Category: Mikrotik
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10Gb Routing and NOT From One Of The Biggies
So I got yet another Vyatta email…they send out a lot of updates. This one was touting 10 gig capability in their 3500 series 2U appliance. For the uninitiated, Vyatta is a routing platform built off of open source packages…sounds familiar, eh…hehe. Vyatta configs in files and doesn’t have a GUI and such. They thought…
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My Pan-Tilt Mikrotik
I had the desire, not the need, to be able to pan/tilt my Mikrotik AP from inside my house. It is a huge pain to go outside, climb the ladder, sit on the roof with my laptop and tune my AP. Yes I occasionally have to tune my AP. So I came up with a…
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Mikrotik R52Hn
Looks like MTK has put out a new high power version of their N card. See specs below. Looks like they will be retailing for around $50 over at Baltic. Dual band IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n standard Output Power of up to 25dBm @ a/g/n Band Support for up to 2×2 MIMO with spatial multiplexing Four times…
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Find Mikrotik OIDs
When looking for Mikrotik OIDs to do SNMP monitoring, you can issue the following CLI command: print oid An example would be: [admin@MikroTik] /system health> print oid active-fan: .1.3.6.1.4.1.14988.1.1.3.9.0 voltage: .1.3.6.1.4.1.14988.1.1.3.8.0
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Fun Boot Error From Mikrotik Server
This was an apartment server we had running off of a compact flash drive. After a reboot, it didn’t come back. When we got it back in the office and on a monitor, this is the error it presented. Where exactly would you have me attach it? hehehehe One of my favorite error messages 😉
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Clear Config on RB750 and RB750G
These guys come with a default config that includes IP/DHCP/NAT/Filter rules. To get rid of all of this in one quick pass, watch the video below.
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RB816 Daughterboard for RB800/RB600
It’s been something of a running joke; “When is Mikrotik going to make a switch?” Well, it appears as if they just did. Those shots look pretty good…I’m going to assume Normis took those 😛 Any way, this will increase the RB800/600s port density to 19 ports, which is a moderate size switch. Another interesting…