Looking for feedback on Mikrotik switches.
Upgrading a network for a elementary school, going from a CAT 3 / CAT5 mix to CAT 6. Most of the money was spent on new CAT 6 cabling and two racks, building has two floors. They also purchased a UniFi PRO 24 PoE switch, 14 UniFi access points and Gen 2 Cloud Key. Previous network design was "flat", I want to implement Layer 2 VLANs to segment wireless, staff, student and teacher traffic. The budget is very low, so I am looking into Netgear, TP-Link, TRENDnet, etc. Also, I re-purposed a server with pFsense and multiport NIC to replace a Zyxel USG40 firewall. They "couldn't believe" that open source software could perform so well.
I have never used Mikrotik equipment but the CRS326-24G-2S+RM has caught my eye. The price is very competitive, but I'm not sure about the performance, software (RouterOS or SwOS) and the external power supply.
Basic requirements for the network:
- 4 VLANs for network traffic (no VoIP stuff)
- 150+ wireless users (mostly student Chromebooks)
- 20+ wired users (teacher desktops, other devices)
The network was super slow due to a bad design, I have to make things better for the students, teachers and staff. We got every teacher desktop upgraded to an i5, 16GB RAM, 240GB SSD HD and a wired connection.
Anyone have experience with Mikrotik swiches? Performance? Reliability?
Thanks in advance for your time!
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