MikroTik RouterBORD 5009UG+S+ with Marvell Armada ARMv8 CPU, 876538 (Marvell Armada ARMv8 CPU (4-cores, 1.4GHz per core), 1GB of DDR4 RAM, 1GB RB5009UG+S+in, Ethernet WAN,)

I purchased this because my previous ASUS router and been End of Life'd. And I was tired of the router companies deciding they would just stop patching their software and force their consumers to buy a new one. So I did some research and Mikrotik builds it's stuff to last for years and years. And it lets you have incredibly complex detailed controls over your network. However, the cost of this is ease of use. I would 100% not recommend this for your Mom or Dad or any kind of normal home user. It is not to be though of as a "home router" for the average consumer. This is a commercial grade kind or router. I ended up spending hours down the microtik forum and rabbit holes working out how to make it do what I wanted. Granted, it was plug and play generally speaking if you just wanted to go full default. But you aren't buying this to use it at default settings. It's a very powerful router, and it takes some know how to make it work. Now that I've had it for a number of years, and an AP as well. I have it doing exactly what I wanted with Vlans etc. And I feel it's a very solid choice for a router. But definitely make sure you are aware it's going to be a journey for you. You are going to need to understand it well before you will be able to configure it how you want. But overall, it's a super powerful router, without any moving parts and it'll last you for probably decades. I 3D printed some little feet for it to get it up into the air to make sure it got the best cooling as the case is also the heatsink for it.

I've been using an RB2011 for around 10 years now. It's stayed relevant through firmware updates, and is still supported, demonstrating a great value on this alone, as most routers are not supported with security updates for more than a few years. The only real issue I had with the RB2011 is that its older MIPS processor couldn't keep up with increasing internet speeds, capping out at ~300Mbps NAT (in the home it worked at line speed easily). So, the RB5009 brings in a more modern ARM CPU with more memory and updated switching, and the familiar (to me) interface. I can hit nearly the full 1Gbps that FIOS claims, so this is a big improvement. These have MANY features, and it is easy to configure it to be quite insecure, but it does have a default baseline that is pretty decent. Really the only thing a home user would want to change is IP>Services and enable only winbox and HTTP from 192.168.88.0/24 (default subnet, inside your home) and disable the others. That and change the password, which the default is no longer blank but on a sticker that comes with the router. The RB5009 also adds a 10Gbps SFP+ and a 2.5Gbps port (ether1). This will allow for the expansion of a 2.5/5/10 Gbps network in your home AND support higher ISP speeds when those improve, too (which is a limitation on the RB4011). This model doesn't have POE, but there is a version that does. I just use separate switches for this, for more flexibility. Overall, I'm happy with the performance and the ability to configure it to my needs. This is not a novice device at all, but it's not as hard as people make it to be if you stick with the default configuration. There are certainly worse devices that cost a lot more.

This is a nice home router for power to expert level people. It's priced reasonably. It's quiet. It's got the right number of ports. And it can do tasks better than more expensive wifi routers. I'm just using my wifi7 router as an AP with a few more ports. I have a raspberry pi sitting right off of it doing Pi Hole and ntopng. I still have to figure out port cloning. It's amazing that MikroTik supports containers. But unfortunately it's light weight. It doesn't have the processing power to compete with a Pi5. MikroTik needs to up their advertising. I'm a developer but I'm adjacent to network brands like Cisco and Palo Alto. I've never heard of MikroTik. So this router wasn't even on my short list. Claude suggested it. Not a router for the average consumer. This is power user++ territory.

Very robust router for home and small/medium offices. I’ve been using MikroTik routers for 15 years and have never experienced a hardware issue. Setup isn’t easy—if you want easy, just don’t use routers and stick to Ubiquiti. This one can be PoE powered (port 1) and can run small Docker containers, perfect for Pi-hole. It has tons of features, but the ones I love are: 1. You decide if a port is WAN or LAN—you can have as many WANs as you want. 2. VLAN support to isolate devices (you’ll need to configure this on any chained switches and Wi-Fi APs too). 3. Route selection based on origin or destination. Which is very useful for sending traffic through a VPN. 4. Multiple ISPs with failover. 5. Traffic analysis. 6. Graphing. 7. Parental controls. The only thing I dislike is the scripting—man, scripting in MikroTik is hard, even for AI.

I upgraded from the RB3011, which is still working perfectly, but can't manage the bandwidth of my current fiber ISP. The 5009 is incredibly fast! Mikrotik made it extremely easy to migrate from one to the other, with a little help from Claude. Definitely worth the upgrade!

A little overwhelming to learn, but immensely powerful once you do. Feeding screenshots of the WinBox interface into ChatGPT and asking it what fields are for was super helpful. It was actually easier to configure than the interface suggests (a lot of fields actually won't be used for common setups).

I love hate this thing. It is clever hardware and performs flawlessly, routerOS exposes all the knobs and is ultimately rewarding, but it has NO SERIAL PORT for console access, so a friend dredged up a discontinued WOOBM wifi dongle, and also cobbled together a DB-9 to USB franken-cable chain to null modem my way in. Thinking caps on, buyers!

This works very good in my network.

Excellent Router and a switch .. Be aware, this is not a consumer type product (pick up from the shelf and deploy), it has to be configured and expects you to deeply understand each step. But that's the beauty, you get complete granular control on your network. I truly wish they had a few more 2.5 Gig ports to make it a proper Backplane Switch for my network..

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Received well, would like interchangeable plug for the power supply. Microtik is a solid product.

Perfeito, cumpre o que promete!

Perfetto, come da descrizione... Ottimo prodotto, solido e affidabile, come altri prodotti di MikroTik...