What Is Mikrotik?

Mikrotik is a small company headquartered in Latvia, adjacent to Russia, its formation was initiated by John Trully and Arnis Riekstins.  John Trully an American who immigrated to Latvia and met a scholar arnis Physics and Mechanics at around 1995.  In 1996 John and Arnis began to routing the world (Mikrotik vision is to routing around the world).  Starting with Linux and MS DOS system that combined technology with Wireless LAN (W-LAN) Aeronet speed 2Mbps in Moldova, neighboring Latvia , then serve five customers in Latvia, because their ambition is to make a reliable router software and spread around the world.  This is somewhat contradictory with the existing information on the web Mikrotik, that they had 600 points (customers) and wireless largest in the world.

Their basic principle is not to make the Wireless ISP (WISP), but makes the program a router that is reliable and can run all over the world. Latvia is the only "experimental area" John and Arnis, because now they've helped other countries including Sri Lanka which serves about four hundred customers. 

Linux they use the first time is the Kernel 2.2 that was developed jointly with the help of 5-15 staff of R & D MikroTik which now dominate the world of routing in developing countries. In addition to staffs of the Mikrotik, according to arnis, they recruited also freelance workers and third parties to develop an intensive Mikrotik marathon.

Types Mikrotik

MikroTik RouterOS ™

MikroTik version is in the form of software that can be installed on home computers (PCs) through the CD. You can download the image file from the official website MikroTik RouterOS MikroTik, www.mikrotik.com. However, this image file is a trial version MikroTik which can only be within the next 24 hours. To be able to use it full time, you must purchase a license key with the record of a license for only one hard drive.

RouterOS Level and ability

RouterOS is present in a variety of levels.  Each level has the ability of each, ranging from level 3, up to level 6.  In short, level 3 is used for interfacing ethernet router, level 4 for the wireless client or a serial interface, level 5 for the wireless AP, and level 6 does not have any limitation.  For hotspot applications, can use level 4 (200 users), level 5 (500 user) and level 6 (unlimited).