Sure enough with only a few lines of non-standard configuration (see below) to enable hardware offloading, my Comcast Xfinity 1400mbps service was able to go from only 100mbps on the slow default CRS354 CPU to the full 1400mbps line speed using. Those that don’t need PoE might prefer (based on $$ or dual power supplies) the CRS354-48G-4S+2Q+ or CRS326-24S+2Q+ switch mentioned above. I would have preferred the cheaper CRS328-24P-4S+ PoE device but alas its chip at the current time does not support hardware NAT as per Mikrotik’s 元 documentation link (see below).

I decided to purchase the CRS354-48P-4S+2Q+RM for my home setup, so that I could do PoE for cameras and have multiple landing points for different ISPs, including some that used fiber optic. Similarly if you have primarily wireless devices you could probably have a single RB4011iGS+5HacQ2HnD-IN at home.īut if you are like me and have a gigabit+ ISP and a desire for multiple SFP+ ports and PoE ports to share this >1gbps service, it can be difficult to find a single base device for your routing and switching needs.

If your ISP is only 50mbps, you could leave out the CCR2004 above and only have the CRS354 or CRS328 PoE. The reason for this type of setup is to be able to take advantage of the full speed of your ISP that requires a fast CPU AND have lots of ports for many hardwired devices, some of which are PoE like cameras. For example pairing a Mikrotik CCR2004-1G-12S+2XS (powerful CPU) with a Mikrotik CRS354-48P-4S+2Q+RM (high density switch with significantly less powerful CPU). Many lower end (non-Cisco/Arista/etc) designs inside a geeky/advanced home or single datacenter rack include a “dumb” switch and a more powerful router.

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