Mikrotik

Many years ago when I was doing some IT work for the company I worked for, I needed routers, I had many PCs laying around so getting a few NICs and installing them was not a problem, I've tried many open source routers but they couldn't handle the IGMP packets properly and after a few seconds the PPTP VPN connections would drop.


Until I met MikroTik, its not a freeware, but it costs very little for what it can do ($45), I've been using it since to help low budget IT departments have professional grade routing.

Level number	0 (Demo mode)	1 (Free)	3 (WISP CPE)	4 (WISP)	5 (WISP)	6 (Controller)
Price	no key	registration required	volume only	$45	$95	$250
Upgradable To	-	no upgrades	ROS v6.x	ROS v6.x	ROS v7.x	ROS v7.x
Initial Config Support	-	-	-	15 days	30 days	30 days
Wireless AP	24h trial	-	-	yes	yes	yes
Wireless Client and Bridge	24h trial	-	yes	yes	yes	yes
RIP, OSPF, BGP protocols	24h trial	-	yes(*)	yes	yes	yes
EoIP tunnels	24h trial	1	unlimited	unlimited	unlimited	unlimited
PPPoE tunnels	24h trial	1	200	200	500	unlimited
PPTP tunnels	24h trial	1	200	200	500	unlimited
L2TP tunnels	24h trial	1	200	200	500	unlimited
OVPN tunnels	24h trial	1	200	200	unlimited	unlimited
VLAN interfaces	24h trial	1	unlimited	unlimited	unlimited	unlimited
HotSpot active users	24h trial	1	1	200	500	unlimited
RADIUS client	24h trial	-	yes	yes	yes	yes
Queues	24h trial	1	unlimited	unlimited	unlimited	unlimited
Web proxy	24h trial	-	yes	yes	yes	yes
User manager active sessions	24h trial	1	10	20	50	Unlimited
Number of KVM guests	none	1	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited

They also have appliances, take a look at their website.


I do not get percentages, but I did went through one of their courses in Florida at 2005.



Tags: mikrotik, router