These considerations combined with everything RouterOS is generally liked for (Winbox being not the last thing) made the switch easy. And 1.x was rock solid for me all these years. I must add that I never upgraded my ER-X to 2.x version of EdgeOS since there were many reported issues with features I used. I had been telling myself I needed a dependable solution. The whole situation around EdgeRouter series was not clear (still isn't), it looked abandoned. While I was happy with ER-X, I had been wanting to have a spare, and ER-X was nowhere to be found. There are plenty of options for DDNS out there, but MikroTik has its own built-in service - even easier for my purposes, no need to register any accounts.Īfter getting familiar with RouterOS and deploying three hAP ac2's for my friend, I liked it so much that decided to replace ER-X with hAP ac2 as my main home router. I also needed dynamic DNS as both site had dynamic IP from ISP. When I saw RouterOS supported WireGuard natively (it was in December 2021 when ROS 7 just came out), I decided to give it a try. Which is why I wanted to chose a good solution that I can stick with for years to come. Although as with any new system I realized some time had to be invested. The learning curve warnings didn't really scare me as I have a technical degree in networking and an expired CCNA. MikroTik came up in many recommendation even 5 years ago when I was switching away from Tomato. There were some used offerings for 2-3 times the cost of the new one not very enticing prospective. However, I soon realized ER-X was out of stock everywhere (still is up to this day). I had a number of custom configurations there (meaning outside of EdgeOS) like WireGuard and was planning to use the same familiar devices for this request. At the time I had been using EdgeRouter X for about 5 years without any issues. In December 2021 a friend of mine asked me to set up a site-to-site VPN between his house and two other locations, plus ~20 road warrior VPN clients. I used both platforms only in SOHO environments. I don't use MikroTik wireless, so can't comment on that. The two devices I had experience with are EdgeRouter X and hAP ac2. Maybe it will help someone thinking about switching to MikroTik. I would like to share my experience working with Ubiquiti EdgeOS and MikroTik RouterOS.
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