RouterOS as a Whole Homelab: Router, NAS and Apps on a ZimaBoard 2

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I recently put MikroTik’s RouterOS on a ZimaBoard 2 and gave it three jobs at once: router, NAS and application server. No Proxmox, no VMs, just RouterOS running the whole thing. You can watch the YouTube video for the full story and the test results.

This post is the companion to that video. It’s less narrative and more of the actual config, broken down section by section, plus a few things that didn’t make the cut. If you just want the script, you can download it as a .rsc file.

Homelab on Mircea Anton

RouterOS as a Whole Homelab: Router, NAS and Apps on a ZimaBoard 2