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  • Mikrotik Newsletter 17

    Mikrotik Newsletter 17

    Here’s the PDF. Lets see what we have here… They announced the RB433UAH. This is the 433 with some additions: Two USB 2.0 ports – this can be for external storage. At the last MUM they had an 433 UAH running with an external HD taped to it. Uses, uses…external cach for web traffic, 3G…

  • *Fix* for Mikrotik Routerboard Heat Issue

    I say *fix*, because it does kind of cripple your RB. While doing some digging last night I saw where some people were complaining of heat issues with RBs in outdoor enclosures. Their RBs would get extremely hot under high load and reboot. To repair the problem, you can underclock the CPU on your RB.…

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    Ubiquiti 3.65 Ghz Cards

    I noticed that Ubiquiti now has some 3.65 cards. This sounds like a great idea for backbone links in some congested 2.4 or 5.8 areas. The only real downside I can see is that the price for the card is ~$250 and the range must be licensed in some areas. Any of you guys running…

  • Mikrotik Rogue DHCP Detection

    Mikrotik actually has a rogue detection service you can configure, but as we have found running apartment complexes, it can give you false positives. To combat this, I’ve come up with a new method. First configure syslog exporting with the DHCP service dumping. Next enable the dhcp client to run on all your inside facing…

  • Mikrotik Change Log 3.22

    Here’s the log. 3.21 They added a TFTP server, that’s interesting. They still don’t have the ability to TFTP from the mikrotik to another server, or so it appears. There is still no really functional way for the mikrotik to send his backups to an FTP or TFTP server. Looks like they back ported their…

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    Mikrotik Tutorial – Set IP Command Line

    I wipe the configs completely on my Mikrotiks before I get going. I then set an IP via command line so I can use winbox to finish my configurations. Here’s a quick video tutorial on how I do it.

  • Mikrotik Videos

    Check out TikTube. This is Mirkotiks’ area for instructional videos. Right now, it looks like they only have videos from the last MUM up, but I’m sure they will expand. I’ve only watched one thus far, the “Using 900 Mhz in local neighborhood cells.” I work with Steve-O, so I needed some new material to…