MikroTikRB5009UPr+S+in 1.4GHz 1GB 7xGb 1x2.5Gb 1xSFP+

I've been using Mikrotik exclusively for home networking for nearly a decade, I was using an older RB750g for my router -- and it was an amazing value, as it easily sustained concurrent gigabit bidirectionally while my ISP provided router couldn't. In fact many other popular brands couldn't as my ISP requires PPPoE and it seems that all of the big name home routers fail to implement a multithreaded PPP client.I upgraded to this router and the Mikrotik RB750g could not manage gigabit IPv6. It handily passes gigabit up/down at the same time with PPPoE in place, and there is no performance loss for IPv6 like my previous router.The RB50009 allowed me to consolidate multiple pieces of network gear, as it now provided PoE to my UniFi access points. I also have it running several Docker containers for networking services, that used to require yet another device to power and maintain.The newer RouterOS versions also have a mDNS proxy that allows to easily forward mDNS across network segments to allow AirPlay or other services to work across my isolated network (privacy/security reasons).

Mikrotik makes great routing software. They combined the great software with a nice piece of hardware. This router supports GB internet access easily. In addition, I use it for a GRE ipsec tunnel. Runs at about 20% utilization when the tunnel is maxed out. The power over ethernet (POE) on each port is handy. Migration to this router from a Mikrotik 750 was complicated by the routers running different versions of the OS. I could not just transfer the configuration, I had to type the config in from scratch on the RB5009. Once the configuration was established, I've been very pleased with this router. Worth the few extra dollars for the power and flexibility. You do need to have some familiarity with advanced networking to make good use of a Mikrotik product.Even thought the photo on Amazon shows a European style AC plug, my router arrived in the US with a standard US style AC plug.

A while back I had some unusual stability problems with my Cisco RV34x routers (the main one and the backup). Realizing that Cisco had already declared theseend-of-life, in the past couple months I've been investigating suitable SOHO routers to replace the Cisco's. My criteria are security, performance, and efficient configuration and administration.Among my top picks has been Mikrotik's routerOS. I have spent at least a couple weeks bringing up a trial routerOS stack on an x86 box (re-purposed Barracuda F12). So I've became handy with its configuration scripting as well as the excellent Winbox GUI-based administrator. I wanted to achieve all my required routing functionality on the trial platform before purchasing the Mikrotik hardware.I already loved Mikrotik the company. There is background information on their website. Like much of their product line, this model appears to be made in Latvia.I didn't need the PoE version of this router but the market price difference over the plain version was less than $30. Speaking of PoE, the factory configuration came with all Ethernet ports set to PoE Auto. I would have preferred more conservative PoE Off settings for this default.Mikrotik's online documentation to support routerOS is good. It reinforces that you are not just buying a piece of hardware here, but also a comprehensive, mature software routing platform. Getting IPv4 up and running is a virtual copy-customize-paste operation. IPv6 was a little more puzzling and burned most of the time. However, finally my test configuration on the x86 box checked out and it was time to look at the Mikrotik hardware.I believe that this model, the RB5009UPr+S+in (and its otherwise identical but non-PoE stablemate) represents the sweet spot of the Mikrotik router line for advanced SOHO users. The models below it are demonstrably slower and the ones above it cost considerably more. I've got 1Gbit fiber service and the RB5009 is a perfect match.So it arrived late yesterday and I configured it today. The very delightful surprise was that it shipped from the factory with a working IPv4 stack: a standard WAN on ether1, and the remaining ports grouped as a bridge for LAN. As far as IPv4 is concerned, the only major change for my deployment was to modify the LAN subnet from default 192.168.88.0/24 to the subnet I use. For IPv6, a sane set of firewall filters rules was pre-defined, but the IPv6 configuration still needed basic settings, addressing and ND statements. But I already had those ready to copy over from my x86 test platform. The configured RB5009 worked the first time plugged into my ISP.

This is just fantastic piece of engineering, I'm not sure why I've hesitated to try out mikrotik but boy oh boy, once you go mikrotik you do not go back, I've tried many routers (Omada, pfsense, opnsense, ubiquiti, sophos, palo alto, etc, etc. ) none do what mikrotik router os v7 does and to the complete feature set that rOS v7.0 does. Thank you mikrotik. I will be using this router for a very very long time, it has fully replaced my pfsense setup and then some. Just nicely done all around. Excellent solid router and the configuration options are endless and configuration is very straight forward, firewall rules are a chef's kiss. Very easily understood. I LOVE IT. cannot say enough good things about it.

This is great firewall for 1 gig internet service. It requires knowledge of setting up Mikrotik routers.

So glad that I went with this router. My network has never been so stable and good.I using the 2.5G port to link with my ISP 2gig internet connection. I am using the SFP+for my 10gig switch for all my 10Gig devices. I am even using all 7 of the other portsfor POE+ feeding 7 Duo spotlight cameras. It significantly beats the 10gig wifi consumerrouters normally used like this.

Good value for price

As awesome as this is all poe out . I wish it's 10 ports like the rb4011 for ease of script sharing across models for faster deployments. Would be 5 star if it's 10 ports