Category: Mikrotik
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New Plans for Classes
Finding time to teach classes is so difficult. I think what I’m going to do is just record class presentations when I get a chance, then edit the video and put it up on the site. I recorded my intro to networking class, and I plan to put that up. Would this be a preferable…
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Mikrotik Changelog 4.1
The 4.X change log can be found here. I’m going to go ahead and say that I wouldn’t recommend upgrading unless you have a specific need…as in 802.11n. I usually try and wait until they get somewhere between .5-.10…unless they introduce a feature I just gotta have 😉 *) fixed problem – RB750 (clocked at…
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Mikrotik 3.10 to 3.30 Bug
So I ran into a problem after installing a new Mikrotik back-haul. Reference the diagram below: I have a building that I’m serving wireless to, and I was doing the back-haul with some old Redlines…this all worked fine. Well, the Redlines eventually tanked on me, so I swapped them for some 411s. When I got…
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Mikrotik Video Tutorial – Adding MAC Exclusion to Hotspot
This is a quick and easy one. Generally when you create a hotspot you don’t want to have to log yourself in all the time…at least I don’t 😉 So here is the skinny on adding a MAC address exclusion. Click the link below for the video!
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Mikrotik Newsletter 21
The PDF is found here. There are several interesting things listed in the most recent newsletter…as compared to the last…heh. The big news is that Router OS 4 is out of beta! This isn’t too surprising, since you had to use beta 4 to get 802.11N support. They are reminding you to update your bootloader…
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Mikrotik Netwatch – Kick off a script or email when a host goes down
This post was born out of a question, so see, I do listen…sometimes. hehe The question was, can I ping a host and then have the Mikrotik email me when it goes down/up. The answer is yes. If you use a little tool called netwatch. Tools -> Netwatch An example script you can run is…
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Mikrotik RB750 Speed Test
I did some speed testing on my RB750 today. The proof is in the pudding…which is strange that Mikrotiks run on pudding. As you can see I averaged between 40-50% CPU on my 750 and I averaged better than 50Mb of throughput! This test was done with an RB450 and an RB450G on either side…