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taylorc

I recently encountered this problem after a network overhaul. Turns out I had accidentally used the same router-id on two different routers. Might try checking to confirm that all your routers have a unique OSPF router-id.

taylorc

Thanks Amm0 for all your input! I tweaked the guide with some of your suggestions. The reason I needed to connect the card to a PC first is because in its factory configuration it will try to go into USB 3.0 mode in the RouterBoard, which is unsupported and will prevent it from being recognized, at ...

taylorc

After some personal adventures and assistance from Mikrotik Support, I wanted to share my findings here, in case someone else comes along trying to make this work. My Hardware RouterBoard: RB953GS-5HnT-RP (Because I need 2 WiFi interfaces AND a slot for the LTE card.) LTE Card: Sierra Wireless MC741...

taylorc

I just learned about the Meltdown and Spectre attacks (CVE-2017-5754, CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715).

How vulnerable are our x86 routers? When will a patch be available?

Looking for a official word from Mikrotik.

taylorc

Yes, I would like an answer from Mikrotik on this. It should have been addressed long ago.

taylorc

I would like to see support for ARP change detection. For instance, say 00:DE:AD:BE:EF:00 was assigned to 192.168.0.2 on ether8. Then half a second later it mysteriously appeared on ether2. Then back to ether8. Basically, people are stealing internet service from me by cloning MAC and IP addresses o...

taylorc

Normus,

This bug has literally been in RouterOS for YEARS!!! It clogs up our log files with useless junk and frankly makes RouterOS's programmers look bad.

Please intervene and get this fixed!

Thanks in advance!!!

taylorc

I am aware of the walled garden, but don't see a way to add an address list to that. By the way, I wasn't clear in my original request. The Address List contains addresses on my LAN - Devices I want to always allow hotspot bypass access to. I'm looking for a way to allow the entire address list to b...

taylorc

Is there a way to set up an address list to bypass the hotspot? I know I can add firewall rules ahead of the hotspot firewall entries, but when I disable and re-enable the hotspot server my rules are bumped to the bottom and stop working.

Any help is appreciated!

taylorc

Typical day updating firmware...

Power blip... Crap.

RB711UA-5HnD = No serial port for NetInstall... Double crap.

So, any ideas how to reflash this board??

taylorc

Any update here?

taylorc

Mikrotik -

What is your official position on a 2.4GHz Groove? I know I can't wait to get my hands on such a unit... Can we expect one in the near future?

taylorc

Is it possible to set an arbitrary center frequency (assuming it is in the card's supported range)?

For example - A 5-MHz wide channel operating with a center frequency of 2445MHz? Is this possible?

taylorc

That's another great feature it would provide! you get a Mikrotik hardware firewall, but integrated into your laptop!

taylorc

No comments at all?

taylorc

Ok... Allow me to un-hijack this thread.... Normis, Thanks for the quick reply! While the idea is being planned, I wanted to modify the request slightly, in a way that may be easier to implement within a single radio. I would like to configure two wireless cards with Nstreme polling enabled, in what...

taylorc

The NV2 manual page in the Wiki reads:

Features that Nv2 DOES NOT HAVE YET:
synchronization between Nv2 APs

Just curious - What about sync between the cards located in the same AP?

When will this feature be available for testing?

taylorc

I don't know if it is too late to request this in the 5-series firmware, but some smaller channel widths would be great! My specific reason for asking is 900MHz - This band is pretty clogged and trying to find usable 5MHz chunks is nearly impossible in some areas. I would absolutely KILL for a 1MHz ...

taylorc

I'm having some problems after the upgrade from version 4.13 (RB 433AH) to v5rc11. With v5rc11 wireless card (R52) stop working sometimes. The clients remain registered in AP, but there is no traffic on the card. To get things working again I need to disable and then enable the interface. This type...

taylorc

Speaking of 5rc11, has anyone else had trouble with the console?

If I open a new console in Winbox and type "network ethernet print" the terminal crashes before I can finish typing!

taylorc

I agree that secondary addresses are ugly... But we need a network for the wireless devices that both allows users to log in and allows management of the radios if the router is not working. Usually in our setup the customers get a 192.168.x.x and the devices get a 10.x.x.x. The 10-nets are routed c...

taylorc

Nstreme isn't as vulnerable to interference as regular 802.11n - and Nstreme 2 with multple antennas is even more resilient. Suppose you were providing service to a few city blocks - Better to use Nstreme 2 + 802.11N on 5GHz than the crowded 2.4GHz block. Also, would be a really sweet device if pair...

taylorc

Turns out there is a catch. Hotspot is configured on the interface with a source address specifying one of the networks. Even when the hotspot is disabled it seems to block the routing. I have a Mikrotik set up to stand in for one of the computers - 192.168.5.2. I get this strange error when trying ...

taylorc

I appreciate the prompt replies.

This was actually handed to me by a coworker - I'll get an export of the config and see what's up.

taylorc

Ok.... Connect a 433's Ether1 port to a switch. Now connect two PC's to the switch. Set up the 433 with Internet access, NATting, the usual. Now assign two IP addresses to the 433's Ether1: 192.168.1.1/24 192.168.5.1/24 Assign 192.168.1.2/24 the first PC with .1 as the gateway. Assign 192.168.5.2/24...

taylorc

Like 5.0, right??

taylorc

Because the whole idea of someone having a laptop is portability - If they have to carry around an extra piece with cables, etc. and need to find an outlet every time they want to get on, it's a problem. We're having a very difficult time competing with WiMAX/LTE providers entering our area that can...

taylorc

There are tons of us here who would love to be able to have an Nstreme-capable client that works well with a laptop, but it does not exist. Mikrotik has already stated previously that creating an Nstreme driver for Windows is out of the question. So, how about cramming a RouterBoard and an R52Hn int...

taylorc

We're still looking for an official response from Mikrotik...

taylorc

Just to be clear, we're all waiting for an official response from Mikrotik here.

taylorc

Thanks!

Any chance we could also get a short snap-in USB extension to bring the ports to the case opening?

taylorc

I was sitting here performing some server upgrades today and as I was uploading the 5.0rc8 firmware, it occurred to me that the whole x86 package is only 15.2MB in size - That's 1.2MB SMALLER than the ROS 3.30 release. At that moment it dawned on me how much space and time it would take to pull toge...

taylorc

+++++++++1 Normus - Could we have an official reply on the possibility of Radius-based VLAN tagging for wireless clients? Your customers and potential customers alike have been asking for this feature for years. The forums are littered with posts about it on and off dating back to 2005. Back then &q...

taylorc

We are also working on a more powerful device, but it's not ready yet. Send your SFP suggestions with usage examples and requirements.

So, how's that more powerful device going???

taylorc

This Wiki article starts out looking pretty good... But it is incomplete.

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

Is anyone planning on finishing it any time soon??

taylorc

If they are targeting Wireless ISPs to the exclusion of others, then why does the RB750 even exist?

taylorc

So I have a customer that wants my service - great. They want it all managed by me... Great! They have a 300 square foot office. Great! They want wireless... Ugg. Instead of deploying a nice, sleek looking RB750, I have to: * Buy an RB493 (Because there is no RB451) * Buy an R52Hn * Buy 2 pigtails *...

taylorc

I think the point here is that we are all concerned that Mikrotik is not spending enough time considering the application of their boards in the design phase. Making a 3 x miniPCI board that can't even hold 3 of your own top-notch wireless cards is a prime example of this. The stacked miniPCI design...

taylorc

Ummm... Cutting square hole in the case 3 inches away from the USB port (which is so small most USB cable heads can't even fit through) does not count as making the USB ports accessible. It would have made much more sense to put the hole in the side of the case and simply turn the USB ports 90 degre...

taylorc

And while you're at it, it would be nice to see a way to actually access the USB port on the RB493G, RB433UAH, etc. when using said case.

taylorc

Just to be clear... We're all looking for an official answer from Mikrotik here...

taylorc

The RB750 is a great SOHO router with one exception... No wireless!!!

So, when can we buy an all-inclusive (Ether and Wireless) SOHO Mikrotik router?

taylorc

How do I programmatically access Winbox's address list for editing??

taylorc

I would like the ability to export the neighbor list to a file that I could then download and import into Winbox's address list.

taylorc

The SNMP requests just timeout when trying to connect with Version 1. Deleted my graphs and data sources and recreated with Version 1 - No difference. Deleted my graphs and data sources and recreated with Version 2 - Still no usable results. Now log reads Result from SNMP not valid. Even if that wor...

taylorc

Only one problem - All my Cacti graphs that are still trying to connect to the 5.0beta6 with Version 1 now fail.

My Cacti log now fills up with SNMP timeouts and invalid results. And empty graphs.

taylorc

I love how the DHCP alerts feature allows me to detect rogue DHCP servers. This solves a major problem for us - occasionally bad folks try to use a rogue router to redirect our potential customers to a fake signup page to snag account names/passwords and credit card numbers. My problem is now with I...

taylorc

Has anyone else noticed that when using the 433 series of boards in the RB433U case that the top miniPCI slot can't be used with MMCX cards due to clearance problems? The MMCX connector hits the top of the enclosure and prevents it from being closed when a pigtail is connected. Mikrotik - any chance...

taylorc

Hello all! I have used Mikrotik for a number of years and really like the equipment. Today I was presented with a bit of a challenge - A customer wants me to engineer a system that runs off a tower in a sectorized fashion and provides mobile coverage up for up to a 2 mile radius. It's an urban to su...

taylorc

One of my coworkers took it. Yes, it was intentional - bolted to the roof.

taylorc

The company I work for has found the 4.x-series firmware to be too unreliable/unstable to trust on our access controller class devices and do not presently have the time to test the latest build. Will RB750's be shipping with 4.x firmware in the future? If so, could you please release the 3.31 firmw...

taylorc

I would like to know if Winbox supports any sort of configuration file or command line arguments that would allow me to specify the location of the address file or cache directory, specifically, I would like a way to tell Winbox to use a relative directory for this purpose - like ./Cache and ./addre...

taylorc

And not specific to wireless, but a lovely outdoor outlet. The nearby gas pipeline warning sign is a nice touch too.

taylorc

Ummm....

taylorc

Here's a nice one. I especially like the ground wire.

taylorc

Forget NetInstall... The easy way is to upgrade to 2.9.43. This version will install because it was released prior to your license expiration and its internal time stamp makes it all work. This version will also upgrade your license file, removing the date restriction. You can then jump to 2.9.51 an...

taylorc

That only provides notes for terminal connections. I need to be able to leave note dialogs in Winbox.
And the comments only work for policies, not peers or proposals, and are not visible in Winbox.

taylorc

A few simple feature requests.... * Comments for IpSec peers. * Comments for IpSec policies. * Comments for IpSec proposals. * Allow caller-id field in PPP -> Secrets items to have multiple values/address-list. * Capability to leave MOTD boxes/messages for other users in Winbox (like the one that po...

taylorc

I have a test setup like this: PC(172.16.0.2/30) - (172.16.0.1/30)R1(10.0.0.2/24) - (10.0.0.1/24)R2(x.x.x.x) - corporate network And have created a IPsec tunnel between R1 and R2, defined on R1 as: src-address=172.16.0.0/30:any dst-address=0.0.0.0/0:any protocol=all action=encrypt level=require ips...

taylorc

================================================= If you want these IpSec problems FIXED please VOTE for it! "Implement IPSEC "Virtual Interface" VPN's, allowing easy dynamic routing across IPSEC" http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/MikroTik_RouterOS/v4/Feature_Requests#Not_yet_impleme...

taylorc

================================================= If you want these IpSec problems FIXED please VOTE for it! "Implement IPSEC "Virtual Interface" VPN's, allowing easy dynamic routing across IPSEC" http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/MikroTik_RouterOS/v4/Feature_Requests#Not_yet_impleme...

taylorc

I have read numerous posts in the past looking for compact remote reboot devices... I cam across this the other day and thought I'd share! It's from the same company a lot of us have come to know and love, except this device is much more suitable to remote/battery/solar operated locations. (As oppos...

taylorc

this could happen only if your disk is faulty. the kernel will notice this, and will turn off writing. reboot helps. the correct remedy is to replace disk to a quality one Yes, it will detect a faulty disk and turn off writing, but it will not always detect a faulty interface module, SATA cable, et...

taylorc

Well. since we are on the topic already, could we please loose the shutdown command???

At the very least, make it a double-confirm - It's too easy to mash it instead of reboot and screw yourself.

taylorc

Ladies and Gentlemen - The Bluetooth AP:

http://www.osnews.com/story/17936/Revie ... cess_Point

taylorc

I encountered something similar - A combination of a defective Addonics CF to SATA adapter with a Sandisk Extreme III flash card. Basically, the system would initialize in a UDMA mode, but the interface would fail and hang. The Kernel then gets stuck in a write loop, constantly trying to write the s...

taylorc

I see HP equipment with the latest version on the network? Maybe Cisco adding some extra info thats not standard, would not surprise me. Scott Wouldn't surprise me either, however it is the Cisco discovery protocol... Wouldn't it be part of the CDP standard if Cisco added it, just like the ability ...

taylorc

The switch is directly connected to the Mikrotik, running 3.25 x86. The switch has no problem seeing the Mikrotik. sh cdp nei Capability Codes: R - Router, T - Trans Bridge, B - Source Route Bridge S - Switch, H - Host, I - IGMP, r - Repeater, P - Phone Device ID Local Intrfce Holdtme Capability Pla...

taylorc

I have never seen a Cisco device in the Mikrotik Neighbors list, however I see Mikrotik devices in Cisco neighbor lists all the time.

Documentation says Mikrotik should list CDP peers as well as Mikrotik.

When will this bug be fixed??

taylorc

Not cool dude.... You should try to keep you router software at least somewhat current. Preventative maintenance is VERY important - Intel/Centrino-based chipsets can't even wirelessly associate to 2.8 series firmware radios, much less browse the internet. My first word of advice - PULL the running ...

taylorc

taylorc

Yes, we are. We had to add a Cisco overbuild in the core for IPv6 compatibility, as Mikrotik's IPv6 support is still a joke. We have secondary SSIDs on our Mikrotik hotspots running WPA-ENT tagged to a VLAN that hands off to Cisco parameter routers. People still have to register using the hotspot pa...

taylorc

I would like an option added such that if any or all radius servers time out then a user is permitted to log in instead of being blocked. This way if our radius fails for any length of time it is an inconvenience instead of a catastrophe. Additionally, the option would have to include the ability to...

taylorc

Enhance Nstreme throughput even more by providing the option of a sync-based mechanism. Example with 5 clients: Polling-based ----- AP Poll -> Client1 Client1 transmit AP Poll -> Client2 Client2 transmit AP Poll -> Client3 Client3 transmit AP Poll -> Client4 Client4 transmit AP Poll -> Client5 Clien...

taylorc

It would be nice to be able to enter an IPv6 IP address in Winbox and connect.

taylorc

Does no one have any idea how to do this??

Normis??

taylorc

Well, no specific examples come to mind where something was omitted explicitly, but I was hoping for more details on some fixes... For instance, in 3.15, this entry appeared in the changelog: *) dns cache - improved static entry behavior; Now, I submitted the bug report that lead to this change, so ...

taylorc

Ok... I have read the queue tree entries in the manual, wiki, etc. and I'm even more confused than I was to begin with... Here is what I need to do - Could someone please tell me how and explain why it works? * I have 2 internet pipes, with load balancing. Each has a 6mbps down limit and a 512kbps u...

taylorc

I know this is more about Mikrotik's web site than anything else, but would it be possible for: * Change logs to be made available for the beta packages. * More detailed change logs in general, perhaps indicating which specific functionality was altered. This way, we can easily determine if packages...

taylorc

fyi, I got this response from Uldis asking about 5.4Ghz a few weeks ago: Hello, We will look into this as we need to add support for DFS2 then if we want to allow to use that. Regards, Uldis seems there are a new DFS requirements for use of the 5.4ghz band that many of us in the US probably weren't...

taylorc

There is no need to use high power wireless cards if you need to only up to 14db output power. True... The problem is that you rarely know you only need 14dB of power or less until after equipment installation at a customer's site. It is preferable to err high and back the power off than err low an...

taylorc

Ok... I know you guys aren't interested in it, but given that you are pursuing Virtualization, sooner or later you will have to support BusLogic or LSI Logic controllers. Your software has to be able to run on those big, honking machines that provide the horsepower for 10 operating systems on the sa...

taylorc

100% new version of NStream (NOT backwards compatable) to include advanced polling, full QOS, reduced latency, dynamic frequency selection WITHOUT disconnecting active clients, automaticly adjusting framing policy (that does not affect QOS) New version of NStream Dual with automatic fall back to ha...

taylorc

Everyone... Please allow me to bring something to your attention: http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/index.html I would like to know if Mikrotik will be fully supporting IPv6 (DHCP, Torch, etc.) within the next 3 - 6 months... That way we all have some time to actually debug and implement it before a...

taylorc

this is not limited to RB333, but to Software. We have not yet released a N package. There will be an announcement when we do. Ummm.... That announcement coming this decade?? For goodness sakes, you had working prototypes at the US MUM... Ubiquiti had stocked the supply lines with nice n-capable ge...

taylorc

All US-based ISP's block unsecured SMTP traffic, making Mikrotik's pathetic excuse for e-mail client support completely unusable to any US customer without their own private e-mail server and an encrypted tunnel system to access it with. Please Please Please.... PLEASE upgrade the e-mail client!!! T...

taylorc

Yes... Mikrotik is falsely advertising stability at 800MHz. Their support department recently told me this in response to a ticket for the very same problem you are having: "800Mhz is optional - it might work or might have some problems" Bottom line is that 680MHz is the most you can hope ...

taylorc

Be sure you are specifying the interface IP address in the "Local Address" line in the profile you are using. Omitting this will cause that problem.

taylorc

There doesn't seem to be a place for this elsewhere, so I figured General Discussion would have to do... Airimba Wireless, a nation-wide Municipal and MDU Wireless Internet Service Provider, is seeking three qualified individuals - One for each of the following markets: Ann Arbor, MI Orlando, FL Wes...

taylorc

We have been fighting with a problem that causes some of our customers (about 2%) to be unable to get a login page. 3.13 seems to have nixed this problem finally, but after the 3.12 x86 disaster we're holding back on field deployment of 3.13 a bit longer, so we can't know for sure yet. Anyways, I wa...

taylorc

RouterOS has a really handy button in the Leases tab of the DHCP Server that allows me to take a dynamically-assigned IP Address and make it static. This is a great idea that needs to be spread around... How about a "Make Static" button for these items: * Dynamic WDS interfaces * Dynamic B...

taylorc

The current Serial port monitor is basically useless... It would be really nice if I could have script/console commands to print text out the serial port and then wait for a text response. Then we could write scripts that could access another vendor's device via console of there were ethernet proble...

taylorc

The LCD implementation is more or less useless currently....

It would be sweeeeet if I could print any text I want on the LCD screen from a script/console command. Of course, clearing the display, selecting start position, line, etc. goes along with that.

taylorc

RouterOS doesn't support Wimax cards

This fact is obvious... Might we inquire as to when RouterOS might support it??? Please do not say never or eventually... Yesterday's standards will only hold up so long. We need to be able to plan our upgrade roadmap.

taylorc

Bump...

taylorc

I have a network built with legacy equipment that I need to transition to a Mikrotik Access Controller on. It is currently running with a Colubris 5200. The Colubris has two IP address assignments... One is for customers and runs DHCP. The other is s different subnet that the various pieces of equip...

taylorc

Is there now (three years later) any way to reliably and consistently read the signal strength from a WDS interface using SNMP?? Perhaps in the as-yet undocumented 3.0 software??

taylorc

No, that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying the new Crossover CPE is not for me. I currently use the 133c for that reason. I'm just looking for more processing power. Mikrotik already told us in their newsletter..... The RB411 CPE board will be demonstrated at the Egypt MUM. This is a drop-in replace...

taylorc

I've already read all about the RouterBoard Crossover... While it is a nice idea, it doesn't help me. It is virtually useless outside of its narrow range of capabilities. What about 900MHz clients? What if I want 802.11n? 4.9GHz Public Safety? Forget it. I'm interested in the versatility a modular c...

taylorc

We are preparing to attempt to roll out a wireless system using 100% Mikrotik client gear. We are still in the early planning stages and hope to be able to take advantage of the upcoming RouterBoard Crossover client device. Anyways, I wanted to get a feel for what people were using out there for cli...

taylorc

Has anyone out there got any information at all on the new RB411? It's a drop-in replacement for the RB133C tht was mentioned in the last MUM event article.

taylorc

Normis, The primary reason I came to RouterOS is that I love Linux, and RouterOS is based on Linux. I HATE that Mikrotik makes me either pollute my network with Micro$oft garbage or go it alone to figure out how to run their various applications on my rack-mounted headless servers using a virtual fr...

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