#networking

MikroTik switches are well priced for the performance, functionality & flexibility they provide. The learning curve can be steep though. Why I chose these products and how I implemented them are topics I cover in this article.

While the switches do HW offloaded L2 shuffling of packets the core of the network is the firewall. It does the heavy lifting of routing and filtering packets between VLANs & internet. Why I segment the network with VLANs and the choices behind it.