Mikrotik hEX S (2025 refresh)

[IfranAli]

@sannidhyz exactly, for cheaper price as well

 

[Strykar]

Available at ₹5600 + GST, lol it up.

 

[MrGordon]

It's 6.3k incl tax & shipping at FGTECH, seems decently priced - Mikrotik E60iUGS HEX S 2025 | 2.5G SFP Port With 5x Gigabit Ethernet Port - FGTECH STORE

I got the older hex s in March 2023 for 5.8k incl tax & shipping.

 

[SayantaN]

Purchased Hex S from Multilink India in 2021 @ ₹5100 including gst and shipping.

 

[srinoob]

It will run containers from a USB pen drive, but doesn't have enough single-thread performance for CAKE / SQM to be a good choice for gaming.

I'm curious, what similar router would be good for QoS/SQM/CAKE?

 

[MrGordon]

I've used several routers over the years, D-Link / TP-Link on stock firmware. Then a lot of devices running OpenWRT. Also tried PfSense, OpnSense on x86, and even OpenWRT on x86. Maybe its just me, but the most stable device was always a Mikrotik. It just runs without any issues whatsoever, no reboots for months. Simple and reliable. On OpenWRT, I'd run into some issue or the other after it runs for couple of days, and then a reboot is required to fix. So I end up with a scheduled weekly reboot.

So now I have moved permanently to Mikrotik, and have it running in two locations. At one place an hap ac2 (wifi disabled) and another place hex s (old model). The only time it gets rebooted is during RouterOS updates. I have a site-to-site WireGuard tunnel between the two locations so that I can access both networks. Now with IPv6, direct Wireguard connectivity is not that difficult, without a need for a relay.