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I've been thinking about going with Mikrotik at least twice but never pulled the trigger because I am sort of a chicken shit. Is it easy for a noob to setup things like port forwarding and vlans on a router/ap box?
I would really like to see a open source alternative that can interface with all sorts of different hardware to manage my infrastructure with a single pane of glass. Sorta Ubiquti - but leveraging things like the Unifi API & the new REST api on Microtek to get me out of vendor lock in. I don't think I have ever seen anything along those lines out there. Im actually happy with my unifi setup - but there are some thing…
I wish router for personal use were as "easily" programmable as an OpenFlow compatible equipment with a external controller. Even if you need some extra tooling to reach all the feature of RouterOS, like a compute node for the DNS. I don't know if this kind of evolution will ever reach the consumer space.
Does MikroTik live in the same prosumer space that made ubiquiti products so popular early on?
Does MikroTik live in the same prosumer space that made ubiquiti products so popular early on?
Unifi really does unify the entire ecosystem, it's basically the Apple of network gear down the quality of packging. I love it.
I heard good things about Mikrotik but their product line feels scattered and unorganized.
Edit: Thanks for all the answers, from me and anyone else who was looking! I have some good ideas from the below comments and hopefully this thread helps some others as well.
I've been thinking about going with Mikrotik at least twice but never pulled the trigger because I am sort of a chicken shit. Is it easy for a noob to setup things like port forwarding and vlans on a router/ap box?
Anyone posting on HN will likely be able to figure out the basics, but it is definitely much less polished than other prosumer products such as Ubiquiti and the documentation can be a little rough around the edges.
I've been thinking about going with Mikrotik at least twice but never pulled the trigger because I am sort of a chicken shit. Is it easy for a noob to setup things like port forwarding and vlans on a router/ap box?
So, what's the best wifi gateway with extra access points for a home that I don't have to screw with and doesn't spy on me or have cloud crap? My ISP sent a Google wifi thing but I'd rather pay a few hundred than use that for 10 bucks a month to rent that thing, and I don't trust Google. Edit: Thanks for all the answers, from me and anyone else who was looking! I have some good ideas from the below comments and hopef…