

You need at least 64MB of space to install RouterOS, which will format your partition and become the default operating system of the evice it?s in.

RouterOS supports installation on IDE, SATA and USB storage devices, this includes HDDs, CF and SD cards, SDD disks and more. You can run it on the latest and greatest Intel motherboards and use the newest multicore CPUs. RouterOS supports multi-core and multi-CPU computers (SMP). In the following pages you will find examples of some of the The free trial provides all of the features with no limitations. You can try RouterOS today, go to and download the installation CD image.

RouterOS is a stand-alone operating system based on the Linux v2.6 kernel, and our goal here at MikroTik is to provide all these features with a quick and simple installation and an easy to use interface. It can also be installed on a PC and will turn it into a router with all the necessary features - routing, firewall, bandwidth management, wireless access point, backhaul link, hotspot gateway, VPN server and more. MikroTik RouterOS is the operating system of MikroTik RouterBOARD hardware.
