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by macsrwe
Fri Feb 23, 2024 7:47 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: LHG 5 awful tx signal
Replies: 14
Views: 672

Re: LHG 5 awful tx signal

Or use the terminal command
/interface wireless
set [ find default-name=wlan1 ]  antenna-gain=0 
Bingo! 🥳
I'm really surprised (but so grateful) that they left that in the CLI!
Thank you!
by macsrwe
Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:04 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: LHG 5 awful tx signal
Replies: 14
Views: 672

Re: LHG 5 awful tx signal

Ooh! Super-great catch! I've never seen that. That's fast and easy enough for me to do tomorrow morning. I think you just saved me a lot of grief. Thanks!
by macsrwe
Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:01 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: LHG 5 awful tx signal
Replies: 14
Views: 672

Re: LHG 5 awful tx signal

Yeah, that old trick failed me -- there IS no Antenna Gain field anymore!
by macsrwe
Fri Feb 23, 2024 9:14 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: LHG 5 awful tx signal
Replies: 14
Views: 672

Re: LHG 5 awful tx signal

The LHG tx is so poor that it can't even maintain registration with the cameras for more than a minute or so at a time. The idea of dropping to v6 is interesting -- I thought the regulatory limitations were baked into the unit at a lower level than the OS, but I suppose there's no reason not to try ...
by macsrwe
Thu Feb 22, 2024 10:27 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: LHG 5 awful tx signal
Replies: 14
Views: 672

Re: LHG 5 awful tx signal

One very strong AP is not what is enough for longer distances. The antenna gain must be at both sides. Well, certainly, I agree. I'm familiar with this principle (I blogged about it back in 2012 ). However, as I mentioned, the -55 signal FROM the cameras is more than adequate. It's entirely the sig...
by macsrwe
Thu Feb 22, 2024 7:46 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: LHG 5 awful tx signal
Replies: 14
Views: 672

Re: LHG 5 awful tx signal

The two cameras occupy the same post, the east one two feet above the west one (photo), so directionality of the LHG should not be an issue. Both cameras are returning quite adequate signal to the LHG. The cameras run on internal batteries with a solar panel and have their own internal radios. There...
by macsrwe
Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:43 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: LHG 5 awful tx signal
Replies: 14
Views: 672

LHG 5 awful tx signal

I posted this in the wrong forum and got zero replies, so I'm trying here. Monday, I erected an RBLHG-5nD to feed two Ring security cameras only 190 meters away. The aim seems to be on the money, and the LHG is seeing -53 and -59 from the cameras. However, the cameras are seeing -74 and -72 from the...
by macsrwe
Sun Feb 11, 2024 11:15 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Winbox on Mac always false-starts?
Replies: 3
Views: 376

Re: Winbox on Mac always false-starts?

Thanks, you are all 100% right that turning off "Open in New Window" cures this behavior. And since the router window now contains a "New Winbox" menu (I don't think that was always there, or maybe I've just overlooked it since 2006), that's now an easy feature to abandon.
by macsrwe
Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:41 am
Forum: General
Topic: Winbox on Mac always false-starts?
Replies: 3
Views: 376

Winbox on Mac always false-starts?

First off, let me say how delighted I am to have finally gotten WInbox (64-bit) and Dude (32-bit) running under a common installation of Wine. I can finally stop paying forever for Parallels. (I don't think I did anything different, I think they improved Wine to make this work.) But on this newer ve...
by macsrwe
Sun Feb 11, 2024 4:58 am
Forum: General
Topic: iOS app serves up WiFi menu for no apparent reason
Replies: 5
Views: 718

Re: iOS app serves up WiFi menu for no apparent reason

Yes, 7.13.2, sorry.
Thanks for letting me know it's been reported. Guess I will wait for a solution. Meanwhile, fixing wireless problems from the road just got a lot harder.
by macsrwe
Sat Feb 10, 2024 10:30 pm
Forum: General
Topic: iOS app serves up WiFi menu for no apparent reason
Replies: 5
Views: 718

Re: iOS app serves up WiFi menu for no apparent reason

Seriously, nobody is seeing this except me? I'm seeing it on multiple devices. Just today it happened on an older SXT 2 lite, and I wasn't able to do anything with it because the menus are all useless. Winbox doesn't have this problem, only the iOS app.
by macsrwe
Sat Jan 27, 2024 9:50 am
Forum: General
Topic: iOS app serves up WiFi menu for no apparent reason
Replies: 5
Views: 718

iOS app serves up WiFi menu for no apparent reason

I recently transitioned two of my networks from ROS 6 to 7. Lots of great things I enjoyed, especially two annoying stability problems that just up and disappeared entirely. But I'm getting sandbagged by my iPhone MikroTik app, which is now occasionally presenting me with a WiFi menu containing zero...
by macsrwe
Mon Jan 15, 2024 8:59 am
Forum: General
Topic: Netinstall sending offer, but not installing [SOLVED]
Replies: 30
Views: 24947

Re: Netinstall sending offer, but not installing [SOLVED]

Maybe, and maybe not. The file at that URL has lots of mentions of Windows and Linuxes, but not a word about Macs. Or perhaps the phrase "FOR MAC" meant something else.
by macsrwe
Mon Jan 15, 2024 8:48 am
Forum: General
Topic: Netinstall sending offer, but not installing [SOLVED]
Replies: 30
Views: 24947

Re: Netinstall sending offer, but not installing [SOLVED]

FOR MAC - https://tangentsoft.com/mikrotik/wiki?n ... 20on%20EL9
Do you have the un-truncated URL?
by macsrwe
Mon Dec 04, 2023 9:16 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: v7.13rc [testing] is released!
Replies: 178
Views: 49142

Re: v7.13rc [testing] is released!

Question about the wifiwave2 repartitioning:

Is any of this going to fix the issue where on an Audience, you can get WPA3 or you can get meshing, but you can't get both?

If not, is it because the task is impossible due to hardware/protocol limitations, or possible but just not coded for?
by macsrwe
Mon Dec 04, 2023 9:11 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: v7.13rc [testing] is released!
Replies: 178
Views: 49142

Re: v7.13rc [testing] is released!

Have you very smart people any idea what program is doing this, yes this is a pc in laddys room! Yes I have now disabled SSH 13:19:26 system,error,critical login failure for user from 192.168.0.188 via ssh 13:19:26 system,error,critical login failure for user admin from 192.168.0.188 via ssh 13:19:...
by macsrwe
Fri Aug 18, 2023 9:54 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Option to duplicate rule....
Replies: 16
Views: 7910

Re: Option to duplicate rule....

Indeed, there are so many required actions that tools that are not Winbox are often not useful.
I recall discovering to my dismay that an earlier version of the Mikrotik phone app had no mechanism to move firewall rules. You could add all you wanted, but could never slide them into the proper order.
by macsrwe
Fri Aug 18, 2023 8:21 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Option to duplicate rule....
Replies: 16
Views: 7910

Re: Option to duplicate rule....

In fairness here, a context option for "Copy" in firewall, in winbox – that doesn't seem like a bad idea. We've come full circle here -- the original post observed that "the copy command is only available in Winbox." The procedure is: open a rule, click Duplicate, edit the new r...
by macsrwe
Tue Jan 24, 2023 7:30 pm
Forum: The Dude
Topic: The Dude IS Dead, really, isn't it?
Replies: 50
Views: 27074

Re: The Dude IS Dead, really, isn't it?

The old Wine is 32 bit and no longer works on 64-bit Macs. The new Wine64 works on 64-bit Macs, and works fine with Winbox because Winbox is now 64-bit package. But there is no 64-bit version of Dude and Wine64 refuses to run the 32-bit version.
by macsrwe
Tue Jan 24, 2023 12:31 am
Forum: The Dude
Topic: The Dude IS Dead, really, isn't it?
Replies: 50
Views: 27074

Re: The Dude IS Dead, really, isn't it?

I'd be satisfied if somebody would just give it a 64-bit recompile so I could continue to use it with Wine on a modern Mac. What is the issue on modern mac? Dude Client 64 bits Yeah, I realize that by installing YET ANOTHER emulator substitute on my Mac, I could run the Dude as well as Winbox. But ...
by macsrwe
Mon Jan 23, 2023 11:07 pm
Forum: The Dude
Topic: The Dude IS Dead, really, isn't it?
Replies: 50
Views: 27074

Re: The Dude IS Dead, really, isn't it?

I'd be satisfied if somebody would just give it a 64-bit recompile so I could continue to use it with Wine on a modern Mac.
by macsrwe
Thu Jan 19, 2023 3:18 am
Forum: General
Topic: Simple outgoing URL substitution
Replies: 3
Views: 555

Re: Simple outgoing URL substitution

Amazing timing! The problem solved itself!
Today, Amazon announced they will be discontinuing Amazon Smile as of February 20. :(
by macsrwe
Sun Jan 15, 2023 3:07 am
Forum: General
Topic: Simple outgoing URL substitution
Replies: 3
Views: 555

Simple outgoing URL substitution

I thought I would "try something simple" today, and (of course) it wasn't. I thought I would try to set up a rule to redirect all references to amazon.com or www.amazon.com from my LAN to go to smile.amazon.com instead, for the obvious reasons. First I tried using the proxy, as suggested h...
by macsrwe
Wed Dec 28, 2022 2:51 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: POE out - why do most MikroTik products not follow the standards?
Replies: 37
Views: 23144

Re: POE out - why do most MikroTik products not follow the standards?

So if there's a vendor that sees market in PoE switches, why should they bother with proprietary passive PoE if they can go for 802.3 af/at/bt standard, there are only 3 of them (if I'm not much mistaken) and are backwards compatible (if I'm not much mistaken). Historical happenstance. When these p...
by macsrwe
Sun Mar 20, 2022 9:47 am
Forum: General
Topic: Netinstall sending offer, but not installing [SOLVED]
Replies: 30
Views: 24947

Re: Netinstall sending offer, but not installing [SOLVED]

A interesting observation.
I wonder if the analogous control on a Mac to the "interface metric" on Windows is "Set Service Order."
by macsrwe
Fri Oct 08, 2021 6:32 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: MikroTik smartphone app (ex Tik-App)
Replies: 487
Views: 269855

Re: MikroTik smartphone app (ex Tik-App)

Whenever I have scripts that need to tell me something, I usually do both a :put and a :log warn, because I can never be sure in what environment they're going to be running. I realize in the app, you can't have both the scripts and the log windows open at the same time like you can in Winbox, so th...
by macsrwe
Fri Oct 08, 2021 9:10 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: MUM EUROPE AND OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS - POSTPONED!
Replies: 59
Views: 247354

Re: MUM EUROPE AND OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS - POSTPONED!

Looking forward to MUM returning to USA. Any prediction as to when MT will be willing to wager on normality?
by macsrwe
Tue Oct 05, 2021 5:21 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: MikroTik smartphone app (ex Tik-App)
Replies: 487
Views: 269855

Re: MikroTik smartphone app (ex Tik-App)

I don't think anyone has a "matter of trust" with MT. We're just puzzled as to why they would put in the work to provide the Terminal menu function in the Android version, but leave it entirely out of the iOS version.
by macsrwe
Tue Oct 05, 2021 4:55 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: MikroTik smartphone app (ex Tik-App)
Replies: 487
Views: 269855

Re: MikroTik smartphone app (ex Tik-App)

No, on XNU "Xnu is Not Unix" / Darwin
Sorry, I learned something today.
by macsrwe
Tue Oct 05, 2021 4:35 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: MikroTik smartphone app (ex Tik-App)
Replies: 487
Views: 269855

Re: MikroTik smartphone app (ex Tik-App)

There is an iOS app named Shelly that allows SSH connections to addresses, but of course I don't know how much of the underlying mechanism they had to provide themselves, because iOS is not built on a Unix base
by macsrwe
Tue Oct 05, 2021 3:23 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: MikroTik smartphone app (ex Tik-App)
Replies: 487
Views: 269855

Re: MikroTik smartphone app (ex Tik-App)

scripts are ran through Terminal which is not available on IOS.
Not sure why IOS bans use of Terminal in MT app.
Scripts can be run by clicking the Run Script button. Scripts can be edited in the app also. You don't "need" terminal to run scripts.
by macsrwe
Mon Sep 27, 2021 1:17 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: MikroTik smartphone app (ex Tik-App)
Replies: 487
Views: 269855

Re: MikroTik smartphone app (ex Tik-App)

I assume it's because Android has *nix underpinnings/hooks, while iOS doesn't.
by macsrwe
Fri Jul 23, 2021 9:56 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Weird speed problem, bridged network
Replies: 7
Views: 1590

Re: Weird speed problem, bridged network

Holy ****! That went right over my head! The customer did that, and I never even noticed. (My recommendation of 5320 got transposed at one point to 5230 and that was the number he ran with. I would have noticed the lack of bold type; he didn't know what it meant.) So the frequencies were actually ov...
by macsrwe
Thu Jul 22, 2021 11:57 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Weird speed problem, bridged network
Replies: 7
Views: 1590

Re: Weird speed problem, bridged network

ROS is all 6.45.1 Bridges are in transparent mode (bridge/station-bridge). b-c using 5230/20/an, f-g using 5220/20/an. I thought I was guaranteed no mutual interference between single 5GHz channels. I found a hole at 5200 and threw f-g down there, and the problem went away. I learned something new t...
by macsrwe
Thu Jul 22, 2021 11:13 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Weird speed problem, bridged network
Replies: 7
Views: 1590

Re: Weird speed problem, bridged network

I can't run iperf between MT routers without a non-MT host, which would be significant effort to set up at a site that isn't mine. Plus, I don't understand what I would learn from testing UDP when my problem is TCP speed. The RTT end to end (b-g) runs a trivial 1ms on nearly every ping, with very oc...
by macsrwe
Thu Jul 22, 2021 7:35 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Weird speed problem, bridged network
Replies: 7
Views: 1590

Weird speed problem, bridged network

Customer's workplace has no Internet provider, so he has installed a small custom all-Mikrotik network to feed Internet from his home, approx. 3km away using a pair of SXT5sq in transparent link mode (b/c), a POE switch in the shop (d), and a small MT router (in bridge mode) to supply WiFi signal (e...
by macsrwe
Thu Jul 22, 2021 6:05 am
Forum: General
Topic: Need to find older swOS
Replies: 11
Views: 1492

Re: Need to find older swOS

Well, something is definitely not right. Tonight we used Chrome to try to update this switch. It's clearly the right model and the right firmware. Screen Shot 2021-07-21 at 7.42.57 PM.jpg Screen Shot 2021-07-21 at 7.43.54 PM.jpg I started by just trying to upgrade manually from the 2.13 file. Failed...
by macsrwe
Wed Jul 21, 2021 10:06 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Need to find older swOS
Replies: 11
Views: 1492

Re: Need to find older swOS

Bought two to test-fly in early days, was appalled at management UI and funky mount/cable hardware, used them up until they fried then trashed them.
by macsrwe
Wed Jul 21, 2021 9:28 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Need to find older swOS
Replies: 11
Views: 1492

Re: Need to find older swOS

The true question is, why on 6 years you try to update the device only now... (reading the changelog) For example "Deliberant" devices now are useless without flash player... Why? Because equipment owner called me to get help now, so I am attempting to upgrade them now. (In my experience,...
by macsrwe
Wed Jul 21, 2021 9:03 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Need to find older swOS
Replies: 11
Views: 1492

Re: Need to find older swOS

Sorry to be an asshole for explaining for the second time why a suggestion (that wasn't the info I asked for) wasn't possible in my case. But I do thank you for your kindness in eventually answering my original question. Update attempts were being performed using Edge browser (no idea what version) ...
by macsrwe
Wed Jul 21, 2021 11:15 am
Forum: General
Topic: Need to find older swOS
Replies: 11
Views: 1492

Re: Need to find older swOS

This doesn't appear to be a helpful suggestion. I already took care to mention that the unit is remote and not physically available to me, so anything that requires me to "hold the reset button down" is a deal-breaker. There is also no local MikroTIk router in the facility that I could use...
by macsrwe
Wed Jul 21, 2021 9:17 am
Forum: General
Topic: Need to find older swOS
Replies: 11
Views: 1492

Need to find older swOS

I have a client with an RB260GSP(CSS106-1G-4P-1S) that hasn't been upgraded since 2.4. Attempts to update to 2.13, both from the web and from a local file, fail. In standard fashion, I munged the URL on the Software page to find older releases. It seems I can get back to 2.9 by doing that, but no fu...
by macsrwe
Sun Jul 04, 2021 1:39 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: MikroTik smartphone app (ex Tik-App)
Replies: 487
Views: 269855

Re: MikroTik smartphone app (ex Tik-App)

How do you delete saved device/group from app?

EDIT: Nevermind, noob on IOS, found it. :lol:
Can you share the process of deleting a Device.
Thanks
In IOS, drag it left.
by macsrwe
Tue May 25, 2021 3:52 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: wAP AC Continuous Reboot After Upgrade to 6.43.8
Replies: 27
Views: 12398

Re: wAP AC Continuous Reboot After Upgrade to 6.43.8

Netinstall works, not all users do! Say thank you for not stumbling upon this issue (yet) and move on if you have nothing better to add. I've always wondered if the reason I routinely encounter this problem is because I'm not running on a physical PC, but inside a Windows VM on a Mac device. Just f...
by macsrwe
Wed Mar 17, 2021 9:22 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: MikroTik smartphone app (ex Tik-App)
Replies: 487
Views: 269855

Re: MikroTik smartphone app (ex Tik-App)

How do I associate a saved router with a group? If I do as little as edit the name of a saved router, it gets saved into the "No group" group. I can delete the router entry, but I can't move it up or down, and there's nowhere to specify the group on the page where one adds or edits router...
by macsrwe
Mon Mar 01, 2021 1:03 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Manipulating and comparing dates / manual wrong?
Replies: 3
Views: 1269

Re: Manipulating and comparing dates / manual wrong?

I appreciate your input, but your advice seems entirely log-specific. I am not doing anything with logs. I am working with scripts and date-time variables/data fields in configuration records.
by macsrwe
Mon Mar 01, 2021 5:22 am
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Manipulating and comparing dates / manual wrong?
Replies: 3
Views: 1269

Manipulating and comparing dates / manual wrong?

This shouldn't be rocket science, but it's beginning to look like it is. I'm trying to scan a set of firewall address-list elements to see which one was most recently added. That means doing date comparisons. I can't get them to work. I've determined that when I do [/ip firewall address-list get [fi...
by macsrwe
Sat Feb 27, 2021 10:05 am
Forum: Useful user articles
Topic: Solution: "Winbox launches with extremely small type"
Replies: 0
Views: 6802

Solution: "Winbox launches with extremely small type"

Since an upgrade to Winbox that happened in 2019 or so, some people running a WIndows 10 VM under Parallels on a Mac with a Retina screen have had a problem where the Winbox window panes and character type always open at a very tiny size, and need to be "Zoom(ed) in" several times before n...
by macsrwe
Mon Feb 15, 2021 11:51 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: MikroTik smartphone app (ex Tik-App)
Replies: 487
Views: 269855

Re: MikroTik smartphone app (ex Tik-App)

How do I associate a saved router with a group? If I do as little as edit the name of a saved router, it gets saved into the "No group" group. I can delete the router entry, but I can't move it up or down, and there's nowhere to specify the group on the page where one adds or edits router...
by macsrwe
Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:04 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: MikroTik smartphone app (ex Tik-App)
Replies: 487
Views: 269855

Re: MikroTik smartphone app (ex Tik-App)

Since there's no terminal in the app, what do people do instead? Are you sure there's no?.. At least in Android version we have one. There's no Terminal (or New Terminal) in the top-level menu, and no Telnet in the Tools menu. Maybe it's hidden somewhere else, but it's not where it would be in Winb...
by macsrwe
Wed Feb 10, 2021 3:10 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: MikroTik smartphone app (ex Tik-App)
Replies: 487
Views: 269855

Re: MikroTik smartphone app (ex Tik-App)

On another note, my usual practice to test for DNS failure is to go into terminal and type ":put [:resolve some_domain_name]". Since there's no terminal in the app, what do people do instead? Maybe it would be a good idea for MT to add a "resolve" screen inside the DNS tool, or i...
by macsrwe
Wed Feb 10, 2021 3:07 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: MikroTik smartphone app (ex Tik-App)
Replies: 487
Views: 269855

Re: MikroTik smartphone app (ex Tik-App)

How do I associate a saved router with a group? If I do as little as edit the name of a saved router, it gets saved into the "No group" group. I can delete the router entry, but I can't move it up or down, and there's nowhere to specify the group on the page where one adds or edits router...
by macsrwe
Wed Feb 10, 2021 2:14 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: MikroTik smartphone app (ex Tik-App)
Replies: 487
Views: 269855

Re: MikroTik smartphone app (ex Tik-App)

How do I associate a saved router with a group? If I do as little as edit the name of a saved router, it gets saved into the "No group" group. I can delete the router entry, but I can't move it up or down, and there's nowhere to specify the group on the page where one adds or edits routers...
by macsrwe
Sat Jan 30, 2021 6:04 am
Forum: General
Topic: Time Sync with SNTP client and IP Cloud Not Working
Replies: 36
Views: 9937

Re: Time Sync with SNTP client and IP Cloud Not Working

Advice was to send us a configuration export so we could help you. Still has not been done.
by macsrwe
Thu Jan 28, 2021 3:16 am
Forum: General
Topic: Upgrade destroys password?
Replies: 1
Views: 659

Upgrade destroys password?

Today I ran software upgrade on a 2017 mAP mini. It was running 6.39.3, and I upgraded it to 6.45.7, the last version I vetted before I sold the wireless business. When it came back up, I couldn't log in with either the established password (with which I had just been in) or the default password. I ...
by macsrwe
Sun Nov 22, 2020 1:22 pm
Forum: General
Topic: MacOS Catalina, iOS, Catalyst, SwiftUI & Wine
Replies: 186
Views: 96678

Re: MacOS Catalina, iOS, Catalyst, SwiftUI & Wine

Can anybody please confirm if the “Mikrotik” iPhone app is available on Mac App Store? Or have they opted-out of it?
Still there. Try this:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mikrotik/id1323064830
by macsrwe
Tue Nov 10, 2020 10:32 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Cant read file large then 4085 bytes
Replies: 17
Views: 8135

Re: Cant read file large then 4085 bytes

Next run you compare the newly fetched script with the stored script. Here is where you just kicked the can down the road. The running script can't compare the two script files for same or different because of the variable size limitation -- precisely my original complaint. My original comment was ...
by macsrwe
Thu Sep 17, 2020 6:30 am
Forum: General
Topic: Firewall time semantics [SOLVED]
Replies: 1
Views: 1081

Re: Firewall time semantics [SOLVED]

Apparently, only the MikroTik smartphone app allows this syntax -- Winbox flags it as invalid.

And it doesn't actually work, so I guess the answer is no.
by macsrwe
Tue Sep 15, 2020 7:59 am
Forum: General
Topic: Firewall time semantics [SOLVED]
Replies: 1
Views: 1081

Firewall time semantics [SOLVED]

I'm doing "kid control," blocking some sites between bedtime and the end of the school day. The firewall time field allows constructs such as: chain=forward action=drop src-address=192.168.1.99 dst-address-list=BlockedSites time=21h30m- 1d 14h30m,mon,tue,wed,thu,fri Does this "do the ...
by macsrwe
Sat Jul 11, 2020 2:36 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Can't get EOIP tunnel to run
Replies: 3
Views: 2191

Re: Can't get EOIP tunnel to run

Thank you! Making those firewall changes did the trick.

It's a shame it's apparently too much to expect MT to update the Wiki with these important instructions, without which EOIP will flat never work.
by macsrwe
Sat Jul 11, 2020 11:00 am
Forum: General
Topic: Can't get EOIP tunnel to run
Replies: 3
Views: 2191

Can't get EOIP tunnel to run

I have two MikroTiks that can ping and traceroute each other fine, but attempting to set up an EOIP tunnel between them isn't resulting in an active tunnel. Nothing I can do makes it go into the running state. There are no log entries, and no log message type I can find in /system logging that would...
by macsrwe
Tue Jul 07, 2020 11:06 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: MUM EUROPE AND OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS - POSTPONED!
Replies: 59
Views: 247354

Re: MUM EUROPE AND OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS - POSTPONED!

Yes, please! and don't forget to send us the t-shirt and device!
Which in keeping with the theme should be a Snapchat filter and a CHR.
by macsrwe
Sat Jun 13, 2020 10:00 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: netPower 16P High Low?
Replies: 5
Views: 2495

Re: netPower 16P High Low?

Wow. Just wow!
by macsrwe
Mon Jun 08, 2020 10:07 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Point to Point SXTsq 200m apart
Replies: 13
Views: 4905

Re: Point to Point SXTsq 200m apart

To create a config file from your working config, use: /export file=choose-your-flle-name.rsc The /pub folder is a public folder for SMB file sharing, unless you specifically set that up (I don't know anybody who does), it would be empty. The /skins folder holds custom skins you created for Webfig (...
by macsrwe
Fri May 29, 2020 2:40 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: Zombie Modem
Replies: 3
Views: 1967

Re: Zombie Modem

Ugh. Coincidentally, I tried reading this writeup several weeks ago just for continuing education purposes, got total brain cramp from it, and gave up. It looks like it was written to control two gateways into the same edge router, where routing marks are already in play to load-balance traffic. In ...
by macsrwe
Thu May 28, 2020 7:56 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: Zombie Modem
Replies: 3
Views: 1967

Zombie Modem

I have a wireless network serving an outdoor location, configured as a ring. There are two gateways (DSL), at opposite (geographical) ends of the ring. OSPF is set up in simple fashion to deliver traffic to the closest gateway, and to reroute all traffic to the working gateway if a gateway or interv...
by macsrwe
Mon May 18, 2020 1:04 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: wAP AC Continuous Reboot After Upgrade to 6.43.8
Replies: 27
Views: 12398

Re: wAP AC Continuous Reboot After Upgrade to 6.43.8

Very strange that mikrotik don't plan to finally fix this issue once and for all for many years now.
MikroTik has never even acknowledged that this issue exists.
by macsrwe
Tue May 05, 2020 6:14 am
Forum: General
Topic: Time Sync with SNTP client and IP Cloud Not Working
Replies: 36
Views: 9937

Re: Time Sync with SNTP client and IP Cloud Not Working

I have put UDP/123 log rule on top of INPUT chain before ACCEPT related,established,untracked. And I also made sure fasttrack was disabled.
Where it is is only half the question. What it is is the other half. Could you please export your firewall rules and post them here?
by macsrwe
Mon May 04, 2020 10:06 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Time Sync with SNTP client and IP Cloud Not Working
Replies: 36
Views: 9937

Re: Time Sync with SNTP client and IP Cloud Not Working

One very common reason for NTP replies to fail is that good administration practice requires you to block NTP requests coming from the WAN interfaces. However, if done Incorrectly, this will also block all replies to your own NTP client. The proper security blocking rule includes connection state in...
by macsrwe
Mon May 04, 2020 9:57 am
Forum: General
Topic: Time Sync with SNTP client and IP Cloud Not Working
Replies: 36
Views: 9937

Re: Time Sync with SNTP client and IP Cloud Not Working

All ROS can run SNTP client.

To run NTP server you must include ntp package. Then if you also run client, you are running NTP client; which I believe is not the same code as SNTP client, which is unavailable when ntp package is present.
by macsrwe
Mon May 04, 2020 8:54 am
Forum: General
Topic: How to config BOGON FW rules not to block "valid" traffic from my ISP's router if my MikroT is behind it?
Replies: 4
Views: 1812

Re: How to config BOGON FW rules not to block "valid" traffic from my ISP's router if my MikroT is behind it?

If you know for sure the BOGON address your ISP is going to present you, just put a FW rule ahead of the blocking one that jumps around the blocking one for traffic from that address. That lets you continue to decide what input and forarding traffic you are going to accept from the ISP connection, b...
by macsrwe
Mon May 04, 2020 4:59 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Winbox v3.23 released!
Replies: 60
Views: 49391

Re: Winbox v3.23 released!

Looks like Winbox needs an adequate beta test program. What it has now doesn't even pretend to qualify. This sort of thing should have been nipped in the bud prior to release. Now we can't get rid of it.
by macsrwe
Wed Apr 29, 2020 11:41 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Possible fix for hAP ac2 rebooting randomly
Replies: 117
Views: 37696

Re: Possible fix for hAP ac2 rebooting randomly

NTP DDoS is extremely low probability, since only one router model is reporting this issue so far (correct me if I am wrong). Also, to prevent DDoS, your firewall should be blocking "new connection" and "unrelated" NTP traffic from the WAN interface(s) (don't block all incoming t...
by macsrwe
Fri Apr 24, 2020 12:27 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Webfig timeout
Replies: 9
Views: 4712

Re: Webfig timeout

Actually, for illustration purposes, I probably should not have used the ROMON window, but the standard Winbox neighbors window: Screen Shot 2020-04-23 at 2.22.00 PM.jpg If a router has no IP address defined, the MAC address still shows up here, but the address is 0.0.0.0. You can still do a MAC log...
by macsrwe
Thu Apr 23, 2020 11:11 am
Forum: General
Topic: Tapatalk + Mikrotik forum
Replies: 26
Views: 7586

Re: Tapatalk + Mikrotik forum

I just logged entirely out of Tapatalk and back in, and I'm still getting the "SQL error" message on the Mikrotik forum, though other forums continue to work.
by macsrwe
Thu Apr 23, 2020 4:33 am
Forum: General
Topic: Drop connections or drop packets?
Replies: 12
Views: 4258

Re: Drop connections or drop packets?

ROS firewall fakes connection state for UDP connections. Might not be as accurate as for statefull protocols, but helps to make constructing firewall filter rules easier. Probably helps for performance as well.

Good to know, thanks. I've never had reason to block UDP.
by macsrwe
Thu Apr 23, 2020 3:02 am
Forum: General
Topic: Very strange environment variables. Did I get hacked? [SOLVED]
Replies: 19
Views: 10875

Re: Very strange environment variables. Did I get hacked? [SOLVED]

The output of that print is completely empty (as expected - noone else has access to the router and I don't use the default config setup at all, I always do a reset to a blank no-config state and only configure the desired fuctionality from scratch). As do I, without fail, but not running the defau...
by macsrwe
Wed Apr 22, 2020 6:23 am
Forum: General
Topic: Drop connections or drop packets?
Replies: 12
Views: 4258

Re: Drop connections or drop packets?

Mangle is the wrong tool for this job. Firewall can block connections with these parameters most straightforwardly. If you are rejecting or accepting traffic on connection-based protocols (e.g., not UDP), you should always use connection-state=new. This causes the firewall rule to be checked only on...
by macsrwe
Wed Apr 22, 2020 6:10 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: wAP with missing N rate
Replies: 3
Views: 1990

Re: wAP with missing N rate

N rates table is not under "Data Rates," it is under "HT MCS."
by macsrwe
Wed Apr 22, 2020 6:05 am
Forum: General
Topic: Tapatalk + Mikrotik forum
Replies: 26
Views: 7586

Re: Tapatalk + Mikrotik forum

Still is the issue with forum opening with Tapatalk? I have following error at iOS

Still broken. No action. Sigh.
by macsrwe
Wed Apr 22, 2020 5:51 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: problem blocking RB 951
Replies: 1
Views: 1251

Re: problem blocking RB 951

If you're trying to enter over the WAN port, you will fail because default configuration blocks login. If you're trying to enter over the LAN port, and you have reset the unit, there is some other issue I can't definitively name.
by macsrwe
Wed Apr 22, 2020 5:48 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Restore "crashes" RB951G-2HnD
Replies: 10
Views: 3264

Re: Restore "crashes" RB951G-2HnD

If I were going to allow transferring a backup to another device (as the official docs do indeed mention) I don't guess that's a feature I would have included as default Backup was never designed as a migration method. The document concedes that it kinda sorta works with some limitations, but nobod...
by macsrwe
Wed Apr 22, 2020 5:41 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Webfig timeout
Replies: 9
Views: 4712

Re: Webfig timeout

Wine seems to work fine with Winbox on a Mac FWIW as long as the router is giving out an IP
Mac WInbox works surprisingly well even with MAC address connections...
by macsrwe
Wed Apr 22, 2020 5:33 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Correct way of creating a network with my 3 mikrotik hap ac2
Replies: 12
Views: 2982

Re: Correct way of creating a network with my 3 mikrotik hap ac2

Let me take a contrary tack... if the 5GHz frequencies work interunit, then fine; but you may discover that need to resort to the 2.4 instead to penetrate all those walls, especially the exterior walls. As far as naming the SSID's same or different, there are issues either way. If they are all the s...
by macsrwe
Sun Apr 19, 2020 1:25 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Login restriction by IP [SOLVED]
Replies: 2
Views: 7998

Re: Login restriction by IP [SOLVED]

Hi, I don't understand the following syntax. What does the 0 there represent? Is it a username or what? 1 https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Securing_Your_Router#Access_by_IP_address " Access by IP address Besides the fact that default firewall protects your router from unauthorized access ...
by macsrwe
Sun Apr 19, 2020 1:01 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Built in function library
Replies: 132
Views: 133679

Re: Built in function library

You can if you name your queues with a first character that is a digit, otherwise you would have to do :find of a collation string. There's no function that returns the raw byte value of an arbitrary element.
by macsrwe
Sun Apr 19, 2020 12:49 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: POE Problem with Omnitik 5ac [SOLVED]
Replies: 8
Views: 18152

Re: POE Problem with Omnitik 5ac [SOLVED]

Please help me . how i can identify that i have poe version or not , because on mikrotik website manual says omnitik is with poe output. Even easier is to examine ports 2-5 -- if they have a yellow border on the label, they provide POE, otherwise, they do not. True of all MT products.
by macsrwe
Sun Apr 19, 2020 9:06 am
Forum: General
Topic: omnitek
Replies: 5
Views: 1848

Re: omnitek

Post your configuration.

/export hide-sensitive file=whatever.rsc
by macsrwe
Sun Apr 19, 2020 6:53 am
Forum: General
Topic: Call of Duty PC Game
Replies: 2
Views: 2090

Re: Call of Duty PC Game

I think you're worrying needlessly. The ports in question would be on the forward chain, not the input chain, so they wouldn't expose the router itself to anything. They would only expose the gaming device, but no more than it is already exposed by attaching directly to the modem. If you're not worr...
by macsrwe
Sun Apr 19, 2020 6:48 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Metal 52ac HomeAP Dual not an option [SOLVED]
Replies: 2
Views: 5989

Re: Metal 52ac HomeAP Dual not an option [SOLVED]

Metal 52 runs 5 or 2.4, not both at the same time. So no dual.
by macsrwe
Sun Apr 19, 2020 2:55 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Can not get Netinstall to Install packages or routeros.
Replies: 8
Views: 11079

Re: Can not get Netinstall to Install packages or routeros.

I get the routers to show up in Netinstall and choose my packages but when I press Install it does nothing. The "Ready" will disappear for around 5 seconds then come back up.

This is the symptom of a very common netinstall problem with an easy solution in most cases.
by macsrwe
Sat Apr 18, 2020 11:22 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Public IP routing
Replies: 10
Views: 5846

Re: Public IP routing

The original problem is to take a very limited number of public IPs and serve a data center (many devices), only a few of which he wants to be directly accessible from the outside. That requires a NATted LAN. That requires /firewall ip nat entries.
by macsrwe
Sat Apr 18, 2020 1:58 am
Forum: General
Topic: Possible fix for hAP ac2 rebooting randomly
Replies: 117
Views: 37696

Re: Possible fix for hAP ac2 rebooting randomly

Using this 2 simple steps I can crash it pretty much on demand with any ROS version up to 6.47Beta54 within less than 10 minutes.

Is this specific to hAP ac2, or is it reproducible on arbitrary models?
by macsrwe
Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:13 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Winbox v3.23 released!
Replies: 60
Views: 49391

Re: Winbox v3.23 released!

"Inner window size" problem not solved From posted change list, I inferred that they admitted in advance that this part of the problem was not yet solved. Baby steps, I guess. I wish things got broken only in baby steps. "Check for update" still does not admit availability of th...
by macsrwe
Fri Apr 17, 2020 9:37 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Public IP routing
Replies: 10
Views: 5846

Re: Public IP routing

I think you can try this way:
Just have a try , i didn't test it. :)

Nothing in your example addresses his public IP issue.
by macsrwe
Fri Apr 17, 2020 9:35 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Deny All Set Rule
Replies: 10
Views: 4970

Re: Deny All Set Rule

You are using webfig or WInbox. These are handy tools, but do not provide complete information on your configuration.

Either use a Terminal window in Winbox, or ssh into your router to obtain a native terminal window.
by macsrwe
Fri Apr 17, 2020 9:05 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Metal 52 ac to Metal 52 ac
Replies: 9
Views: 4202

Re: Metal 52 ac to Metal 52 ac

The problem with expecting the MikroTik bandwidth test to show you an accurate wireless throughput is that most of the units dedicated to serious wireless don't have powerful CPUs, and the CPUs at the far end max out trying to run all the bandwidth test servers long before the wireless link is satur...
by macsrwe
Fri Apr 17, 2020 3:25 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Mesh Network for Art Cars
Replies: 6
Views: 2430

Re: Mesh Network for Art Cars

Although one might infer that a wAP is directional from its wall-mount design, it is in fact omnidirectional.
by macsrwe
Fri Apr 17, 2020 3:23 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Metal 52 ac to Metal 52 ac
Replies: 9
Views: 4202

Re: Metal 52 ac to Metal 52 ac

using the antenna that came in the box, both are 52ac so hoppfully they aren't the wrong ones from packing. So the OmniTIK would be better with its dual chain? then I thought of putting a mAP lite on each one for clients to connect too. Do you want an indoor or an outdoor machine? Because mAP lites...
by macsrwe
Fri Apr 17, 2020 12:52 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: CRS328
Replies: 8
Views: 3706

Re: CRS328

Just remove usermanager unless you are using it?

I would have to assume that if he wasn't using it, it wouldn't be storing transactions on disk or logging error messages.
by macsrwe
Fri Apr 17, 2020 12:44 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Metal 52 ac to Metal 52 ac
Replies: 9
Views: 4202

Re: Metal 52 ac to Metal 52 ac

currently its floating around -71/-72 and they are on 50ft apart. That's extremely punk at 50'. Something is wrong. Sorry for the basic question, but what antenna do you have attached and are you sure it's rated for the frequency you chose? A couple years ago, I asked MikroTik a relevant question; ...
by macsrwe
Fri Apr 17, 2020 12:28 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Mesh Network for Art Cars
Replies: 6
Views: 2430

Re: Mesh Network for Art Cars

Assuming you means "cars" as in automobiles (i.e., as opposed to "AV carts"), I would expect you would like a weatherproof unit. My first choice would be one of the wAP models.
by macsrwe
Fri Apr 17, 2020 12:21 am
Forum: General
Topic: Public IP routing
Replies: 10
Views: 5846

Re: Public IP routing

If I understand your request correctly, you have multiple public IPs available at your WAN port, you have several public servers on your LAN, and you want each of those servers to be accessible from and to use one and only one of those public IPs pemanently. If this is so, the configuration is mostl...
by macsrwe
Fri Apr 17, 2020 12:01 am
Forum: General
Topic: (SOLVED) DISC Lite 5 died after upgrade, please help
Replies: 2
Views: 1552

Re: (SOLVED) DISC Lite 5 died after upgrade, please help

Check the casing on that bad boy before returning it to service. We've had consistent case failures on these units, unlike any other MT unit we use.
by macsrwe
Thu Apr 16, 2020 11:47 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Deny All Set Rule
Replies: 10
Views: 4970

Re: Deny All Set Rule

Tried exporting firewall filter and nothing came out for line 22 instead, a bunch of blocked IP came out for line 23. @macsrwe like you said its definitely not line 23. I will try exporting line 22 again tomorrow. But looks like either its already "deny all" so nothing came out or im doin...
by macsrwe
Thu Apr 16, 2020 11:42 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Deny All Set Rule
Replies: 10
Views: 4970

Re: Deny All Set Rule

However, the default firewall rules in RouterOS do not have ALLOW for all the desired traffic but a DENY of all traffic NOT originating from LAN. So, when you add a DENY ALL rule at the end of that, without first adding some more ALLOW rules for management etc, you will have locked yourself out of ...
by macsrwe
Thu Apr 16, 2020 1:34 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Deny All Set Rule
Replies: 10
Views: 4970

Re: Deny All Set Rule

Curious... this is the opposite of the advice I have always heard, which is to craft firewall rules to explicitly allow the traffic you want to allow, then "deny all" at the end. Almost invariably for the input chain, and perhaps for the forward chain as well, depending on your application...
by macsrwe
Thu Apr 16, 2020 10:33 am
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: Hotspot with and without radius server difference
Replies: 2
Views: 7988

Re: Hotspot with and without radius server difference

For one thing, a separate Radius server allows you to use an online billing service other than the one or two that ROS supports.
by macsrwe
Thu Apr 16, 2020 10:28 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Deny All Set Rule
Replies: 10
Views: 4970

Re: Deny All Set Rule

Rule 23 is definitely not a "deny all" rule -- it only denies traffic that matches the specified source address list. Rule 22 "looks" like a deny all rule, but it's impossible to tell from a Winbox window whether or not there are additional conditions set in columns that are not ...
by macsrwe
Thu Apr 16, 2020 1:06 am
Forum: General
Topic: WinBox can't see RB750Gr3
Replies: 19
Views: 6544

Re: WinBox can't see RB750Gr3

Yes, i guess they sould implement some kind of a popup message informing the user of a success or failure... Not logical. They do report success. They cannot explicitly report failure due to an MT bug that aborts the process without intending to. To me it would be obvious that netinstall not succee...
by macsrwe
Thu Apr 16, 2020 1:05 am
Forum: General
Topic: WinBox can't see RB750Gr3
Replies: 19
Views: 6544

Re: WinBox can't see RB750Gr3

Yes, i guess they sould implement some kind of a popup message informing the user of a success or failure...

Not logical. They do report success. They cannot explicitly report failure due to an MT bug that aborts the process without intending to.
by macsrwe
Thu Apr 16, 2020 1:02 am
Forum: General
Topic: WinBox can't see RB750Gr3
Replies: 19
Views: 6544

Re: WinBox can't see RB750Gr3

had cases where i tried 4 different versions, isnt that obvious that i was closing and opening the program again ? So if that's the case as soon as i opened netinstall for second time, it should have worked... But it didn't... Also, tell me how do you explain that it does not work the first time bu...
by macsrwe
Wed Apr 15, 2020 10:35 pm
Forum: General
Topic: WinBox can't see RB750Gr3
Replies: 19
Views: 6544

Re: WinBox can't see RB750Gr3

The proccess is : ready -> formatting ->installing-> reboot I 've never seen a case where the above 4 steps completed one by one but netinstall did not actually happen.. So i guess the progress bar might went full but actually you never saw the words formatting and/or installing ... Usually what yo...
by macsrwe
Wed Apr 15, 2020 8:55 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Winbox v3.22 released!
Replies: 117
Views: 84136

Re: Winbox v3.22 released!

ctrl-c, ctrl-v everywhere... +1. I have never found a MikroTik user who found the current ^v "lock" feature useful. Conversely, I have assisted a number who were screaming "Jane! Stop this crazy thing!" after having activated it accidentally. Maybe it's time to bite the bullet, ...
by macsrwe
Wed Apr 15, 2020 8:25 pm
Forum: General
Topic: WinBox can't see RB750Gr3
Replies: 19
Views: 6544

Re: WinBox can't see RB750Gr3

Launch Netinstall, quickly select "previous install" (it's always selected, by the way) and press "Install"? No, this not helps. Please don't suggest changing the version of Netinstall, changing the network adapter and other irrational things anymore. At first, I have alredy che...
by macsrwe
Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:18 am
Forum: General
Topic: Possible fix for hAP ac2 rebooting randomly
Replies: 117
Views: 37696

Re: Possible fix for hAP ac2 rebooting randomly

If even 6.45.7 is not a long-term solution to the problem, a workaround could be to permit access to public NTP servers (and nowhere else) to just one of those devices and let the other ones synchronize from it. I read this as: let some other device on your network run NTP server. That's great as l...
by macsrwe
Mon Apr 13, 2020 12:10 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Collecting daily/monthly usage stats?
Replies: 8
Views: 13280

Re: Collecting daily/monthly usage stats?

The interface menu retains total bytes/packets in/out for each interface. You can copy out the numbers on the first of each month than zero it for next month. If router is not rebooted for all month :) One nice thing I will never hesitate to say about using MT gear over the past 12 years is that gr...
by macsrwe
Sat Apr 11, 2020 10:01 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: v6.46.5 [stable] is released!
Replies: 72
Views: 48609

Re: v6.46.5 [stable] is released!

System->auto-upgrade, still problem, from ftp source !! ehhhh.... I'm very unhappy with MikroTik's recent release performance. They are releasing new features while at the same time breaking old features, then never fixing the old features. System auto-upgrade hasn't worked for months, the Dude is ...
by macsrwe
Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:42 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: PowerBox Long cable PoE in = all PoE out Short Circuit
Replies: 9
Views: 7066

Re: PowerBox Long cable PoE in = all PoE out Short Circuit

Thanks, but powering a Powerbox Pro is irrelevant to this thread, as the subject problem is present only in older Powerbox (not-Pro) and original Omnitik models, which use passive POE only. Our experience was that the issue showed itself over as short as an 8-meter cable, about the absolute minimum ...
by macsrwe
Sat Apr 11, 2020 8:15 pm
Forum: The Dude
Topic: The dude causing reboot of RB4011
Replies: 8
Views: 4902

Re: The dude causing reboot of RB4011

No hard feelings, thanks for all your work.
by macsrwe
Sat Apr 11, 2020 3:49 am
Forum: The Dude
Topic: The dude causing reboot of RB4011
Replies: 8
Views: 4902

Re: The dude causing reboot of RB4011

Then why Dude does not crash the other 30 devices? It chose just to crash the 4011 ? The other 30 do not use ROS @macsrwe ? The Dude is executing only on the 4011, isn't it? Or did I misunderstand the original post? It's comparatively unlikely that the Dude would be crashing a machine other than th...
by macsrwe
Sat Apr 11, 2020 3:38 am
Forum: General
Topic: WinBox can't see RB750Gr3
Replies: 19
Views: 6544

Re: WinBox can't see RB750Gr3

Color me dubious. I've upgraded netinstall dozens of times over the past 12 years, and since this problem started showing up about four years ago it has never changed.
by macsrwe
Sat Apr 11, 2020 3:18 am
Forum: The Dude
Topic: The dude causing reboot of RB4011
Replies: 8
Views: 4902

Re: The dude causing reboot of RB4011

If that happened, i do not know how, but lets say that dude does that, you wouldn't get "router was rebooted without proper shutdown" but just a "router rebooted"... The message you get means that the router neither was rebooted normally or shutdown through it's menu but that it...
by macsrwe
Sat Apr 11, 2020 3:14 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: PowerBox Long cable PoE in = all PoE out Short Circuit
Replies: 9
Views: 7066

Re: PowerBox Long cable PoE in = all PoE out Short Circuit

I think you ought to report this as a bug. As I showed in the image, it's still possible for ROS to report a yes setting that was set some time ago, but if it no longer allows you to set a yes setting, I really believe that is a bug. These devices need that setting to run in almost all situations, w...
by macsrwe
Sat Apr 11, 2020 3:08 am
Forum: General
Topic: WinBox can't see RB750Gr3
Replies: 19
Views: 6544

Re: WinBox can't see RB750Gr3

But as compared with the article, I don't see a progress bar, flashing process took 3-4 seconds and then router's status becomes "Ready".

I strongly suspect you have encountered a common netinstall problem where the install just doesn't happen. Fix is in the link.
by macsrwe
Sat Apr 11, 2020 3:03 am
Forum: General
Topic: Very strange environment variables. Did I get hacked? [SOLVED]
Replies: 19
Views: 10875

Re: Very strange environment variables. Did I get hacked? [SOLVED]

My next suggestion was going to be for you to run /system default-configuration script print and peruse the output for matching strings, in case someone had established a non-standard default configuration on your router. But if mrz says this is a known bug, then it is. (I bet if you ran the command...
by macsrwe
Sat Apr 11, 2020 2:54 am
Forum: General
Topic: OSPF over a wireless link
Replies: 2
Views: 2326

Re: OSPF over a wireless link

I don't know if this satisfies whatever requirement you envision for management, but the standard way to configure this is to make the two SXTs into an L2 bridge on a /29 or so, and just have the hosts at either end treat them as a stupid cable. (Don't try to run OSPF on the SXTs themselves, they wi...
by macsrwe
Fri Apr 10, 2020 8:17 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Cable suggestions
Replies: 2
Views: 2329

Re: Cable suggestions

I am trying to imagine Ethernet connectors that will fit into a standard jack, and yet are too wide to fit through a Groove cap with the rubber grommet removed, and also too long to fit into an SXT with the door closed. I think a model of "tool-less" CAT6 tips I once carried may fit this b...
by macsrwe
Fri Apr 10, 2020 7:41 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Cap Lite for home network help
Replies: 13
Views: 3525

Re: Cap Lite for home network help

So just to confirm theres nothing i can do to wirelessly bridge and mesh using the cap lite units? You can, but doesn't provide optimal signal coverage. Instead of putting an emitter right in the remote room where you need one, you have to locate the emitter halfway between there and your base unit...
by macsrwe
Fri Apr 10, 2020 7:35 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: v6.46.5 [stable] is released!
Replies: 72
Views: 48609

Re: v6.46.5 [stable] is released!

wireless - added "U-NII-2" support for hAP ac2
ok, but where did U-NII-3 missing??
U-NII-2
what does that mean?
GIYF...
by macsrwe
Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:34 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Very strange environment variables. Did I get hacked? [SOLVED]
Replies: 19
Views: 10875

Re: Very strange environment variables. Did I get hacked? [SOLVED]

Freshly rebooted and I have these environment variables. Any ideas what they are? They look like scripts? And some are quite long. If I delete them, they'll remain deleted until the next reboot. They are global functions . From the behavior you describe, your router executes a script on startup tha...
by macsrwe
Thu Apr 09, 2020 11:56 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Setting up Mesh network on existing Mikrotik WIFI network
Replies: 4
Views: 4062

Re: Setting up Mesh network on existing Mikrotik WIFI network

I'm not an authority on roaming. From what I've gathered from some threads I've read, there are three networking standards that have to be implemented to achieve seamless roaming, and MikroTik has implemented (I think) part of two and none of the third. I would recommend you search this forum for th...
by macsrwe
Thu Apr 09, 2020 11:42 am
Forum: General
Topic: Can traffic generator be used over more than 1 hop?
Replies: 2
Views: 1573

Re: Can traffic generator be used over more than 1 hop?

It's a bit of busywork, but you could create a tunnel interface (PPTP, L2TP, EOIP, etc.) between routers A and C and test through it.
by macsrwe
Thu Apr 09, 2020 11:35 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Which Wireless for 10km with no-line of sight?
Replies: 2
Views: 2415

Re: Which Wireless for 10km with no-line of sight?

Sometimes you can achieve adequate "near line of sight" connections with 2.4GHz, though spectrum is crowded. Better for NLOS is 900MHz, but it is even more crowded. 5GHz and higher, you need true line of sight. You can use Google Earth's "viewshed" feature to determine line of si...
by macsrwe
Thu Apr 09, 2020 11:15 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Setting up Mesh network on existing Mikrotik WIFI network
Replies: 4
Views: 4062

Re: Setting up Mesh network on existing Mikrotik WIFI network

Nobody is answering because the question doesn't make sense. From Wikipedia: A mesh refers to rich interconnection among devices or nodes. Wireless mesh networks often consist of mesh clients, mesh routers and gateways. Mobility of nodes is less frequent. If nodes constantly or frequently move, the ...
by macsrwe
Thu Apr 09, 2020 10:51 am
Forum: General
Topic: Does PowerBox "Pro" have same PoE-In cable length limit as non "Pro" version ?
Replies: 4
Views: 2997

Re: Does PowerBox "Pro" have same PoE-In cable length limit as non "Pro" version ?

I ve used this command on a 6.44.2 Version that was Released on 2019-Apr-01 12:47 ... So, how sure are you that the above does not work ? This thread is a duplicate of this one . The command works (and is necessary almost always) on Powerboxes. It does not work (nor is it necessary) on Powerbox Pros.
by macsrwe
Thu Apr 09, 2020 10:43 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: PowerBox Long cable PoE in = all PoE out Short Circuit
Replies: 9
Views: 7066

Re: PowerBox Long cable PoE in = all PoE out Short Circuit

There is no "in other words." In this post , you say, "I bought a Mikrotik PowerBox (didn't realize at the time there was a Pro version)." You have Powerbox, which is old model (although still sold) and uses only passive POE. ROS command shown is available on old model, and usual...
by macsrwe
Thu Apr 09, 2020 9:59 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Collecting daily/monthly usage stats?
Replies: 8
Views: 13280

Re: Collecting daily/monthly usage stats?

The interface menu retains total bytes/packets in/out for each interface. You can copy out the numbers on the first of each month than zero it for next month.
by macsrwe
Tue Apr 07, 2020 1:59 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: A strange routing issue, works if OSPF is disabled
Replies: 6
Views: 3592

Re: A strange routing issue, works if OSPF is disabled

I have already told you the most straightforward way to pursue this issue. Let me know when you have performed it.
by macsrwe
Tue Apr 07, 2020 12:24 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: A strange routing issue, works if OSPF is disabled
Replies: 6
Views: 3592

Re: A strange routing issue, works if OSPF is disabled

Your new figure contains nearly no IP address labels, so I can't follow your explanation. If you have determined that return routing of messages from 10.6.0.4 is failing with OSPF enabled, then run a traceroute from 10.6.0.4 to the original origin of the message, examine the results with OSPF disabl...
by macsrwe
Sun Apr 05, 2020 11:55 pm
Forum: General
Topic: ETHERNET SCHEDULE
Replies: 5
Views: 2261

Re: ETHERNET SCHEDULE

True... I only suggested it might do "what he actually wanted," not necessarily "the way he thought he wanted to do it."
by macsrwe
Sun Apr 05, 2020 10:56 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Disc Lite 5 frecuency range problem
Replies: 7
Views: 2883

Re: Disc Lite 5 frecuency range problem

Frankly, I'm flabbergasted to learn that anyone is deploying Discs indoors. Then again, with all units I have had with split casings, maybe that is the best place to deploy them. :D
by macsrwe
Sun Apr 05, 2020 8:54 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: PowerBox Long cable PoE in = all PoE out Short Circuit
Replies: 9
Views: 7066

Re: PowerBox Long cable PoE in = all PoE out Short Circuit

No, they have not removed it -- it is just hidden well, as it always has been. See image, taken today on operating equipment. If you had followed the instructions in the 2014 document, you would have found it. Note that this parameter is only available for old models of outdoor POE-out units that do...
by macsrwe
Sun Apr 05, 2020 8:02 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: How to connect a hap ac2 to an ISP router via wifi [SOLVED]
Replies: 16
Views: 13866

Re: How to connect a hap ac2 to an ISP router via wifi [SOLVED]

Best explanation of this entire issue is here: https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Wireless_Station_Modes Once you understand section about "limitations of L2 bridging," you will understand how all the other modes work the way they do, and that the proprietary extensions like "stati...
by macsrwe
Sun Apr 05, 2020 7:56 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Disc Lite 5 frecuency range problem
Replies: 7
Views: 2883

Re: Disc Lite 5 frecuency range problem

MKT tends to restrict more and more the rules per regulatory domains, with every new release. In all fairness, MikroTik is being told by national governments to obey more and more restrictions to obtain certification to sell in that country. Gone are the days when the end-user engineer was responsi...
by macsrwe
Sun Apr 05, 2020 7:46 pm
Forum: General
Topic: ETHERNET SCHEDULE
Replies: 5
Views: 2261

Re: ETHERNET SCHEDULE

Check out the "kid protect" feature, it may do what you need.
by macsrwe
Sun Apr 05, 2020 7:43 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Different Rate Between Firewall and Torch
Replies: 3
Views: 1872

Re: Different Rate Between Firewall and Torch

You did not include the firewall rule, which is necessary for any rational attempt at analysis. Preferably, all firewall rules, so that applicable prior rules can be inspected as well. You will note that the number of packets is wildly different as well. Clearly the firewall rule isn't doing what yo...
by macsrwe
Sun Apr 05, 2020 7:31 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: 3 router config assistance please [SOLVED]
Replies: 6
Views: 7731

Re: 3 router config assistance please [SOLVED]

The limitation of bandwidth-test is that the number of server processes it starts often saturate the CPU well before the communication channel. It is best performed to a powerful router beyond the router you want to test. Using the "both" mode doubles the number of server processes, which ...
by macsrwe
Sun Apr 05, 2020 5:37 am
Forum: General
Topic: [Feature request] Time in app graphing
Replies: 0
Views: 1882

[Feature request] Time in app graphing

In smartphone app, tools / graphing / interface graphs has useful sliding bar that measures traffic volume at any time, but should also display the time/date, which is available nowhere, including x axis
by macsrwe
Sat Apr 04, 2020 1:10 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: A strange routing issue, works if OSPF is disabled
Replies: 6
Views: 3592

Re: A strange routing issue, works if OSPF is disabled

You may be looking for the problem on the wrong unit. OSPF should be constructing reciprocal routes on the other unit, and those may be wrong. Torch the interface at 10.6.0.4 to see if your requests from 10.200.0.4 are arriving and departing. Torch the interface at 10.200.0.1 and I suspect you will ...
by macsrwe
Fri Apr 03, 2020 11:57 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: 3 router config assistance please [SOLVED]
Replies: 6
Views: 7731

Re: 3 router config assistance please [SOLVED]

So putting the little ones in bridge mode should do the trick? In that event, do I exclude their ports (the ports they are connected to on the RB3011) from the bridge on the RB3011? No, put everything on the bridge. You need only one "router" for your house, at the ingress point. Everythi...
by macsrwe
Fri Apr 03, 2020 4:15 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: RB260GS + hAP ac
Replies: 9
Views: 2679

Re: RB260GS + hAP ac

Maybe your ISP's router is miffy about talking to anything that hasn't gotten its address through their DHCP server.
by macsrwe
Fri Apr 03, 2020 3:40 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: [HELP]Set NAT dst-address not work [SOLVED]
Replies: 3
Views: 10037

Re: [HELP]Set NAT dst-address not work [SOLVED]

Sorry, I misspoke. The function is :tostr, not :tochar.

https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:S ... g#Commands
by macsrwe
Fri Apr 03, 2020 3:31 pm
Forum: General
Topic: RouterBOARD mAP 2nD voltage
Replies: 1
Views: 1413

Re: RouterBOARD mAP 2nD voltage

Suggest you send this directly to support@mikrotik.com to get manufacturer to address this.
by macsrwe
Fri Apr 03, 2020 3:26 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Error in ip route - action timed out
Replies: 6
Views: 4699

Re: Error in ip route - action timed out

Optimal procedure would be:

Take supout
Save supout
Reboot router
See if problem went away
If not, take second supout
Send supout(s) to support@mikrotik.com along with description of what happened.
by macsrwe
Fri Apr 03, 2020 3:23 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Problem with using Netinstall
Replies: 2
Views: 1699

Re: Problem with using Netinstall

The way I'm interpreting this question is: he has a custom default configuration he wants to impose with netinstall, and the script he created works when he invokes it by hand, but it doesn't work when invoked automatically at router reboot/reset-configuration time. If this isn't correct, apologies....
by macsrwe
Thu Apr 02, 2020 6:38 am
Forum: General
Topic: physical wlan station config
Replies: 3
Views: 1866

Re: physical wlan station config

All I could think of is that in Winbox, wireless interface shows up in italics as inactive (which someone may mistake for disabled) when no one is registered to it. Either that, or this is incompetent commercial spam, following the sudden rash we have been experiencing on MT forum this week (see OP ...
by macsrwe
Thu Apr 02, 2020 12:49 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Rural outdoor 4G / LTE Setup
Replies: 18
Views: 7001

Re: Rural outdoor 4G / LTE Setup

Good day all, I am in South Africa and have a Mikrotik LTESXT kit with a Hikvision IP camera connected to Port 2 with POE. I can see the camera on IVMS 4200 if LAN cable is plugged into my PC,but as soon as i take it out i lose connection. Do you lose connection because Hikvision loses power? Widel...
by macsrwe
Thu Apr 02, 2020 12:43 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Impact of regulatory domain setting on TX power / overall WiFi stability (hAP ac)
Replies: 4
Views: 8545

Re: Impact of regulatory domain setting on TX power / overall WiFi stability (hAP ac)

You could try physically tilting the AP... but that might not solve your underlying problem anyway.

If your router is having problems penetrating to the floor above, your devices on the floor above are likely to have exactly the same problems penetrating to the router on the floor below.
by macsrwe
Wed Apr 01, 2020 11:59 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: hotspot broadcast massages all active user
Replies: 3
Views: 2563

Re: hotspot broadcast massages all active user

This company still using mainframes with timesharing? "CP\CMS GOING DOWN IN 00:05"?

This is not a networking function OSI layer 1-3. They need to invest in some sort of groupware application OSI layers 5-7.
by macsrwe
Wed Apr 01, 2020 11:53 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: [HELP]Set NAT dst-address not work [SOLVED]
Replies: 3
Views: 10037

Re: [HELP]Set NAT dst-address not work [SOLVED]

Common problem. Use [:tochar ] (correction) [:tostr ] to turn variable contents into a string instead of a numeric address.
by macsrwe
Wed Apr 01, 2020 11:31 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Mass upgrade APs
Replies: 3
Views: 2402

Re: Mass upgrade APs

I suspect you have discovered another user-interface pessimization caused by the new update mechanism introduced in 6.46.2. You can read much about it here, keep searching for posts containing the words "hidden" and "hide."
by macsrwe
Wed Apr 01, 2020 11:17 pm
Forum: General
Topic: physical wlan station config
Replies: 3
Views: 1866

Re: physical wlan station config

Lacking some terribly basic information, such as: what model equipment are you talking about?
by macsrwe
Wed Apr 01, 2020 11:11 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Spontaneous reboots
Replies: 22
Views: 10957

Re: Spontaneous reboots

Lots of reports of NTP package causing reboots in recent releases, this may be your only problem.

MikroTik is not guaranteed to be here. To assure MikroTik attention, email bug report to support@mikrotik.com.
by macsrwe
Wed Apr 01, 2020 11:09 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Possible fix for hAP ac2 rebooting randomly
Replies: 117
Views: 37696

Re: Possible fix for hAP ac2 rebooting randomly

ROS does not allow this. You would have to downgrade all of ROS to that version.
by macsrwe
Wed Apr 01, 2020 12:44 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: how clear Mikrotik Log ?
Replies: 20
Views: 27439

Re: how clear Mikrotik Log ?

You would think so… but as I already said, those lines are no longer useful to clear any part of the memory log, assuming they ever were. Seriously, try them – they do nothing.
by macsrwe
Wed Apr 01, 2020 7:08 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: PowerBox Long cable PoE in = all PoE out Short Circuit
Replies: 9
Views: 7066

Re: PowerBox Long cable PoE in = all PoE out Short Circuit

I believe you will find the answers to precisely these questions here.
by macsrwe
Wed Apr 01, 2020 3:42 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Distance is different AP vs CPE
Replies: 2
Views: 2748

Re: Distance is different AP vs CPE

Known deficiency in ROS that "auto" distance is often wildly overestimated on one side of a PTP link, while correct on the other. Efficiency improvement can be had by entering specific distance into wireless config parameters instead of "auto" default. This alone may improve your...
by macsrwe
Wed Apr 01, 2020 3:32 am
Forum: Scripting
Topic: how clear Mikrotik Log ?
Replies: 20
Views: 27439

Re: how clear Mikrotik Log ?

Misunderstood your requirement. I did not understand you wanted to clear memory-resident log. I don't make much use of memory-resident logs because they are not persistent, and IMHO anything worth logging is worth having available after a crash. I have determined that not even the commands previousl...
by macsrwe
Wed Apr 01, 2020 2:13 am
Forum: General
Topic: Weird packet loss on CCR1009-7G-1C [SOLVED]
Replies: 11
Views: 8166

Re: Weird packet loss on CCR1009-7G-1C [SOLVED]

You should at least have a default 0.0.0.0/0 route defined in /ip route, preferably also a small number of dependable static routes. One of your complaints was that you would lose some number of pings before establishing good traffic, that is a common symptom of having 100% dynamic routing. OSPF &am...
by macsrwe
Wed Apr 01, 2020 12:34 am
Forum: General
Topic: Weird packet loss on CCR1009-7G-1C [SOLVED]
Replies: 11
Views: 8166

Re: Weird packet loss on CCR1009-7G-1C [SOLVED]

I cannot seem to find any /ip route anywhere. That would be a major omission.
by macsrwe
Wed Apr 01, 2020 12:25 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Router exposed to internet over night [SOLVED]
Replies: 6
Views: 8109

Re: Router exposed to internet over night [SOLVED]

The default firewall in the default configuration protects the router if you connect to the internet via the default port (ether1). However, if you are playing with your own custom configurations or firewall rules, and hook up through an unprotected port, your router is visible to hackers who indeed...
by macsrwe
Tue Mar 31, 2020 10:55 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: disabling Auto Negotiation on 1000M full [SOLVED]
Replies: 10
Views: 19818

Re: disabling Auto Negotiation on 1000M full [SOLVED]

It was on fiber, come to think of it, not copper.
by macsrwe
Tue Mar 31, 2020 8:36 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: disabling Auto Negotiation on 1000M full [SOLVED]
Replies: 10
Views: 19818

Re: disabling Auto Negotiation on 1000M full [SOLVED]

Keep in mind that a posting in this forum is not guaranteed to be seen or responded to by MikroTik personnel. If you want to make sure MikroTik sees and responds to your issue, you should email it to support@mikrotik.com. Feel free to return back here and post the gist of their response for those wh...
by macsrwe
Tue Mar 31, 2020 4:51 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: disabling Auto Negotiation on 1000M full [SOLVED]
Replies: 10
Views: 19818

Re: disabling Auto Negotiation on 1000M full [SOLVED]

If true, the standard is not uniformly obeyed. In my region, CenturyLink gateway feeds are routinely supplied that run 1G and refuse negotiation, and you can't connect with them unless you configure your interface as 1G non-negotiated. Something to watch out for.
by macsrwe
Tue Mar 31, 2020 4:16 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: disabling Auto Negotiation on 1000M full [SOLVED]
Replies: 10
Views: 19818

Re: disabling Auto Negotiation on 1000M full [SOLVED]

It's quite possible you're not doing anything incorrectly. If your peripherals default to 100M in the absence of negotiation, and require negotiation to step up to 1G -- which is not unreasonable default operation -- all of the behavior you describe would occur. You don't specifically say, but I inf...
by macsrwe
Tue Mar 31, 2020 2:09 am
Forum: General
Topic: Weird packet loss on CCR1009-7G-1C [SOLVED]
Replies: 11
Views: 8166

Re: Weird packet loss on CCR1009-7G-1C [SOLVED]

Without configuration, impossible to guess well. My first guess would be an ambiguous addressing setup or ARP issues.

/export hide-sensitive file=whatever

Post contents of whatever.rsc here.
by macsrwe
Tue Mar 31, 2020 2:03 am
Forum: General
Topic: Using Fasttrack with Simple Queues [SOLVED]
Replies: 3
Views: 14952

Re: Using Fasttrack with Simple Queues [SOLVED]

I believe easiest way to think of this problem is to remember that firewall rules must be present that specifically enable fasttrack between designated pairs of interfaces. (Interface lists can muddle the underlying behavior, so pretend for the moment that they are not there to use.) Ensure your con...
by macsrwe
Tue Mar 31, 2020 1:37 am
Forum: General
Topic: Load external image on captive portal
Replies: 19
Views: 5742

Re: Load external image on captive portal

This posting is short on specifics. Is the host containing/generating this image allowed in your set of walled garden hosts?
by macsrwe
Tue Mar 31, 2020 1:30 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Router exposed to internet over night [SOLVED]
Replies: 6
Views: 8109

Re: Router exposed to internet over night [SOLVED]

You don't say what version of ROS it was running... to be safest, you should netinstall unit entirely.
by macsrwe
Mon Mar 30, 2020 4:57 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: w60g MCS rates
Replies: 1
Views: 2059

Re: w60g MCS rates

It depends how loosely you define "achieve." If the radio isn't staying there in production use, it's almost always because you wouldn't like the results if it stayed there. A higher modulation that craters your CCQ is no bargain.
by macsrwe
Mon Mar 30, 2020 3:37 am
Forum: General
Topic: DNS Issue
Replies: 4
Views: 2166

Re: DNS Issue

As stated, this is a Windows peculiarity, not MikroTik limitation. Another option is that you can just invent your own local TLD (e.g., .icarus) and define all your local devices that way; then you would resolve "sqlserver.icarus" with no problems.
by macsrwe
Sun Mar 29, 2020 12:45 pm
Forum: General
Topic: why
Replies: 4
Views: 2108

Re: why

Again, you don't provide any useful description of what you did, so my answer can only be so helpful. You cannot make this change just in /ip address and expect the router to work. You must also potentially change /ip firewall nat, /ip dhcp-server, and possibly other places before everything will ta...
by macsrwe
Sat Mar 28, 2020 1:02 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Low signal when using USB Wi-FI adaptor with hAP Lite
Replies: 6
Views: 2921

Re: Low signal when using USB Wi-FI adaptor with hAP Lite

Change the channel on the hAP and see if that improves things. You could be "auto"ing to a channel your USB dongle doesn't work with.
by macsrwe
Sat Mar 28, 2020 12:33 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: MUM EUROPE AND OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS - POSTPONED!
Replies: 59
Views: 247354

Re: MUM EUROPE AND OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS - POSTPONED!

Is there anything planned like a virtual mum /VMUM/ - like live streaming ?

Every attendee gets a free virtual router (CHR) and a virtual t-shirt (sunscreen not included).
by macsrwe
Thu Mar 26, 2020 5:11 am
Forum: General
Topic: System note ERROR
Replies: 2
Views: 1546

Re: System note ERROR

...or just drag the window wider.
by macsrwe
Mon Mar 23, 2020 12:42 am
Forum: General
Topic: Roadwarrior client router
Replies: 20
Views: 6581

Re: Roadwarrior client router

I'm not surprised it disappeared -- 0.0.0.0/0 is the default ("everywhere"). Your rule is in the input chain. That means that traffic to the router itself (not your network, just the router) will be accepted from those addresses. If you're trying to get your router to serve this traffic to...
by macsrwe
Sun Mar 22, 2020 2:19 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Roadwarrior client router
Replies: 20
Views: 6581

Re: Roadwarrior client router

I suspect your problem is that 0.0.0.0 is not the same as 0.0.0.0/0 .
by macsrwe
Sun Mar 22, 2020 5:43 am
Forum: The Dude
Topic: The Dude IS Dead, really, isn't it?
Replies: 50
Views: 27074

Re: The Dude IS Dead, really, isn't it?

After changing some of the polling parameters, and saving historical data at less detail, it is still struggling, and often will lock up, forcing me to re-open the client. I am now under the impression that I must either downgrade the Dude, or offload polling to agents Yeah, I did the polling time ...
by macsrwe
Sat Mar 21, 2020 2:55 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Unable to get full gigabit speed on RB750Gr3
Replies: 33
Views: 21384

Re: Unable to get full gigabit speed on RB750Gr3

Speed limit of the device is here. If routing properly with fasttrack, you should be able to achieve gigabit with all reasonable packet sizes.
by macsrwe
Sat Mar 21, 2020 2:49 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Slow internet speed [SOLVED]
Replies: 10
Views: 22702

Re: Slow internet speed [SOLVED]

What wireless channels are being used on each device?

What speed do you get if you cable in to the Deco?
by macsrwe
Fri Mar 20, 2020 9:47 am
Forum: General
Topic: How to access Irish Content
Replies: 4
Views: 2137

Re: How to access Irish Content

Stupid spam, too. He forgot to global-replace "Iran" with "Ireland" inside the spam.
by macsrwe
Tue Mar 17, 2020 8:04 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Which modem/router. Help
Replies: 4
Views: 2119

Re: Which modem/router. Help

+1. Nothing like having the freedom to plan out a good wired network before the walls are up.

And don't forget to pull a few to your roof as well, for later use for security cameras, wireless bridges to outbuildings, or whatever.
by macsrwe
Tue Mar 17, 2020 3:33 am
Forum: General
Topic: Which modem/router. Help
Replies: 4
Views: 2119

Re: Which modem/router. Help

Trying to serve a large house wirelessly from a single central point, particularly if there are intervening walls, plumbing, appliances, or masonry, is a bad choice. It doesn't matter how strong your router signal is -- your PC, phone, and IOT device signals won't be strong enough to be seen reliabl...
by macsrwe
Mon Mar 16, 2020 10:12 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Looking for POE Access Point Suggestions
Replies: 4
Views: 2122

Re: Looking for POE Access Point Suggestions

I ran an RB951 for years and was happy with it; then replaced it with a hAP ac lite I got as checkin swag at a MUM, which added 5GHz. I'm equally happy with that. I ran both from a central location, wall-mounted, and fed with POE. Realize that if you have a large house or many intervening walls, run...
by macsrwe
Mon Mar 16, 2020 10:06 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Issue regarding the famous api bug following us from last year;
Replies: 1
Views: 1603

Re: Issue regarding the famous api bug following us from last year;

It's difficult to tell from your text precisely what your problem is. But from what I can gather, you have some routers showing API errors and some not showing them, yet all are on same RouterOS level. My first guess would be that some of your units were compromised by the rash of exploits that occu...
by macsrwe
Mon Mar 16, 2020 10:01 pm
Forum: General
Topic: RB260GS old vs new distinction
Replies: 4
Views: 2791

Re: RB260GS old vs new distinction

As far as I know the "old" version of the RB260GS was the RB250GS. I'm not aware of two RB260 versions.
by macsrwe
Mon Mar 16, 2020 9:55 pm
Forum: General
Topic: DHCP server problem
Replies: 10
Views: 5381

Re: DHCP server problem

I have found that very dirty power failures (where power fluctuates off/on several times close together at just the right delay) can scramble configurations of many devices, including MikroTiks, up to and including full factory reset.
by macsrwe
Mon Mar 16, 2020 9:49 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature Request: Logging of all administrator user actions
Replies: 28
Views: 16701

Re: Feature Request: Logging of all administrator user actions

we do this already, in 5 minute intervals if change is detected

I am curious... given the nearly nonexistent support of file contents availability in the command language, how do you detect a configuration change?
by macsrwe
Mon Mar 16, 2020 9:10 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Powerbox to Powerbox, daisy chain
Replies: 1
Views: 2511

Re: Powerbox to Powerbox, daisy chain

This is theoretically possible, except that you cannot exceed the output power budget on the single port on PowerBox 1 that runs PowerBox 2 and its attached devices. Unless you are running some very low power devices on PB2, you will have a hard time. You may do better installing a POE splitoff adap...
by macsrwe
Mon Mar 16, 2020 9:02 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Option to duplicate rule....
Replies: 16
Views: 7910

Re: Option to duplicate rule....

What's wrong with

/ip firewall filter add copy-from ... ?
by macsrwe
Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:54 pm
Forum: The Dude
Topic: how to put public ip on host
Replies: 1
Views: 6021

Re: how to put public ip on host

You can do this with simple port forwarding, but for security purposes it is discouraged to leave WAN-facing ports open on a MikroTik.
by macsrwe
Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:51 pm
Forum: The Dude
Topic: The Dude IS Dead, really, isn't it?
Replies: 50
Views: 27074

Re: The Dude IS Dead, really, isn't it?

It's been great for me - up until I expanded my map - added sub-maps. Now it barely runs with 200 devices. It freezes up on the client side frequently. The number 200 grabbed my attention. My own Dude layout began dropping stuff on the floor at this level. I discovered the host router (hEX) was spe...
by macsrwe
Sun Mar 15, 2020 10:54 am
Forum: General
Topic: Config - Interface mac variable and last four?
Replies: 1
Views: 1362

Re: Config - Interface mac variable and last four?

Use the :pick function. You may also need to use :tostr and :tonum ("0x" . $whatever) appropriately, depending on what you need to have in hand for intermediate values.
by macsrwe
Sun Mar 15, 2020 3:17 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: High CPU Utilization
Replies: 1
Views: 3120

Re: High CPU Utilization

use /tool profile to determine what flavor of process is eating your CPU.
by macsrwe
Sun Mar 15, 2020 3:09 am
Forum: Scripting
Topic: need help for editing HT mcs rates [SOLVED]
Replies: 8
Views: 15084

Re: need help for editing HT mcs rates [SOLVED]

My experience has been that you cannot disable a wireless data rate with MT HCS without unticking both sides. If you untick just one side, the data rate still gets used. It's not even as useful as to say that you can limit the transmit or the receive data rate alone by unticking one side, I have nev...
by macsrwe
Thu Mar 12, 2020 2:32 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Point to Point SXTsq 200m apart
Replies: 13
Views: 4905

Re: Point to Point SXTsq 200m apart

Recommend you test at full distance without hidden ID; only hide it after everything else works. Been there.
by macsrwe
Thu Mar 12, 2020 2:10 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Winbox v3.22 released!
Replies: 117
Views: 84136

Re: Winbox v3.22 released!

The window size should be stored in session file. Make sure you have autosave on or save the session before closing. Yes, outermost window size is saved with session file, but zoom level is not. Yes, I no longer have to drag the window larger before zooming it, but I still have to zoom it ^3 every ...
by macsrwe
Thu Mar 12, 2020 1:45 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Point to Point SXTsq 200m apart
Replies: 13
Views: 4905

Re: Point to Point SXTsq 200m apart

To secure the bridge SSID, define a profile under /interface wireless security, and then enter that profile name in /interface wireless for that interface. Be aware that if you hide the SSID you must "hardwire" that SSID in the main wireless settings on the station side; it will not work w...
by macsrwe
Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:37 am
Forum: General
Topic: Block Torrents & p2p Traffic 100% working on all versions
Replies: 60
Views: 180573

Re: Block Torrents & p2p Traffic 100% working on all versions

And layer7 matcher is practically obsolete, because everyone uses tunnels now. You are chasing a dragon here.
by macsrwe
Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:20 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Point to Point SXTsq 200m apart
Replies: 13
Views: 4905

Re: Point to Point SXTsq 200m apart

If you are running the units close together for testing and do not turn down the power, you will get garbage speed. Keep them at least on opposite sides of a normal room and turn the power down to absolute minimum until you deploy them outside. Even then, watch your power levels, keep the registrati...
by macsrwe
Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:09 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Bridging with MikroTik Sxtsq lite5
Replies: 3
Views: 2772

Re: Bridging with MikroTik Sxtsq lite5

Your question is ambiguous. "I have a router, and far away a device I want to connect to the network, so I believe the configuration desired is bridge" But you don't say whether you are locating the SXTsq at the router side or at the device side, so no one can answer you. You don't say whe...
by macsrwe
Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:03 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: v6.46.4 [stable] is released!
Replies: 106
Views: 77373

Re: v6.46.4 [stable] is released!

There are currently no problems with schedules if they are built by SNMP. Ah, so you are saying that data collection is unimpaired, but data display by /tool graph (only) is faulty...? Specially after your question I translated the schedule from ROS to SNMP. As you can see, the same graph is displa...
by macsrwe
Mon Mar 09, 2020 12:58 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: v6.46.4 [stable] is released!
Replies: 106
Views: 77373

Re: v6.46.4 [stable] is released!

There are currently no problems with schedules if they are built by SNMP.

Ah, so you are saying that data collection is unimpaired, but data display by /tool graph (only) is faulty...?
by macsrwe
Sun Mar 08, 2020 11:30 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Can I use the Wireless Wire for this?
Replies: 2
Views: 2600

Re: Can I use the Wireless Wire for this?

"Can you" if the physical object interference is negligible and the distance is not too great? Of course, that's what it's for. Are those conditions true in your particular house? Only you can best judge this, not someone on a forum. But you cannot just plug an antenna into it, you must us...
by macsrwe
Sun Mar 08, 2020 11:27 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Hardware Issue - PA Damage?
Replies: 2
Views: 2805

Re: Hardware Issue - PA Damage?

Can you make an actual connection in mode=station to any one of the networks shown in the scan? If not, my suspicion is that the transmitter section is fried in the WiFi chip.
by macsrwe
Sun Mar 08, 2020 11:12 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: v6.46.4 [stable] is released!
Replies: 106
Views: 77373

Re: v6.46.4 [stable] is released!

New problems with 6.46.4. All information that is removed through the ROS is distorted. For example, on graphs of loading of interfaces of jumping 2-3 times bigger than real. What is the % CPU usage on your DynaDish? This graph looks symptomatic of the metering process periodically missing interval...
by macsrwe
Sun Mar 08, 2020 11:07 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: v6.45.8 [long-term] is released!
Replies: 86
Views: 91242

Re: v6.45.8 [long-term] is released!

In specific, the backup file size under V6.44.6 is about 1.1MB, but the size of backup file under V6.45.8 is just 640KB. Such difference maybe a proof of incomplete backup file generated in newer version which results in failure of restoration. Make sure you report this via email to support@mikroti...
by macsrwe
Sun Mar 08, 2020 10:52 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: POE out - why do most MikroTik products not follow the standards?
Replies: 37
Views: 23144

Re: POE out - why do most MikroTik products not follow the standards?

It looks like this problem is being reported by many people . One post estimates a 1:4 failure rate for Hikvision units in powering up, and the same problem is reported with many models of POE gear. My only suggestion would be for you to power up other 802.3af units from the OmniTik port and satisfy...
by macsrwe
Sun Mar 08, 2020 12:20 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: POE out - why do most MikroTik products not follow the standards?
Replies: 37
Views: 23144

Re: POE out - why do most MikroTik products not follow the standards?

Moderator: Why do you quote preceding? Use Post Replay not Quote button.

Typically that's an indication that the camera is not properly negotiating its demand for POE. Maybe you have a bad one.
by macsrwe
Sat Mar 07, 2020 3:11 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: LHG 60G mount - can't use a ratchet wrench
Replies: 6
Views: 3683

Re: LHG 60G mount - can't use a ratchet wrench

Is there any reason you can't just use a shifting spanner, fixed wrench or socket wrench? You sort of have to... but that's often not a very tower-friendly solution. Keep in mind that half the time, the nut is on the far side of the unit from you, where you can't see it. On some of these mounts, yo...
by macsrwe
Fri Mar 06, 2020 1:22 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: SXTsq 5 ac not loading backup file configuration
Replies: 3
Views: 2799

Re: SXTsq 5 ac not loading backup file configuration

One point I overlooked: if you're trying to distribute a configuration as a backup file, it won't work. Backup files are specific to individual units. They don't work at all between different router models, and even if you try to load them on identical router models with identical firmware and ROS l...
by macsrwe
Fri Mar 06, 2020 1:18 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: SXTsq 5 ac not loading backup file configuration
Replies: 3
Views: 2799

Re: SXTsq 5 ac not loading backup file configuration

Usually this indicates that there is a error (sometimes syntax, sometimes interface-specific, etc.) in the configuration file, and configuration was aborted ether before it started or when the error was encountered. The only direct way to debug this is to reset the router with no-default-configurati...
by macsrwe
Fri Mar 06, 2020 1:00 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: LHG 60G mount - can't use a ratchet wrench
Replies: 6
Views: 3683

Re: LHG 60G mount - can't use a ratchet wrench

DynaDish mount also suffers from this shortcoming. Sometimes possible to use a ratcheting end wrench, but even so sometimes there is not enough room to swing it one ratchet step. We have had to do these much more than we would like using adjustable Crescent wrenches. :-(
by macsrwe
Thu Mar 05, 2020 11:19 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Rewriting outbound traffic originating from Mikrotik
Replies: 1
Views: 2093

Re: Rewriting outbound traffic originating from Mikrotik

Maybe I'm missing something (because I cannot believe this would not have been noticed by now), but I think you've found a bug. Tools / btest-server allows you to select a set of ports other than the default 2000-2100, which would normally address your issue. However, I can find no provision to make...
by macsrwe
Thu Mar 05, 2020 10:56 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Ping drops first 2-3 packets then low stable latency. [SOLVED]
Replies: 3
Views: 7496

Re: Ping drops first 2-3 packets then low stable latency. [SOLVED]

I'll mention, just in case you might be unaware, that any queue priorities you assign traffic are entirely internal to the RouterBoard, and get discarded when the traffic exits an interface. So, if the problem is indeed at or in the modem, priorities won't solve it. Have you run a traceroute instead...
by macsrwe
Thu Mar 05, 2020 8:09 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: wireless dish alignement
Replies: 2
Views: 2589

Re: wireless dish alignement

Totally wild guess: perhaps you are trained on a sidelobe instead of the main lobe?
by macsrwe
Thu Mar 05, 2020 7:59 am
Forum: The Dude
Topic: Install a mikrotik web proxy
Replies: 2
Views: 10216

Re: Install a mikrotik web proxy

Do you have a MikroTik as your gateway router? You can use the (free) proxy facility right in that router to do this. You will, however, need some website where you can store the message to the customer (it can be on your LAN if you have a server running 24/7). Here is the configuration I used to pr...
by macsrwe
Thu Mar 05, 2020 6:58 am
Forum: General
Topic: CRS default config: Bridge and Interface MAC in IP Neighbors
Replies: 3
Views: 2826

Re: CRS default config: Bridge and Interface MAC in IP Neighbors

There are other threads about this same issue. It was introduced in an upgrade version within the past six months or so. It's pretty clearly a bug.
by macsrwe
Thu Mar 05, 2020 6:49 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: PTP link for shooting range camera.
Replies: 2
Views: 2663

Re: PTP link for shooting range camera.

I don't understand your setup. Terms like "shooting bench side" and "camera side" don't mean much when you haven't diagrammed your setup. Especially since the way I am imagining such a setup, you have them backwards, but I can't be sure what you think you are trying to do.
by macsrwe
Thu Mar 05, 2020 6:45 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Cap AC vs Wap ac vs Omnitik AC? [SOLVED]
Replies: 5
Views: 9787

Re: Cap AC vs Wap ac vs Omnitik AC? [SOLVED]

What are the differences? They seem the same on paper, 2x2 802.11ac APs. Not so much performance, but environmental, connectivity, and decor. OmniTik line doesn't do 2.4GHz or wall-mounting, and offers multiple ports which can be had with POE-out; cAP AC is not an outdoor unit, and comes with two E...
by macsrwe
Thu Mar 05, 2020 6:36 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: v6.46.4 [stable] is released!
Replies: 106
Views: 77373

Re: v6.46.4 [stable] is released!

Facing a problem, The system auto-upgrade broken since 6.46.1 Yup, and no announcement that a fix is in the works. And since then, they broke the Dude. I am absolutely not upgrading anything anywhere until these two regressions are fixed. Hope you have someone working on these high priority, MT.
by macsrwe
Tue Mar 03, 2020 1:34 am
Forum: General
Topic: Kansas City MUM USA
Replies: 20
Views: 6054

Re: Kansas City MUM USA

Since OP is on limited budget, don't hesitate to use AirB&B...it could surprise you!

Agreed. Don't overlook VRBO/HomeAway as well. Have used them before in cases of "sold-out function hotel" with fine results.
by macsrwe
Sun Mar 01, 2020 11:39 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Intermittent Power Cycle - RB2011
Replies: 13
Views: 4742

Re: Intermittent Power Cycle - RB2011

That's pretty normal, but it's not going to show you an intermittent problem. I'd replace the power adapter right off, if possible, with one offering slightly more current.

Also, the 2011 has one POE-out port, and a real or illusory power draw on that port may be overtaxing the power adapter.
by macsrwe
Sun Mar 01, 2020 11:30 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Can't acces by pptp
Replies: 1
Views: 1769

Re: Can't acces by pptp

Was your "new device" by any chance an Apple device? Shortly after PPTP was deemed insecure, the propeller-heads at Apple unilaterally decided to remove all support for it from their OSes, so now you cannot access any networks that still offer only PPTP interfaces.
by macsrwe
Sun Mar 01, 2020 9:24 pm
Forum: SwOS
Topic: POE-Short Circuit
Replies: 3
Views: 7683

Re: POE-Short Circuit

It just seems somehow wasteful to me to buy a switch with POE out and then not use it. If you power the cAP from the POE-out port, you gain the advantage of being able to power-cycle it remotely if you ever have to (e.g., if it stops talking to you). Plus, it gives you a spare injector for when a wa...
by macsrwe
Sun Mar 01, 2020 8:04 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Firewall filter due date
Replies: 5
Views: 2568

Re: Firewall filter due date

Maybe it would be worthwhile if you could describe a situation that would require a NAT rule to deactivate itself after a specific period, because my imagination is failing me.
by macsrwe
Sun Mar 01, 2020 10:57 am
Forum: General
Topic: Routing one ip across a tunnel.
Replies: 3
Views: 2132

Re: Routing one ip across a tunnel.

It's a unique "router ID" for OSPF and MPLS. "The router ID is the highest IP address on the box—or, if a loopback exists, the loopback becomes the router ID. It is highly recommended that you define a loopback address so that it will be elected as a router ID. One good reason is that...
by macsrwe
Sun Mar 01, 2020 5:31 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Signal fall with Antenna Gain setting on RB2011
Replies: 8
Views: 4533

Re: Signal fall with Antenna Gain setting on RB2011

@Cameroon: yes there is no creation of energy out of nothing.
Cameroon is a spammer. He has been making worthless posts like this in many forums today, and they have all been removed.
by macsrwe
Sun Mar 01, 2020 5:26 am
Forum: SwOS
Topic: POE-Short Circuit
Replies: 3
Views: 7683

Re: POE-Short Circuit

I hope I understand your problem description correctly. There is a 260GS and a 260GSP. The first has no POE out, and the second does. Although you insist that you don't have one of each, I suspect you really do, because only the second model will show a POE menu or give you POE error messages. Look ...
by macsrwe
Sun Mar 01, 2020 4:50 am
Forum: General
Topic: Firewall filter due date
Replies: 5
Views: 2568

Re: Firewall filter due date

And yet that rule DOES take a dst-address-list argument that has to be matched in order to invoke it... so put the router's own WAN address in an address list with an expiration time (in addition to a non-expiring bogus address, just to be safe) and the dst-nat will stop working when that entry expi...
by macsrwe
Sun Mar 01, 2020 3:35 am
Forum: General
Topic: Firewall filter due date
Replies: 5
Views: 2568

Re: Firewall filter due date

If you were clever, and your specific requirement suited such a strategy, you could configure your rules to use address lists instead of addresses, and then populate those address lists with expiring entries. Otherwise, I can't think of anything short of scripting.
by macsrwe
Sun Mar 01, 2020 2:15 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Winbox v3.21 released!
Replies: 55
Views: 40360

Re: Winbox v3.21 released!

I reported above that the log window columns crop the data at the right side edge because the columns are too narrow in the zoomed view. They also lack headers to be able to manually resize them to the desired width.

Well, yes, but that's always been a deficiency in the log window.
by macsrwe
Fri Feb 28, 2020 12:26 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Netinstall sending offer, but not installing [SOLVED]
Replies: 30
Views: 24947

Re: Netinstall sending offer, but not installing [SOLVED]

I did have it time out once and go back into "ready" mode. I did nothing but close Netinsall, restart it and tried again - boom it simply worked. I see this same complaint so often, MikroTik should put it in the netinstall Wiki (if they're not going to fix the bug). If I can use "Pre...
by macsrwe
Fri Feb 28, 2020 11:31 am
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Mode button test internet
Replies: 2
Views: 2359

Re: Mode button test internet

It looks like it does what you want, but I have to wonder why you think rebooting the router is the best (or even an effective) way to get the Internet back.
by macsrwe
Fri Feb 28, 2020 9:27 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Firewall Rules for UDP Across LAN
Replies: 18
Views: 5941

Re: Firewall Rules for UDP Across LAN

I would insert the following rule after 5: chain=forward action=passthrough dst-address=192.168.9.225 src-address-list=God_Mode log=yes log-prefix="666?" Then check the log for occurrences when you think you should be seeing a packet that 5 should have accepted, and see what the log says a...
by macsrwe
Fri Feb 28, 2020 8:25 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Firewall Rules for UDP Across LAN
Replies: 18
Views: 5941

Re: Firewall Rules for UDP Across LAN

Ah, well, then, clearly something in rule 5 is deficient and is not matching the packets. It could be something that doesn't show in the Winbox window because it's in a column you aren't showing, like perhaps the TCP flags or whatever. Use the CLI to do a /ip firewall filter print, and look for some...
by macsrwe
Fri Feb 28, 2020 7:40 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Firewall Rules for UDP Across LAN
Replies: 18
Views: 5941

Re: Firewall Rules for UDP Across LAN

First question: do you also see the counts for rule 5 or 6 increasing, or just 10? If not, something is wrong with your specification in 5 and 6.
by macsrwe
Fri Feb 28, 2020 6:46 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: Apple Bonjour across vlans?
Replies: 16
Views: 10730

Re: Apple Bonjour across vlans?

No.
by macsrwe
Fri Feb 28, 2020 5:51 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: Apple Bonjour across vlans?
Replies: 16
Views: 10730

Re: Apple Bonjour across vlans?

They're never going to see those broadcasts. The mechanics of why have been previously posted. Bonjour will not work on remote access connections without active server assistance. If you absolutely need Bonjour to work, you'll have to obtain the avahi server, invest in a Linux device to run it, and ...