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by miro10hr
Thu Nov 19, 2020 4:40 pm
Forum: General
Topic: hAP ac port flapping - ethernet link up / down
Replies: 1
Views: 762

Re: hAP ac port flapping - ethernet link up / down

I managed to resolve it by installing new Gigabit POE adapter.
by miro10hr
Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:09 pm
Forum: General
Topic: hAP ac port flapping - ethernet link up / down
Replies: 1
Views: 762

hAP ac port flapping - ethernet link up / down

Hello, I have hAP ac which is working as simple access point in bridge mode. These interfaces are useda and in bridge: wlan_2GHz wlan_5GHz ether 1 Device is powered through PoE ether 1 port. Cable length is aprox 10m. There is no special configuration except for que (pcq-download and pcq-upload). So...
by miro10hr
Thu Jan 25, 2018 4:10 pm
Forum: General
Topic: PCQ not working
Replies: 2
Views: 1629

Re: PCQ not working

I came to answer myself and I see your suggestion now.

No fast track.

Enable IP Firewall in Bridge settings worked!

Thanks for help.
by miro10hr
Thu Jan 25, 2018 3:40 pm
Forum: General
Topic: PCQ not working
Replies: 2
Views: 1629

PCQ not working

Hi all, I have a simple configuration. One AP in the office which is working in bridge mode (Wireless 2G, Wireless 5G and ethernet port in one bridge). I want to set up PCQ for clients. I have set up simple que and pcq-upload and pcq-download: name="Wireless_que" target=192.168.100.0/24 pa...
by miro10hr
Fri Mar 31, 2017 1:56 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Which RB for PPPoE termination
Replies: 0
Views: 521

Which RB for PPPoE termination

Hi, I need a central router for the following usage: Scenario 1 50 PPPoE tunnels termination NAT Basice firewall rules SFP port 200 Mbit/s throughput Scenario 2 100 PPPoE tunnels termination NAT Basic firewall rules SFP port 400 Mbit/s throughput Scenario 3 200 PPPoE tunnels termination NAT Basic fi...
by miro10hr
Fri Mar 24, 2017 11:16 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Point to multipoint - Wireless ISP general setup
Replies: 1
Views: 1498

Point to multipoint - Wireless ISP general setup

I have one general question. Let's say I have a network with one central AP and multiple home users that connect to that central point with CPE equipment. Each user is a separate entity. There is about 20 users connected to central AP. There is one more router "behind" the central AP. What...
by miro10hr
Tue May 24, 2016 11:36 am
Forum: General
Topic: CRS switch, VLANs not working when invalid VLAN filtering enabled
Replies: 3
Views: 2754

Re: CRS switch, VLANs not working when invalid VLAN filtering enabled

Hi,

Thanks, that's clear now. It's my first time to work with switch options on CRS so it takes a bit to understand the logic.

VLAN tags not appearing is due to network adapter in laptop and I've managed to resolve it.

Everything is resolved then.

Thanks.
by miro10hr
Mon May 23, 2016 12:07 pm
Forum: General
Topic: CRS switch, VLANs not working when invalid VLAN filtering enabled
Replies: 3
Views: 2754

Re: CRS switch, VLANs not working when invalid VLAN filtering enabled

I'm trying to troubleshoot this. I've mirrored the port 24 to port 23 /interface ethernet switch set egress-mirror0=ether23 ingress-mirror0=ether23 /interface ethernet switch port set 23 egress-mirror-to=mirror0 ingress-mirror-to=mirror0 \ (23 in this case is port 24 because the counting starts from...
by miro10hr
Mon May 23, 2016 10:41 am
Forum: General
Topic: CRS switch, VLANs not working when invalid VLAN filtering enabled
Replies: 3
Views: 2754

CRS switch, VLANs not working when invalid VLAN filtering enabled

Hi, I'm trying to do basic switch configruation. I will simplify everything so it is more clear. I can't understand why it is not working. Here is the setup: - two CRS switches that are interconnected - one trunk port between them - tagged packets - access ports - untagged packets - MGMT IP for each...
by miro10hr
Tue May 17, 2016 11:54 am
Forum: General
Topic: CRS and redundancy - advice needed
Replies: 0
Views: 910

CRS and redundancy - advice needed

Hi all, I need advice for redundancy with CRS125. Didn't use CRS much, but in this case it is mandatory to use CRS. I have the following topology (there are more servers, but it is same prinicple for all): CRS125_redundancy_forum_v0.1_160517.png With classical switch I'd turn on stp on all ports, bu...
by miro10hr
Wed May 13, 2015 6:45 pm
Forum: General
Topic: RB260GSP and SXT G-2HnD auto negotiation problem
Replies: 4
Views: 1105

Yes, SwOS 1.14. Unfortunately the site is rather far away and SXTs and switch are mounted in a place where you can't reach it easily so there is no chance someone can do cable interchange instead of me. That's why I would try all the things I can do remotely. What kind of cable test did you have in ...
by miro10hr
Mon May 11, 2015 9:16 pm
Forum: General
Topic: RB260GSP and SXT G-2HnD auto negotiation problem
Replies: 4
Views: 1105

RB260GSP and SXT G-2HnD auto negotiation problem

Hi, I have RB260GSP which is powering 3 SXT devices. 1 x SXT 5HPnD 2 x SXT G-2HnD Power consumption is low, so there is no problem with that part. It was working for 8 months with no problems. At the moment one SXT G-2HnD can't auto negotiate link with RB260GSP. It works only if I disable auto-negot...
by miro10hr
Fri Mar 06, 2015 3:12 pm
Forum: General
Topic: How to mark packets going from router itself
Replies: 14
Views: 4237

Re:

In the example, we have a intetrface and a static address. You can set the interface as gateway.
Unfortunately you can't. It doesn't work for ethernet connections.

http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?t=94191
by miro10hr
Fri Mar 06, 2015 10:58 am
Forum: General
Topic: How to mark packets going from router itself
Replies: 14
Views: 4237

Re: How to mark packets going from router itself

ok, another approach should be: /ip route add dst-address=0.0.0.0/0 gateway=ether1,192.168.0.1 check-gateway=ping As I said the gateway IP address is not static, it changes depending what address router gets from dhcp. I suppose the address 192.168.0.1 in this example you posted is static gateway a...
by miro10hr
Thu Mar 05, 2015 1:23 am
Forum: General
Topic: How to mark packets going from router itself
Replies: 14
Views: 4237

Re: How to mark packets going from router itself

My situation is more complicated but I didn't want to go into details. One gateway is added dynamically over dhcp (dhcp client) and I'm using routing filters with dynamic-in chain to dedicate this default route to routing mark A. Other gateway for routing mark B is static but this connection can be ...
by miro10hr
Wed Mar 04, 2015 5:11 pm
Forum: General
Topic: How to mark packets going from router itself
Replies: 14
Views: 4237

Re: How to mark packets going from router itself

Hm, I'm not sure if I understand the answer. I have two 0.0.0.0/0 routes in the routing table, one for routing marks A and another for routing marks B. The problem is that traffic originating in router itself gets no routing mark so doesn't know which route to use. And I'm interested how to mark it ...
by miro10hr
Wed Mar 04, 2015 4:02 pm
Forum: General
Topic: How to mark packets going from router itself
Replies: 14
Views: 4237

How to mark packets going from router itself

Hi, I have simple setup like this http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Load_Balancing_over_Multiple_Gateways Basically I have two outgoing interfaces and two different gateways, A and B. I have two LAN segments as well. I want to direct LAN1 segment over gateway A and LAN2 segment over gateway B. Configura...
by miro10hr
Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:44 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Auto frequency feature and scan list
Replies: 2
Views: 1360

Re: Auto frequency feature and scan list

Does anybody know this?
by miro10hr
Wed Feb 18, 2015 10:20 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Auto frequency feature and scan list
Replies: 2
Views: 1360

Auto frequency feature and scan list

One simple question, does frequency auto setting checks the frequencies in scan list and only jumps to frequencies that are in the scan list or it completely ignores scan list?
by miro10hr
Tue Feb 03, 2015 2:37 pm
Forum: General
Topic: PPTP extremly slow
Replies: 2
Views: 2091

Re: PPTP extremly slow

To answer to myself. It seems the problem is with TFTP. If I test it with FTP the speeds are OK.

I don't know if I can change any settings to get TFTP to work any better because I'll have a device in this case which uses only TFTP for software upgrade.
by miro10hr
Mon Feb 02, 2015 5:18 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Huawei MU609 miniPCIe modem problem
Replies: 1
Views: 1422

Huawei MU609 miniPCIe modem problem

Hi all, I'm having a problem with Huawei MU609 card. I'm using Mikrotik RB912UAG-2HPnD, ROS v6.24, firmware 3.19. The modem is recognized in System - Resources - Usb, but in System - Ports there is only 1 channel recognized. That is channel 0. In Mikrotik wiki supported hardware it says: Huawei MU60...
by miro10hr
Wed Jan 21, 2015 10:35 am
Forum: General
Topic: PPTP extremly slow
Replies: 2
Views: 2091

Re: PPTP extremly slow

I forgot to write that there are no firewall rules, just NAT and default mangle rules for change tcp mss.

I've tried it without NAT but the behavior is the same.
by miro10hr
Tue Jan 20, 2015 5:19 pm
Forum: General
Topic: PPTP extremly slow
Replies: 2
Views: 2091

PPTP extremly slow

Hi all, I have a following setup: RB912 with 3G miniPCI card. PPP connection is configured as well as NAT. Everything works fine. I've configured PPTP tunnel between PC (windows 8 ) and RB912 and that's where the problem starts. PPTP tunnel connection is extremly slow. The speeds are 10% of the spee...
by miro10hr
Wed Dec 10, 2014 10:22 am
Forum: General
Topic: Router boots with different configurations
Replies: 8
Views: 2257

Re: Router boots with different configurations

Hi, It's not blank configuration because there is some configuration there, for example wireless interface is configured, but disabled. There is no IP address on the bridge interface though. I didn't go through all configuration to compare what is the same and what is different between the "fir...
by miro10hr
Thu Dec 04, 2014 4:29 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Router boots with different configurations
Replies: 8
Views: 2257

Re: Router boots with different configurations

Unfortunately it's very remote location and I don't have direct access to equipment. Nobody will go there for months. So I won't be doing netinstall for sure.

I could ask Mikrotik directly. They should know how the configuration files are booted and how to possibly delete other boot configuration.
by miro10hr
Thu Dec 04, 2014 2:21 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Router boots with different configurations
Replies: 8
Views: 2257

Re: Router boots with different configurations

There is no additional partitions, just the default one. I just double checked it.

I really don't understand where is this other boot configuration coming from...
by miro10hr
Wed Dec 03, 2014 4:46 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Router boots with different configurations
Replies: 8
Views: 2257

Router boots with different configurations

Hi, I have a strange situation. I have RB260GSP which is powering 3 SXT devices. Power consumption is low, so there is no problem with that part. If switch is rebooted all the devices are rebooted as well. Two SXTs start normally and there is no problem with them. Third SXT starts with some strange ...
by miro10hr
Tue Nov 18, 2014 3:17 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: OmniTik - VirtualAP and WDS how much resource consumption?
Replies: 3
Views: 1503

Re: OmniTik - VirtualAP and WDS how much resource consumptio

Yer, I realize that bandwidth is shared and I'm prepared for that. Just didn't want to stress it more than needed with VirtualAPs. Did you notice any difference in stability between static and dynamic wds? My plan was to configure dynamic wds as it is faster and easier to configure. And already upda...
by miro10hr
Tue Nov 18, 2014 12:52 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: OmniTik - VirtualAP and WDS how much resource consumption?
Replies: 3
Views: 1503

OmniTik - VirtualAP and WDS how much resource consumption?

Hi all, I have OmniTik and couple of SXTs in Point-to-Multipoint setup. One of them is Sector SXT with Level 4 license. That one will serve as AP and be connected to OmniTik as a station at the same time. That's why I have to configure WDS. I have two options, either to configure WDS on OmniTik for ...
by miro10hr
Tue Nov 04, 2014 4:04 pm
Forum: General
Topic: How to check if load balancing over 2 WAN is done correcty?
Replies: 1
Views: 1738

How to check if load balancing over 2 WAN is done correcty?

Hi, I have RB953 with two miniPCI 3G modems. I've configured two 3G PPP connections (same operator) and configured load balancing on them using these instructions: http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Improved_Load_Balancing_over_Multiple_Gateways with slight modifications on default routes (using interfac...
by miro10hr
Mon Aug 25, 2014 5:24 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Queue behaviour when max-limit is not set?
Replies: 0
Views: 808

Queue behaviour when max-limit is not set?

Hi, I'm interested what happens if max limit is not set, only rate limit? I'm talking about PCQ. For example if you have 10/10Mbit connection to Internet, but you don't set max limit. It's unlimited. You set rate limit to 1Mbit. If 5 users connect, each will get 1Mbit. If 10 users connect, each will...
by miro10hr
Mon Aug 25, 2014 3:41 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Two wireless link failover
Replies: 4
Views: 1635

Re: Two wireless link failover

Hi,

Just to post the feedback. SXTs were used instead of QRTs, distance is not too big. They're some 30-40cm apart.
First frequency is 5180, second 5320.
I see no problems when both radios on each side are working.
by miro10hr
Mon Aug 18, 2014 6:05 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Two wireless link failover
Replies: 4
Views: 1635

Two wireless link failover

Hi all, I have to implement the failover on two wireless PTP links. There would be two APs (QRT) and one switch on each side. So the config would be Lan . Switch . Ap1 Ap2 . . . Ap3 Ap4 . swtich . ISP My plan is to have ap1-ap3 link as a main link and ap2-ap4 as a backup. Since APs on each side woul...
by miro10hr
Fri Jul 25, 2014 11:34 am
Forum: General
Topic: RouterOS features?
Replies: 0
Views: 742

RouterOS features?

Hi, I can’t seem to find detailed features of RouterOS and have one tender. Can someone tell me which of these features RouterOS supports/doesn’t support: 1. Multipoint GRE 2. NHRP – Next Hop Resolution Protocol 3. DMVPN – Dynamic Multipoint Virtual Private Network 4. Hierarchical QoS It doubt that ...
by miro10hr
Mon Jul 21, 2014 1:48 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Wireless repeater question
Replies: 3
Views: 1466

Re: Wireless repeater question

Oh, didn't know that. So what in case that two clients connect to second Mikrotik, one with 802.11g and another 802.11n? 802.11g client(s) would have maximum (aggregate) throughput 10 Mbit/, 802.11n client(s) maximum (aggregate) throughput 75Mbit/s, while the WDS link to first Mikrotik would have ma...
by miro10hr
Fri Jul 18, 2014 4:25 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Wireless repeater question
Replies: 3
Views: 1466

Wireless repeater question

Hi, Just want to theoretically check something regarding the wireless repeating through one example. Let's say I have two Mikrotik devices, each with one 2.4GHz 802.11 b/g/n MIMO radio and very good signal between them. First one is connected with wire to the Internet and wirelessly (with WDS) to se...
by miro10hr
Thu Jun 05, 2014 1:04 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Repeater mode
Replies: 16
Views: 9689

Re: Repeater mode

Hi,

I talked to MikroTik support and they advised to set the distance to "indoors".
/interface wireless distance=indoors
and since then everything seems to be fine.

Zap.
So it this solution stable? Is it working for you? No more loops?
by miro10hr
Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:40 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: AP<->AP NSTREME
Replies: 2
Views: 1301

Re: AP<->AP NSTREME

As far as I know HWMP+ mesh unfortunately work only with 802.11 protocol.
by miro10hr
Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:58 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Repeater mode
Replies: 16
Views: 9689

Re: Repeater mode

In general it is working but I still have the problem, that sometimes the repeater goes into some kind of loop and reports: ... disconnected, management-protection failure ... connected, is AP, wants WDS or ... disconnected, no beacons received ... connected, is AP, wants WDS over and over again. A...
by miro10hr
Tue Mar 18, 2014 10:02 am
Forum: General
Topic: Downgrade - could I lose configuration?
Replies: 2
Views: 1166

Downgrade - could I lose configuration?

Hi,

I want to downgrade from 6.10 to 6.7. I've read somewhere that in case of downgrade, configuration could be lost. What's the chance for that?

The router is very far and hard to reach so if something happens with the configuration it would be very bad...
by miro10hr
Mon Jul 22, 2013 1:44 pm
Forum: General
Topic: FTP client triggers port scan rule in firewall
Replies: 2
Views: 1362

FTP client triggers port scan rule in firewall

Hi, I've implemented firewall based on Dmitry and Network pro: http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Dmitry_on_firewalling http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/NetworkPro_on_firewalling The problem is that FTP client, Filezilla, is triggering port scan rule and the address gets blocked. add chain=sanity-check prot...
by miro10hr
Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:02 am
Forum: General
Topic: Simple PCQ (for hotspot)
Replies: 0
Views: 1028

Simple PCQ (for hotspot)

Hi, I am not very familiar with the ques, so I have a question. I have a free hotspot (5 APs, with couple of radios) with max 200-300 clients. Total bandwidth is 20Mbit/s. I want to do a simple PCQ based on IP address of the clients. I am looking at example here: http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual...
by miro10hr
Mon Jul 08, 2013 5:55 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Hotspot mesh
Replies: 3
Views: 2493

Re: Hotspot mesh

Nobody is using mesh? I was testing in the lab and either I am not doing something right or dynamic mesh with HWMP is very unstable. Here is my really simplified setup: wlan=AP3=eth---eth=AP4=wlan wlan1=AP1=eth--eth=AP2=wlan wlan1=AP5=wlan2 ISP----eth=AP0=wlan1 These are interfaces for backbone, eve...
by miro10hr
Sat Jul 06, 2013 7:50 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: RB2011UAS-RM as hotspot and DHCP server
Replies: 6
Views: 3097

Re: RB2011UAS-RM as hotspot and DHCP server

Total uplink bandwidth will be small, some 20Mbit/s. It will be free hotspot. There will be no firewall, proxy, nat maybe, but also not mandatory. There will be queues. Do you know what type of queues are least cpu and memory intensive? So max 300 users, 20Mbit/s, with queues. Will this 2011 be enou...
by miro10hr
Thu Jul 04, 2013 9:09 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: RB2011UAS-RM as hotspot and DHCP server
Replies: 6
Views: 3097

Re: RB2011UAS-RM as hotspot and DHCP server

Where did you get this info about 250 users?

I see here 500 hotspot users for Level 5

http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:License

What about CPU and memory, would that be enough?
by miro10hr
Thu Jul 04, 2013 3:49 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: RB2011UAS-RM as hotspot and DHCP server
Replies: 6
Views: 3097

RB2011UAS-RM as hotspot and DHCP server

Hi, I have no idea how much resources would this scenario take so I have dilemma whether to use RB2011UAS or RB450G. RB2011UAS-RM would be a better option because of rack mount. It would be used as hotspot server for the network, there would be first html page, no user authentication, because it wou...
by miro10hr
Thu Jul 04, 2013 3:36 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Hotspot mesh
Replies: 3
Views: 2493

Hotspot mesh

Hi, I am building a network that would cover small coastal town square. 2,4 GHz for clients and 5 GHz for backbone interconnection between APs. There will be 6 APs in total, 5 of them with both client and backbone radios and 1 additional with only backbone. All of that in 200m radius. Client radios ...
by miro10hr
Fri Mar 22, 2013 3:42 pm
Forum: General
Topic: DST NAT on WAN interface from LAN network - is it possible?
Replies: 1
Views: 1443

DST NAT on WAN interface from LAN network - is it possible?

Subject is probably very unclear, but let me explain. I have following situation Internet-----WAN(Mikrotik)LAN-----clients (laptop, server) For example I have test page on server and I want to open it from internet (only difference is that I did not use standard HTTP port 80 on WAN interface, but po...
by miro10hr
Mon Mar 18, 2013 3:17 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Wireless client (smartphones) maximum outdoor range?
Replies: 9
Views: 3521

Re: Wireless client (smartphones) maximum outdoor range?

I don't have a picture of course map yet, but there is area about 700m in diameter without any obstructions (nothing to put antenna on). So I hoped that client's range should would be 350m (max.) in such open area. 350m would be farthest point, the center of the area. I can put 60 degree antenna, bu...
by miro10hr
Mon Mar 11, 2013 10:49 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Wireless client (smartphones) maximum outdoor range?
Replies: 9
Views: 3521

Re: Wireless client (smartphones) maximum outdoor range?

I've got a Droid 3...am about 50m away from 16 dbi 120 degree sector antenna running off a R52-300 card in a 433AH. I'm in a tent - nothing but other tents in the way. Getting two to three bars but only if I hold the phone up. If I put the phone down it looses connection and I have to log back into...
by miro10hr
Fri Mar 08, 2013 11:23 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Wireless client (smartphones) maximum outdoor range?
Replies: 9
Views: 3521

Re: Wireless client (smartphones) maximum outdoor range?

Only 100m in open area with no obstructions?

Uh, I thought it would be couple of hundred of meters...
by miro10hr
Wed Mar 06, 2013 2:47 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Wireless client (smartphones) maximum outdoor range?
Replies: 9
Views: 3521

Wireless client (smartphones) maximum outdoor range?

Hi, I am interested in the information about range of wifi cards in today smartphones (Samsung, iphone, HTC, etc.). Let's there is large outdoor space with no obstructions. Frequnecy is 2,4 GHz. What is the maximum range from client to AP so that client has communication with AP? I can put more powe...
by miro10hr
Mon Feb 25, 2013 3:34 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Firewall - ACK, RST and Dmitry on firewalling
Replies: 1
Views: 1746

Re: Firewall - ACK, RST and Dmitry on firewalling

OK, I edited rule a little bit and put it like this: add chain=sanity-check protocol=tcp tcp-flags=!fin,!syn,rst,!psh,!ack,!urg action=jump jump-target=drop comment="Drop TCP RST" This way it drops packets with only RST flag set, if it is in combination with ACK (I put the others also, to ...
by miro10hr
Mon Feb 25, 2013 11:55 am
Forum: General
Topic: Firewall - ACK, RST and Dmitry on firewalling
Replies: 1
Views: 1746

Firewall - ACK, RST and Dmitry on firewalling

I've implemented firewall based on - Dmitry on firewalling, with few minor adaptations and changes. http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Dmitry_on_firewalling Customer changed mail server (web hosted) and couldn't receive mails. POP3 protocol. I've found out that packed were dropped on the rule that preven...
by miro10hr
Fri Feb 08, 2013 3:55 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: OmniTIK mesh in forest area
Replies: 3
Views: 1466

Re: OmniTIK mesh in forest area

Tnx for the reply. Your answer gives me hope :-)

Shouldn't lower frequencies pass through obstacles better then higher frequencies?

We have a combination of omnis and sectors, I guess it will be OK for the clients. It doesn't have to be ideal. It is important that backbone works fine.
by miro10hr
Fri Feb 08, 2013 11:47 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: OmniTIK mesh in forest area
Replies: 3
Views: 1466

OmniTIK mesh in forest area

Hi, I am interesting whether the OmniTIK will work in forested area, but not through forest. It is camp area with paths and OmniTIK would be installed on light lamps. Trees are on each side of the path, but visibility is good forward and backwards on the path. Distance would be small 50-100m (160-35...
by miro10hr
Mon Jan 07, 2013 11:48 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: How to mount 3G indoor antenna on RB411 case?
Replies: 4
Views: 2420

Re: How to mount 3G indoor antenna on RB411 case?

OK, thank you very much.

Thought that there is some more elegant solution with some kind of adapters for those bigger holes. Cause the customer wants to order couple of hundreds devices and drilling holes every time is not the best solution for us, but if there is nothing else...
by miro10hr
Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:42 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: How to mount 3G indoor antenna on RB411 case?
Replies: 4
Views: 2420

Re: How to mount 3G indoor antenna on RB411 case?

There are holes in the back

http://www.fuzhaopeng.com/2012/mikrotik-ca411-711-case/

but how to fixate the antenna (other than Mikrotik's omni) to that?
by miro10hr
Thu Jan 03, 2013 2:49 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: How to mount 3G indoor antenna on RB411 case?
Replies: 4
Views: 2420

How to mount 3G indoor antenna on RB411 case?

Hi, I have a 3G solution with 3G modem card (Sierra wireless). I want to connect the antenna to it. For example, something like this: http://www.techship.se/products/umts-gsm-rubber-antenna-vtgsma-5-1/ or this http://www.techship.se/products/gsm-umts-wifi-rubber-antenna/ I need a pigtail from mmcx o...
by miro10hr
Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:52 pm
Forum: General
Topic: RB2011 firewall - can't block winbox on one port
Replies: 4
Views: 5740

Re: RB2011 firewall - can't block winbox on one port

Yes, but IP fields while using Winbox are not empty - inside is broadcast address 255.255.255.255. So it is passing IP layer also and are matched with layer 3 firewall. And I can see in rule counters that winbox packets on that port are being dropped. But it seems that they are to being dropped by f...
by miro10hr
Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:43 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: RB751U-2HnD - poor wireless performance & problems
Replies: 113
Views: 129446

Re: RB751U-2HnD - poor wireless performance & problems

I have the following problem (or it is a feature maybe?) with RB751U-2HnD. I have 802.11b/g/n enabled since I have some legacy devices and some new devices. I was testing with one laptop with 802.11g wireless card, no other devices connected. If I enable only chain 0 (antenna mode - antenna A), I ge...
by miro10hr
Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:14 pm
Forum: General
Topic: RB2011 firewall - can't block winbox on one port
Replies: 4
Views: 5740

Re: RB2011 firewall - can't block winbox on one port

Yes, it works this way. If I disable all interfaces and leave out only WAN interface - ethernet 10 port I cannont connect on that port. Now I am interested why the firewall rules don't do the same job? It seems like packets first pass the mac server check and then come to firewall check. For the mom...
by miro10hr
Fri Dec 21, 2012 10:23 am
Forum: General
Topic: RB2011 firewall - can't block winbox on one port
Replies: 4
Views: 5740

RB2011 firewall - can't block winbox on one port

Hi, I don't know what else to check, I don't know what am I doing wrong. I configured RB2011 firewall as I configured RB450G and some others. I used 9 ports as LAN ports, put them into bridge and 1 port (port 10) as WAN port (PPPoE connection configured). I want to block winbox on that WAN port. Not...
by miro10hr
Thu Nov 08, 2012 11:16 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: PTMP with stations in same location
Replies: 6
Views: 1932

Re: PTMP with stations in same location

Thanks for the answers. I thought that NV2 is specially designed for such cases, where there is interference and point to multipoint situation, because of its TDM nature. I have one more question. What is the minimum difference that Stations should be apart for everything to work fine? Will it be go...
by miro10hr
Wed Nov 07, 2012 2:22 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: PTMP with stations in same location
Replies: 6
Views: 1932

PTMP with stations in same location

Hi, I have one possible scenario, but I'm not sure will it work or not. I don't have much experience with this. I have AP and two Stations connecting to it. Stations would be practically on same location (same building), max. 30m (100 feet) apart, maybe even less. Distance from AP to stations would ...
by miro10hr
Tue Oct 23, 2012 3:38 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Print in file on specific interfval - help
Replies: 2
Views: 2659

Re: Print in file on specific interfval - help

OK, I played a little bit, but the only thing I could get is to print one line in the file. Every new line is erasing the previous one. I tried to copy some lines of code from others, but I really don't have too much understanding of this. This is my code: #Global variable :global fileContent "...
by miro10hr
Mon Oct 22, 2012 5:25 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Print in file on specific interfval - help
Replies: 2
Views: 2659

Print in file on specific interfval - help

Hi, I'm not very familiar in scripting, it seems to me this shouldn't be hard to do, but I didn't manage to find similar items. I need to print in file signal strenght of specific wireless client, for example, every second. This is the command: /interface wireless registration-table print brief inte...
by miro10hr
Mon Oct 15, 2012 3:22 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: RB750UP - Issue
Replies: 258
Views: 76935

Re: RB750UP - Issue

2.5A@24V PSU is over what rb750UP can consume (it is close to that value, so there should not be any issues regarding lack of power). next problem - 50m - 70m with minimum set resistance for cat5e cable of 0.18Ohm per meter (and this is taken straight out of physics book) so we are talking 9Ohm (50...
by miro10hr
Wed Oct 10, 2012 10:26 am
Forum: General
Topic: Add additional ethernet port to RB411?
Replies: 7
Views: 2359

Add additional ethernet port to RB411?

Hi, Customer is asking for additional Ethernet port in RB411U. It will be used for 3G backup with embedded 3G wireless card, so miniPCI-E slot will be full. Is there a miniPCI Ethernet card suitable for Mikrotik? The solution should be delivered in one enclosure, together with Routerboard and not ha...
by miro10hr
Fri Oct 05, 2012 4:06 pm
Forum: General
Topic: 411U + 3G + 60MPH Tips for best stable connection.
Replies: 5
Views: 2410

Re: 411U + 3G + 60MPH Tips for best stable connection.

Hi, We have done this with a MT411U with a Sierra Wireless 3G card onboard. Not USB as this was not as reliable in our tests. We had an external mounted indoor 3G antenna attached to the Sierra Wireless 3G card. We placed it on a London train going to Manchester and at +100mph we created a wifi hot...
by miro10hr
Fri Oct 05, 2012 9:55 am
Forum: General
Topic: Why is bridging slower then routing?
Replies: 4
Views: 1397

Re: Why is bridging slower then routing?

While we're at this subject, how is firewall turned on or off? There is no special enable firewall option, so I suppose when the first rule is added then the firewall is enabled. If there is no rules then it is off. Is that right? I am asking this, because there is a enable connection tracking optio...
by miro10hr
Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:14 am
Forum: General
Topic: Why is bridging slower then routing?
Replies: 4
Views: 1397

Why is bridging slower then routing?

I am looking at test results in every Mikrotik product and I notice that bridging when IP firewall or Conn tracking is turned on is slower then routing. For example RB4xxG Series @680Mhz 64 byte frames IP Firewall Conntrack Mode Mbps off off Bridging 76.9 on off Routing 52.38 on off Bridging 44.95 o...
by miro10hr
Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:17 pm
Forum: General
Topic: 3g modem, data and info channel
Replies: 0
Views: 808

3g modem, data and info channel

Hi, I have RB411U and Novatel EU850D PCI-E card. It has 2 channels. It works, but only when both data and info channels are on 0. I would like it to be on different channels, to have info and data at the same time. So, my questions is the following, could this be changed? Is it possible to change da...
by miro10hr
Sat Aug 18, 2012 11:05 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Two SXTs on the same mounting pole, how far they should be?
Replies: 8
Views: 4355

Re: Two SXTs on the same mounting pole, how far they should

Hi! Thnx for the answer! I just didn't understand this situation: By the way, we have one sxt hanging on our main tower together with 4 sectors and while scanning the air from the distance of 1km, we get signal strength upto -71. The sxt is facing the complete opposite direction. So imagine front-to...
by miro10hr
Fri Aug 17, 2012 12:36 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Two SXTs on the same mounting pole, how far they should be?
Replies: 8
Views: 4355

Two SXTs on the same mounting pole, how far they should be?

Hi, So the question is in the subject. If I have a mounting pole, and need to have two SXTs on it. 1) Scenario 1, they are facing opposite directions. One to one side, other to other side. PTP links. What should be the vertical distance between them, so there is no intereference (or acceptable inter...
by miro10hr
Fri May 25, 2012 1:44 pm
Forum: General
Topic: PPPoE and firewall
Replies: 2
Views: 1139

Re: PPPoE and firewall

I am not sure I understand the answer?

I don't have PPPoE server, I am connecting customer to ISP with PPPoE client.
by miro10hr
Fri May 25, 2012 1:41 pm
Forum: General
Topic: VPN tunnel - send routes from server to client (laptop)
Replies: 3
Views: 1933

Re: VPN tunnel - send routes from server to client (laptop)

Unfortunately, my computer isn't a problem, I can always add static routes in command line. I am interested in complete solution for customers. I can't give them the solution to use VPN tunnels, but need to add routes manually. I know from my experience that Cisco, Nortel had such possibilities, but...
by miro10hr
Thu May 24, 2012 3:55 pm
Forum: General
Topic: VPN tunnel - send routes from server to client (laptop)
Replies: 3
Views: 1933

VPN tunnel - send routes from server to client (laptop)

Is there any kind of tunnel on Mikrotik that supports this? If you have several networks behind your Mikrotik router and want to connect over the Internet from your laptop using VPN tunnel. Is there any way to send the routes to client? I know PPTP tunnel does not support this. What about IPSEC/L2TP...
by miro10hr
Mon May 21, 2012 2:32 pm
Forum: General
Topic: PPPoE and firewall
Replies: 2
Views: 1139

PPPoE and firewall

I have a following configuration: ISP-----ADSL modem (bridged)-----(eth5-pppoe)RB450G-----LAN I am configuring firewall, modification of NetworkPro on firewalling http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/NetworkPro_on_firewalling I am not using physical interface - eth5 in any firewall rule, instead I am using...
by miro10hr
Tue May 08, 2012 12:33 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Export compact (new in v5.12)
Replies: 76
Views: 42607

Re: Export compact (new in v5.12)

I was testing this function and found some errors. Maybe it would help to improve it (or maybe I am the problem :-) ) I used RB450 and RB750GL, software v5.14. I did just basic configuration of RB450 - added two IP addresses, did export compact and tried to import configuration to RB750GL. First err...
by miro10hr
Fri May 04, 2012 12:38 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Which free dynamic DNS provider would you recommend?
Replies: 3
Views: 2661

Re: Which free dynamic DNS provider would you recommend?


That is Dynamic DNS, not DSN.
:) It was a mistake, I edited the first post. Tnx for that and for the answer.
by miro10hr
Thu May 03, 2012 4:28 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Which free dynamic DNS provider would you recommend?
Replies: 3
Views: 2661

Which free dynamic DNS provider would you recommend?

I am interested in configuring VPN connection between two companies. I don't know what sort of VPN connection it will be.

Which provider are you using and what would you recommend to be the easiest to use with Mikrotik?
by miro10hr
Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:32 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: PoE over ethernet extender - could I expect any problems?
Replies: 3
Views: 1393

Re: PoE over ethernet extender - could I expect any problems

Coupler is inside, so there should be no problem with that. Basically we are replacing some older equipment, the cable is already there and we don't want to complicate with the new cable cause it is in the office space which is not designed very friendly. So we will just extend the cable with couple...
by miro10hr
Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:38 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: PoE over ethernet extender - could I expect any problems?
Replies: 3
Views: 1393

PoE over ethernet extender - could I expect any problems?

Hi, I have Cat5 ethernet cable which is 25m long and would like to extend it for additional 10m before connecting it to SXT. I would use something like this http://www.aliexpress.com/product-gs-img/347260276-CAT5-RJ45-Network-Cable-Extender-Plug-Coupler-Joiner-wholesalers.html So the configuration w...
by miro10hr
Fri Feb 10, 2012 3:25 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Tiktube video corrupted - reupload please
Replies: 6
Views: 1267

Re: Tiktube video corrupted - reupload please

I don't want to be boring, but this video lasts for only 18 minutes and starts from slide 75 (of 86). Original video should last 1 hour and 56 minutes (but it was corrupted).
by miro10hr
Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:17 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Tiktube video corrupted - reupload please
Replies: 6
Views: 1267

Re: Tiktube video corrupted - reupload please

Is there any chance for upload?
I saw that video was promptly removed, but there's no reupload. And from what is saw, video looked useful...
by miro10hr
Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:34 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Tiktube video corrupted - reupload please
Replies: 6
Views: 1267

Tiktube video corrupted - reupload please

Hi,
I downloaded this video from torrent (HD):

http://www.tiktube.com/index.php?video= ... vHlqonGmn=

but after 6 minutes the video crashes. Can someone from Mikrotik reupload it please?
by miro10hr
Thu Feb 02, 2012 4:27 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: PtP bridging, bridge - station-bridge vs station-wds
Replies: 3
Views: 3908

Re: PtP bridging, bridge - station-bridge vs station-wds

Tnx for the effort. What shortcomings in 802.11 protocol, what if nv2 is used, not 802.11? Is there still same reason? I see in wiki for station-bridge: In this mode AP maintains forwarding table with information on what MAC addresses are reachable over which station device. Is this the reason for n...
by miro10hr
Sun Jan 22, 2012 6:27 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Add src to address list question
Replies: 2
Views: 1238

Re: Add src to address list question

Tnx! After some testing that was my conclusion also. I thought if packet is matched it is accepted and not forwarded, but in this case it is forwarded.
by miro10hr
Thu Jan 19, 2012 3:21 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: PtP bridging, bridge - station-bridge vs station-wds
Replies: 3
Views: 3908

Re: PtP bridging, bridge - station-bridge vs station-wds

Also, are there any drawbacks if both Grooves would be in bridge mode, bridge - bridge? You can also connect and have L2 connectivity and communication between PCs... Sorry, my bad I see now that if you put bridge mode on both Grooves, scan for networks and connect to network, that Groove on which ...
by miro10hr
Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:54 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: PtP bridging, bridge - station-bridge vs station-wds
Replies: 3
Views: 3908

PtP bridging, bridge - station-bridge vs station-wds

Hi, I have one question. We're testing something and have following basic configuration: PC1---Groove1 ---- Groove2----PC2 Interfaces on Groove are bridged and to achieve L2 bridging Groove1 is set to: bridge mode and Groove2 to: station-bridge mode. I see a lot of people configuring bridge mode - s...
by miro10hr
Fri Jan 13, 2012 10:37 am
Forum: General
Topic: Add src to address list question
Replies: 2
Views: 1238

Add src to address list question

Hi all, I have one question regarding the action in subject. What is happening to packet when it is matched against the rule with action add src to address list. Source address of the packet is added to defined address list AND: a) packet is sent to next rule in the SAME chain b) packet is accepted ...
by miro10hr
Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:24 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Public IP over NAT-ed network
Replies: 7
Views: 3063

Re: Public IP over NAT-ed network

I would say that you have to bridge everything, but I still don't understand your first post with network "topology". You say that you have FTTH connected to the switch, then from switch to your first Mikrotik router. So now you have Public IP on your Mikrotik1's router WAN port. There is ...
by miro10hr
Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:25 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Public IP over NAT-ed network
Replies: 7
Views: 3063

Re: Public IP over NAT-ed network

I am not an expert, but I do not understand your post. What do you mean by "on the other side of my network"?

You would like public IP on PC, on Mikrotik in front of PC, CPE..., where? What kind of connection do you have from your ISP?
by miro10hr
Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:38 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Firewall and WinBox problem (Dmitry, NetworkPro)
Replies: 0
Views: 4981

Firewall and WinBox problem (Dmitry, NetworkPro)

Hi all, I have one problem that I cannot figure out. I've configured a firewall based on Dmitry on firewalling (http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Dmitry_on_firewalling) and NetworkPro_on_firewalling (http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/NetworkPro_on_firewalling). It's a little different because I have one WAN...
by miro10hr
Wed Jan 04, 2012 3:25 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Q about Dmitry on firewalling
Replies: 11
Views: 3264

Re: Q about Dmitry on firewalling

Thank you again.
I thought that "accept" means packet is accepted by firewall as a valid packet and not processed further (like accept or pass all). Misunderstanding in terminology.
I knew that there has to be some logic. Thanks!
by miro10hr
Wed Jan 04, 2012 2:04 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Q about Dmitry on firewalling
Replies: 11
Views: 3264

Re: Q about Dmitry on firewalling

Thanks a lot for the answer, it's clear now. :-) I have one more question about Dmitry on firewalling. I am studying his configuration and I know I am wrong, but it doesn't make sense to me. In his configuration there is "sanity-check" chain where packets are tested and dropped if needed. ...
by miro10hr
Tue Jan 03, 2012 7:39 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Q about Dmitry on firewalling
Replies: 11
Views: 3264

Re: Q about Dmitry on firewalling

Can someon explain me this rule from Dmitry: 1. /ip firewall mangle add chain=prerouting in-interface=Public dst-address-list=nat-addr action=mark-packet new-packet-mark=nat-traversal \ passthrough=no comment="Detect NAT Traversal" Firs what does this passthrough=no do? It says in the wiki...
by miro10hr
Fri Dec 30, 2011 5:18 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Remote access IPSec VPN with split tunneling?
Replies: 0
Views: 2106

Remote access IPSec VPN with split tunneling?

Hi all, I have few questions regarding remote access with Mikrotik. I have one customer and have to configure this. Can anybody tell me is it possible to configure IPSec remote access in Mikrotik for some software client like Cisco VPN client? I saw a configurations of L2TP/IPSec tunnel, but is ther...
by miro10hr
Fri Dec 02, 2011 4:47 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: 2 APs extending network coverage - help
Replies: 1
Views: 878

2 APs extending network coverage - help

Hi, First of all I must say that I am a beginner in wireless networking and I must ask for some help and explanation. Basically I have the following situation - now there is one AP for the client computers, but the coverage in some rooms is not good. So now there is a need for extension of this wire...
by miro10hr
Fri Nov 11, 2011 3:27 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VRFs - pinging all interfaces on router problem
Replies: 2
Views: 1928

VRFs - pinging all interfaces on router problem

Hi, I am doing some testing of MPLS, BGP, L3 VPNs with VRFs. I followed this configuration examples: http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Virtual_Routing_and_Forwarding I am using only Mikrotik, no Cisco. So if I connect laptop to interface which is one VRF (for exapmle as CE1 in more complex exampl...