Migrating From OPNsense To Mikrotik

In this video we go over the reasons behind my latest upgrade: my new Mikrotik RB5009 as well as the considerations for moving away from my OPNsense box.

We'll talk about the old server, the new router, the reasons for the upgrade and the OOB experience with the Mikrotik RB5009.

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00:00 Intro
00:25 Old Server Overview
02:12 Old Server Backstory
02:47 Mikrotik Unboxing
04:20 Why am I upgrading?
05:59 Performance
08:00 Power Consumption
09:07 Automation
12:45 Racking the Mikrotik
15:20 Mikrotik Default Config
18:27 Conclusion

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[Doesntcomputek]

Great video! I really like Mikrotik devices. I have a LOT of network devices--Cisco, Mikrotik, TP-Link, Arista, Unifi, Netgear, HP, and generic. Mikrotik does a good job with informing users and documenting their devices.
I would love to see how you're going to use Terraform with the setups. Keep up the great videos!

[klingoncowboy]

Been using Mikrotik for over a decade now. Always exciting to see new content.

[_libus]

Loved seeing your setup! My hardware knowledge is pretty terrible but I enjoyed seeing your process in this migration. Keep it up!

[examen]

Hello Mircea,

First of all, it's great to find another fellow homelaber from my country that shares my interests, also, I like your enthusiasm, it comes through the video !
As chance would have it, I was also looking at upgrading my router, but i went the generic n100 aliexpress device for the 2.5 nics and the posibility to revert to my trusty openwrt in case opensense/pfsense doesn't fit my needs.

If you ever get bored of the mikrotik os, you can also try openwrt(on the same device), and that can be managed with openwisp, which is awesome if you manage more locations with several routers.

Great video
Ceau :)

[JonathanChancey]

I love your journey through networking iac. It's something that I've always wanted but it really didn't really seem robust enough with opnsense.

I hope routeros with terraform works out for you long term!

[PeterBuffon]

Welcome to the Mikrotik team, i have been running a rb3011 for like 4 years now, a bit overkill for my network hehehehe.

[anthonyrasat]

I was once accidently converted a cisco fanboy to mikrotik believer.
"What's that?"
"Mikrotik router."
"Why do you use consumer grade hardware while you are a professional?"
"Consumer? What? You never seen one of these?"
I fired up winbox and less than 15 minutes later he was the one commandeer the mouse.

[Curdls]

Аж залип, до конца посмотрел 🎉ну что welcome 🙏 to mum community

[KaldekBoch]

Hi mate, I've been using an RB5009 as my gateway for a couple of years. An excellent device.

[annonyannony]

well done video I've been using mikrotik for 11 years now, and I even have mikrotik CHR running a dhcp server setup in a vm running on proxmox.

[kurosudo]

Hi, i hope you love your mikrotik setup, the RB5009 is great powerful machine. Some tips for a future. Bridging in mikrotik is really terrible because all packets are going through CPU, if you will have a better switch with sfp+, buy a SFP+ DAC cable, they are really cheap and connect switch and router with one port. On that router port assign VLANs and let switching work do a switch, not router. You will receive a better performance

[antaishizuku]

Personally id keep opnsense as the edge firewall and use microtik as a internal firewall but its your network.

[carlostrudo]

I just did exactly the opposite couple month back, left Mikrotik in favor of OPNSense.

[HassanHassan-cmpq]

Why would someone switch from driving Ferrari to the mini smart unless you desperately need it

[svskng]

Nice and interesting video. Will buy an RB5009 soon for my homelab also :))

[tigo]

Well, you just got a "bell" enabled...

[andydtoma]

Foarte bine! Abia aștept să văd cum o să-l croiești.
Eu deocamdată am lăsat rutarea între vlan-uri în grija unei perechi de pfsense virtualizate în proxmox...

[blairhaynes]

Nice video, I have subscribed and “liked”. I’m looking forward to seeing the rules you implement on the MikroTik.
I’ve used MikroTik and think it’s very powerful, but I have switched my firewall appliance for a Firewalla Gold Plus. No command line, all app based, but I’d like to return to the MikroTik environment.

[drreality]

I’d love to see how migrate opnsense rules and settings to mikrotik!
Thanks

[affinitystablepeanuts]

This was an interesting one, thank you! Would love to see what you'd manage to do with terraform here.
Regarding WiFi: miktorik's wifi can be problematic, hope it works alright for you. Watch out for mix and match of old and new mtk access points as Mikrotik has two CAPSMAN (their controller) versions that are incompatible.