hEX S is a five port Gigabit Ethernet router for locations where wireless connectivity is not required. Compared to the hEX, the hEX S also features an SFP port and PoE output on the last port.

It is affordable, small and easy to use, but at the same time comes with a very powerful dual core 880 MHz CPU and 256 MB RAM, capable of all the advanced configurations that RouterOS supports. The device has a USB 2.0, PoE output for Ethernet port #5 and a 1.25Gbit/s SFP cage. The port #5 can power other passive PoE capable devices with the same voltage as applied to the unit

IPsec hardware encryption and The Dude server package is supported, microSD slot on it provides improved r/w speed for file storage and Dude.