Introduction

MikroTik product naming can be confusing at first glance, but all the product codes have a logical explanation and follow a code.

RouterBOARD products naming details

RouterBOARD (short version RB)

<board name> <board features>-<built-in wireless> <wireless card features>-<connector type>-<enclosure type>

Board Name

Currently, there can be three types of board names:

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• Exceptional naming - 600, 800, 1000, 1100, 1200, 2011, 3011, 4011 boards are standalone representatives of the series or have more than 9 wired interfaces, so the name was simplified to full hundreds or development year.

Board Features

Board features follow immediately after board name section (no spaces or dashes), except when board name is a word, then board features are separated by space.

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• U - USB
• P - power injection with a controller
• i - single port power injector without a controller
• A - more memory and (or) higher license level
• H - more powerful CPU
• G - Gigabit (may include "U","A","H", if not used with "L")
• L - Lite edition
• S - SFP port (legacy usage - SwitchOS devices)
• e - PCIe interface extension card
• x<N> - where N is number of CPU cores ( x2, x16, x36, etc)
• R - MiniPCI or mini PCIe slot

Built-in wireless details

If the board has built-in wireless, then all its features are represented in the following format:

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• connector type
  • (not used) - only one connector option on the model
  • MMCX - MMCX connector type
  • u.FL - u.FL connector type

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Enclosure type

• (not used) - the main type of enclosure for a product
• BU - board unit (no enclosure) - for a situation when a board-only option is required, but the main product already comes in the case
• RM - rack-mount enclosure
• IN - indoor enclosure
• EM - extended memory
• LM - lite memory
• BE - black edition case
• TC - Tower (vertical) case
• PC - PassiveCooling enclosure (for CCR)
• TC - Tower (vertical) Case enclosure (for hEX, hAP and other home routers.)
• OUT - outdoor enclosure

More Specific

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types OUT enclosures are:

• SA - sector antenna enclosure (for SXT)
• HG - high gain antenna enclosure (for SXT)
• BB - Basebox enclosure (for RB911)
• NB - NetBox enclosure (for RB911)
• NM - NetMetal enclosure (for RB911)
• QRT - QRT enclosure (for RB911)
• SX - Sextant enclosure (for RB911,RB711)
• PB - PowerBOX enclosure (for RB750P, RB950P)

Example

Let's decode RB912UAG-5HPnD naming

• RB (RouterBOARD)
• 912 - 9th series board with 1 wired (ethernet) interface and two wireless interfaces (built-in and mini PCIe)
• UAG - has a USB port, more memory, and gigabit ethernet port
• 5HPnD - has built-in 5GHz high power dual chain wireless card with 802.11n support.

CloudCoreRouter naming details

CloudCoreRouter (short version CCR) naming consists of:

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• enclosure type - same as for RouterBOARD products.

CloudRouterSwitch and CloudSmartSwitch naming details

CloudRouterSwitch (short version CRS, RouterOS device) CloudSmartSwitch (short version CSS, SwOS device) naming consists of:

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