cant do qos

 

[singlion]

For LAN, you can consider RB4011iGS+RM, it comes with 1x 10G port. If you would like to have both 10G LAN+WAN, got for CCR2004 (minimum) or CCR1036-8G-2S+ (recommended). As for the cable and transceiver, there is no special requirement, just make sure it's 10G transceiver and suitable cable.

hAP ac2 will max out at around 860mbps. Wired model at similar cost without wireless interface definitely has better performance. What is your requirement? Right now, the most suitable for average use in SG is RB4011iGS+RM which come with 1x 10G SFP and 2x 5x Gigabit Ethernet.

Thk you for your help but it is too expensive a hobby. As my equipments are old and i just want to power my TV using a TVbox I will use my computer with a 2,5G network card everything remains the same. I use 1.1.1.1 and the pic is brilliant but whenever there a storm it affect the satelites and it hung. Not all channels though.

 

[xiaofan]

I have 1G broadband from singtel. I use it for singtel telelphone too.
Wonder how i can get to 10G networks? What equipments from mikrotick cable and transceiver required?

Just FYI, if you get 10Gbps plan from Singtel, they will provide you with an ONR with one 10GbE port and a few 1GbE ports. So you do not really need the MikroTik 10G capable router, rather you may need a 10G capable switch.

But if you get 10Gbps plan from SuperInternet, then they do not provide the equipment so you have to get the router and the SFP+ module by yourself. In that case, MikroTik may be the way to go.

 

[singlion]

Just FYI, if you get 10Gbps plan from Singtel, they will provide you with an ONR with one 10GbE port and a few 1GbE ports. So you do not really need the MikroTik 10G capable router, rather you may need a 10G capable switch.

But if you get 10Gbps plan from SuperInternet, then they do not provide the equipment so you have to get the router and the SFP+ module by yourself. In that case, MikroTik may be the way to go.

Thk you for showing another way. I have checked and yes they do provide.

 

[jasonho]

Yes SI do provide both SFP+ hand off (meaning your need your own router or RJ45 (they provide router). But the cost different is in its One time Charge - $267.50 vs $1656.36

I am assuming most people will go with the SFP+ hand off and get their own router I think.

 

[seowbin]

super expensive... 200+/mth ... how often you can reach 10g and even if you can, for how long

even i have those access to IP upstream/Internet exchange, with direct peering with akamai, when downloading those files, hardly can hit 10g

 

[xiaofan]

Thk you for showing another way. I have checked and yes they do provide.

https://www.singtel.com/content/dam...ree/pdf/FibrePromotion_TermsAndConditions.pdf
Singtel 10Gbps ONR comes with 1x 10Gigabit Ethernet (GE) port that supports up to 10Gbps bandwidth and 4x 1GE port that supports up to 1Gbps bandwidth. The total maximum bandwidth of the ONR is 10Gbps regardless of the number of ports connected.

For 10Gbps Fibre Broadband plans, bandwidth specification refers to network specifications
of the subscribed Services for the broadband line connected from the Optical Network
Router to the first piece of network equipment. Expected download speeds range between
500Mbps (? that is strange) to 8Gbps and upload speeds range up to 2Gbps over wired connections.

 

[singlion]

I will be receiving a no brand PCIE card in a week time.
I happen to be the first to review it.

Super Speed PCIE Express 3 Ports USB 3.0 & Gigabit Ethernet LAN 5Gbps Adapter Dual-chip VL805+RTL8153​

I will use the 1Gbps to fire i up and see how it all go.
Will report back. 1PCIE and connection power is ready.

 

[durianking]

How is this card going?