MikroTik Routers and Switches Reviews and Ratings

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

our company is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the country and we have a good number of remote sites which connect via internet links to our head office. we have multiple internet links going to multiple ISPs. we needed to deploy auto failover between two internet links going to a single ISP. To achieve this we have deployed MikroTik router at our edge where it is acting as our gateway and also running BGP with ISP for auto link failover.

Likelihood to Recommend

MikroTik routers and switches are a reliable low cost products. due to their low cost they are very well suited for small businesses and medium businesses. In some cases even large enterprises are using these products because they provide lots of features at very low cost. However they are not suited to handle large amounts of traffic like at ISP core level.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Initally, we used it as experimental solution during R&D process. It turned out that the R&D was a big success, and we implemented it widely to our clients as part of our solution. Today, the solution has been evolved into a fully cloud managed suite. It adds many enhancement and function which not available natively on MikroTik RouterOS. We also use it on our production and back end system also. It is affordable, easy to deploy (although it's difficult for beginner engineer) and powerful.

Likelihood to Recommend

Usually clients asking for affordable but powerful yet stable solution. While many brands with required functions are way beyond the client's budget, MikroTik easily fit the budget. Hardware endurance also top notch, hardly to have issue on the hardware event after 5 years in service.

Some client's requirement requires ciomplex scenario and setup that may required to use scripting. So far no competitor can perform this with ease else than deploying native Linux server as router. MikroTik RouterOS gave some flexibility on scripting so it can perform complex and unusual function withe easy.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

For more than four years, we have been using MikroTik Routers and Switches in our core, specifically the Mikrotik CCR-1036 and CCR-1072. What we like is the ease of use, as well as how they perform to process data. Likewise, we have deployed the RB devices as a Client CPE, and the results have been more than satisfactory. The problem that we have is the lack of a direct support channel that would help us to solve the few difficulties we have with these devices (ex: Kernel Panic), as well as incompatibility in the update processes.

Likelihood to Recommend

MikroTik Routers and Switches are designed to be able to handle large quantities of packages, so, small and medium-sized businesses are ideal implementation environments. In combination, they complete the core, distribution, and access ecosystem that most customers require. Using its scripting capabilities, many of the organization's routine tasks can be automated.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As a Managed Service Provider, Mikrotik is our first choice when we need to build a new network, upgrade existing networks, or replace faulty routers and switches. Since using Mikrotik, we have not had any downtime across our infrastructure and we have been very happy with the capabilities of the routers and switches. It allows us to monitor the bandwidth on any ports and implement traffic shaping.

Likelihood to Recommend

MikroTik routers are well suited for any size customers that require a router which is inexpensive and provides all the features their network administrators need to secure and monitor their network.

I have not found a model that comes with an ADSL model, and I would not consider them for such network connections.

The MikroTik switches' advantage over all competitors is that they are inexpensive with lots of SFP ports, making them ideal for a server room and connecting your storage. Layer 3 is capable as a standard.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We arrived at MikroTik by means of an analyst hired in the company who, faced with the problem of networks that we presented, offered us the solution of the MikroTik router boards, allowed us to know the robustness of the SOOS routerOS, initially it was a solution-oriented to the systems department, then extended to the entire company, thus solving all the network requirements that we had pending.

Likelihood to Recommend

MikroTik is suited for large companies that require advanced distributions in terms of contracted bandwidth, and in the same way, allows a single device to specify filtering and firewall rules without acquiring an additional device. There is a range for small companies which is more economical and less robust, but in case it's not necessary, such a strict control over the data consumption of the company is not a feasible solution.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We currently use 24 routers from Mikrotik, typically for education. Routers are used only by my department. They are used for enhanced education in teleinformatica. Users/students learn thanks to them, about DHCP, MPLS, OSPF, RIP, VLAN, VPN, IP addressing, WLAN, and many others functions of network configuration. We specialize in routing protocols, and Mikrotik routers are very useful in this kind of teaching.

Likelihood to Recommend

It's ideal for teaching - education on second level and for engineers' studies. As I mentioned before it's perfect or learning about routing protocols - from static, through dynamic RIP and OSPF, and on MPLS ending. For SOHO it's perfect, WLAN configuration and the possibility of HotSpot configuration for clients is a blessing.