Mikrotik RouterOS hadir dalam berbagai level. Tiap level memiliki kemampuannya masing-masing, mulai dari level 3, hingga level 6. Secara singkat, level 3 digunakan untuk router berinterface ethernet, level 4 untuk wireless client atau serial interface, level 5 untuk wireless AP, dan level 6 tidak mempunyai limitasi apapun.
Untuk aplikasi hotspot, bisa digunakan level 4 (200 user), level 5 (500 user) dan level 6 (unlimited user).
Detail perbedaan masing-masing level dapat dilihat pada tabel di bawah ini:
| Level number |
1 (DEMO) |
3 (ISP) |
4 (WISP) |
5 (WISPAP) |
6 (Controller) |
| Wireless Client and Bridge |
– |
– |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Wireless AP |
– |
– |
– |
yes |
yes |
| Synchronous interfaces |
– |
– |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| EoIP tunnels |
1 |
unlimited |
unlimited |
unlimited |
unlimited |
| PPPoE tunnels |
1 |
200 |
200 |
500 |
unlimited |
| PPTP tunnels |
1 |
200 |
200 |
unlimited |
unlimited |
| L2TP tunnels |
1 |
200 |
200 |
unlimited |
unlimited |
| VLAN interfaces |
1 |
unlimited |
unlimited |
unlimited |
unlimited |
| P2P firewall rules |
1 |
unlimited |
unlimited |
unlimited |
unlimited |
| NAT rules |
1 |
unlimited |
unlimited |
unlimited |
unlimited |
| HotSpot active users |
1 |
1 |
200 |
500 |
unlimited |
| RADIUS client |
– |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Queues |
1 |
unlimited |
unlimited |
unlimited |
unlimited |
| Web proxy |
– |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| RIP, OSPF, BGP protocols |
– |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Upgrade |
configuration erased on upgrade |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
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