Mikrotik Router OS Description

MikroTik Router OS is an operating system and software that can be used to make computers even become a reliable network router, includes a variety of  features that are made ​​for IP networks and wireless networks, suitable for

use by ISP's and hotspot providers. MikroTik Router OS installed on the company's proprietary hardware called Mikrotik Router BOARD, or on x86-based computers.

RouterOS turns the computer into a network router and implements various additional features, such as firewall, virtual private network (VPN) service and client, bandwidth shaping and quality of service, wireless access point functions and other commonly used features when interconnecting networks. Installing Mikrotik is not required additional software or additional components. Mikrotik is designed to be easy to use and very well used for administrative purposes such as computer network design and build a small-scale computer network systems to complex ones.

Since Router OS is not free, so you have to buy MikroTik License to using it. Router OS license comes in a variety of levels. Each level has the ability, respectively, starting from level 3 to level 6. In short, level 3 is used to interface with ethernet router, level 4 for the wireless client or serial interface, the wireless AP to level 5 and level 6 does not have any limitations. For hotspot applications, can use level 4 (300 users), level 5 (600 user) and level 6 (unlimited).