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Review on Mikrotik RouterBOARD 951Ui-2HnD RB951Ui-2HnD: High-Power 2.4Ghz Wireless AP with 5x10/100 Ports and OSL4 by Micha Borkowski ᠌

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Good product, not disappointed.

This old model is almost no longer for sale, I have several such devices in operation, all quite old (inherited), here are my observations about Mikrotik: - Buy only NEW Mikrotik (model year and the device itself), used Mikrotik are very capricious: ports burn, and they often die for good when ating the firmware or unpredictably buggy. - It is for this model RB951Ui-2HnD on new firmware (6.47.7 stab) slow WiFi (according to Speedtest tests, it does not exceed 30-40 in a network with one point and one connected device in a private house in the field, changed points, no effect devices) - Well, the most capricious protocol in Mikrotik is CAPsMAN (pseudo seamless wifi), this RB951Ui-2HnD model cannot work as a CAPsMAN server, we change it to Mikrotik HEX S and it immediately works with the same settings. - And the saddest thing was to make access points distribute settings from the CAPsMAN server, if you manually configure them as access points with different SSIDs, then they work (speed 30-40), and if you distribute settings from the CAPsMAN server, they distribute WiFi, but are not allowed on the network. We tried to reset the configuration, then manually configure everything, tried ready-made configurations, it does not work. Bottom line: we bought new Mikrotik MAP 2ND and everything worked with the same settings. Once again I repeat my conclusion: do not buy used Mikrotik so as not to spoil the impression of the manufacturer, but buy new devices.

Pros
  • Works well in typical configurations (Internet access, hotspot).
Cons
  • This is a very old model, buy newer Mikrotik models, here is a list of shortcomings: Slow WiFi (30-40 no more), becomes very capricious over time (ports burn, devices die when ating to new firmware and it is not possible to restore the firmware even over the network) . Does not work as a CAPsMAN access point.