Removed my main Netgear XR700 router and replaced it with the Mikrotik router now that it is all setup. Backups before and after you do stuff is always recommended. This is an easy way to recover from a disaster. If you right click on the file there is a download option so you can store it off of the router. It is even smart enough to find your router (when you of course are connected to it via an ethernet cable). While there are several ways to configure the device they have an amazing hunk of software called WinBox. While the router has a default configuration file in it I found that it wasn’t plug and play like most Walmart routers. I ordered my router from MultiLink Solutions and received it in 2 days. My whole point was to make a guest network that cannot communicate with my primary network. I should also mention that my router is configured as a wifi access point and is located behind an OPNsense firewall on a VLAN port. Rather I will point you to the resources I used to get where I got. In fact I won’t talk much about configuration at all. The reason I call this a Mini-Review is because there is just too many steps to document in setting one of these things up. The average home networking user has NOT ever seen anything like this before.
These routers are probably not as good or as fast and for sure not as secure as the hap ax 3 at $139. So called “Fast” or “Gaming” routers cost from $300 up to the moon. Go to BestBuy or Walmart and the so called Top Of The Line gear costs 3x’s as much as this router.
One of the best things about this router is the price. Setting a router up for the first time can be a bit intimidating if you have never seen anything like this before. Mikrotik has a reputation for making highly configurable routers but they also have a higher degree of difficultly in that configuration. Since I was on a networking kick I decided to try my hand with a new Mikrotik Router.
I spent the last week or so shifting from a pfSense firewall to an OPNsense firewall appliance.
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