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Mihai
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2025
Great product, but I was shocked when I opened it to replace the noisy fan. One of the heatsinks was doublesided taped to the top cover… Can definitely recommend as a smart switch, but expect surprises…
Aaediwen
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2025
These are nice switches, and are working very well for me. 10G fiber and 2.5G copper without breaking the bank. The RouterOS on them is quite full featured for such a device as well, with several options for how you want to manage it. I like being able to manage it over a webui, but also being able to manage and monitor it via a full featured ssh environment. They handle everything from 10G fiber down to 10Mbit half duplex with no fuss. The LEDs on these things are BRIGHT! The single fan can get loud, but under normal operation is tends to stay throttled down pretty well.
A. B
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2024
Solid managed switch for the price. Higher learning curve compared to other managed switches.Stick with the installed RouterOS. SwitchOS won't allow you to control the fan speed on this device, so it's always loud at 100% and doesn't seem to work well with the SFP+ ports.
techxgames
Reviewed in Canada on June 29, 2024
Not sure if I did the setup correctly, but adding VLAN routing on the switch causes the CPU usage to increase heavily.As a L2 switch, it works amazingly, but you definitely didn't this much for an 8-port L2 switch
m
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 8, 2024
Even as a Mikrotik advocate and fanboy I can honestly say that this is a good product. I'm using it as a Boundary router for the fibre connected Smarthome. It's not maxed out and we shift Terabytes of data around every week. Only complaint / comment is that there is a fan but it is noisy and sounds like it about to give up the ghost. But its important to get a Mikrotik with a fan especially if you use SFP+ ports. Dont be fooled the 10G ports run very hot. Mikrotik do a few passive 10G devices but I would not rate your chances.As usual RouterOS is great when it works and when it does not and you misconfigure something important like a firewall rule ... you did make a backup so you can reset and restore !!This product is a good way to get started with a 2.5G Router not just switch.
Justaperson
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2024
I have two other. Mikrotik switches that are fine. This is a brick after about one week and attempting to run SWos. Winbox, netinstall, serial all failing. Can't get a single port to light up. Not alone in this I've learned.Don't see myself going any further into the Mikrotik ecosystem after this. What a dud. Mikrotik UI is trash for me.
Tomas
Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2024
Great little SwitchJust using 3 Ports on it for now.Got another device coming for one of the SFP+ PortsLittle noisy on boot. But with only 2x2.5gig and 1 Gig Device Plugged into it it is silent.Box was not sealed when it arrived but everything appeared to be there.Did have to peel of the Front Rubber Feet (to get it into my rack above another switch)
tangofan
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2024
This would be a 5 star unit, if it weren't for the fact that it has a fan and a terrible one, as far as noise is concerned. I was warned of that by various reviews on the web and ordered a quieter fan from Noctua ( Noctua NF-A4x20 PWM, Premium Quiet Fan, 4-Pin (40x20mm, Brown) ) to replace the stock fan. I also had to order some different screws (and nuts/washers) to mount the Noctua fan.Like all devices of the Mikrotik CRS series, this unit comes with both RouterOS and SwitchOS. (The CSS series' units only come with SwitchOS.) Mine shipped with SwitchOS 2.16, which had some problems with the SFP+ ports, so I requested a newer version from support, who within one day provided me with version 2.17RC2. That version worked without a problem. If the unit ships with SwitchOS 2.17 or later, that problem should be gone.While I would have liked to use SwitchOS (since it's a bit easier to navigate than RouterOS), the fan settings are minimal to nonexistent, so I switched to RouterOS, which allows for a setting of the default fan speed and a ramp-up temperature.As you can tell, there was quite a bit of trouble initially, but now it works quietly and flawlessly. However I still can't understand why Mikrotik just didn't spend 10$ more on a decent quiet fan and charge more for the unit. This would have made the product so much more appealing. So I'm deducting one star for that nuisance.So if you can do the fan swap yourself, then this is a 4-star unit. If you can't (or are not willing to) do that, then this might only be a 2 - 3 star unit and you shouldn't have it in your living or working area.
Client d'
Reviewed in France on December 14, 2024
Bon produit dans l'ensemble mais attention aux futurs acheteurs : ce switch ne fonctionne pas sous SWOS malgré la fonction de sélection de boot présente sous Winbox. Cela se traduit par un blocage système sans aucune liaison réseau et il faut utiliser le bouton reset plusieurs fois afin de le réinitialiser dans le meilleur des cas. Sinon il faut réinstaller RouterOS via Netinstal.
will
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2024
This switch has a pretty steep learning curve but will reward your time and effort. It can do wire speed L3 once configured and even some limited local routing. It’s not a router though, more of a small aggregation switch. I use it to attach my 2.5gbps devices to a 10gb backbone that goes into a router/firewall setup. It is loud with stock fan in swOS but routerOS is much quieter. I replaced the fan with a noctua and now it’s virtually silent. This is a perfect router for people who are looking to step up their homelab setup from a basic one or two switch setup to something slightly faster/larger. I think it’s important to set an expectation for the capability of the device beyond a homelab setup as it is complex to configure and will require time to learn, some customers looking for a plug and play solution will want to look elsewhere.TLDR: GOATed device for small/medium homelab and people who like to learn/tinker. Crazy feature set for the price. Not as plug and play as other options.
John Villalovos
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2024
First off, many reviews comment about the fan noise. And yes with the stock fan it is noisy. I bought a Noctua NF-A4x20 PWM, Premium Quiet Fan, 4-Pin (40x20mm, Brown) from here as a replacement. It was a plug and play replacement for the old fan. After that it is nearly silent. I don't hear it at all in operation because my PCs make more noise.This really is a great switch. I only use it as a switch and don't try to use it as a router. I use it with VLANs, which can be confusing to setup if coming from most consumer grade networking gear. I got it working but it took multiple hours to get it setup. And I say this as someone who has worked with computer and networking equipment for decades and my job is to write software.But still it was fun to get it figured out and working. Once it is working you can just set it and forget it.
Tomaz L
Reviewed in Germany on January 21, 2024
Device operates out of the box. I'm using it with 10Gb fiber backbone.Fan spinning is not loud in my configuration. Thou the installed Al ribbs could be larger. They even anticapated mounting holes.Im using it 1w and no objections. So far it does the job.
Valathar
Reviewed in Italy on April 12, 2024
Tipica configurazione Mikrotik. Funzionale e silenzioso, nelle operazioni non pesanti, anche se con raffreddamento attivo. Consiglio l'acquisto di una Noctua NF-A4x20 PWM da 12V da andare a sostituire con la ventola di serie, non perché quella di serie sia cattiva, anzi è efficace ma rumorosa all'avvio dello switch o nelle situazioni di utilizzo intensivo anche se in realtà non è nulla di così fastidioso.Da qualche settimana è stato rilasciato anche il firmware per utilizzare SWos. NON è POE, se dovesse servirvi questa funzionalità.Una pecca è lo spazio tra le porte 2,5gbit dove degli rj45 con cappuccio potrebbero darsi fastidio l'un l'altro se ingombranti. Altra pecca è che, nel momento in cui scrivo la recensione, il prezzo di acquisto di amazon è troppo elevato. Siamo sull'indice dei 270 eura circa quando dai venditori terzi si trova anche a 210 con spedizione. Infatti uno lo ho acquistato da amazon e un altro da un venditore terzo (getic).Per tutto il resto a mio parere vale 5 stelle.Edit 29/07/2024: la ventola d'estate si sente un po' di più a causa delle temperature esterne elevate. Tuttavia con la Noctua per me è tranwuillamente sopportabile in quanto lo switch lo tengo in studio e ci sono anche le ventole del computer che comunque fanno rumore e quindi non ci faccio nemmeno caso. Sarà di fficile che lo tieniate nello stesso punto in cui dormite, pertanto lo consiglio sempre e comunque.
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