Our Experience with MikroTik RouterOS
November 09, 2020
Our Experience with MikroTik RouterOS
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with MikroTik Routers and Switches
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.
- Affordable, it has more features compared to other brand at the same price.
- Widely available, by today it's easy to obtained one, even online retailers sell it.
- Highly customizable, you may write a powerful script to enhance the function.
- Flexible, you can make different configuration approach based on you needs.
- Hardware, current ARM based hardware turned out having stability issue. Uncommanded reboot and hang/lock-up occured sometimes.
- Wi-Fi algorithm, in some cases the wireless module has performance issue.
- New function that needed by today standard like secure DNS, improved VPN support like WireGuard, etc.
- Add more function on the script to easy the management and maintenance, like ability to invoce wireless snooper from script.
- Affordable, this really save budget a lot.
- Long lasting hardware, hardly no issue with the hardware even in 5 years in service.
- Flexible scripting enables more value added service can be offered.
- Mediocre Wi-Fi performance compared to competitors. For most scenario it's enough but for complex high-density scenario, it quite suffers.
UBNT has more stable Wi-Fi, but the price is higher and not so flexible so it cannot be "tweaked" beyond intended use.
Also Ruijie Network can perform better on high density Wi-Fi scenario with comparable price, but still it lack flexibility to be tweaked beyond factory intended such as RTLS for example.
TP-Link usually be used as alternative if the client opted even more lower budget, usually for switch only.
For router, we always use MikroTik RouterOS devices.
Also Ruijie Network can perform better on high density Wi-Fi scenario with comparable price, but still it lack flexibility to be tweaked beyond factory intended such as RTLS for example.
TP-Link usually be used as alternative if the client opted even more lower budget, usually for switch only.
For router, we always use MikroTik RouterOS devices.
Do you think MikroTik Routers and Switches delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with MikroTik Routers and Switches's feature set?
Yes
Did MikroTik Routers and Switches live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of MikroTik Routers and Switches go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy MikroTik Routers and Switches again?
Yes
Using MikroTik Routers and Switches
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Like to use Relatively simple Easy to use Technical support not required Well integrated Consistent Convenient Feel confident using Familiar | None |
- Scripting, it's one of unbeatable features.
- Flexible, may way to configure to cater the scenario (although it may not be the best practice but it works).
- Affordable, easy to sell because the price is right.
- Wi-Fi performance, quite difficult to tweak.
- Stability issues on some ARM-based hardware.
Yes - Quite powerful since all the function available there, but the interface is quite hassle. This may be subjective since we are get used to WinBox, which provides multiple windows interface so making the configuration and maintenance very easy.