You mean bricked already?

Can't find anything for the AC18. This is the performance of the AC15. I guess safe to say that the AC18 will be better.
https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wi...howall=&start=2
WAN to LAN 760Mbps

If you like constant firmware updates, get a Mikrotik. They release RC firmwares like every other week and stable firmwares about once a month.

Stable


Release Candidate (RC)

Mikrotik's lineup for 250-500 range is quite simple.

Router only, 5 x GBe, no wifi, can handle 800Mbps, 256MB RAM
hEX ~RM260
hEX S As above with 1 SFP port.

WiFi Routers with 5 x GBe, 5GHZ AC
hAP AC Lite - Single Stream (1:1 MIMO) (5 x Fe) hAP AC Lite only has 100mbit ethernet and is too slow for 800Mbps or even 500Mbps so is out.
hAP AC2 - Dual Stream (2:2 MIMO, 128MB RAM)
hAP AC - Triple Stream (3:3 MIMO, 128MB RAM)

One thing to note is that Mikrotik positions these as APs but they work fine as routers too. They only have half the RAM of the hEX. However 128MB is still a lot for a Mikrotik.

hAP AC2 and AC are both comparable. On paper, the newer model, hAP AC2, seems faster for routing but obviously slower for Wifi. I guess probably best to choose one of these. I forgot exactly but the price approx RM300 vs RM500?. You should check the Mikrotik forums for comments, they're all fanboys but they complain a lot too.

A few points about Mikrotik's wifi. While they have cutting edge stuff for PtP wireless, their home wifi products are just average. For example, they don't have MU-MIMO in their firmware even though some of their newer products are MU-MIMO capable. To be fair, I've not used the latest hAP AC or AC2. Been meaning to get the hAP AC but just haven't got round to it. Currently I'm using the hEX and the hAP AC Lite and RB2011UAS-2HnD as APs. Quite happy with them.

Lastly, firmware. It's the best thing about Mikrotik. It's updated regularly, more regularly than I can keep track of. One version of firmware works for all their devices. From the cheapest hAP Lite to their CloudCoreRouter, it's the same firmware and same features. Of course, subject to hardware limitations.

Some other cool things about Mikrotik routers.
- They can take a range of voltage. The hEX can be supplied with 8-30V. So in a pinch, you can even use a 19V laptop PSU as long as the plug fits.
- If it has PoE, you can plug-in both PoE and DC. It'll use the one with the higher voltage. If that fails, it'll change to the other even if it's a different voltage. In fact, it's recommended that you use a different voltage so you can monitor the voltage and if it changes, you'll know that there's a failure with one of them.
- The low-end models uses 5V micro-USB for power so you can use a phone charger or a powerbank in case the stock PSU fails. Or you can use the PSU to charge your phones. LOL.
- Some models have a beeper and there're scripts to play a tune. LOL. OK, nvm this.
- Scripting. So many things you can do with this. Update DDNS, send an email and message me on Telegram when the IP changes.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Jul 13 2018, 10:31 PM