Mikrotik

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Mikrotikls, also known as Mikrotik, is a Latvian networking equipment manufacturer. It sells wireless products and routers.

The company was founded in 1995 with the intent to tap in on the emerging Wireless technology market. As of 2005 the company employs more than 50 employees. The main product, known as RouterOS, allows users to turn any PC into a full-featured router allowing features such as firewall rules, VPN Server and Client, bandwidth shaper, wireless access point and other commonly used features for routing and connecting networks together.

The RouterOS, combined with their hardware product line, known as RouterBOARD, is very popular among small to medium sized wireless Internet service providers, typically providing broadband wireless access in remote areas. The userbase found using RouterOS and RouterBOARD is geographically diverse with customers from Ghana, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Kosovo and elsewhere.