Introducing the 2025 edition of the MikroTik hEX S. Need a wired router that won’t slow you down or drain your budget? The new hEX S is a compact, truly budget-friendly device that does a little bit of everything — and does it fast.
Whether you’re building a smart home, running a local lab, or just want a clean, powerful wired setup, this is your new Ethernet essential.
With 5× Gigabit Ethernet ports (including PoE-in on port #1 and PoE-out on port #5), plus a 2.5 Gigabit SFP cage, this compact router can adapt to many roles. And unlike most ISP boxes, you can assign any port as WAN, LAN, or bridge — full flexibility right out of the box.
That’s just the beginning. RouterOS v7 gives you advanced routing, VLANs, bonding, traffic shaping, and more — so you can build the wired network you’ve always wanted.
Max Your Internet Plan
Got a 2 Gbps fiber plan? Use the 2.5G SFP port on the MikroTik hEX S to deliver that speed to your power-hungry devices — from self-hosted movie servers to media workstations or security camera NVRs. Perfect for homes, small offices, and media studios.
Local Speed for Creators
Connect your PC over 2.5G, then bond two 1G ports to your NAS. Enjoy ultra-fast file transfers, smooth backups, and zero bottlenecks — ideal for creators, editors, and researchers who work with large files.
Specification
General Specifications
- Product code: E60iUGS
- Architecture: ARM 32bit
- CPU: EN7562CT
- CPU core count: 2
- CPU nominal frequency: 950 MHz
- CPU Threads count: 2
- Switch chip model: EN7523
- RouterOS license: 4
- Operating System: RouterOS v7
- Size of RAM: 512 MB
- Storage size: 128 MB
- Storage type: NAND
- MTBF: Approximately 100’000 hours at 25C
- Tested ambient temperature: -40°C to 70°C
Powering
- Number of DC inputs: 2 (DC jack, PoE-IN)
- DC jack input Voltage: 12-57 V
- Max power consumption: 23 W
- Max power consumption without attachments: 5 W
- PoE in: 802.3af/at
- Cooling type: Passive
- PoE in input Voltage: 18-57 V
PoE-out
- PoE-out ports: Ether 5
- PoE out: Passive PoE up to 57V
- Low voltage PoE-Out current limit: 0.5 A
- High voltage PoE-Out current limit: 0.5 A
Ethernet
- 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports: 5
- Number of 1G Ethernet ports with PoE-out: 1
Fiber
- SFP ports: 1 (2.5G supported)
Peripherals
- Number of USB ports: 1
- USB Power Reset: Yes
- USB slot type: USB 3.0 type A
- Max USB current (A): 1
Other
- CPU temperature monitor: Yes
- PCB temperature monitor: Yes
- Voltage Monitor: Yes
- Mode button: Yes
Certification & Approvals
- Certification: CE, EAC, ROHS
- IP: 20
Included parts
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Ethernet Test Results
| Mode | Configuration | 1518 byte | 512 byte | 64 byte | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kpps | Mbps | kpps | Mbps | kpps | Mbps | ||
| Bridging | none (fast path) | 340.3 | 4132.4 | 389 | 1593.5 | 402.6 | 219 |
| Bridging | 25 bridge filter rules | 190.6 | 2315.1 | 197 | 806.8 | 193.9 | 105.5 |
| Routing | none (fast path) | 300.3 | 3646.6 | 340.5 | 1394.7 | 342.2 | 186.1 |
| Routing | 25 simple queues | 173.1 | 2102.6 | 174.3 | 713.8 | 171.9 | 93.5 |
| Routing | 25 ip filter rules | 117.8 | 1430.3 | 121.6 | 498.1 | 117 | 63.6 |
IPSEC Test Results
| Mode | Configuration | 1400 byte | 512 byte | 64 byte | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kpps | Mbps | kpps | Mbps | kpps | Mbps | ||
| Single tunnel | AES-128-CBC + SHA1 | 31.4 | 351.7 | 34.8 | 142.5 | 37.2 | 20.2 |
| 256 tunnels | AES-128-CBC + SHA1 | 16.8 | 188.2 | 17.6 | 72.1 | 18.5 | 10.1 |
| 256 tunnels | AES-128-CBC + SHA256 | 16.9 | 189.3 | 17.9 | 73.3 | 18.7 | 10.2 |
| 256 tunnels | AES-256-CBC + SHA1 | 16.8 | 188.2 | 17.6 | 72.1 | 18.7 | 10.2 |
| 256 tunnels | AES-256-CBC + SHA256 | 16.9 | 189.3 | 17.9 | 73.3 | 18.9 | 10.3 |
