You will need an external power wall wart which is suitable for a home network. In our power consumption testing, we never saw the unit peak above 3W which is impressive. For management networks or an out-of-band SOS interface port, this performance is okay, but at these speeds you are going to want something faster. We tried a vanilla iperf3 test through the device running an ipsec gre tunnel yielding around 170mbps. MikroTik RouterBoard HEX RB750GR3 Performance We wanted to show the Routing numbers that are claimed specifically as you can see that any small packet sizes with filters are severely limited on this box.
Performance wise, here is the official table from the Mikrotik website. Suffice to say your average tablet is going to out spec this router on compute. If you want to learn more about the CPU, check here. It has a dual core 880MHz CPU, 256MB of RAM and 16MB flash onboard, expandable via a microSD card slot. The actual system specs are, well, meager. These are also localized so depending on the country, the connector can easily be swapped out. This external power solution is not something we would put into a low-cost colocation facility, but it is functional. Power is provided either via a small “wall wart” or it can be provided via PoE in on the WAN port (port 1). On such a low power device, the case is merely perforated to provide minimal airflow. The primary reason for this is likely to add Dude network discovery.Ĭooling is completely passive. One can also see that there are both USB and microSD card slots to add storage for the device. You will want a small bit of wire to reach it as the hole is too deep and small for a BIC pen or most screwdrivers. The reset button is recessed in a tiny hole.
It is small so this is not much of an issue but we prefer port LEDs next to each port. LED indicators for the ports are on the opposite side of the unit. It is slightly bigger than the width of five gigabit Ethernet ports, a power input and some LED indicators. The Mikrotik hEX RB750Gr3 is a very small box. You are not buying this device for performance, but if you like to use “Dude” for network discovery, this is a nice $50 option for basic routing. Did we mention that the power consumption is only around 3W? We bought one of these on Amazon to give it a try, and we really like it. What do you get when you combine a dual-core CPU, 256MB of RAM and a small 5-port case? The Mikrotik hEX RB750Gr3 is an exceptionally strong option at a $50 MSRP.