RouterOS hardware - router appliances for VPN and firewall

Category: VPN & Firewall Hardware > RouterOS hardware

Updated: 2021-06-29

Short description of this page. Although RouterOS can be virtualized like an ordinary operating system, a `real firewall´ should always run on physical hardware, as network performance makes the difference. See below our hardware recommendation for RouterOS.

Mikrotik RouterOS is a fast & slim Linux-32Bit operating system. With it is possible to implement a firewall, VPN or hotspot system. Mikrotik RouterOS is a fast & slim Linux-32Bit operating system. With it is possible to implement a firewall, VPN or hotspot system.

RouterOS Firewall provides features to make use of internal connection, routing and packet marks. It can filter by IP address, address range, port, port range, IP protocol, DSCP and other parameters, also supports Static and Dynamic Address Lists, and can match packets by pattern in their content, specified in Regular Expressions (Layer7 matching).

RouterOS hardware - requirements

Minimum, not officially

CPU: 1 GHz
RAM: 128 MB
Hard disk: 4 GB
Network: 2x Ethernet

RouterOS hardware - recommended

Our recommendation from 2021

CPU: 1.5 GHz multi core, 64-bit
RAM: 2 GB
Hard disk: 120 GB SSD
Network: 3x Gigabit Ethernet

The hardware we offer is tested for compatibility with RouterOS, as shown below. The table below shows the throughput values with associated CPU and network adapters measured after the default installation.

Hardware compatibility test & Throughput mit RouterOS 6.48.3

SBR234 configurator

Firewall Hardware Appliance with Intel CPU J4005 2x2.0-2.7GHz, (Option: J4105, J4125) AES-NI, as 19 inch 1U or full aluminium chassis for your firewall & VPN OS, 3-5 GBit NICs

Test-Device
SBR234

CPU
Intel J4005

Network Gigabit
Intel 82576

Throughput
940 Mbit/s

SBR741 configurator

With Intel powerful CPU G6400 2x4GHz (option on i3, i5, i7), 4GB DDR4 RAM (max 32GB), 120GB SSD SATA3 HDD, 19 inch 1U or full aluminum chassis, 3-5 GBit or 10Gbit network cards

Test-Device
SBR741

CPU
Intel G6400

Network 10Gbit
Intel X540-T2

Throughput
9.40 Gbit/s

SBR706 configurator

Quad Xeon (E-2124 4x3.3 GHz) firewall Hardware Aappliance, 19inch 1U Rack Version, 6 Intel Gigabit NICs, 4GB DDR4 ECC RAM (max 32GB)

Test-Device
SBR706

CPU
Intel E3-1220V6

Network 10Gbit
Intel X540-T2

Throughput
9.40 Gbit/s

RouterOS can be installed on any compatible hardware, if desired we install the software before delivery. Optionally we also install OPNsense, IPfire and ClearOS in addition to RouterOS. We are not allowed to install pfSense for customers, this is reserved for pfSense partners only. Customer is of course allowed to install pfSense by himself.

By default firewall hardware is available as mini desktop aluminium case and rack version 19 inch 1U, see pictures.

RouterOS Hardware - 19 inch 1U 483x250x44mm

19inch 1U 483x250x44mm for Open Source Firewall

RouterOS Hardware - Mini-PC 211x254x86mm, aluminium case

Mini-PC 211x254x86mm for Open Source Firewall

Before you order the hardware, you can configure it with more: RAM, CPU, hard disks, network adapters etc. For your questions, for an individual PDF offer write us.