"Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbe...@gmail.com> writes: > If I was in the market for the router for myself, I'd always choose > one from MikroTik¹.
> They all have no-nonsence hardware and software design... I can't agree with the software part. Or I guess no-nonsense can be agreed but I just find their web config interface messy, counter-intuitive and poorly documented. Same goes for their proprietary CLI. And they provide their own awful script language too. Mikrotik's HW seems fine and they have a reputation for reliability although my hEX S runs rather hot. > The only downside I can think of is somewhat advanced configuration > could be difficult for somebody, but with help from official forum and > wiki² quite manageable and as a bonus I'll learn a lot about > networking, routing. That downside is huge. The thing is, I already know a lot about networking and routing. What I don't know is all the Mikrotik proprietary stuff or "the Mikrotik way". And since it all seems kind of ass-backwards I don't particularly want to learn. For sure, most router makers seem to think they have to add a fat proprietary layer of crap on top of Linux. I have recent experience from a Draytek router but at least their web interface was easily understood even if things were placed strangely and some things were just odd. Too bad the router didn't actually work reliably enough so I RMAd it and got the Mikrotik. Anyways, as soon as I have some free time I'll be setting up my PC Engines APU2 board with Debian Linux to act as my router.