Small office router (MikroTik ?)

Question

network hardware

There was a question of choosing a router for the office.
There is a room with 12 computers. Theoretically, it is possible to expand up to 20 (it will no longer fit physically).
The router requires:

• NAT
• VPN
• port forwarding
• outward throughput close to 100Mbit

In general, nothing supernatural. However, there is one "but".
The closet, which is allocated for network junk and wiring, is equipped with a thick hot pipe and the temperature there is about 35-40 degrees. And yes, there is a lot of dust in there.
The choice is quite large, I myself know. But for myself, I determined two available options:

1. soft router on mini-itx and without fans (possibly on pfsense)
2. hardware router

In addition to everything, I have long wanted to try MikroTik.
The question arises whether the finished box will be able to work in such conditions and will there be enough power for the same Mikrotik to natite up to 20 machines?
For the price, I figured that the solution for mini-itx will be released at about 7-9 sput. What is even more expensive than the "advanced" models 433AHPI and 493AHPI

Can someone share their sensible thoughts on this?

Answer 1

Mikrotiks are extended through the usual channel. By VPN - should pull out a model with 256 memory, I don’t remember the name offhand.
Naturally, a machine with mini-ITX will pull the whole thing out without scratching at all and will be much more useful =)

Answer 2

I would saw off someone's legs and tear out an Adam's apple for allocating such a room for network business. And then I would have driven it there with a chipper and handed over a couple of 48-port panels for a breakdown.
Sorry.
In essence, the issue: you can’t put an active in such a room, it will die quickly. Routerboard or a similar router without moving parts, utterly optimized, barely heated under normal conditions, and in the data - nailed to the wall at the level of the plinth, may survive.

Answer 3

Why exactly mini-itx? Well, in the sense, why buy new hardware, if you can get some second-hand thread 3rd stump almost for beer? As I understand it, the hardware will not catch the eye ... Celeron at 600 MHz and it will unroute a 100-megabit channel ... Well, the fryaha will fly on such hardware - then the choice is yours - m0n0 or pfsense ...

Answer 4

better then use hardware solution routerboard.com/product/101

Answer 5

Take some kind of hardware router, open it up and hang large heatsinks on all the chips, rejoice.