• In 2013, left networking industry and replaced Cisco with Mikrotik for cost and power reasons.
• Mikrotik attracted with price/performance ratio. Used a Cisco 1801 with dual VRFs and upgraded to handle 80Mbps VDSL. Over a decade, upgraded to a pair of RB4011iGS+RM routers, CSS326-24G-2S+RM switches and CAPsMAN-managed access points. But there were issues like confusing VLAN support, unreliable CAPsMAN and no firewall state synchronisation.
• A router crashed at 3am without warning and reboot looped without error message. After four hours trying to move CAPsMAN, gave up and reset an access point.
• Entered Ubiquiti. Started with a U7 Lite access point. Setup was easy despite dislike for web interfaces. Bought the Dream Machine Special Edition which runs as a controller, switch and router. Took an hour to set up with two PPPoE connections. But it doesn't have VRF support or handle more than two Internet connections.
• Explained using a pair of copper connections as primary and fibre as backup due to no FTTH available. Tried routing home and work devices via different connections and it worked easily.
• Replaced Mikrotik gear completely with a second U7 Lite and three Flex Mini 2.5G switches and a Pro Max 24 switch.
• When setting up a VPN for travel, struggled with RouterOS but it was a quick 30-second job on Ubiquiti kit. Used the VPN consistently without problems.
• Less than a month after deciding to ditch Mikrotik, migrated everything to Ubiquiti and is very happy.