After seeing a recent post by Eric Sloof regarding the Mikrotik RouterBOARD RB751G-2Hnd firewall / router / AP it came just in time. I was actually looking for something to trunk my layer2 linksys switch to support VLANs for my home ESXi5 lab and to replace my VirginMedia SuperHub after the reported wireless issues with the latest firmware. After researching I took the plunge and purchase the following from LinITX:
MikroTik RouterBOARD 751G-2HnD (RouterOS L4) with UK Power Supply
2.4-5.8GHz Omnidirectional Swivel Antenna with cable and MMCX connector
I have to give LinITX credit, the order process was nice and simple and the items arrived the very next day. Anyways, I’ve just changed the VirginMedia SuperHub into gateway mode and hooked up my RouterBOARD. So far I’m very impressed with it. There are multitude of options to configure and it’s going to take me a while to get my head around it but so far so good. I’ve only performed a few basic operations to get me started such as setting up wireless, configure NAT for my external services (remote access and VPN) and configured firewall logging but I’m definitely going to get more involved with it when I get time. I’ll be blogging about certain features and setting up the device purely for my knowledge as it’s quite a complex bit of kit.
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