Switching to a 100% MikroTik Home Network! Part 1: MikroTik RB5009 Router
In today's video we kick off a new series where I migrate my home network to run entirely on MikroTIk hardware. In this first episode we'll take a look at the MikroTik RB5009 router I'll be using then in future episodes we'll take a look at the switches, access points and then finally the completed network up and running and talk about my thoughts.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:55 - Who are MikroTik?
02:02 - Hardware Tour
04:55 - Specs
05:24 - Hardware Block Diagrams
08:03 - Software Tour
13:21 - RouterOS Terminal
15:21 - RouterOS Safe Mode
16:52 - Power Consumption
17:41 - Rack Mounting
21:30 - Installing the MikroTik RB5009
22:38 - PoE Powering an Openreach Fibre ONT
23:25 - Conclusion
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