therefore, many RouterOS features will not be needed here. Well, Routerboard already been produced by mikrotik, and they decided to produce a switch. PC cannot be put on difficult place like ceiling, outdoor, on the wall, etcĬonsidering many problems above, Mikrotik decides to manufacture their own hardware.PC requires regular maintenance (which means offline).router must run 24/7 and most likely, some components of PC will be broken as they are not designed to run in such long period. the problem is, when customer use PC as a router, many problems arises: However, mikrotik also provides other interfaces as well: web interface (webfig), telnet, ssh, and API. One very popular way to configure RouterOS is by using winbox application.

when the evaluation period is finished you have option to reinstall the PC or upgrade the license. where you can install it to your computer with a limited time for evaluation purpose. Until today, the ISO image is still available for the latest RouterOS version where can be downloaded for free.

this product later on was called RouterOS, an Operating System for router. So people just download the ISO, burn it to a CD-ROM, and then install them to a PC. One of their task was managing networks which require them to setup hardware and software to make network running well.Īt that time, for cost saving, they use PC as router and build their own linux distribution that is specialised for networking. Mikrotik was established in 1996 as a company that was focused on networking. This was the first product from mikrotik. Even though all mikrotik products can be found in, with lots of variations of products, people are wondering what are the differences between RouterOS, SwitchOS and Routerboard, and this article will discuss about that with historical background. As a new mikrotik user, sometimes people get confused with Mikrotik products.

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