

Why is it important? Because it limits for you the features that you can do on your MikroTik product. Also, this allow you to upgrade your RouterOS forever whenever there is a new RouterOS version, and again, it is free of charge. And this license is a lifetime one, meaning that you do not require to renew your license every year like some other competitor brands of MikroTik do.

The good thing about MikroTik product is that when you buy one Router or switch or CPE or whatever MikroTik product you buy, then it comes with a license. This is something you can see when you go to the following: It’s installed on, which means that each Router needs a separateWe have seen from the previous LAB that my router has a license level 4. It’s also important to note that each license is bound to the drive.

If you want, you can keep using RouterOS on that final release - RouterOS license never expires.

After installing the free trial version of RouterOS on a PC, you will certainly want to keep using it.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 RouterBOARD.
