MikroTik

The main products offered by MikroTik are routers and wireless ISP systems. Other prominent products include switches, RouterBOARDs, antennas, enclosures, interfaces, IoT products, LTE products, powerline systems, 5G devices, accessories, software and licenses, and more.

Routers from MikroTik are incredibly customizable, highly configurable, and used for various purposes, including home networking, business networking, and wireless hotspots. Their key features include several routing protocols, hotspot functionality, a variety of VPN protocols, a powerful firewall, and bandwidth management.

Routers from MikroTik are exceptionally reliable, secure, and customizable. Their benefits includes cost-effectiveness, excellent flexibility, robust security, high performance, and access to support and troubleshooting resources.

RouterOS is a stand-alone Linux-based operating system developed by MikroTik that powers their RouterBOARD hardware. It can also be installed on your PC and turn it into a dedicated router with all the essential features, including routing, VPN server, firewall, hotspot gateway, backhaul link, wireless access point, bandwidth management, and more.

Some of the essential features of RouterOS are advanced routing protocols, hotspot functionality support, a stateful firewall, various VPN protocol support, and bandwidth management.

The Dude is a new visual and easy-to-use network monitoring and management application by MikroTik. It automatically scans all devices, develops a map of your business network, monitors the services of your devices, and alerts you when any of them go down. Moreover, this app is free of cost.

Some of the benefits of using The Dude are as follows:

• This monitoring tool is free, easy to install, and easy to use!
• Finds any type or brand of device.
• Provides a network map automatically along with ready-made icons.
• Draws regular graphs for monitoring items like ping time, bandwidth, etc.
• Supports DNS, TCP, SNMP, ICMP, and other popular protocols.
• Lets you access the Dude server locally, remotely, and over the web.
• Within one click, search and explore all devices within the network.
• You can generate rich reports on network performance to make better decisions.

Controlled Access Point System Manager (CAPsMAN) is a centralizing system by MikroTik that enables the creation of a system of controlled access points (CAPs) using a Controller called CAPsManager. CAPsMAN is available on any RouterOS (6.11 and upwards) and can be used with any RouterBOARD. Moreover, it’s completely free.

CAPsMAN allows for easy configuration and management of multiple access points from a single location and provides detailed monitoring and reporting on wireless network performance. It performs some filtering that isn’t possible in normal firewall rules. Plus, with CAPsMAN forwarding enabled, different SSIDs can be safely transported over L2 switched backhauls.

To learn further about MikroTik products and service, and to get access to user forums, documentation, and support resources, you can visit the company’s website.