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MikroTik CRS305-1G-4S+IN 10G Switch Setup Review With VLANS

[manglerule]

One awesome thing MikroTik has as well is an API module. Everything you can do in the CLI, Winbox, etc. can be done through the API. The built in scripting language also has a fetch tool that you can use to make http requests from the router to an external service.

[massfrommars]

Mikrotik gears are awesome, and Tom's review is also great. With Mikrotik it's necessary for the designer to know both the hardware and the software inside out. I also love Mikrotik transparency effort in revealing the hardware without even having to open up the box. One look at the posted block diagram and one can easily get a good understanding of what can be done with that device. After that it's just about keeping in mind the block diagram and then going about designing the network using standard concepts. RouterOS allows one to configure one's network to their design, no matter how complex. SwitchOS works great for a fully managed L2 switching. Only thing I'd state as a negative for SwitchOS would be the lack of winbox support, which I've learned to love over time. Another thing I've noticed is unlike RouterOS (which shows up with the full kitchen sink regardless of the hardware and its capabilities), SwitchOS version does vary across several models depending on the capabilities of the device. I think atm there are 3 different versions of SwitchOS for CRS3xx, CSSxxx and CSS610 (a new 2020 release I hope Tom will get to review soon).

[PoeLemic]

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.

[manglerule]

To clarify, this device isn't really built for layer 3 traffic. This is a low power draw 10G switch that supports a ton of features that are hardware offloaded to the switch chip which allows for full wirespeed and no CPU use. The products are called CRS (Cloud Router Switch) because some of the CRS3 products actually have switch chips in them that support layer 3 offloading as well. In the beta version of RouterOS the bigger CRS3 switch (CRS317-1G-16S+RM) supports this and will be coming to more switches as they tap more into the switch chips.
If you actually want to route they have a bunch of router products for this that are less switch chip focused and have onboard encryption hardware offloading for VPNs. The RouterOS software has a really powerful scripting system you can use to do some really cool things, it has a built in packet sniffer that you can stream directly into wireshark if you want, a torch tool that you can use to quickly see a basic view of live traffic going over network interfaces for troubleshooting.

[HairlessApes]

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.

[ForyantoJayaWigunaChannel]

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

[azurite]

Honestly the routerOS UI is probably one of the things keeping me from picking up a Mikrotik switch but switchOS looks very straight-forward. I don't really need layer 3 routing on a 10gb switch anyway so i might pick one up now.

[SB-qmwg]

I found the Sw/OS vlan configs to be super easy to use. I had mine fully set up in under an hour without any research. Very clearly laid out. LOVE the PoE.

[InversionesAlfadan]

Hello, do you know the procedure to create a link aggregation between routerOS and Swos?

[HighlanderJC]

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?

[LAWRENCESYSTEMS]

MikroTik CRS305-1G-4S+IN 10G Switch Setup Review With VLANS

[LampJustin]

now! I just had to set it up 2 days ago 😭😭 damn it! Great video btw!

[txrxtech]

Hello Lawrence. Just listened to your video again and I am passing some more comments.
3 mins 07 secs.
Web Configuration (WebFig) interface for MikroTik is not ugly in any sense. The interface is very, very similar to the Winbox interface, just a bit flatter because it is done from a web browser page and we are used to the Winbox GUI exists. But I like the WebFig and it is very easy to use. Trust me!

[pawebucior]

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

[zesta]

I could never get LACP + tagged VLANs to work on any MikroTik switch using SwOS. I could get it to work sometimes on RouterOS, but it was never stable. I just had to give up and use better gear.

[ferasawwad]

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

[SteveRivett]

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

[robyee]

Does the CSS106-5G-1S swos have less features than the crs305 swos?

[unapologetic]

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.

[KeithTingle]

the timing of this video could not be better, I just got my MikroTik RB4011iGS+5HacQ2HnD-IN-US, btw I think the best deals on MikroTik gear is on Ebay