Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Rene Lamontagne Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.networking.routers,comp.os.linux.networking Subject: Re: MikrotTik RouterBoard 750GL & RouterBoard 450 Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 16:18:37 -0500 Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net WOenY8PJdCX47nujTWmbBAJPLcPo3uErcXYM5k1yphbJaEnGHo Cancel-Lock: sha1:JARFfromHnJOmaxdyfaoOGWirlM= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.9.1 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.os.windows-10:150369 alt.comp.networking.routers:2290 comp.os.linux.networking:4967 On 2021-10-18 3:53 p.m., Thomas wrote: > I cleaned up the garage and found in a box a white plastic unused MikrotTik > RouterBoard 750GL & a used black all steel MikroTik RouterBoard 450 (which > is built like the Tonka trucks we used to play with when we were kids). > > They don't have power supplies but they say on them they will take anywhere > between 8 to 30 VDC (and both have a dual Ethernet/POE port anyway). I > opened up the black Routerboard 450 (it had four solid screws) because there > was no model number sticker which even has a JTAG port on the motherboard, > along with a second power supply port inside (and an RS-232-looking-like > connector for a "serial console"). They used to build things well in the > olden days I guess. > > Each has 5 RJ45 ports, four of which are labeled Eth2, Eth3, Eth4, & Eth5. > What can I do with them that would make them useful to me? > > Since they're not Wi-Fi, are they useful as dumb switches, for example? > (they didn't come with a power supply so that will be a minor issue) > > What use would you find for these spare parts MikroTik routerboard boxes? > The GL750 could still be used as a router, https://www.amazon.ca/Mikrotik-RB750Gr3-5-port-Ethernet-Gigabit/dp/B01MSUMVUB/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=mikrotik&qid=1634591520&sr=8-7 On the 450 I have no idea. Rene