Category: Mikrotik
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Mikrotik IP Packing
Mikrotik has, since at least version 2.8, a protocol built into ROS that will allow you to aggregate packets as well as do come compression. I had installed version 5 on a test machine and was poking around when I happened across this. From what I understand this may or may not work across all…
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Mikrotik V5.1 Released
Looks like a small round of bug fixes. I would expect this to happen for the next month or so =) *) ipsec – fix SA lifetime display when timezone offset does not equal 0; *) ipsec – now default DPD interval is 2 min for new configurations; *) webfig – make bandwidth-test work; *)…
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V5 Is Live!
What’s new in 5.0 (2011-Mar-31 11:33): *) route – fixed cause of crashes when handling multipath routes; *) route – fixed limit on maximum active IPv6 route count, was causing issues with more than 2000 active routes; *) ipsec – added command kill-connections under remote-peers; *) ipsec – fix responder side phase2 negotiation problem which…
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New 2011 Mikrotik Products
This is fresh off the press from the Budapest MUM. RB435G This appears to be your all in one tower solution. The documentation says 4 sectors and one backbone, though I would think you could do ring completion with this unit. Two backbones, heading in either direction while running 3 120 degree sectors. You could…
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Mikrotik Hotspot Bypass For Authenticated Users
By default hotspot will proxy all traffic, even that of authenticated users. This will slow authenticated user traffic as well as make the CPU work harder on your router. To bypass this behavior you can use the following NAT rule: /ip nat firewall add chain=pre-hotspot dst-address=!local hotspot=auth action=accept “local” should be set to your local…
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Cisco 2600 + Mikrotik RB750
Whenever I need to terminate a T1, I’ll usually use a Cisco 2600. A 2610 with a T1 interface can be had for $60. I install these along with a mikrotik pretty regularly, so I thought it would be fun to rig the two together. I decided to just mock up a face plate, though…
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Mikrotik V4.17
*) fixed occasional print command stalling when lots of items; *) fixed RB1100 ether11,12,13 and RB800 ether3 resetting problem; I’ve heard multiple reports of this now. RB1100 ports 11-13 not functioning properly. I’m glad to see there was a software resolution. *) implemented usb power-reset command on RB SXT 5HnD; *) wireless-nv2 package now includes…