MikroTik RB941-2nD RouterBoard hAP lite 2.4GHz home Access Point lite

Muy buena calidad, buen alcance, excelente para lo que necesitaba

This is great when we travel. I mirrored my home network and all my wifi devices connect to my mikrotik's WLAN after I connect it to the LAN of wherever I'm staying. I cannot tell you how nice it is to not have to connect all of my devices to a new wifi...especially if we bring a streaming box. Plus, I'm more secure with my custom firewall rules.The only thing I've had an issue with is making a wireless bridge and sending that connecting to my cabled devices. Surely this is a limitation of my user skills and not the device...however, I have followed several guides and never got it working. FWIW, I could make a wireless bridge with my CRS-125 (before it got bit by lightning) with no issue.

Great wireless router. Got two so as to extend coverage (works better than trying to blast the wifi signal -- plus you'll have ethernet ports at the remote side).Some tips:Use "ap bridge" wireless mode on the first unit and then "wds slave" on the second unit. "wds slave" has the benefit of tracking the primary unit should the wireless channel change.For wds mode use "dynamic mesh" and select the local lan bridge (default bridge1).Set both up to use the same wireless channel, encryption type / key, and SSID.For stability and security use 20Mhz channel width on both and make sure your default wireless key under "security profiles" tab is set for "WPA2 PSK". If you're unsure about wireless congestion in your area then use the "freq usage" and "scanner" in the wireless menu. Pick the least used channel.You can see how the wireless clients are doing as well as the wds link by going to the registration table in the wireless tab.It's kind of tricky getting all the ethernet ports connected for the lan on the remote side. Under interfaces "Mast Port" is what ties a port into the switch chip. So you'll want to make port 1 "none" and the rest of the ports using "ether1".If you have an internet connection faster than 50Mbits/sec then you might want to look for another solution as the ports on this router are Fast Ethernet (100Mb/sec) and the wireless is 802.11bgn at 2.4Ghz which in some areas is a pretty congested band. For my needs it is great and supposedly Mikrotik is going to be releasing an hap 802.11ac router in the near future.If for some reason you can not access the router then try using winbox and mac telnet feature.

I bought this device for two main reasons, the price and the large number of features this router has. At the time that I purchased this device, I was able to get it for $20, so my review will be based on that price point.I would like to say that this is my first MikroTik router and I'm not necessarily extremely knowledgeable when it comes to the large feature set this router has.The device includes a 2x2 300 Mbps wireless chip with a 22 dBm output, 4 100 Mbps Ethernet ports, 5V USB power supply, and a 650 MHz processor. I will talk more about things like RAM down below. Lastly, it also runs MikroTik's RouterOS.This package includes the router itself, a USB to two prong plug(which is sideways if that matters to anyone), and a little piece of paper briefly describing the router's specs. When the box first arrived, I was incredibly surprised how small this router was. It's just slightly larger than my LG Volt smartphone. Due to it's small size and low weight, I was worried of it tipping over or being dragged around, but the grips on the bottom seem to keep it in place well enough.On the back, this device has a USB power connector, a reset button, an activity light, a power light, and then 4 100 Mbps Ethernet ports. By default, port 1 is setup to be a WAN port. Please note that there aren't any lights on the front of the device. In some cases, you can sometimes see the lights on the back of the device without looking since they can shine through the holes on the case above them.When I first turned on the device and was trying it out, I noticed that my 4th Ethernet port wasn't working. My cable wouldn't snap in and it seemed like the ports weren't exactly perfect with the case(there was a gap on the left side of the switch and the 4th port didn't exactly had a smooth side). I tried to adjust it and disable and enable it in the settings and it eventually began working. If boot time matters to any of you, I noticed the complete boot time was roughly around 40-50 seconds.When it comes to the features, I won't go too in depth since I am not too familiar with them. However, I will say that this device has loads of features. I do hear that since this device runs a different firmware version than its big brothers, it loses out on some features, but compared to anything else in this price range, the feature list is huge. I primarily used the WebFig (web based) UI throughout my time using it so far. I have noticed that it is a little slow at times in terms of moving around the UI. The "Quick Set" page usually takes a long time for it to load. I bought this device mainly because of it's large number of wireless features, particularly the multi-SSID feature. I am able to run a lot of SSIDs off this little guy and it's entirely stable. I was having issues with multiple SSIDs at first, but once I changed it from "bgn" to "n only" mode, it went a lot smoother.I know there are a lot of concerns about memory and space on this device. Here are my current stats listed on the resource page:*Free Memory = 8.2 MiBTotal Memory = 32 MiB*Free HDD Space = 8.3 MiBTotal HDD Space = 16 MiBBecause of this, as I mentioned above, this router will run a "smips" version.My firmware was outdated when I received my device and I was able to update it to 6.29.1 which is what was current at the time of this review. For those unfamiliar with the firmware update process as I was for these devices, you must first download the firmware from MikroTik's website. Then, you go to "Files" in your WebFig and upload it. Once that is done, you must then reboot your device. Now, you go to "System" -> Routerboard and click "Upgrade." Make sure the "Upgrade Firmware" is the newest firmware you're trying to update to. Now reboot again. I had a few little improvements to the overall performance by upgrading from the stock firmware.For wireless performance, the range is ok. It's not the greatest as you might expect, but it's certainly not the worst. For it's size, the range is pretty surprising. It won't blow your mind though. Make sure you turn on 20 MHz down from 40 MHz wireless channels since it will cause reduced range, while also choosing either channel 1,6, or 11. The signal itself is overall pretty stable and doesn't sway all over the place as some other devices. One neat feature this device includes that many this price range don't, is the ability to do site surveys and frequency usage scans. You have to be connected by Ethernet to do this.One thing I really liked about this device is the fact that is applies settings so fast. Probably because of the amazing firmware it comes with by default. If I was messing around with wireless settings, this thing instantly changed before I even tabbed back to my inSSIDer scanning. I wasn't even able to tell if things applied at times, the wireless signal just stayed constant and didn't have to drop out for a few seconds to apply a new setting.For those curious, I hooked this up to my 5V/1A portable battery and it worked fine.I wasn't sure whether or not to give this 5 stars or 4. I ended up with 4 mainly because I'm not entirely sure MikroTik knows who they're trying to market this to. The design and price point of this router seems to be marketing it to the basic user. On the other hand, I can see where a lot of basic users can get lost in the UI. There could have been a basic UI overlay on top of this feature rich typical MikroTik one. Sort of like a button to take you from a basic UI to the one there now.

This is a fantastic portable AP, I carry it to work with me to prove to customers their wireless APs are defective, or to hotels to have my own Wifi.Like other Routerboard products, you use Winbox to log in and manage the unit. Tons of features and can customize to whatever you want.Runs on Level 4 of the Mikrotik license, which is more than what you need for a home router or AP.Constant updates. Always adding new features and fixing bugs. This is by far the best I've seen from router manufacturers.Can be modified for a WISP, or a wifi-bridge.Can be powered from a computer/laptop. I'm currently typing this on a laptop with a USB cable powering the unit.BGP/OSPF/RIP routing protocols, which is great for testing or introducing into a large network environment.No Console port. Not even worth taking off a star. You can use Winbox to connect over MAC address even if you screw something up on layer 3.Overall, still a fantastic Wifi router/AP after a lot of testing and use.