{"id":8925,"date":"2024-10-21T09:06:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T16:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=8925"},"modified":"2024-10-21T09:08:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T16:08:11","slug":"mikrotik-software-and-firmware-update-support-is-outstanding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2024\/10\/21\/mikrotik-software-and-firmware-update-support-is-outstanding\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikrotik Software and Firmware Update Support is Outstanding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Having run my Mikrotik router for over a year, I just wanted to highlight how fabulous this company is at supporting their hardware, software and firmware. Below is a screenshot of their forum which shows just how much they update. I have a previous <a href=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2023\/08\/10\/mikrotik-routers-and-switches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">post<\/a> that goes into some detail on the company and why I switched to their router (listen to a networking professional describe the company and their hardware in this <a href=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2023\/07\/28\/why-not-mikrotik\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">podcast<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"409\" height=\"793\" src=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-21.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8926\" style=\"width:359px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-21.png 409w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-21-155x300.png 155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of consumer or prosumer routers and WiFi devices just don&#8217;t get many software updates, and then the company moves on to newer products abandoning their older hardware and users. Even a company like Ubiquiti that offers commercial options doesn&#8217;t update their equipment as often as Mikrotik, and their management software is much more intrusive like forcing an internet connection to their servers for setup, and being a Java web interface that leaves something to be desired. Consequently, we&#8217;ll look at the Ubiquiti access point I&#8217;m still using though considering a switch to a Mikrotik option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"976\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-22.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-22.png 976w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-22-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-22-768x556.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, Mikrotik&#8217;s software for configuring equipment is lightweight and simple compared to the bloated software package needing Java that Ubiquiti uses. And Mikrotik has even come out with a new version of their software that is native for Windows, Mac and Linux, though the previous Windows version runs under Wine. And Mikrotik has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCwFW0ZgZNcmZgAYN_zVxQ-Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a> with tutorials and product showcases that is well done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So if like me you like to manage your own router and WiFi hardware because you want full control, making sure it&#8217;s updated and secure, give Mikrotik a look.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having run my Mikrotik router for over a year, I just wanted to highlight how fabulous this company is at supporting their hardware, software and firmware. Below is a screenshot of their forum which shows just how much they update. I have a previous post that goes into some detail on the company and why [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8925"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8930,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8925\/revisions\/8930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}