Category: Hardware
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Build a 5V USB to 24V PoE Booster
I wanted the ability to conveniently PoE power radios out in the field, which to me, means via USB. I started doing some googleing, and couldn’t find anything, so here’s a quick tutorial on how to build one of your own. It takes any USB input(either via your laptop* or a booster pack), and spits…
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Mikrotik – Move WAN To PoE Out Port
On many Mikrotik devices there is a PoE out port on ether 5, but the WAN port defaults to ether 1. Here’s a quick tutorial on moving the WAN over to ether 5 to power up the CPE straight from their home router.
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Mikrotik CRS328-24P-4S+RM – 24 Port PoE Switch
It looks like the CRS328 is about to be a thing, and I was looking at where it fits in. Switching Features • Non-blocking Layer 2 switching capacity • 16K host table • IEEE 802.1Q VLAN • Supports up to 4K simultaneous VLANs • Port isolation • Port security • Broadcast storm control • Port…
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My Mobile Home Network Lab
So my lab allows me to login to a web page and power on/off all of my network gear. I also have a console server to remotely access every piece of gear. I use this lab extensively for building my Lynda and LinkedIn Learning videos. I also use it regularly for all sorts of network…
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The Ataritik – A Mikrotik HapMini In An Atari Cart
We were at the classic gaming fest in Austin a few days ago, and they had bins full of all kinds of retro games. Some of the bins had classic Atari 2600 carts for a buck…and I figured I could find a reason to buy one. After a second or two of noodling I figured…
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The CellVFL – Cell Phone Fiber Visual Fault Locator
So occasionally I’ll hit a site where the documentation sucks or is just plain nonexistent. I’ll walk up to the fiber panel and I won’t have a clue which port is which. One of the quickest ways to verify fiber is via a VFL. Basically, you shine light down one end of the fiber, then…
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Mikrotik Newsletter 74
You can find the PDF Here. A new design on the hAP ac lite called “the tower”. • Dual chain wireless 802.11n 2.4GHz • Single chain wireless 802.11ac 5GHz • 650MHz CPU • 64MB of RAM • Five x 10/100Mbps Ethernet ports • Passive PoE output on port 5 • USB port for 3G/4G modem…