Do you need a microtik router (router) for a network of 50-60 computers?

Question

linux

It is possible without wifi, with two WAN ports and gigabit ports (it is desirable that coffee cannot be heated on it).
Now it's Edgemax router PoE, I want a backup router because this one gets very hot.

Answer 1

750r3 is the easiest solution. Gigabit ports, there is hw ipsec.

Answer 2

If you have some money, then you can put a miniPC.
I've had it for more than a year now, this truth works without any complaints with one Ethernet and WiFi network card.
I even went to raise virtual machines on such a thing.
I bought it on aliexpress ( https://goo.gl/8SGYyr) and I use all the delights of linux, there are two and four network holes.

Answer 3

If you have an Edgemax router PoE, you can safely take 3011 if you do not need ipsec encryption.
True, edgemax has 1 lam of packages, but you have to look at what they considered there and how.