The Mikrotik SwOS and VLAN Configuration

Thanks!

How secure are Mikrotik devices. I’m used to Cisco, Aruba, Netgear and Fortinet. Do they have back doors or send data to the Chinese gov?

say meerkotik one more time..

stop saying meekrotik.

Thanks, Tom.

Every time I boot into Switch OS, I can never get into the Config interface, either Browser, or Winbox. I do have connectivity to the internet, but I can't even ping the Switch IP. SwOS firmware v 2.13. If I reset to defaults, I get back in OK under RouterOS.

Hello, does this type have a DMZ feature. ARP proxy settings

This is a bit funny and sad. I have a few of these 4 port units on desktops and some of their other bigger 10G CRS309-1G-8S+IN in the server rack. I have only ever used the RouterOS but the next time I have downtime I am moving over to SwitchOS. I should have tried that sooner, I could have saved myself so much time. I only looked at this because I am looking at the CSS326-24G-2S+RM 24 port and it only supports SwitchOS, I haven't used that cause I read I would loose all my settings and I spent so long setting them up. I can't beleive how easy the VLAN tagging is in the SwitchOS.

Do these switches come out of the box set-up as unmanaged switches? Canada now has 1.5 gig Internet and it seems impossible to find APs that take advantage of the bandwidth due to 1 gig nics but some stuff does have 2.5 gig nics. Thanks, Steve

Thank you for reviewing this and showing us how it works. I bought one (after watching one of your videos), and it was hard for me to understand. But, now, this video does help explain it.

Setting up VLANS on RouterOS was impossible for me. I couldn't get it to work no matter how many videos i watched and copied EXACTLY to a T. With SwOS it was a simple set the number click apply and done. amazing.

Does it support QinQ Translation?

mikrotik has an incredibly ugly and outdated interface, but it also has a ton of functionality in that ugly coat, much more and much more granular than what ubiquiti allows.

i wish either mikrotik hired someone who has seen a gui that is not from the early 90s
or
ubiquiti actually figures out that there small switches/routers like the CRS305-1G-4S are a great idea and fiberchannel networks are a thing in some soho environments.

i'd use ubiquiti if they had a small switch with 4-6 sfp+ ports that can serve as endpoint. not everything that has an sfp+ port automatically has to be rack sized and use a gazillion aircoolers screaming louder than a love sick cat at 3am. as it stand, ubiquiti looses out because they dont provide the appropriate hardware and that trumps a shiny gui every day in my book.

could you give a link to hardware you have pfsense on ? thanks

Thanks for the demo and info, haver a great day

Hi I got this switch to connect 2xNAS and 2X computers over 10g. Everything seems to work ok but both NAS still require seperate rj45 to connect to my router/internet. Both PCs connect to internet via the switch with no problem. Is there a way I can make the NAS go through the switch as well?

one of my fave video, great explaination...awesome dude...

Im currently goigb crazy with this trash the Ubiquiti SFP transceivers are recognized but on the link page is nothing shown. I can just see the RJ45 Module......i have no connection from the pc nor from my windows 10 server. And i can not even create an account on the support page....it alqays says the password is not meeting the specs but i followed alm they say.......

Do you have a video on how to set up RouterOS to send tagged traffic with vlan info to SwitchOS. Also how to set up management vlan for those devices. Learned cisco yet strugle with Mikrotik :D

'1337' love it ;-)