Seeing how recommended those are - I'm looking to get one. I need wireless as well. Currently I'm looking at those 2 available from Amazon:
Amazon.com: Mikrotik Routerboard RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN Sfp Port plus 10 Port Ethernet: Computers & Accessories
Amazon.com: Mikrotik CRS125-24G-1S-2HnD-IN, Cloud Router Gigabit Switch, Fully manageable Layer 3, 24x 10/100/1000, 1000mW Wireless: Computers & Accessories
Second one seems to have more ports and I may use that. I don't know anything about them. This Layer 3 thing confused me. First one is L5 and second one is L3. What does it mean?
Here is what I need from router (and I think it's all pretty standard stuff)
1. Pre-assign IPs by MAC (about 10)
2. VPN access - up to 10 simultaneous
3. Connect to other VPN's at the same time.. Possible?
4. QOS with priority for VOIP(this is what Mikrotik was recommended for)
5. Wireless access point
6. Forward ports
7. Limit outgoing traffic from certain IPs (for example if I do cloud backup I need some channel left over)
Do all that and be fast and stable. Right now I have ASUS router and VPN drops (not sure if it's router or not), access to web servers works great and than all of the sudden freezes. Not sure if it's all router's fault, but anyway.
Number of ports is not that important, but I'd rather take #2 if all equal, that way I will not need to use external switch for our small office.
Amazon.com: Mikrotik Routerboard RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN Sfp Port plus 10 Port Ethernet: Computers & Accessories
Amazon.com: Mikrotik CRS125-24G-1S-2HnD-IN, Cloud Router Gigabit Switch, Fully manageable Layer 3, 24x 10/100/1000, 1000mW Wireless: Computers & Accessories
Second one seems to have more ports and I may use that. I don't know anything about them. This Layer 3 thing confused me. First one is L5 and second one is L3. What does it mean?
Here is what I need from router (and I think it's all pretty standard stuff)
1. Pre-assign IPs by MAC (about 10)
2. VPN access - up to 10 simultaneous
3. Connect to other VPN's at the same time.. Possible?
4. QOS with priority for VOIP(this is what Mikrotik was recommended for)
5. Wireless access point
6. Forward ports
7. Limit outgoing traffic from certain IPs (for example if I do cloud backup I need some channel left over)
Do all that and be fast and stable. Right now I have ASUS router and VPN drops (not sure if it's router or not), access to web servers works great and than all of the sudden freezes. Not sure if it's all router's fault, but anyway.
Number of ports is not that important, but I'd rather take #2 if all equal, that way I will not need to use external switch for our small office.