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by Inssomniak
Sun Jun 07, 2020 7:31 pm
Forum: Virtualization
Topic: CHR on HP server Gen8 SLOOOW
Replies: 1
Views: 3432

CHR on HP server Gen8 SLOOOW

SO Ive pulled out all remaining hair trying to get CHR to work with any performance at all. Ive tried Proxmox, Hyper-V on an HP dl360p Gen8 with an Intel X710 Dual NIC, SSD. Problem is speeds are slow, I cant get more than 350-400mb out of the CHR. Even with 7 cores assigned they are all pretty heav...
by Inssomniak
Sat May 09, 2020 4:11 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: CCR2004 Looks great! One thing Id change.
Replies: 0
Views: 1238

CCR2004 Looks great! One thing Id change.

Put 5 of those SFP+ ports on a switch chip, with a 10g uplink to the PIPE.
by Inssomniak
Sat May 09, 2020 4:05 am
Forum: General
Topic: 6.46 for arm64?
Replies: 1
Views: 968

6.46 for arm64?

May I ask here why there's no 6.46.6 for arm64?

Thanks!
by Inssomniak
Sat May 09, 2020 4:03 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Just going to leave this here...
Replies: 164
Views: 79277

Re: Just going to leave this here...

Got one of these today and it comes with 6.46.3, but thats all.. arm64 cant be downloaded any newer. lol.
by Inssomniak
Thu May 07, 2020 1:34 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Just going to leave this here...
Replies: 164
Views: 79277

Re: Just going to leave this here...

Id take this in an outdoor box in a second, with less ports and DC POE.
by Inssomniak
Tue May 05, 2020 7:56 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Just going to leave this here...
Replies: 164
Views: 79277

Re: Just going to leave this here...

So does this thing have a switch chip? Is that what the port extender is? Can the ports be put into switch groups for wire speed switching?
by Inssomniak
Tue Jun 25, 2019 1:34 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: MPLS over GRE MTU question
Replies: 8
Views: 5302

Re: MPLS over GRE MTU question

But there is a physical L2MTU, depending on the parent interface that the traffic is leaving from, correct? When does GRE start fragmenting the L2 stuff? It's long before 65535, obviously. GRE is 24 bytes overhead - assuming your GRE tunnel is running over 1500 IP MTU, subtract 24 bytes for the GRE...
by Inssomniak
Tue Jun 25, 2019 12:56 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: MPLS over GRE MTU question
Replies: 8
Views: 5302

Re: MPLS over GRE MTU question

Well it seems to work ok, and I asked around about it first before trying, and many others said it works fine. Just unsure about the MTU. MPLS works fine over GRE or EoIP. Only the L2MTU matters, and for GRE the L2MTU is 65535 and you can't change it. The only disadvantage of GRE vs EoIP for MPLS i...
by Inssomniak
Sat Jun 22, 2019 5:18 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: MPLS over GRE MTU question
Replies: 8
Views: 5302

Re: MPLS over GRE MTU question

Well it seems to work ok, and I asked around about it first before trying, and many others said it works fine. Just unsure about the MTU.
by Inssomniak
Sat Jun 22, 2019 7:28 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: MPLS over GRE MTU question
Replies: 8
Views: 5302

MPLS over GRE MTU question

So if Im using MPLS over a GRE Tunnel, do I adjust the GRE MTU to match the MPLS MTU ? or does it use the L2MTU like any other interface? I need 1522 byte MPLS MTU over a GRE tunnel without fragmentation, which states the L2MTU at 65535. So How do I know the GRE Tunnel isn't fragmenting the MPLS pac...
by Inssomniak
Fri Jan 20, 2017 9:34 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: OSPF PtMP and route distribution
Replies: 0
Views: 1347

OSPF PtMP and route distribution

I was testing out using the PtMP setting in OSPF for some added robustness on a couple of wireless links. But the route distribution is weird. I have a link, between 2 routers, say 10.50.49.0/29, with router A and B with .1 and .4, and in between those routers, a wireless link .2 and .3. OSPF would ...
by Inssomniak
Thu Jan 19, 2017 9:36 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Upload on simple queue/PPPoE not working?
Replies: 4
Views: 1460

Upload on simple queue/PPPoE not working?

6.37.2

Anyone having issues with simple queues and PPPoE interfaces not controlling the upload traffic (traffic coming from the customer?)
No changes to any settings, download direction still works, doesn't matter if its dynamic or static queue., does not affect non PPPoE interfaces.
by Inssomniak
Thu Nov 10, 2016 4:26 pm
Forum: The Dude
Topic: Metal9 Spectral Scan support
Replies: 1
Views: 1239

Metal9 Spectral Scan support

Asking for Metal9 support in Spectral Scan tool in the Dude.

Thanks!
by Inssomniak
Thu Oct 27, 2016 12:13 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Metal9 Wireless Capabilities
Replies: 0
Views: 797

Metal9 Wireless Capabilities

Does the Metal9 unit allow for custom channel widths and centre frequencies?

Thanks
by Inssomniak
Wed Sep 28, 2016 5:37 pm
Forum: The Dude
Topic: Graph Number of PPPoE Logins
Replies: 2
Views: 2520

Re: Graph Number of PPPoE Logins

Yes thanks last night this is how I got it to work!

Thanks
by Inssomniak
Mon Sep 26, 2016 8:19 pm
Forum: The Dude
Topic: Graph Number of PPPoE Logins
Replies: 2
Views: 2520

Graph Number of PPPoE Logins

Is there an OID for the currently logged in PPPoE Clients?


I found this from a bunch of years ago but I couldn't adapt this to the new dude.
http://mum.mikrotik.com/presentations/CZ09/schaub.pdf

Any help ?

Thanks
by Inssomniak
Sun Sep 25, 2016 5:10 pm
Forum: The Dude
Topic: The Dude, v6.36 [current] release.
Replies: 48
Views: 18836

Re: The Dude, v6.36 [current] release.

How do you upload files to the version 6.37 Dude?
Seems I cant add files.
by Inssomniak
Thu Apr 21, 2016 11:31 pm
Forum: General
Topic: CCR Mikrotik
Replies: 0
Views: 643

CCR Mikrotik

Im not familiar with the CCR line of Mikrotiks in terms of power.

500 Megabits, Firewall, 1000+ PPPoE sessions, Queues, etc.

What should I be looking at? Will a CCR 9 core be OK or do I need 16 or more model?
I know I stress out a dual core X86 i3 machine doing all this.
by Inssomniak
Wed Feb 17, 2016 9:01 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Transparent traffic shaping Traffic leaving VPLS tunnel.
Replies: 1
Views: 790

Re: Transparent traffic shaping Traffic leaving VPLS tunnel.

Never mind I think I got it.

bridge settings Use IP Firewall for PPPoE checked.
mangle rule out-bridge-port is one of the ethernet ports.
mark traffic leaving.

and then PCQ.
by Inssomniak
Wed Feb 17, 2016 7:37 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Transparent traffic shaping Traffic leaving VPLS tunnel.
Replies: 1
Views: 790

Transparent traffic shaping Traffic leaving VPLS tunnel.

Hello I have 4 ethernet interfaces connected to different wireless radios bridged to a VPLS tunnel. Is there a way to transparent traffic shape as the traffic leaves the VPLS tunnel and exits one of the ethernet ports? For example I have one of the ethernet ports connected to a 900mhz radio that suf...
by Inssomniak
Wed Feb 17, 2016 12:16 am
Forum: The Dude
Topic: The Dude, work continues: v6.35rc test builds.
Replies: 103
Views: 46683

Re: The Dude, work continues: v6.35rc test builds.

I run dude in wine on OSX, and new version presents an error like this: when going to "tools, web", but it still opens safari and works as normal. 6.35rc10
by Inssomniak
Fri May 08, 2015 11:00 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: RB433 MTU change after upgrade to 6.27 Bug ???
Replies: 1
Views: 833

Re: RB433 MTU change after upgrade to 6.27 Bug ???

Yes same problem!!

Lost 4 bytes on the RB493AH!!

Was so confused on what happened!
by Inssomniak
Thu Jan 08, 2015 10:58 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Disconnect winbox sessions after set time?
Replies: 0
Views: 807

Disconnect winbox sessions after set time?

Im looking for a script that could disconnect active winbox sessions after a set time.
Ive gone over my ISP caps twice now because I leave winbox connected for days on end by mistake to a remote router.
Thanks.
by Inssomniak
Fri Aug 01, 2014 1:10 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: Is there a bug in MPLS and older hardware?
Replies: 3
Views: 1859

Is there a bug in MPLS and older hardware?

So Ive been pulling my hair out, trying to fix a network that was always working fine on 5.26. I have older hardware with RB750s and RB433s, RB493s that only support 1522 MTU on some interfaces. So my MPLS MTU is set to 1522 across the board network wide, but I moved the RB750s to 6.13 or 6.17 and a...
by Inssomniak
Tue Jun 03, 2014 6:04 pm
Forum: SwOS
Topic: Rb260GS Help
Replies: 1
Views: 2523

Rb260GS Help

Im trying to configure an RB260GS with one vlan. I need all the Layer 2 MTU I can spare so I just want to add a VLAN ID=10 on the router board 493, then send that traffic to the switch port 2, and when the switch sees the ID=10, sent it out port 4, strip the vlan header. reverse the process for inco...
by Inssomniak
Tue May 27, 2014 3:56 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: RB750UP - Issue
Replies: 258
Views: 76596

Re: RB750UP - Issue

Just to add..

I did add the capacitor to 2 different RB750UPs with resetting POE ports, and both are perfectly fine afterwards.

100-140 feet cat5 on POE port. Long cable set to yes, forced on.

Its funny I stole the capacitors from RB411s with dead ethernet ports.

:)
by Inssomniak
Thu May 22, 2014 8:49 am
Forum: The Dude
Topic: Cant fix glitch
Replies: 1
Views: 1797

Cant fix glitch

My router that has the dude shut down improperly after UPS died.

But now I have a glitch I can't fix on a link.
It has this extra info afterwards
Ive tried resetting it, import/export, etc..
can't figure this one out?
by Inssomniak
Wed May 21, 2014 2:15 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: RB750UP - Issue
Replies: 258
Views: 76596

Re: RB750UP - Issue

There seems to be 2 different RB750 boards.

Mine doesn't look like the picture.
Anyone know where to solder the cap on the other (perhaps old) model?
by Inssomniak
Tue Dec 17, 2013 4:45 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: MPLS MTU Setting of *all still broken?
Replies: 1
Views: 1123

Re: MPLS MTU Setting of *all still broken?

To reply to myself.

In the terminal /mpls interface, the setting *all was disabled (X), I didn't even know it could be disabled, as you can't do it in winbox at least in 5.24.
by Inssomniak
Tue Dec 17, 2013 4:30 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: MPLS MTU Setting of *all still broken?
Replies: 1
Views: 1123

MPLS MTU Setting of *all still broken?

I thought this issue was fixed but I ran into a router (mipsbe) that would not take the MPLS MTU I was putting in until I added each interface specifically.
5.24.

"ALL" Did not work at my MTU I entered.
by Inssomniak
Wed Nov 27, 2013 5:09 am
Forum: General
Topic: Improved PPP package for v6.x
Replies: 45
Views: 21448

Re: Improved PPP package for v6.x

Never really had problem with pppoe on 5.x. Haven't moved to v6 on core/edge.
I have 700 pppoe sessions and on core i3 not too much CPU usage even moving 130-140 megabit.
Each customer gets advertised speed

I'm not sure how it could get better? Is this more geared for tile?
My CPU is only 2 cores.
by Inssomniak
Tue Nov 26, 2013 6:47 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: L2MTU and things breaking (mpls)
Replies: 18
Views: 8935

Re: L2MTU and things breaking (mpls)

I replaced the card in a 2am maintenance window last night With the RB44Ge pci-express card. And it worked. So goes to show not even the good cards are perfect? or the drivers aren't. The card I removed was a PCI-express 1x pro/1000 PT server adapter. Again the card would send out the large frames, ...
by Inssomniak
Mon Nov 25, 2013 3:12 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS Tunnel not working - L2MTU on bridge wrong
Replies: 2
Views: 2131

Re: VPLS Tunnel not working - L2MTU on bridge wrong

The bridge interface inherits the lowest supported MTU so 1500 is right. Also if you have the ethernet interface that mpls/VPLS is running on in a bridge I don't think this works. Looks like you have 3 devices all trying to be a part of the same VPLS tunnel? I've never tried having a VPLS tunnel wit...
by Inssomniak
Sun Nov 17, 2013 10:28 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: MPLS issue need immediate help if you can offer any
Replies: 14
Views: 6078

Re: MPLS issue need immediate help if you can offer any

There is a vlan on the ethernet interface but it also reported L2MTU 9014-4=9010 vlan L2MTU. Nothing else fancy. Then it should work no problem. Feel free to start a new topic with your issues, I will try to help. This is an age old problem for me, but see the last few posts near the end of : http:...
by Inssomniak
Sun Nov 17, 2013 4:49 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: MPLS issue need immediate help if you can offer any
Replies: 14
Views: 6078

Re: MPLS issue need immediate help if you can offer any

I have an issue on an x86 mikrotik router that DID report an L2MTU of 9014 but still didn't work. It's an intel pci-e card. It transmitted the larger frames but doesn't receive them. I have bought the rb44ge card to see if that works but haven't installed it yet. Hoping a mikrotik supported card wo...
by Inssomniak
Sun Nov 17, 2013 3:46 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: MPLS issue need immediate help if you can offer any
Replies: 14
Views: 6078

Re: MPLS issue need immediate help if you can offer any

I have an issue on an x86 mikrotik router that DID report an L2MTU of 9014 but still didn't work. It's an intel pci-e card. It transmitted the larger frames but doesn't receive them. I have bought the rb44ge card to see if that works but haven't installed it yet. Hoping a mikrotik supported card wor...
by Inssomniak
Wed Nov 06, 2013 4:15 pm
Forum: General
Topic: l2tp 20% Packet Loss
Replies: 4
Views: 4341

Re: l2tp 20% Packet Loss

What happens if you ping with a higher interval? Considering a packet lost after 5ms?
It takes time to encapsulate into l2tp and send it down a tunnel, add some time for that?

Try it at 15ms.
by Inssomniak
Mon Nov 04, 2013 3:47 am
Forum: General
Topic: 2 vlans on 1 port
Replies: 8
Views: 2071

Re: 2 vlans on 1 port

Setting the ip on the computer to the desired network is the easiest way.
by Inssomniak
Sun Nov 03, 2013 2:57 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Ideas for bonding
Replies: 0
Views: 708

Ideas for bonding

I have a location with 2 DSL lines each with statip ip and using pppoe I also control a data Center mikrotik router and looking for the most efficient way I could do a VPN bonding. Can bonding be done with l2tp? I know it can be done with EOIP but it's not very efficient. Perhaps some way to connect...
by Inssomniak
Sun Nov 03, 2013 2:54 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: L2MTU and things breaking (mpls)
Replies: 18
Views: 8935

Re: L2MTU and things breaking (mpls)

To add to this thread and possibly mark as solved? The issue after hours of testing and troubleshooting is the network adapter or its drivers in mikrotik 5.24 and probably other versions? The card reports an L2MTU of 9014 (not changeable) Its an Intel 82572EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (re...
by Inssomniak
Sat Nov 02, 2013 10:31 pm
Forum: General
Topic: X86 and PCI-E Intel possibly not allowing jumbo frames?
Replies: 0
Views: 740

X86 and PCI-E Intel possibly not allowing jumbo frames?

Im trying to troubleshoot an issue Ive had for well, months or even more than a year. I have an x86 router with a PCI express NIC that reports an L2MTU of 9014, my switch is capable of jumbo frames up to 9216 and is configured as such. But for the life of me I CAN NOT get a packet from this router, ...
by Inssomniak
Wed Oct 16, 2013 4:51 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: L2MTU and things breaking (mpls)
Replies: 18
Views: 8935

Re: L2MTU and things breaking (mpls)

Hi inssomniak. It sounds like you have a mismatch somewhere. Set the vpls mtu to 1500. Allow CW for vpls. Set the physical interface to the max l2mtu it supports that is also supported by the remote end. Set the mpls mtu per ldp carrying interface and set it the same as the l2mtu for that interface...
by Inssomniak
Wed Oct 16, 2013 6:12 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: L2MTU and things breaking (mpls)
Replies: 18
Views: 8935

Re: L2MTU and things breaking (mpls)

Why are you setting MPLS MTU at 1501? Set it at 1522 if that's the highest L2 MTU you have.

I have, it doesnt work :(

only 1500 works.

1501 and higher does not.
Ive been working on this issue for months.

If My MPLS MTU is 1522, what should the VPLS MTU/advertised L2MTU be set to?
by Inssomniak
Wed Oct 16, 2013 6:02 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: L2MTU and things breaking (mpls)
Replies: 18
Views: 8935

Re: L2MTU and things breaking (mpls)

Right now I think I have bigger problems.

I cant make MPLS work with the MPLS MTU setting even at 1501 despite knowing the L2MTU is 1522 at least.
by Inssomniak
Wed Oct 16, 2013 1:01 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: L2MTU and things breaking (mpls)
Replies: 18
Views: 8935

Re: L2MTU and things breaking (mpls)

As far as MPLS mtu goes, here are the numbers you need for 1500 bytes frames. 1526 - To run untagged VPLS 1530 - To run tagged VPLS If you cannot run any higher than 1522 then you will need to write a mangle rule to do a TCP MSS adjust. It will solve most of the performance issues. Ultimately you n...
by Inssomniak
Tue Oct 15, 2013 2:26 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: L2MTU and things breaking (mpls)
Replies: 18
Views: 8935

Re: L2MTU and things breaking (mpls)

Actually you should not run like this :D Run in full frame mode. :D I canged all my net, to support l2mtu minimum 1600. If you don't have mtu enough, you will run into troble. Let a Ethernet be 1500, and pppoe 1492. If you start fragment, you will have about 1/2 the possible maximum speed. A packag...
by Inssomniak
Mon Oct 14, 2013 4:59 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: L2MTU and things breaking (mpls)
Replies: 18
Views: 8935

Re: L2MTU and things breaking (mpls)

Ok. Thanks.

I'd love to run an MTU that allows a full frame, but much of my equipment does not have an l2mtu higher than 1522.

I have VPLS tunnels carrying pppoe traffic back to my concentrator
No vlans
So. Math trick of the night ?
What's the PPPoE MTU I should run ? I came up with 1484.
by Inssomniak
Mon Oct 14, 2013 1:33 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: L2MTU and things breaking (mpls)
Replies: 18
Views: 8935

Re: L2MTU and things breaking (mpls)

1522 is to low to run MPLS.
That depends on your application and That's not what I asked though.
by Inssomniak
Sun Oct 13, 2013 4:43 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: L2MTU and things breaking (mpls)
Replies: 18
Views: 8935

L2MTU and things breaking (mpls)

So if I have calculated that the smallest l2MTU in all of my network is 1522, that's what I set my MPLS MTU to?

I can't seem to get it to work if that is the case.. The only way mpls works properly is if mpls MTU is set to 1500.
by Inssomniak
Sat Aug 31, 2013 2:29 am
Forum: General
Topic: Transfer license?
Replies: 1
Views: 1049

Transfer license?

What's the procedure to transfer a x86 level 6 license to another user?
I have one I do not use anymore. Is there a way for me to transfer it so he can request a replacement key? The hard drive has long died and I just bought a new level 6 license.
by Inssomniak
Wed Aug 07, 2013 7:33 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Mikrotik Router SIP Connection Blocked.
Replies: 79
Views: 62023

Re: Mikrotik Router SIP Connection Blocked.

Just to add, I have about 50 PPPoE clients with SIP boxes, no nat, only routing. I dont have any complaints of any issues and I dont run any scripts to refresh any connections. I have the SIP registration to 60 seconds. BUT I have seen this issue in the linux world, and in some legacy CPE by ubiquit...
by Inssomniak
Wed Jun 26, 2013 5:41 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: OS 6.1 Wireless Advance Channel
Replies: 5
Views: 2790

Re: OS 6.1 Wireless Advance Channel

Where is that?

I've emailed support, got a form to fill out that I never got around to doing.

Is this the next step after filling out the form?
Oh yea forgot about the form but yea after that your account gets enabled for the extras.
by Inssomniak
Wed Jun 26, 2013 1:42 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: OS 6.1 Wireless Advance Channel
Replies: 5
Views: 2790

Re: OS 6.1 Wireless Advance Channel

Log into your mikrotik account and upgrade the router OS to allow custom widths. It's free.
by Inssomniak
Mon Mar 18, 2013 6:52 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Mikrotik and Dude on USB stick
Replies: 0
Views: 710

Mikrotik and Dude on USB stick

Anyone use mikrotik and Dude from a USB drive?

I have been for quite a while but I believe the USB stick to have failed, its not even a year old.
It did have high sector writes, like 70 million every 10 days.
by Inssomniak
Sat Mar 16, 2013 5:10 am
Forum: General
Topic: slow thoughput
Replies: 9
Views: 2143

Re: slow thoughput

Did you ever figure this out?

I think I have a similar issue.

Router to 100mb fibre using BW test to another router gets me 50+ megabit.

Customer to router over backbone gets 20 megabit with btest.exe

Customer to fibre BTEST.exe to same off site router gets 3.4 megabit.
by Inssomniak
Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:50 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Can anyone confirm static ack not working?
Replies: 0
Views: 651

Can anyone confirm static ack not working?

Anyone with a ptmp operation with 30+ customers confirm that setting a static distance breaks all the registered clients? (No traffic passes).

R52hn with rts enabled on all clients
802.11 BGN mode
Hardware retries =4
Frame lifetime =2
by Inssomniak
Sun Jan 20, 2013 1:03 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Metal 2 shpn Problem in WIFI
Replies: 151
Views: 99448

Re: Metal 2 shpn Problem in WIFI

Ack setting in both dynamic mode (goes to ridiculous values) and manual ack (doesnt work at all)

I wish I could set manual ack but traffic fails to pass at all. (All versions from 3.x to 6.x) affected
by Inssomniak
Fri Jan 18, 2013 2:31 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Why 2ghz-OnlyN still uses G rates?
Replies: 1
Views: 1362

Why 2ghz-OnlyN still uses G rates?

the AP is a mikrotik r52hn on a rb333 or 433 set to B/G/N with B rates disabled.

But if the CPE is set to onlyN, why does it use the G rates still?

An ubiquiti device for example that is an 802.11N device will not use G rates at all if it sees an N AP.
by Inssomniak
Thu Jan 17, 2013 5:00 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops
Replies: 62
Views: 25634

Re: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops

This is a really strange behavior (been searched for errors regarding to this for some hour today). Thes is somehow a "fix" or hack. to make Things working... /ip firewall mangle add action=change-mss chain=output disabled=no new-mss=1400 passthrough=yes \ protocol=tcp tcp-flags=syn tcp-m...
by Inssomniak
Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:26 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: PPPoE peer is not responding on more point-to-point
Replies: 8
Views: 11135

Re: PPPoE peer is not responding on more point-to-point

I have 600 PPPoE users and dont see this unless there is something wrong with their connection (wireless signal bad/interference, etc)
by Inssomniak
Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:18 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Why doesnt manual ACK/Distance work?
Replies: 0
Views: 811

Why doesnt manual ACK/Distance work?

Over the years. Ive never been able to get this to work? Is it known not to? I want to set on the AP a manual ACK/Distance. It doesnt matter if I set it to 8 kilometers or 80 kilometers, none of the connected clients will pass data or do so only for a few seconds. This goes all the way back to the 3...
by Inssomniak
Thu Nov 29, 2012 3:53 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: sick of rb711-series boards...
Replies: 21
Views: 5591

Re: sick of rb711-series boards...

J 2 out of 10 last batch bad TX after month in field. Followed instructions and did not power up board until antenna was connected. did you use grounding of some kind? and shielded cable? any type of equipment that is located outside, is sensitive to ESD and lightning. You should always follow this...
by Inssomniak
Thu Nov 29, 2012 3:39 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: sick of rb711-series boards...
Replies: 21
Views: 5591

Re: sick of rb711-series boards...

Just to add. I ordered 10 RB711-2hn boards in September, but never used them until now, sat packaged up in the box. 3 out of 10 in this batch bad RF TX out of the box. 2 out of 10 last batch bad TX after month in field. So 5 out of 20 bad. Followed instructions and did not power up board until anten...
by Inssomniak
Tue Nov 13, 2012 1:41 am
Forum: General
Topic: x86 - ROS 5.14 randomly crash on VMWare
Replies: 21
Views: 8175

Re: x86 - ROS 5.14 randomly crash on VMWare

5.7 esxi 4.1
by Inssomniak
Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:56 am
Forum: General
Topic: 5.21 released
Replies: 78
Views: 27105

Re: 5.21 released

*) fix MPLS MTU configuration usage; Can anyone explain what the error was occurring with the mpls mtu? Att, I'm gonna guess. ... The only config that made any difference was the "all" setting. Selecting an interface and giving it an MTU seemingly did nothing. As far as I know this bug is...
by Inssomniak
Fri Oct 05, 2012 2:13 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Another call for PCIe adapters reporting L2MTU
Replies: 15
Views: 3615

Re: Another call for PCIe adapters reporting L2MTU

PCI-e
Do ya know the particular controller chip?

Is it an 8257x series?
by Inssomniak
Thu Oct 04, 2012 5:23 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Another call for PCIe adapters reporting L2MTU
Replies: 15
Views: 3615

Re: Another call for PCIe adapters reporting L2MTU

None of our Pro1000's do either. We have PT and ET cards mainly.
Do you know what specific controller/chip it is? Bus is PCI or PCI-e?
by Inssomniak
Wed Oct 03, 2012 1:04 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Another call for PCIe adapters reporting L2MTU
Replies: 15
Views: 3615

Re: Another call for PCIe adapters reporting L2MTU

I believe you but the Intel adapter is probably pci-express, and not PCI. that particular controller is a pci-e chip. On board?
by Inssomniak
Tue Oct 02, 2012 10:11 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Another call for PCIe adapters reporting L2MTU
Replies: 15
Views: 3615

Re: Another call for PCIe adapters reporting L2MTU

Thanks!!

I have an 82574L based pro/1000 (pro/1000 CT PCI-e 1x) I wonder if that would work?

So Far we have 82571, 82573 and 82576 based adapters all reporting L2MTU confirmed.
by Inssomniak
Tue Oct 02, 2012 9:26 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Another call for PCIe adapters reporting L2MTU
Replies: 15
Views: 3615

Re: Another call for PCIe adapters reporting L2MTU

you know the family? CT/MT/PT/GT? Of the intel card.

EDIT that chip 82573L is a pci-express 1x chip but you say its a PCI NIC?
EDIT again actually more reading says that intel pro 1000 chipset doesnt support jumbo frames? I think maybe your mixed up on your cards?
by Inssomniak
Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:15 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Another call for PCIe adapters reporting L2MTU
Replies: 15
Views: 3615

Re: Another call for PCIe adapters reporting L2MTU

Can you tell me what specific cards? The particular Intel chipset? CT/PT etc of Intel card. (output of the system resources section) are they both PCIe ? how wide?

The Pro/1000 cards I have dont report it, (PCI bus though)
by Inssomniak
Mon Oct 01, 2012 10:57 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Another call for PCIe adapters reporting L2MTU
Replies: 15
Views: 3615

Another call for PCIe adapters reporting L2MTU

Please anyone using X86 and PCI-e bus cards please reports if your card is displaying/reporting L2MTU and what card type it is?

I need a card that reports L2MTU and the new RB44ge doesnt have a full height bracket!
by Inssomniak
Sun Sep 30, 2012 5:04 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Best Quad NIC for MT server
Replies: 14
Views: 4596

Re: Best Quad NIC for MT server

What's the final word on this? Is it full height bracket or not?
by Inssomniak
Sun Sep 30, 2012 4:13 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Anyone using the new rb44 pic-e card?
Replies: 0
Views: 696

Anyone using the new rb44 pic-e card?

Just seeing what others are saying about this card?

Stability is my primary concern.
by Inssomniak
Tue Sep 04, 2012 1:17 am
Forum: General
Topic: QoS inside QoS
Replies: 5
Views: 1897

Re: QoS inside QoS

You already have a working configuration where you mark and shape- just mirror it to create a second one. All important information is on page 11: First QOS: Mark in prerouting Shape in Global-in Second QOS: Mark in forward Shape in Interface HTB I can only Shape in global-out on the forward :( the...
by Inssomniak
Tue Sep 04, 2012 12:32 am
Forum: General
Topic: QoS inside QoS
Replies: 5
Views: 1897

Re: QoS inside QoS

Yeah I have seen that doc before, and it does mention it but does not actually give example of it. It stops at page 36.
by Inssomniak
Mon Sep 03, 2012 9:08 pm
Forum: General
Topic: QoS inside QoS
Replies: 5
Views: 1897

QoS inside QoS

I attached a queue tree that throttles my customers upload and download, works perfect using PCQ, and dst-address classifier. But now Im wanting a way to make sure voip traffic per dst-address is sent out first before all other traffic so when customer is downloading heavy traffic the call wont brea...
by Inssomniak
Sat Sep 01, 2012 4:52 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: v6.0beta3 released!
Replies: 82
Views: 27517

Re: v6.0beta3 released!

Is there any ETA / timeline for 6.0 final?

Oooh I think its a long way off.

I have it running on a couple sites, APs, nothing doing anything major and seem to work good on RB's, but x86 beta2 was a train wreck
by Inssomniak
Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:21 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Router processor loads on 100% because of management process
Replies: 12
Views: 10903

Re: Router processor loads on 100% because of management pro

I turned off SMNP on all routers, I never needed it, and the problem has never come back.
by Inssomniak
Fri Aug 24, 2012 4:40 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops
Replies: 62
Views: 25634

Re: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops

I dont have a PC to check. But im pretty sure the vlan inherits its L2MTU from the parent interface. But yes i do remember adjusting MTU on the couple of installs we have running MPLS inside a vlan. Im not sure it does on x86. There is no aformentioned L2MTU anywhere on the parent interface, so Im ...
by Inssomniak
Fri Aug 24, 2012 4:22 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops
Replies: 62
Views: 25634

Re: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops

Ok so now Im confused again. BTW the dell r210 is very nice! But I bench tested all of this in the lab, the onboard broadcom chipsets would set the MTU properly and then MPLS MTU 1526 worked fine, was happy. But Then I went to put it into production and it didnt work! I failed to realize that the in...
by Inssomniak
Mon Aug 20, 2012 3:44 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops
Replies: 62
Views: 25634

Re: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops

nz_monkey on your example above do you actually have a VPLS tunnel terminating on that box?

EDIT: nvm I looked at the pic again, it was right there. I assume it passes a ping test of 1500 bytes. ;)
by Inssomniak
Mon Aug 20, 2012 6:01 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops
Replies: 62
Views: 25634

Re: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops

Get a Dell R210-II with Xeon E3 CPU, Intel Pro1000PT Quad Port NIC (I350 should work in later 5.x), then just add a small 8GB SSD for RouterOS. You should be able to get this configuration from Dell Direct for around USD $800 - $1000 depending on where you are located you can probably get same day ...
by Inssomniak
Sun Aug 19, 2012 2:43 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops
Replies: 62
Views: 25634

Re: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops

Hah Thanks! that image is impossible for me to reproduce in the lab without a router crash.


Anyone else?

Maybe pic-e cards are the difference.
by Inssomniak
Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:35 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops
Replies: 62
Views: 25634

Re: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops

Pro1000PT Quad port PCIe

Why are you using old PCI card?
I couldn't get the PCI-e card in the PCI slot, lol

Can u give me more details? Does it report l2mtu and you are running MPLS MTU 1526 or better?
by Inssomniak
Sat Aug 18, 2012 11:20 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops
Replies: 62
Views: 25634

Re: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops

I got in a RTL8169 and it worked fine. It reports an l2mtu 16383 Now Id like to make a call out to all that are using intel pro/1000 cards, that have the l2mtu properly reporting and have VPLS working with MPLS MTU=1526 -- And also that have pro/1000 cards that dont report l2mtu, that adjust the IP ...
by Inssomniak
Fri Aug 17, 2012 5:17 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops
Replies: 62
Views: 25634

Re: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops

You can get beta3 if you contact support. Well the card is not bad, but it is quite new and drivers are not optimized in older kernel. Ok thanks emailed support. I did order a realtek 8169, and I believe that does the job but comment in wiki scares me: "not recommended, may lock up router"
by Inssomniak
Fri Aug 17, 2012 5:06 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops
Replies: 62
Views: 25634

Re: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops

It is a driver problem. Try v6beta3 there should be newer drivers. If it crashes on beta3 too then get better ethernet card.
Is beta 3 out? Can I get a copy?

I didnt think an intel pro/1000 GT card was a "bad" card. I dont know what to get thats better than that for a PCI bus.
by Inssomniak
Fri Aug 17, 2012 5:01 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops
Replies: 62
Views: 25634

Re: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops

Again if L2MTU is not detected you must set MTU (Layer3 MTU) to desired value. /interface set ether1 mtu=1530 Yea, but when I do that, and I try to put a larger packet thru that interface with MPLS and a VPLS tunnel, the router crashes. Reproducible on 2 separate x86 machines with 2 separate types ...
by Inssomniak
Fri Aug 17, 2012 3:22 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops
Replies: 62
Views: 25634

Re: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops

If the card does not report L2MTU you must set MTU to desired value.
The cards do not report L2MTU and it cannot be manually set. The values are greyed out in winbox, and at the command line you can enter the command, but it does nothing.
by Inssomniak
Fri Aug 17, 2012 2:23 am
Forum: General
Topic: VPLS Bug in X86 Architecture
Replies: 5
Views: 3449

Re: VPLS Bug in X86 Architecture

Hello i am using routeros 6 for x86 architecture and i run vpls tunnel between two routers and my x86 routers reboot when they statring up. thanks. Yea I can confirm this too, only in a testing environment though. Im gonna gather you are also using intel pro/1000 NIC card? If so what is the exact c...
by Inssomniak
Fri Aug 17, 2012 2:11 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops
Replies: 62
Views: 25634

Re: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops

Yes we are running vpls circuits between data centres. Each vpls tunnel is carrying vlan tagged packets. We are running RouterOS on Dell R210-II with Pro1000 quad port NIC and booting from Kingston 8GB SSD. We have a lot of these in production all doing MPLS/VPLS with no issues. Does that network c...
by Inssomniak
Thu Aug 16, 2012 3:20 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops
Replies: 62
Views: 25634

Re: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops

We have many implementations using Intel Pro1000 cards and 1530 byte and larger frames, they work brilliantly.
Well then how come mine dont work???
Are you also using MPLS VPLS too?
by Inssomniak
Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:01 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops
Replies: 62
Views: 25634

Re: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops

Yea a few posts above.

I have reproduced the problem on 2 separeate x86 mikrotik routers with 2 different intel pro/1000 chipsets.

The L2MTU is not reported at all.
by Inssomniak
Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:21 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops
Replies: 62
Views: 25634

Re: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops

From what I understand though, no intel based pro/1000 card can work. How do you get that routerMAXX to work? (they are based on intel pro/1000 chips from what I read) The 3 Intel NIC cards I have all support jumbo frames, but mikrotik either wont pass the large packets or when trying to raise the M...
by Inssomniak
Tue Aug 14, 2012 3:54 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops
Replies: 62
Views: 25634

Re: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops

Hmm my switch doesn't have that setting. :(. I did find that it was not on their list of supported list of jumbo frame capable switches. As for not passing 1500 byte packets I was ok with it. I only wanted it to pass a 1480 byte packet. The VPLS tunnel just carried pppoe traffic with max MTU of 1480...
by Inssomniak
Tue Aug 14, 2012 4:55 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops
Replies: 62
Views: 25634

Re: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops

Perhaps I have been mis-understanding the MTU of my x86 router after doing some reading. It reports an IP MTU of 1500, great but does not report an L2MTU and I read that you should assume then in this case the IP MTU is the L2MTU, and therefore my MPLS MTU is 1500.? Ive always had it at 1512 (or at ...
by Inssomniak
Tue Aug 14, 2012 4:13 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops
Replies: 62
Views: 25634

Re: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops

The problem we have with Mikrotik is that its ticking along fine for even months at a time, then quits, without change.

Yesterday it spread like a virus thru my whole network, 14 routers all stopped passing even a 1480 byte packet.

All routers set to the lowest supported MTU.
by Inssomniak
Mon Aug 13, 2012 3:32 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops
Replies: 62
Views: 25634

Re: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops

It was so bad for me this time that I couldn't fix it. I had to abandon it for now in favor of l2tp
by Inssomniak
Mon Aug 13, 2012 12:45 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops
Replies: 62
Views: 25634

Re: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops

Yea this happened again for me but went long tine without seeing this bug.

It just quits, not changing any settings, just stops passing traffic, but only in one direction.
by Inssomniak
Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:14 am
Forum: General
Topic: G and N only mode
Replies: 4
Views: 2492

Re: G and N only mode

I have use the data rate selection for years on Mikrotik to lock out unwanted rates, you can lock out all the B rates.
by Inssomniak
Sat Aug 04, 2012 5:53 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Winbox for Mac OSx & Windows & Linux
Replies: 48
Views: 47085

Re: Winbox for Mac OSx & Windows & Linux

I did make a Dude 3.6 package that is similar to the winbox one above.

It works great on my ML install, if anyone is interested it in it I can make a dmg of it and post it up.
by Inssomniak
Sat Aug 04, 2012 3:26 am
Forum: General
Topic: Winbox for Mac OSx & Windows & Linux
Replies: 48
Views: 47085

Re: Winbox for Mac OSx & Windows & Linux

I don't have any issue using the dude or winbox on Mac OSX Mountain Lion with wine and xquartz. can you drag and drop files No, I cant I didnt think this was possible but I did see someone mention it. Not that it is a huge deal. If anyone knows how to, with macports wine, and mountain lion, xquartz...
by Inssomniak
Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:10 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Winbox for Mac OSx & Windows & Linux
Replies: 48
Views: 47085

Re: Winbox for Mac OSx & Windows & Linux

I don't have any issue using the dude or winbox on Mac OSX Mountain Lion with wine and xquartz.
by Inssomniak
Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:07 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Testing advanced channels?
Replies: 1
Views: 1334

Re: Testing advanced channels?

Does no one know?
by Inssomniak
Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:26 am
Forum: General
Topic: feature request: wireless access list wildcards
Replies: 0
Views: 823

feature request: wireless access list wildcards

Please allow wireless->access list wildcards like 00:0C:42:FF:FF:FF or some similar style to allow a vendor/manufacturer to connect to AP.
by Inssomniak
Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:16 am
Forum: General
Topic: Testing advanced channels?
Replies: 1
Views: 1334

Testing advanced channels?

How can one play with the new advanced channels stuff? It just keeps saying my license level (4) doesn't allow it.

Thanks!
by Inssomniak
Thu Jul 19, 2012 5:10 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: switch lights are blinking heaveily
Replies: 6
Views: 3266

Re: switch lights are blinking heaveily

Check you cable and termination, poorly terminated or incorrectly terminated connections can cause this.
by Inssomniak
Tue Jul 17, 2012 5:22 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: connecting laptop to OmniTIK U-5HnD from 5 km distance
Replies: 5
Views: 3021

Re: connecting laptop to OmniTIK U-5HnD from 5 km distance

What you propose won't work. 5ghz to a laptop inside a car might get you only just down the block, not anywhere near 5kms. SXT is a directional fixed mount antenna needing line of sight., you cannot use it for mobile inside a car. You need a different solution entirely for your project, one that I c...
by Inssomniak
Tue Jul 10, 2012 7:38 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Access-List: Allow Vendor MAC wildcard!
Replies: 4
Views: 2055

Access-List: Allow Vendor MAC wildcard!

I don't think this is possible, so if it isn't, its an official feature request!

In access list, allow vendor wildcard MAC addresses like 00:0C:42:FF:FF:FF to allow mikrotik or 00:15:6D:FF:FF:FF to allow all ubiquiti MACs.
by Inssomniak
Fri Jul 06, 2012 6:11 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: RB411 fixing license?
Replies: 2
Views: 1543

RB411 fixing license?

Hey all

I had an RB411 that had some openwrt installed on it, not sure why but I net installed mikrotik 5.18 back on it, but now board is useless, as it has no license key anymore, is there a way to fix this? or is board no good? You can't actually buy a level 3 license.
by Inssomniak
Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:58 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: OSPF just stops (different status flag)
Replies: 4
Views: 3918

OSPF just stops (different status flag)

Anyone have a solution to this OSPF problem?

My routers can be going and have adjacency for weeks or months and out of the blue they drop and won't reform adjacency.
Different master status flag error.

So far only on RB750s it seems.

And up to at least 5.14
by Inssomniak
Wed May 23, 2012 4:30 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: Setting up MPLS Question
Replies: 4
Views: 1638

Re: Setting up MPLS Question

Newer version doesn't allow it. Not sure what versions stopped allowing of removing the default configs.
by Inssomniak
Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:35 am
Forum: General
Topic: pppoe server centralized or in AP ?
Replies: 2
Views: 1094

Re: pppoe server centralized or in AP ?

Yes on the very powerful part.

I have a dual core Xeon 3ghz (one core off), that can hit 75% CPU with 515 PPPoE sessions and fire walling/queuing.

Im not sure there is any router board product that can do it yet.
by Inssomniak
Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:33 am
Forum: General
Topic: THE BEST!
Replies: 13
Views: 4017

Re: THE BEST!

We get ours from Xagyl or Converbit in Canada
by Inssomniak
Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:29 am
Forum: General
Topic: PPPoE over a routed network
Replies: 7
Views: 2989

Re: PPPoE over a routed network

I use VPLS for a long time now with PPPoE to a core PoP. Works great.
by Inssomniak
Sat Apr 14, 2012 1:34 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops
Replies: 62
Views: 25634

Re: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops

This was all correct network wide.

It is definitely a bug.
by Inssomniak
Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:36 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: RB750UP - Issue
Replies: 258
Views: 76596

Re: RB750up at top of tower?

I've ran into the same problem and have it duplicated in the lab. If the RB750 is powered via a long PoE cable (24v 2A), it can not power ubnt equipment without tripping the over current sensor. I've checked the voltage output at each port (21V using a 24v supply) and ran a current draw check (.14 ...
by Inssomniak
Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:45 am
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Flash led when a default route installed
Replies: 1
Views: 1263

Flash led when a default route installed

Anyone have a script handy that can flash a led on a 433/493/750 when it sees a default route installed?
by Inssomniak
Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:16 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: RB750UP - Issue
Replies: 258
Views: 76596

RB750up at top of tower?

Anyone using one at the top of a tower site? We tried one with 150 feet of cable and it didn't work well for powering devices (kept resetting) But at the bottom of towers with no cat5 POE it seems to work good We saw the voltage monitor had 21 volts. 4 devices. Rocket m2, 2 nano bridges, and a rb433...
by Inssomniak
Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:59 am
Forum: General
Topic: DHCP blocking
Replies: 1
Views: 981

DHCP blocking

I need a way to block any DHCP requests being "forwarded" by the router onto a PPTP BCP bridge interface I want local DHCP requests to be answered by the local router only, and not one on the other end of the PPTP bridge tunnel If I drop ports 67-68 in the forward chain, and select use IP ...
by Inssomniak
Fri Mar 30, 2012 7:09 pm
Forum: The Dude
Topic: Help Dude 3.6 data lost
Replies: 0
Views: 1050

Help Dude 3.6 data lost

Hey all I have a nasty problem,. I had to upgrade my router to controller license but after restart, dude 3.6 is mostly not working anymore My devices are all there, but the maps and charts are all gone, the devices dont show up on any map anymore. I tried backing up, resetting and restoring config ...
by Inssomniak
Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:29 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops
Replies: 62
Views: 25634

Re: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops

It comes and goes for me, doing what was mentioned above, removing the MPLS interface and re-adding fixed it.

This was on an RB433 this time.

So it appears not to be specific to any build. mipsbe and ppc affected for me so far.
by Inssomniak
Thu Mar 08, 2012 4:25 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops
Replies: 62
Views: 25634

Re: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops

I had this problem again today on v5.8
by Inssomniak
Mon Mar 05, 2012 5:11 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops
Replies: 62
Views: 25634

Re: VPLS 1500 MTU working then stops

Yes! I have this problem too but only so far with 5.12 and 5.13 5.7 or earlier I never saw this. Had to downgrade. A while can go by and everything is OK, but then suddenly the packets size that fits is suddenly smaller. I couldn't ever find a way to hot fix it like you did. Yes! I even have the sam...
by Inssomniak
Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:14 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: OSPF FIlter
Replies: 0
Views: 800

OSPF FIlter

I have 500+ dynamic routes installed by PPPoE Server, I want to redistribute connected routes, but not all the PPPoE Customers routes, is the ospf-out filter the one I need to use?
by Inssomniak
Sun Feb 19, 2012 10:04 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: Whacky MPLS VPLS problem
Replies: 1
Views: 1658

Whacky MPLS VPLS problem

I have worked for days on a problem with MPLS and VPLS. I have 5 routers in a row. each router has a VPLS tunnel from router 1. I can ping a 1500 byte packet thru to all the routers except to router 3. I assume my MPLS settings are correct for MTU or else the 1500 byte packets would not get thru to ...
by Inssomniak
Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:12 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: MTU Questions
Replies: 1
Views: 1264

MTU Questions

Im having a series of MTU problems in my network and what the MTU should be for MPLS (to beset optimize fragmentation) I have a core router, connected to a switch, the router(x86) interface supports jumbo frames, the switch supports 1522 and most hardware upstream (router boards) is at least 1522. I...
by Inssomniak
Sat Feb 11, 2012 1:39 am
Forum: General
Topic: Router processor loads on 100% because of management process
Replies: 12
Views: 10903

Re: Router processor loads on 100% because of management pro

I have this problem too, sent supout.rif to mikrotik 5.7 I didn't see this. Upgraded to 5.12 and within a couple days or less CPU gets stuck at 100% you say disabling SNMP/routeros access from dude? What do you mean? In Dude for the device Im monitoring, disable the routeros box? and that router CPU...
by Inssomniak
Thu Nov 24, 2011 3:26 am
Forum: General
Topic: using 2 antennas with MIMO cards...
Replies: 14
Views: 3463

Re: using 2 antennas with MIMO cards...

Ive done this with needing solid 180 degree coverage, used 2 120 degree antennas, one on H polarity and one on V polarity, but angled to point 180 degrees coverage, good 2x2 coverage in the beam, outer edges get good 1x1 coverage. So, if I understand well, you have a section where both 120 sectors ...
by Inssomniak
Wed Nov 23, 2011 10:48 pm
Forum: General
Topic: using 2 antennas with MIMO cards...
Replies: 14
Views: 3463

Re: using 2 antennas with MIMO cards...

Ive done this with needing solid 180 degree coverage, used 2 120 degree antennas, one on H polarity and one on V polarity, but angled to point 180 degrees coverage, good 2x2 coverage in the beam, outer edges get good 1x1 coverage.
by Inssomniak
Sun Nov 13, 2011 5:36 pm
Forum: General
Topic: ROS 5.x hangs up with multicore x86 hardware
Replies: 12
Views: 3572

Re: ROS 5.x hangs up with multicore x86 hardware

Did your problem with x86 multi core crashing stop after you disable hyper threading? I have the same problem with dual CPU (2 physical chips) xeon that crashed 2 days after enabling multi-cpu, but hyper threading is enabled. With multi-cpu=off this same router will run hundreds of days with no cras...
by Inssomniak
Sat Oct 15, 2011 5:14 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Access list to limit vendor clients?
Replies: 1
Views: 901

Access list to limit vendor clients?

Is there a way in Mikrotik Wireless access list to say, limit connections from specific vendor MAC addresses?

Like how I can use an entry wildcard like 00:0C:42:xx:xx:xx to allow only mikrotik clients? or 00:15:6d:xx:xx:xx to allow only ubiquiti clients? etc.
by Inssomniak
Sun Oct 09, 2011 3:46 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Apple compatible 802.11N 2.4 Ghz / 5.8 Ghz Dualband AP
Replies: 12
Views: 4088

Re: Apple compatible 802.11N 2.4 Ghz / 5.8 Ghz Dualband AP

Macbook pros cant and dont operate at 300 in 2.4ghz,.

5ghz is the only way.
by Inssomniak
Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:31 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: R52Hn Power output single chain for B/G clients
Replies: 19
Views: 4968

Re: R52Hn Power output single chain for B/G clients

I understand the different ways people can use the card with different antennas, but I'm still confused on how one b/g client can ever see the advertised 24/25 dbm power output. The only way to get a double power output in b or g mode is using both chains in b or g (a) and have two antenna's connec...
by Inssomniak
Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:33 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: R52Hn Power output single chain for B/G clients
Replies: 19
Views: 4968

Re: R52Hn Power output single chain for B/G clients

I understand the different ways people can use the card with different antennas, but I'm still confused on how one b/g client can ever see the advertised 24/25 dbm power output.
by Inssomniak
Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:34 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: R52Hn Power output single chain for B/G clients
Replies: 19
Views: 4968

Re: R52Hn Power output single chain for B/G clients

I see and understand that now. My concern is that on most traditional ptmp setups people have a dual polarity antenna sector and face it one way. Any B or G clients at any reasonable distance are never gonna see one of the polarities in enough signal to combine the received power to 25 dbm. The only...
by Inssomniak
Thu Sep 22, 2011 2:50 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: R52Hn Power output single chain for B/G clients
Replies: 19
Views: 4968

Re: R52Hn Power output single chain for B/G clients

Well to answer your question, about B clients, they are being replaced with N clients, but the G clients will remain. But my question still remains to much confusion. How does a G client, ever see 25dbm output, when it only has one antenna??? My only theory is terminating the J5 port with a dummy lo...
by Inssomniak
Thu Sep 22, 2011 3:22 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: R52Hn Power output single chain for B/G clients
Replies: 19
Views: 4968

Re: R52Hn Power output single chain for B/G clients

The card will only give maximum power when both chains are in use. And that can only be if you use 802.11n (or ´mimo´) protocol.
You use ´b´ so only one chain thus 3dB less.
So why is the card advertised as 24dbm in B mode? 25 dbm in G mode?
by Inssomniak
Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:39 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: R52Hn Power output single chain for B/G clients
Replies: 19
Views: 4968

Re: R52Hn Power output single chain for B/G clients

But I have 32 customers on it, 31 are B mode, 1 is N mode.
All are working well, just at the unexpected 21dbm power output.
by Inssomniak
Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:16 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: R52Hn Power output single chain for B/G clients
Replies: 19
Views: 4968

R52Hn Power output single chain for B/G clients

I just replaced an XR2 card at a site with an r52hn card, its using chain 0 (j4). I found it odd that it doesnt output at 24dbm in B mode as it indicates in the current TX power tab. How do I get the 24 dbm power output when using only one chain? It reports 21dbm for all B modes 1,2,5.5 and 11. Same...
by Inssomniak
Wed Jun 22, 2011 2:59 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: LDP flapping after changing wireless BH link.
Replies: 4
Views: 2674

Re: LDP flapping after changing wireless BH link.

This was my first guess, OSPF doesnt work without NBMA turned on too. Ive examined the configuration of this link to our other identical links and found no differences so Im lost as to why it sometimes does pass multicast and other times it doesnt.
by Inssomniak
Tue Jun 21, 2011 2:25 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: LDP flapping after changing wireless BH link.
Replies: 4
Views: 2674

LDP flapping after changing wireless BH link.

We had a mikrotik to mikrotik backhaul link in operation for a few years, and it worked fine with LDP protocol between these two routers. We replaced the wireless link in between with a ubiquiti link instead (using an available ethernet port on each routerboard instead of the wifi cards), not changi...
by Inssomniak
Sat May 28, 2011 3:29 am
Forum: The Dude
Topic: Have a monitored device on no map?
Replies: 1
Views: 1235

Have a monitored device on no map?

Id like to have several hundred monitored devices that are not on any map, is this possible?
by Inssomniak
Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:21 am
Forum: General
Topic: PPTP VPN "iffy"
Replies: 10
Views: 4267

Re: PPTP VPN "iffy"

You made sure that under service ports the PPTP was enabled and port set?
by Inssomniak
Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:45 pm
Forum: General
Topic: At Wits End!: QoS With Tunnel/IPsec
Replies: 1
Views: 1074

At Wits End!: QoS With Tunnel/IPsec

I have all but given up. My configuration is DSL Internet, with an IPIP tunnel to another mikrotik, this tunnel is using transport mode IPSec for encryption. Works wonderfully. Voip is on the LAN passes over this tunnel to a PBX located at the other end of the tunnel. I cant QoS the VoIP properly! I...
by Inssomniak
Tue Jan 11, 2011 8:13 pm
Forum: General
Topic: QoS with IPIP tunnel
Replies: 9
Views: 3214

Re: QoS with IPIP tunnel

Yap verified that it is good.
by Inssomniak
Tue Jan 11, 2011 7:20 pm
Forum: General
Topic: QoS with IPIP tunnel
Replies: 9
Views: 3214

Re: QoS with IPIP tunnel

This is what I have come up with so far. # jan/11/2011 12:17:59 by RouterOS 5.0rc5 # software id = DZX8-NDHL # /ip firewall mangle add action=jump chain=forward disabled=no jump-target="Traffic To Toronto" \ out-interface="IPIP To Toronto" add action=jump chain=forward disabled=n...
by Inssomniak
Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:56 pm
Forum: General
Topic: QoS with IPIP tunnel
Replies: 9
Views: 3214

Re: QoS with IPIP tunnel

I am trying as you suggest and the marking is working properly (packets are getting marked at a rate of 80kb per sec) but as soon as I try to use that mark in a queue it always shows 4 times as fast traffic amount. I cant figure out whats goin on.
by Inssomniak
Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:55 am
Forum: General
Topic: QoS with IPIP tunnel
Replies: 9
Views: 3214

Re: QoS with IPIP tunnel

I realized about the global-out. I have only one tunnel from each router, and Im marking DSCP 0, 46 and 48 in postrouting chain. I only care about making sure DSCP 46 is prioritized to leave the router before DSCP 0. I created a tree with root as global-out, and then the child queues prioritizing th...
by Inssomniak
Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:21 pm
Forum: General
Topic: QoS with IPIP tunnel
Replies: 9
Views: 3214

QoS with IPIP tunnel

Anyone know how to properly do a QoS tree with IPIP tunnels? I have no problem setting up the tree for the IPIP interface but I have a feeling that does nothing for traffic leaving the regular WAN interface. I want to QoS my voip traffic that leaves out an IPIP tunnel, but if I qos the WAN interface...
by Inssomniak
Mon Nov 29, 2010 3:39 am
Forum: General
Topic: Firewall and IPIP tunnel.
Replies: 1
Views: 4060

Firewall and IPIP tunnel.

I have a question about how firewalls work with IPIP tunnels I have an IPIP tunnel and I route all lan subnet traffic down this tunnel as the default gateway with policy routing, but the WAN (non IPIP tunnel traffic) interface still gets some traffic for other things, how do I have 2 separate firewa...
by Inssomniak
Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:56 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: RB 133 slow with 4x and pppoe
Replies: 14
Views: 4434

Re: RB 133 slow with 4x and pppoe

So far it looks like flash is using most of the CPU when the RB "freezes"...
Perhaps the flash is going bad on some of your boards?
by Inssomniak
Mon Nov 15, 2010 2:52 am
Forum: General
Topic: Methods to use VPN as default GW
Replies: 8
Views: 2539

Re: Methods to use VPN as default GW

/ip route vrf add interfaces=ether1,ipip1 routing-mark=vpn-lan Then all the routing that happens on the ether1 and ipip1 interface will happen in its own routing table called vpn-lan. I think it should work. I use VRFs, but not for default gateway, just for private VPNs. MPLS is just for distributi...
by Inssomniak
Mon Nov 15, 2010 1:52 am
Forum: General
Topic: Methods to use VPN as default GW
Replies: 8
Views: 2539

Re: Methods to use VPN as default GW

Yes. I googled around about this VRF and there isnt a lot of info, any simple examples ? seems I still have to mark traffic with routing marks still so Im not sure how VRF is advantageous to using the main routing table with marks.? I have a wan interface, and an IPIP tunnel over it to another mikr...
by Inssomniak
Mon Nov 15, 2010 1:17 am
Forum: General
Topic: Methods to use VPN as default GW
Replies: 8
Views: 2539

Re: Methods to use VPN as default GW

Never done it, but policy routing or a VRF should do it. Simply putting the LAN interface and the tunnel interface in the same VRF and leaving the WAN interface in the main routing table would probably do it. Then just add a second default gateway in the LAN/tunnel VRF dst of 0.0.0.0 gateway of rem...
by Inssomniak
Sun Nov 14, 2010 4:04 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Methods to use VPN as default GW
Replies: 8
Views: 2539

Methods to use VPN as default GW

Hi all. Im looking for ideas and methods to use a VPN tunnel (IPIP/IPsec) as a default gateway, but of course not killing off the default gateway the tunnel is using. There wont be any NAT performed until the traffic reaches the other end of the VPN tunnel.

Thanks!
by Inssomniak
Sun Nov 14, 2010 12:08 am
Forum: General
Topic: SSTP as a site to site VPN?
Replies: 4
Views: 2406

Re: SSTP as a site to site VPN?

I switched to IPIP with IPsec and its working awesome. So it stays.

Thanks!
by Inssomniak
Thu Nov 11, 2010 3:57 am
Forum: General
Topic: SSTP: bad peer version
Replies: 1
Views: 994

SSTP: bad peer version

I have an issue with SSTP tunnel between 2 mikrotiks failing, the error is "bad peer version". It seems to come up under load.


Any ideas?
by Inssomniak
Wed Nov 10, 2010 11:34 pm
Forum: General
Topic: SSTP as a site to site VPN?
Replies: 4
Views: 2406

Re: SSTP as a site to site VPN?

What was the issue you were having? Seems with just one connection, traffic randomly stops and connection dies and re-establishes.

Im trying to create a hub-and-spoke type VPN, were the remote networks connect to a hub, and at the hub all NAT and QoS happens.
by Inssomniak
Tue Nov 09, 2010 1:59 am
Forum: General
Topic: SSTP as a site to site VPN?
Replies: 4
Views: 2406

SSTP as a site to site VPN?

Is SSTP recommended or otherwise, for a site to site VPN over l2tp/ipsec? Both ends will be mikrotik 5.0rc3.
by Inssomniak
Fri Oct 22, 2010 2:22 am
Forum: General
Topic: VPN solution config help
Replies: 1
Views: 737

VPN solution config help

I want to connect 5 remote routerboards over the internet via VPN (ipsec/l2tp) to a main routerboard in a datacenter, I want all traffic including internet traffic thru VPN, so if the VPN is up, surf the internet thru the datacenter routerboard, and if tunnel is not, surf out the local internet conn...
by Inssomniak
Fri Oct 22, 2010 2:12 am
Forum: General
Topic: DNS Failure
Replies: 6
Views: 2675

Re: DNS Failure

Ive had this problem a few times too, rebooting it seems to be the only fix.

Support suggested changing the x86 to a routerboard, but I cant do that.
by Inssomniak
Sat Sep 25, 2010 5:22 am
Forum: General
Topic: Router became unstable: Ideas?
Replies: 0
Views: 722

Router became unstable: Ideas?

Router just spontaneously became unstable, I sent a supout but has anyone seen this? /ip dns print returned "action timed out" /file print was very slow to return results /system sup-output took an extremely long time to create (6-7 minutes (x86 xeon 3ghz) /system reboot took a long time t...
by Inssomniak
Tue Sep 14, 2010 3:56 am
Forum: General
Topic: Framed-Route in v4.11
Replies: 8
Views: 3950

Re: Framed-Route in v4.11

Ya I think it only works in PPP
by Inssomniak
Thu Sep 09, 2010 4:14 am
Forum: General
Topic: Problems with DNS in Version 4.x
Replies: 47
Views: 11474

Re: Problems with DNS in Version 4.x

Ive had this problem too, but only once every few months.

/ip dns print gives an error timeout.

Reboot fixes it for the next bunch of months.
by Inssomniak
Sat Aug 21, 2010 3:49 am
Forum: General
Topic: Production router with ESXi ?
Replies: 8
Views: 3470

Re: Production router with ESXi ?

I did finally try this, and worked fine on the bench., but weird results in production. 350 users PPPoE Using the e1000 network cards both physical and virtual. Downloading large files just stops sometimes. Speed test results are weird when customers run them, although no noticeable issues with thei...
by Inssomniak
Sun Aug 08, 2010 1:20 am
Forum: General
Topic: DNS servers wont save across reboots/change back to old ones
Replies: 5
Views: 1801

Re: DNS servers wont save across reboots/change back to old

Ok I feel a little stupid but you guys did give me the idea of checking a pppoe client, which had been set up for 2 years now, and had "use peer DNS" enabled. It never mattered until a recent config change, although it should have never been set 2 years ago either. This is on a dual core x...
by Inssomniak
Sun Aug 08, 2010 12:29 am
Forum: General
Topic: DNS servers wont save across reboots/change back to old ones
Replies: 5
Views: 1801

Re: DNS servers wont save across reboots/change back to old

This is my core router, it has 400 users, and the DHCP package isnt even installed. Ive never used DHCP on this router.
by Inssomniak
Sat Aug 07, 2010 7:34 pm
Forum: General
Topic: DNS servers wont save across reboots/change back to old ones
Replies: 5
Views: 1801

DNS servers wont save across reboots/change back to old ones

Anyone have problems with the DNS server setting staying set correctly?

Mine will spontaneously revert back to old DNS servers and wont save new servers across reboots!

This with both 4.6 and after upgrading to 4.11 the same thing?
by Inssomniak
Sun Jul 11, 2010 8:50 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Some bug in 4.10 with nstreme?
Replies: 13
Views: 3398

Re: Some bug in 4.10 with nstreme?

Please try the "/interface wireless reset-configuration <interface>" parameter on the wireless interface and reconfigure the cards, for both ends, I tried this on 2 links that were problematic and the nstreme problems dissapeared, (same problems as you describe)

Post if it works!!
by Inssomniak
Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:08 pm
Forum: General
Topic: RouterBoard RB411 damaged?
Replies: 8
Views: 2157

Re: RouterBoard RB411 damaged?

I had one of these too.

I took it out of a CPE, and replace it, tried it at the shop, and saw what you see, just assumed it bad and set it on the desk.

Week later for kicks I plugged it in and it booted fine. So, I dunno. I dont trust it, but acts like maybe bad capacitor or something.
by Inssomniak
Sat Jul 03, 2010 1:57 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: MPLS MTU PROBLEM
Replies: 6
Views: 5862

Re: MPLS MTU PROBLEM

I had this problem too, I think its a bug in MT, but the only way I could get MPLS to work reliably was to specify the specific MTU on each interface under MPLS->MTU setting, using the "all" never worked, and people started losing internet about an hour afterwards. So all interfaces on all...
by Inssomniak
Sat Jul 03, 2010 1:19 am
Forum: SwOS
Topic: RB250GS Routing problem
Replies: 29
Views: 16141

Re: RB250GS Routing problem

I dont own this product, but ya it does make logical sense that it should have a place to enter a default gateway, if its a managed switch even, my ancient netgear managed switches have a place for a gateway, so I can access it when Im off the direct network. Otherwise monitoring this device via an ...
by Inssomniak
Mon Jun 14, 2010 3:30 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Production router with ESXi ?
Replies: 8
Views: 3470

Production router with ESXi ?

I was thinking of consolidating our various systems at our primary PoP with just one more powerful server and using vmware ESXi to run our core router and mail/web server, and asterisk server. My idea was also to have a redundant license of mikrotik running that I could use to switch over to or auto...
by Inssomniak
Fri Apr 30, 2010 4:36 am
Forum: General
Topic: What is a RB?
Replies: 8
Views: 2272

Re: How can I INTENTIONALLY mess up a RB Board?

Disabling the ethernet port will make it not respond to even winbox.
by Inssomniak
Wed Apr 28, 2010 4:08 pm
Forum: General
Topic: v 4.4-4.6 DNS problem... please, help!
Replies: 2
Views: 1185

Re: v 4.4-4.6 DNS problem... please, help!

Mikrotik states in email to me that 4.8 has improvements to DNS although not listed in the changelog.
Id try this.

But please report back, you have crashing more than me, and want to know if 4.8 fixes your problem

Thanks!
by Inssomniak
Wed Apr 28, 2010 3:29 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Anyone else see the DNS forwarder crash?
Replies: 6
Views: 1996

Re: Anyone else see the DNS forwarder crash?

I got a reply from Mikrotik support to disable dude package, to see if it stops crashing, you can try that too.
by Inssomniak
Tue Apr 27, 2010 3:45 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Winbox "freezes" sort of
Replies: 19
Views: 5683

Re: Winbox "freezes" sort of

Ya Ive seen this several times, even running winbox under wine, or on windows. Always connected with IP address at the time.

Seems to only come up after using it for a while or doing lots of configuration changes under the same session.
by Inssomniak
Mon Apr 26, 2010 11:36 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Anyone else see the DNS forwarder crash?
Replies: 6
Views: 1996

Anyone else see the DNS forwarder crash?

I posted to support@mikrotik.com but just wondering if anyone else seen the DNS forwarder/Masq crash out? It stopped taking remote requests., but it seems it still is locally working, (I can resolve sites Ok still on the router itself) [admin@Jarvis] /ip dns> print action timed out - try again, if e...
by Inssomniak
Sun Apr 18, 2010 3:09 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: I have been testing a new 900mhz card.
Replies: 22
Views: 7056

Re: I have been testing a new 900mhz card.

I have a card here for testing as well, and can confirm what other testers of this pre production card are finding. The card is large no doubt, larger and thicker than an XR9, and does take its fair share of power, only 2 will fit on a 333/433. No heat sink on the top, but the RF shielding is thick,...
by Inssomniak
Fri Apr 16, 2010 4:46 am
Forum: General
Topic: CCQ: 3 miles point to point link
Replies: 6
Views: 1547

Re: CCQ: 3 miles point to point link

Ya your numbers are very good.

30-40% is not good.

anything below 75% I try to improve but not every case can be perfect., Some links are 50% CCQ, result is generally less throughput.
by Inssomniak
Sat Apr 10, 2010 7:59 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: OSPF dropping routes v4.x
Replies: 42
Views: 11542

Re: OSPF dropping routes v4.x

I had the same issues with OSPF and v4, but it was caused by the instability of the wireless links and nstreme, disabling nstreme fixed all problems. If you use nstreme, disable it.
by Inssomniak
Fri Apr 09, 2010 4:21 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: Setting priorities on NBMA links
Replies: 8
Views: 6523

Re: Setting priorities on NBMA links

The NBMA links in the diagram are wireless backhaul links. Before the nstreme bug was really known in 4.x I was having trouble keeping OSPF running on these links, so switching to NBMA on these links stabilized OSPF. Ive since stopped using nstreme on all the links, so technically I dont need NBMA h...
by Inssomniak
Fri Apr 09, 2010 3:26 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: Setting priorities on NBMA links
Replies: 8
Views: 6523

Re: Setting priorities on NBMA links

Ok, path choice aside, is there any need to be adjusting priorities in this type of network? or the default priority of 1 my mikrotik is the proper way to set up for these routers?
by Inssomniak
Thu Apr 08, 2010 4:46 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: MPLS MTU Bug or me?
Replies: 0
Views: 924

MPLS MTU Bug or me?

Anyone find that when you set the MPLS interfaces MTU to "all" and set a value for example 1508 that it doesnt work? If I leave just one entry to nothing but "all", that the resulting MTU is much lower than what you set it to? Only way I can get the desired MTU on an MPLS interfa...
by Inssomniak
Wed Apr 07, 2010 11:38 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: Setting priorities on NBMA links
Replies: 8
Views: 6523

Re: Setting priorities on NBMA links

So I should just leave the nbma priority at the default of 0 for all these routers, and use the cost setting?
by Inssomniak
Wed Apr 07, 2010 10:02 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: Setting priorities on NBMA links
Replies: 8
Views: 6523

Setting priorities on NBMA links

Take the following image.

Image

How would I set the priorities on the routers for OSPF NBMA type links between routers?

One of the links is just backup as seen in the image.

Thanks for any info!
by Inssomniak
Tue Apr 06, 2010 4:40 am
Forum: General
Topic: v5.0 PPPoE cllient wont get ipv6 address?
Replies: 6
Views: 3446

Re: v5.0 PPPoE cllient wont get ipv6 address?


The futur is native Ethernet connections and FTTH fiber links, but in the meantime we need to use this old stuff because providers do not want to change their hardware to fast.

Hah

Maybe where you live.
by Inssomniak
Mon Apr 05, 2010 5:59 pm
Forum: General
Topic: v5.0 PPPoE cllient wont get ipv6 address?
Replies: 6
Views: 3446

v5.0 PPPoE cllient wont get ipv6 address?

My ISP is using ipv6 now with PPPoE, but the 5.0 beta ppp client wont get the automatically assigned IP?


Is this a known issue?
by Inssomniak
Tue Mar 23, 2010 5:01 am
Forum: General
Topic: BUG Found-dynamic simple queue fails to install some users.
Replies: 1
Views: 641

BUG Found-dynamic simple queue fails to install some users.

ROS 4.2 (no changelog indicates any fix past this) Have about 300+ users, sometimes dynamic simple queue doesn't install, PPPoE users, regardless if attributes are from external RADIUS server or from internal secrets. Its not specific to any one user. If user is connected and is present in PPP activ...
by Inssomniak
Sat Mar 20, 2010 3:27 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Policy routing with lots of connected local networks issue
Replies: 5
Views: 1224

Re: Policy routing with lots of connected local networks iss

/ip route rule add action=lookup comment="" disabled=no dst-address=206.248.xx.xx/29 src-address=24.102.xx.xx/23 table=main add action=lookup comment="" disabled=no dst-address=10.0.0.0/8 src-address=24.102.xx.xx/23 table=main add action=lookup comment="" disabled=no ds...
by Inssomniak
Sat Mar 20, 2010 2:36 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Policy routing with lots of connected local networks issue
Replies: 5
Views: 1224

Re: Policy routing with lots of connected local networks iss

That customer can surf the Internet with new ISP fine but cant access web/mail server, and other local networks unless I manually add rules to look up routing table main before looking up routing table for new ISP. so add one routing rule to lookup 'main' table first Thats what I was trying to figu...
by Inssomniak
Fri Mar 19, 2010 5:07 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Policy routing with lots of connected local networks issue
Replies: 5
Views: 1224

Policy routing with lots of connected local networks issue

I recently added another provider to my router 4.2 OS. I used policy routing to send traffic based on source address out the gateway of the new ISP. But when I do this, the user with that source address for the new ISP cant connect to locally connected networks unless I add a whack of policy rules. ...
by Inssomniak
Wed Mar 10, 2010 4:02 am
Forum: General
Topic: Getting Mikrotik PPPoE and Radius to play together
Replies: 4
Views: 1393

Re: Getting Mikrotik PPPoE and Radius to play together

How is your PPP profile set up?
by Inssomniak
Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:54 pm
Forum: General
Topic: IPv6 over PPPoE
Replies: 140
Views: 34975

Re: IPv6 over PPPoE

ROS V5 already?

Seems that v4 just came out.
by Inssomniak
Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:31 pm
Forum: General
Topic: IPv6 over PPPoE
Replies: 140
Views: 34975

Re: IPv6 over PPPoE

My ISP Just rolled out ipv6 for testing, and excitedly jumped in to test with them, to my disappointment I found this thread and ipv6 over pppoe really doesnt work.
by Inssomniak
Wed Jan 27, 2010 6:15 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Problem with NSTREME on 4.1
Replies: 47
Views: 12044

Re: Problem with NSTREME on 4.1

I re-enabled nstreme on 2 of my 7 links previously that I had to disable nstreme on for instability. one is 22km, and I set the HW retries to 10, from 7, and this link is stable under heavy load, just like it was in 3.30 non-wireless-test. Other is about 5km, and is also performing well in very nois...
by Inssomniak
Thu Jan 07, 2010 4:31 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Problem with NSTREME on 4.1
Replies: 47
Views: 12044

Re: Problem with NSTREME on 4.1

There is no resolution yet.
by Inssomniak
Tue Jan 05, 2010 11:27 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: 500km link posible?
Replies: 15
Views: 4129

Re: 500km link posible?

You would have pretty wild fading on a link that long if it worked at all.
by Inssomniak
Tue Jan 05, 2010 1:34 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Intruder PPPoE server
Replies: 4
Views: 1293

Re: Intruder PPPoE server

You could try tunneling your pppoe sessions to your core router (EoIP, VPLS). That way the pppoe requests can only be answered by your core, and there would be no way for an intruder to connect a pppoe server, also make sure default forward is disabled on your APs.
by Inssomniak
Thu Dec 24, 2009 4:30 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS weirdness
Replies: 6
Views: 2148

Re: VPLS weirdness

It seems that in MPLS-Interface MTU leaving it to "all" causes issues, I set each interface manually to 1518 (for the vpls+pppoe) and it works perfectly now. Do you specify each interface even if they are all set to 1518? I specified each interface, I couldnt get "all" to work. ...
by Inssomniak
Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:39 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: TE Tunnel vs LDP
Replies: 4
Views: 2139

Re: TE Tunnel vs LDP

Yes my problem was resolved with NBMA neighbor used over any of my wireless links where OSPF was run over instead of a broadcast network type.
Little more complicated to set up, but works well.
by Inssomniak
Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:50 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: OSPF problems on routerboard
Replies: 10
Views: 4218

Re: OSPF problems on routerboard

Yes, links are on separate subnets.. I tried with point to point, result is the same.. I think that this could be bug in OS.. i tried every combination... Here are the confs.. Router R1 # dec/14/2009 14:57:31 by RouterOS 4.3 # /routing ospf instance set default comment="" disabled=no dist...
by Inssomniak
Fri Dec 11, 2009 6:00 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: OSPF problems on routerboard
Replies: 10
Views: 4218

Re: OSPF problems on routerboard

Hi guys! I have a problem, of course.. :) i have three routerboard's (two 450, and one 433).. they are connected as in the picture http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/5421/rbsn.jpg The problem is that when i run OSPF on them, one cannot see each other.. for example, R1 does see R2 as his neighbor, b...
by Inssomniak
Thu Dec 10, 2009 7:00 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Where I can find the PCC option in V3.6?
Replies: 14
Views: 1883

Re: Where I can find the PCC option in V3.6?

v3.6 older than v3.24?
Yes by a long shot.
by Inssomniak
Thu Dec 10, 2009 6:45 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Problem With PPPoE
Replies: 5
Views: 1309

Re: Problem With PPPoE

Sounds like an MTU problem.
by Inssomniak
Thu Dec 10, 2009 6:41 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Where I can find the PCC option in V3.6?
Replies: 14
Views: 1883

Re: Where I can find the PCC option in V3.6?

You need to update to at least 3.24 for Mikrotik.

Version 3.6 is too old for that feature.
by Inssomniak
Mon Dec 07, 2009 1:40 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: filtering out OSPF default route?
Replies: 5
Views: 4866

Re: filtering out OSPF default route?

There is a better solution for this: set distribute-default=never
There are cases where you want to have a router distribute default routes to other routers, but you end up with a router on the network that already has a desirable default route.
by Inssomniak
Sun Dec 06, 2009 4:42 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: UBNT detecting as Mikrotik
Replies: 8
Views: 2322

Re: UBNT detecting as Mikrotik

That sounds about right :) i see ROS 3.2 and radio name UBNT

Why is this? very strange really - would have thought the Mikrotik protocol would have been ... locked down.

I think its simply the "extra data reporting" capability of atheros devices.
by Inssomniak
Sun Dec 06, 2009 3:44 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: UBNT detecting as Mikrotik
Replies: 8
Views: 2322

Re: UBNT detecting as Mikrotik

Will do on Monday :)

Ubiquiti products have always detected as a mikrotik for as long as I have been using them

RouterOS 3.2 to be exact.
by Inssomniak
Sun Dec 06, 2009 1:42 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: TE Tunnel vs LDP
Replies: 4
Views: 2139

Re: TE Tunnel vs LDP

It seems my problem is OSPF.

For the first time ever it happened in front of me. I was able to see the logs
and I have to set up NBMA neighbors for OSPF
by Inssomniak
Sat Dec 05, 2009 7:48 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: TE Tunnel vs LDP
Replies: 4
Views: 2139

TE Tunnel vs LDP

Im having an ongoing problem with either MPLS or VPLS breaking down intermittently, once every few days. I use LDP for distribution, maybe TE tunnels would help instead of LDP? I cant wrap my head around how TE tunnels work. Take this network diagram: (Core router) ----VPLS Tunnels-------Router2----...
by Inssomniak
Fri Dec 04, 2009 4:20 pm
Forum: General
Topic: HUGE PROBLEM extensive data loss 3,30->4,2
Replies: 24
Views: 7159

Re: HUGE PROBLEM extensive data loss 3,30->4,2

So and what would be your solution, Insomniak? I understand that some of you have issues with Nstreme (most users don't) but there is nothing we can do, except fix the issues. I have an awesome solution, an official word from Mikrotik if the problem is going to be fixed in short order, (4.4? 4.5)? ...
by Inssomniak
Fri Dec 04, 2009 4:18 am
Forum: General
Topic: HUGE PROBLEM extensive data loss 3,30->4,2
Replies: 24
Views: 7159

Re: HUGE PROBLEM extensive data loss 3,30->4,2

Your comment does nothing for the probably hundreds or thousands of users with an existing Nstreme implementation that no longer works.
Are we supposed to just shut up and wait halfway through the v4 lifecycle for a new and great v4 Nstreme?

And then beta-test that one?
by Inssomniak
Thu Dec 03, 2009 2:41 pm
Forum: Virtualization
Topic: Please, I need your help. Metarouter looses its config
Replies: 7
Views: 3503

Re: Please, I need your help. Metarouter looses its config

Nstreme doesnt work. So far thats the only problem Ive found with it. Doesn't work, or works poorly as in earlier 4.x? I have found that nstreme works pretty well with 3.30 and wireless-test, but for some reason, 4.x gives really poor performance. Works poorly in 4.x. I never used the wireless-test...
by Inssomniak
Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:44 am
Forum: Virtualization
Topic: Please, I need your help. Metarouter looses its config
Replies: 7
Views: 3503

Re: Please, I need your help. Metarouter looses its config

upgraded to 4.3.
Config on Meta Lost.
Reconfigured.
Rebooted and config did not go away.
Now are there any problems with 4.3 we should know about :)

Nstreme doesnt work.
So far thats the only problem Ive found with it.
by Inssomniak
Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:34 am
Forum: General
Topic: HUGE PROBLEM extensive data loss 3,30->4,2
Replies: 24
Views: 7159

Re: HUGE PROBLEM extensive data loss 3,30->4,2

Yap is widely acknowledged that nstreme in 4.x is pretty badly broken.
by Inssomniak
Mon Nov 30, 2009 5:22 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Slow throughput 30 clients nstreme
Replies: 6
Views: 2010

Re: Slow throughput 30 clients nstreme

Are you using 3.30 with nstreme with the wireless-test package?
by Inssomniak
Sun Nov 29, 2009 6:14 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Slow throughput 30 clients nstreme
Replies: 6
Views: 2010

Re: Slow throughput 30 clients nstreme

If you are using 4.x, try downgrading to 3.x. Nstreme appears broken in 4.x
by Inssomniak
Sun Nov 29, 2009 6:04 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Problem with NSTREME on 4.1
Replies: 47
Views: 12044

Re: Problem with NSTREME on 4.1

Same problem, links would fall on the CCQ to near 0% or completely disconnect and reconnect.

Its fine with 3.30.
by Inssomniak
Fri Nov 27, 2009 7:58 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Problem with NSTREME on 4.1
Replies: 47
Views: 12044

Re: Problem with NSTREME on 4.1

Ive been having some issues too. Links that would run for 150++ days with nstreme on with v3.x now only will run for 6-7 days on 4.x before disassociation or get error like not polled for too long. Ive re-enabled CSMA to see if that helps, and changed my framer policy to best fit from exact size. Th...
by Inssomniak
Sat Nov 21, 2009 10:09 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: Something failing with MPLS and VPLS?
Replies: 0
Views: 974

Something failing with MPLS and VPLS?

I switched to MPLS so I could get VPLS tunnels instead of EoIP (which worked well) Setup basically the same as the Wiki examples I run PPPoE Sessions over the VPLS tunnels, but periodically a bunch of PPPoE sessions will fail, not necessarily all of them in the VPLS tunnel but enough to indicate the...
by Inssomniak
Fri Nov 20, 2009 5:43 am
Forum: General
Topic: Winbox showing CCQ of some clients 1100%
Replies: 0
Views: 664

Winbox showing CCQ of some clients 1100%

Or other wierdness?

like 999% or 182%?

Came up after upgrade to 4.2
by Inssomniak
Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:19 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: MPLS/VPLS or EoIP?
Replies: 7
Views: 11503

Re: MPLS/VPLS or EoIP?

Ya thanks I used that thread as help on setting up my network, I would have missed the horizon setting.

Thanks
by Inssomniak
Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:18 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS weirdness
Replies: 6
Views: 2148

Re: VPLS weirdness

My MTU for PPPoE clients has always been 1480.

Setting 1518 seems to allow an unfragmented PPPoE packet thru OK.
by Inssomniak
Sun Nov 01, 2009 4:22 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS weirdness
Replies: 6
Views: 2148

Re: VPLS weirdness

It seems that in MPLS-Interface MTU leaving it to "all" causes issues, I set each interface manually to 1518 (for the vpls+pppoe) and it works perfectly now.
by Inssomniak
Sun Nov 01, 2009 1:11 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: Determining MTU
Replies: 0
Views: 1167

Determining MTU

I have switched to a VPLS tunnel based network from EOIP. But now I seem to have MTU problems. Im not familiar with how to set the MPLS and VPLS mtu size. my PPPoE server settings were always set to MTU of 1480, and that worked Ok, but now I cant get a packet that big across the tunnel, its now 1470...
by Inssomniak
Sat Oct 31, 2009 1:34 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VPLS weirdness
Replies: 6
Views: 2148

VPLS weirdness

Ive almost finished a conversion from EOIP to MPLS with VPLS. I have a OSPF routed network configured much the same way as the wiki, same with the MPLS config. Ive created VPLS tunnels from each remote router to a core router, and all work except 1. All routers are configured similar but this one it...
by Inssomniak
Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:42 am
Forum: General
Topic: OS 4.2 CPU going to 100%
Replies: 0
Views: 672

OS 4.2 CPU going to 100%

Versions 4.1 and 4.2 seems when making changes to anything related to MLPS or VPLS CPU goes to 100% and only reboot fixes it, After making a few changes in a row (adding VPLS tunnel) it goes 100%

Anyone else notice?
by Inssomniak
Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:38 am
Forum: General
Topic: RB133C : Error downgrading from 3.28 to 2.9.51
Replies: 5
Views: 2081

Re: RB133C : Error downgrading from 3.28 to 2.9.51

I thought recent mikrotik OS support RTS-CTS no problem? 4.x, and 3.x with wireless-test package?
by Inssomniak
Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:26 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: Problem with MPLS
Replies: 1
Views: 1131

Problem with MPLS

I had a OSPF routed network that works ok, I wanted to add MPLS for VPLS I followed the wiki examples over and over, but when it comes up, in LDP neighbour, I see the neighbour and local/transport address only for 5 seconds, and it flips from dissapeared, to there, to gone again every 5 seconds, no ...
by Inssomniak
Tue Sep 29, 2009 5:27 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: MPLS/VPLS or EoIP?
Replies: 7
Views: 11503

MPLS/VPLS or EoIP?

I currently have an OSPF routed network, I create tunnels using EoIP from each AP to a core router and running a pppoe server on each EoIP tunnel on the core router, this has worked fine for a long time. But EoIP not very efficient on bandwidth. It has about 250 terminated PPPoE sessions across 7 PP...
by Inssomniak
Sat Sep 26, 2009 5:11 am
Forum: The Dude
Topic: Send single package to routerOS
Replies: 0
Views: 691

Send single package to routerOS

I want to send say, wireless-test package to router, kinda like an upgrade, to switch from regular wireless package.

Any way to send package to router via dude?
by Inssomniak
Sat Sep 26, 2009 1:44 am
Forum: The Dude
Topic: Redirect DUDE DNS requests to external server
Replies: 1
Views: 1448

Redirect DUDE DNS requests to external server

When dude is installed onto a routerOS based router, there is no ablity to tell dude to use any other DNS server except the local router OS one. I need to know if there was a way by using nat/mangle to redirect dude's DNS requests to an external server, but leaving the routerOS DNS server/forwarder ...
by Inssomniak
Sun Aug 30, 2009 10:18 pm
Forum: The Dude
Topic: DNS server?
Replies: 0
Views: 865

DNS server?

I installed dude 3.4 on an x86 routerOS 3.28, but I cant seem to find a way to configure the server to use different DNS servers, the manual states that they should be changable in the "general" tab, but there is no option, I dont want dude to use the routeros DNS, but a remote DNS server ...
by Inssomniak
Mon Aug 03, 2009 7:18 am
Forum: General
Topic: URL redirect gives error in browser "not redirecting properl
Replies: 0
Views: 626

URL redirect gives error in browser "not redirecting properl

Im trying to set up web proxy to redirect URL from specific source address to deny then redirect to url, but no matter what site I put into the "redirect to" box, firefox always gives error "This site is not redirecting properly" and suggests clearing cookies, which does not work...
by Inssomniak
Sat Aug 01, 2009 5:08 am
Forum: Scripting
Topic: pppoe connections to DNS static entry
Replies: 2
Views: 1839

Re: pppoe connections to DNS static entry

ok I found this script, about doing it with DHCP, I managed to modify it for pppoe, and it works as expected, but it takes up 100% CPU and over 15 seconds to run for 230 users. :local topdomain :local hostname :local hostip :set topdomain "wifi.xxxx.ca" ; /ppp active ; :foreach i in=[find]...
by Inssomniak
Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:49 am
Forum: Scripting
Topic: pppoe connections to DNS static entry
Replies: 2
Views: 1839

pppoe connections to DNS static entry

Anyone have a script or a base script to read the current pppoe connnections, take their username and IP address and add it to the DNS as a static entry, and if pppoe connection is gone or changed IP, to update the static DNS entry?
by Inssomniak
Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:37 pm
Forum: The Dude
Topic: Dynamic PPPoE Devices
Replies: 3
Views: 1106

Re: Dynamic PPPoE Devices

Can mikrotik do this some way? or do I need a separate DNS server?
by Inssomniak
Wed Jul 29, 2009 3:34 am
Forum: The Dude
Topic: Dynamic PPPoE Devices
Replies: 3
Views: 1106

Dynamic PPPoE Devices

Im new to dude but I cant figure out how to do this I want to place a "customer" on a map, but the customer has dynamic PPPoe interface that is also dynamic IP address. I want to somehow link an interface to device, if interface dissapears, then device will go red/down. I cant see any way ...
by Inssomniak
Sat Jul 18, 2009 4:23 am
Forum: General
Topic: What is the meaning of that signal difference?
Replies: 4
Views: 1366

Re: What is the meaning of that signal difference?

I think its showing the last known signal at rate, if it hasnt used that rate for a long time, it might be just old signal or it was on the rate for only split second, and didnt get a proper signal reading.
by Inssomniak
Sat Jul 18, 2009 4:20 am
Forum: General
Topic: PPPOE over PPTP or PPPOE over L2TP ?
Replies: 8
Views: 4912

Re: PPPOE over PPTP or PPPOE over L2TP ?

okay I have read the wiki about BCP and it works, but i can`t do a PPPOE over BCP ?

Must PPPOE Server on the local_bridge of PPTP Server?

I tried extensively to get this to work, with BCP, and l2tp, it never did.
by Inssomniak
Sat Jul 18, 2009 4:03 am
Forum: General
Topic: OSPF routed PPPOE Network
Replies: 6
Views: 1758

Re: OSPF routed PPPOE Network

I use EoIP tunnels, I wanted to use l2tp tunnnels but I could never get that to work.
by Inssomniak
Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:36 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Well is it possible or not? PPPoE over L2TP?
Replies: 6
Views: 1791

Re: Well is it possible or not? PPPoE over L2TP?

i dont use pppoe, just was testing it back then. does your l2tp tunnel show active in the bridge once its connected?
Ya the l2tp tunnel properly is in the bridge once it connects. I spend 4 days trying, and never could get it to work, and suspect its a possible bug in newer versions of mikrotik.
by Inssomniak
Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:22 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Well is it possible or not? PPPoE over L2TP?
Replies: 6
Views: 1791

Re: Well is it possible or not? PPPoE over L2TP?

just use 3.x and bridge the l2tp tunnel. make sure the MRRU is > 1514 or so. Ive tried all this. It doesnt work. I can get as far as seeing PADI packets pass over the bridge, but the PAD0 never go back. Ive tried MRRU as high as 1600. I set the server to 1600 MRRU, MTU and MRU 1460, the client is s...
by Inssomniak
Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:53 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Use pollling with PtP Links?
Replies: 1
Views: 865

Use pollling with PtP Links?

Ive been using nstreme on my PtP links with great success, but polling was always on.

Is it better to have polling disabled? CSMA disabled?

Whats best framer policy?

These are not PtMP links. Just backhaul links.
by Inssomniak
Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:57 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Please Help Me !! Im in Deep Trouble
Replies: 10
Views: 2287

Re: Please Help Me !! Im in Deep Trouble

maybe turn off multi CPU?
by Inssomniak
Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:22 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Well is it possible or not? PPPoE over L2TP?
Replies: 6
Views: 1791

Well is it possible or not? PPPoE over L2TP?

Ive followed a number of threads about PPPoE over L2TP and no one has gotten it to work in any of the threads. Ive got a test setup Ive been working on for 4 days with no success. Can it be done or not? Is it even worth pursuing? Ive been using PPPoE over EOIP for a while but I was looking for somet...
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