Building My Fully MikroTik Home Network! - Part 2: MikroTik CRS Switches

Todays' video is the second video in my series where I migrate my home network to run entirely on MikroTIk hardware. In this episode we'll be taking a look at three really interesting switches from MikroTik - the CRS354-48P-4S+2Q+RM, the CRS312-4C+8XG-RM and the CRS310-8G+2S+IN. We'll take a look at the hardware talk about the RouterOS software and how it works on a switch then finally get them installed in my rack and talk about my thoughts!

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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:47 - My Requirements
02:16 - Hardware Tour: CRS354-48P-4S+2Q+RM
05:52 - Hardware Tour: CRS312-4C+8XG-RM
07:34 - Hardware Tour: CRS310-8G+2S+IN
09:02 - What on earth is a "Cloud Router Switch?"
11:46 - Layer 3 Hardware Offloading
13:19 - VLAN Configuration
15:28 - Software Tour
17:54 - Power Consumption
18:43 - Installing the Switches
21:54 - Switches Installed!
22:52 - Before & After Power Consumption
23:58 - Living Room AV Cabinet Switch
24:32 - Conclusion

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