10 Gigabit Eth-switch: affordable, compact, durable (CRS304-4XG-IN)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- Introducing the CRS304-4XG-IN - a compact yet highly capable 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch
designed to simplify your network setup routine. Unlike typical 10 Gigabit products, the new
CRS304 is equipped with four ready-to-use 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports straight out of the
box. That’s right - you don’t need any extra SFP modules, just pure plug-and-play! Also, there
is an additional Gigabit Ethernet port - for management purposes.
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You guys are getting really good at making these videos. Love the presentation!
Thank you, polishing our video presentation skills is a neverending process, but your support keeps us excited and ready to keep learning! :)
Hands down the best product presentation. I had to choose between drilling a hole through a wall and using one extra port of my existing switch, or being lazy and ordering a new 10GbE one. After this video, I ordered this one because you just deserve it.
I like the idea of having a 10gbe switch in my backpack for emergency situations.
" 10gbe switch for emergency situations" - spoken like a true MikroTik veteran
The PoE IN shuld be on a 10Gb port. So you can power it from the 10Gb switch and have 10Gb uplink at the same time.
Would have loved this switch if it weren't for this stupid reason. I instead had to go with the UniFi Flex Mini 2.5 instead, as it has PoE in on a usable port to power and connect it to the upstream switch.
I am always increasingly impressed with mikrotik and the product offerings! Keep up the awesome work guys!
The return of the rectangle !
The CRS304 elicits memories of the RB950 and hEX POE. Its like the RB950 and CRS305 fell in love and this is their baby.
now if only your products existed somewhere on planet Earth that I could actually find
Thanks a lot! Finally we have 10g Ethernet switch from mikrotik, without fan. Great!
I will connect my Nas and three other computers.
170-190 euro is good price for 4 10g ports
Next up we need a Mikrotik hEX Pro based on the Qualcomm IPQ9574 with 2x SFP+ and at least 4x 2.5Gbit copper. This same chipset family could be used for the Audience BE
@Andrew_Thrift yes! Along with a fresh lineup of 60ghz products with 2.5gbe so we don't need to use ubiquiti overpriced garbage
Oh yes please! And one port PoE for attaching wireless AP.
I can confirm that this switch handles network traffic much much better than AirPods.
I notice that the datasheets says: Max power consumption without attachments 15W, Max power consumption 21W, and these are spicy hot numbers regardless- I wonder however, what attachments are we talking about here that can use up to 6W?
What is a typical connected-but-mostly-idle wattage?
Also thanks for the DIN rail options!
Good point as no poe out.
Maybe just extra power dissipation when multiple or certain power sources are connected.
PoE for example usually has some extra losses from the DC-DC converter.
@@shaunclarke94 but not >30%
I'd love to see a 8x2.5G + 1SFP+ in a RB5509 like case
exactly, and with PTP, IEEE 1588 support
Needs 2x SFP+ otherwise, perfect !
Price-wise, this is competing with CRS310-8G+2S+IN, which gives slightly more value but I still like this device. CRS310-8G+2S+IN can also be made silent with a Noctua fan, as a side note.
Crossing my fingers this leads to an update to RB5009
My CRS310 are very silent :) with original fan. You need to use latest routeros for the new fan control
@@orfeous My CRS310 is in my bedroom and I can definitely say it's noisy - has that typical Chinese fan bearing clicking noise on top of the regular airflow noise. Switching to Noctua made it completely silent - I've set it at minimum 30% and I cannot hear even with my ear next to it.
@aliancemd ok :) which noctua model did you use?
@@aliancemd any cable/connector modding involved?
@@orfeous Noctua NF-A4x20 PWM. Nothing special - just unplugged the other PWM fan, removed, reused the screws from the old fan and plugged the new one.
Great. Finally affordable switch that does not require 4x spf+ adapters like 305. Will buy a one for my home servers when I get to chaning to 10gb nics.
CRS305 only supports 2 S+RJ10
really nicely presented by latvian Ron Swanson 👍
Leon Trotsky
"Should you lose the juice, another will pick it up" Should be a on a t shirt
Yes 😂
I love you guys from Latvia, you're tough against Russia and you have clever products. Since my German internet router from AVM recognises 6 GHz in the wifi, but still speaks 1 Gbit on the internal switch, I need your switch to integrate a NAS that delivers more than the approximately 100 MB which is possible with a 1 Gbit interface.
It will be an awesome day when Mikrotik releases a 24 (or even 48) port version of this switch.
At least you have the CRS312
Couple of Questions.
1. Are the 10G ports 2.5G and 5G compatible - not always a given.
2. Is the PoE port 3af/at mode a or b (or both - have been having issues with Cube60Pro recently)
3. I presume the 1G port is not in the switch chip - is that the case?. If so, is it bridgable on ROS and switchable in SWOS or completely dedicated to management somehow.
Keep up the good work team. This particular set of features does not suit us ATM, but when we get the outdoor PoE version, and some APs to match, will be very interesting.
The specs/brochure from the website suggests that the ports are multi-gig capable.
@@BusbyBiscuitsahhh... You are correct - thanks for that. Sorry, I did check the brochure but obviously was not paying enough attention.
Here's what I'd like to see, my "Wish List"
A 10G or faster switch, DIN rail mount, like this.
Two SFP+ Cages,
Multiple POE 10G, POE IN and at least two OUT.
The POE Out should be capable of powering a dual Starlink Terminals, OR, a wireless access point.
Dual Internal software stacks where physical ports can be assigned to either Router OS OR SwOS With Dedicated Internal Connectivity between them for a Trunk Link.
Additionally add a Solar Charge Controller.
One single device. Mounted at the base of a tower, can connect to and power a starlink terminal. Operates at 10G, can send that 10G over fibre to wherever, or back out the switch port via POE to a access point, or a wireless bridge.
This can all be done at Layer 2, or one of the 10G ports can be placed in a VLAN, and assigned to RouterOS - the rest of the switch ports running on SWOS can operate at wire speed independent of any routing that is going on. RouterOS can be remotely restarted without interfering with SWOS forwarding of traffic. Ports can be remotely turned on and off, essentially rebooting your starlink dish.
Oh, the toggle for turning ports on and off, should have a delay built in, so you can remotely come in over starlink, turn off starlink and after a timeout the switch port turns back on the power to POE and restarts the starlink connection.
A small module that uses laptop wireless cards for providing local wifi for any devices should also be included for those who want it.
The idea is to create a standalone tower, powered by solar or a generator - that can receive a Starlink connection, and has multiple options of what to do with that connection. Having DUAL SWOS or RouterOS chips on the board, and the ability to assign any of the physical ports to any of the options, means one could run two RouterOS with inter-connectivity via a dedicated internal link, or two SwOS with a dedicated internal link. Or a combination thereof. You have a switch and a router operating independently or together, or as fail-over for each other.
If both SwOS are being used, one can be independently restarted of the other while traffic continues to flow.
Additionally ports designed for chaining these devices directly together at wire speed, essentially creating a stacked switch environment, with build in fail over.
Designed for cold weather deployment in Canadian Winters.
Then all that needs to happen is solar panels are sized to power everything, a tower is constructed, and the whole setup can be packed in a deployment package.
Use case is disaster communications, and immediate deployment.
Lets say an area has a tornado or a flood. This setup is placed on a Quad or an ATV and driven to the location. Once there, It's deployed - providing high speed connectivity for anyone in the area via wifi. They can be chained together, to quickly setup a network of them via wireless point to point links on the towers.
Routing can be setup so that in the event one starlink drops offline the others in the network take up the load, while local devices always route out of their nearest connected starlink.
Adding interoperability with the HAM radio traffic, and APRS systems etc, one can create quick deploy communications packages in as small a deployment space as possible. It shouldn't mater what device you have, be it radio - or a laptop, or a tablet - once deployed, it acts as a bridge and a hub for passing traffic.
Complicated, yes - but if any company out there is crazy enough to build it - that company would be MikroTik.
Amazing seeing the price on these come down. I would like to see an affordable 9 port 10 GBE version. The POE in would need to also support 10GBE.
8 port version for under $300 USD will sell tons for home users. 4 ports not quite enough with one being used for uplink.
Love the redundant power. I hope you can manually set the failover instead of only using highest voltage. For example always use dc1 unless it drops below usable voltage, then switch to dc2. That way you could have a simple 12V (or 24/48, whatever) battery to act as an ups on dc2 and not have massive conversion losses from a traditional UPS. Btw what is the nominal voltage? It seems it has buck/boost built in, but what is the hardware running at?
We need a new RB5009 router with wifi6/7 and an all-port 2.5Gbe configuration.
It is an interesting addition to the line of mikrotik switches. However for true flexibility, a Swiss knife switch, I would like a version with one SFP+ and at least one POE out port. Better yet if we can power it with Poe++ and exit with at least Poe af standard. This would be perfect both in home for small use scenarios and for emergencies in the field where you need to deliver WiFi 6 or 7 over great distances between work areas and leisure areas that are demanding ever increasing speeds without worrying about interference. A massive upgrade for the SFP RB260 (and Hex S, if a router model can be made).
I kind of agree with the notions expressed here - it would've been better if we had PoE-in on one of the 10 gig ports. It's also a bit strange that the voltage range for the PoE is a bit more restrictive than the one on the DC jack or the 2-pin - if the noted 36-57 V is correct, it means I won't be able to power it through a router powered by 24 V. Maybe this problem would be largely alleviated once you release a router with something better than passive PoE out. Still, it looks great and I'm probably buying one or two of these switches.
0:56 Where can I buy the RouterOS 7 mug?
I might need one in my tool belt :)
Mostly dealing with SFP+, DACs, Fiber. So its nice with a passively cooled 10Gig switch. Portable and i can take it with me or just place it in my rack for testing.
I must say,
He got me sold.
im in.
You're right, I do want it.
It would be very nice to have the same switch, but with at least one sfp+ port
1:22 swOS ? specs on site say no ?
So how do i connect this switch to my home router? Should i connect the management port to my home router so i can use all the 10gb ports?
Hi mikrotik
Huge fan, I've got the mtcine and own a wisp l, we exclusely use your devices for routing, poe switching and deploy various haps for all our customers
Is there any was you could tell me if a refreshed line of 60ghz is in the works? We really want to start using 60ghz for clients but the 8station limit makes this impossible
Thanks
Is it not possible to make one with the POE in on one of the 10Gbps ports? It's stupid to have to use a port for POE and another one for the data....
My only question. Can this switch distribute ethernet signals to multiple devices using only a modem without a router?
When will there be a weatherproof poe 5G solution?
Beautiful
is it cheaper than 10G Flex ?
For home scenario the best switch would be passive cooled 2xSFP+ and 12xETH2.5G/5G with PTP, IEEE 1588 support. This is what I'm waiting for.
Please do a 10GbE version.. CRS3**-(24/48)XG-RM !!! We want replaceable 1GbE Ethernet Base-T to 10GbE version in our customers networks !
Am I right in thinking that I can't use the 1G management port as the uplink for my 1G ISP router?
i'd love an answer to this as well
what will be the price?
Take my money. When and where can I buy this?
Thank you for your support! :) The safest and best way would be to find an official distributor here: mikrotik.com/buy
is it multi-gig? aka will it support 2.5G/5Gbe interfaces?
Pricing???
175€ in EU from Getic
I wish It could have poe on 2 ports...
I would entertain purchasing this switch. However, in the nearly 10 years I have been playing with and using Mikrotik equipment here in the U.S.A, it has been almost impossible to regularly find it in stock anywhere. Where on EARTH am I supposed to be able to buy this stuff other than eBay?
The best method would be making a reservation instead of hunting for stock, just drop an e-mail in your favorite distributor's inbox so that they can put a switch aside just for you.
4x10+2x2.5 would be ok, only 4 is not for my aplication
Hello, Boris! Been waiting for you😂
Hey Mikrotik! I want such a switch in a 1U 10” enclosure compatible with RMK-2/10. Please ;-)
I would say this is a good Product. NOt the perfect one, but realy good. Just 4 ports is not enough in many cases, and 16/24 are too much... What about 10?
For the perfect one, I would expect a successor of RB2011 (so 10x 2.5/5/10Gbit ports) + WiFi 6 + SFP/SFP+ cage + USB port.
How about that, MikroTik?
CRS312 you have more than 4 but less then 16 ports :)
@@orfeous4fans, MIPSBE, and price tag $699? No, thank you
why 10 gigabit switch and no router ? ))) ok, thx for switch , is ok for now
When will it be available? 12 to 24 months from now?
If you make a reservation with an official distributor - you'll get it way sooner.
Love the new product but the presenter sounds like Peter Lorre in an old Humphry Bogart movie. Doesn't detract from the content, just had me thinking of a certain Falcon...
1 question: WHY DON’T PUT A SFP SLOT?????
There's the CRS305 for that.
Running a regular Cat6a cable is significantly cheaper and accessible - I don’t understand why somebody would complain about SFP.
Mikrotik has plenty of devices with SFP/SFP+
@@aliancemd Disagree on the cost, OM3 similar in price (or cheaper) than CAT 6A and is much thinner and more flexible, while SFP+ fiber/DAC transceivers are much cheaper than copper ethernet ones (or copper ethernet controllers). However, I will agree that it's more accessible.
I prefer the combined metal heatsink case like the 5009, the plastic case makes this look cheap. (Although it is cheap for what it is) 😂
hello mikrotik wifi 7 is out please don´t send it only when wifi 8 is here like you did in wifi 6
They main business is companies, things go slow in the corp world, they want stability over latest and greatest.
@@39zack they don't have either their wifi sucks
it looks really terrible. pretty bad design
Problem of mikrotik
No warranty !
Others like HPE,Cisco or Tplink offers lifetime warranty.
Mikrotik support always blame the seller, so in reality you have 1year somehow warranty, depends on laws of the country.
So mikrotik only trust their devices to work for 1year, lol
That's not true. It will depend on where you buy the product. MikroTik does not sell hardware directly, all warranty rules are made by the distributor.
That's how distributors work.
Noone needs 1Gb management port nowadays, what a waste 🙂 8 port variant would be nice. The design is really nice. Alreadynliking the hAP ax2 and rb5009 ones.
No one need 1Gb management port? Do you listen yourself??? If you have your production network on the same devices as your OOB network, OK, your problem, but don't say no one need management port, please....
@@emelko84 oh, another corporate honcho chasing ghosts. 🙂
@@PetrKrenzelok🤣🤣
@@PetrKrenzelokwhat
I have been waiting for this passive cooling 10Gbe switch for a long long time. Why so late to set it forth?
Wifi 6E? Wifi 7? 4x4:4? Anyone? 🥲🥲
Wait until TPLink start using wifi8, then MikroTik start using 6E - this is what we have from years now :(.
@@SiBex_ovh I’m just so sad I got a cheap knockoff branded ap for 40$ and it performs faster than the 120$ ax3.
I still don’t understand why! Why do I have to resort to other wifi manufacturers while my backend is all mikrotik 🙄
@@MustaMT Maybe bcs a MikroTik still is not a member of WiFi Alliance and I have many customers devices (payment terminal, some new dell latitude, ..) who cannot connect or have disconnection problems and I not use wifi :( but opposite brands, every few mht we get new wifi way with new wifi package... mtk is good for router but not AP :(
@@SiBex_ovh 😂TRUE, Mikrotik's wifi products are too weak now compared to other manufacturers.. really need to catch up.