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by muetzekoeln
Fri Oct 28, 2022 9:10 pm
Forum: RouterOS beta
Topic: 802.11k/r/v Feature request list
Replies: 5
Views: 4138

Re: 802.11k/r/v Feature request list

Yes please, implement this mikrotik!
by muetzekoeln
Wed May 19, 2021 6:47 pm
Forum: RouterOS beta
Topic: v7.1beta6 [development] is released!
Replies: 377
Views: 243540

Re: v7.1beta6 [development] is released!

I would like to request a separate wifiwave2 package for IPQ4018/IPQ4019 devices with 16MB of ROM. With such a package a lot of more users could test this it, send feedbacks and bug reports which will result in an earlier available bugfree stable release.
+1
by muetzekoeln
Tue Jun 09, 2020 5:32 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1742
Views: 637415

Re: WiFi 6 ( 6 GHz )

WiFi 6 ( 6 GHz )
WiFi6 ist 2.4 and 5 GHz.
WiFi6e includes 6GHz
by muetzekoeln
Thu Jun 04, 2020 3:32 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature-Request: RFC8325 WMM priorities
Replies: 5
Views: 2857

Re: Feature-Request: RFC8325 WMM priorities

RFC8325 section 4.3 gives recommendations for translation from DSCP codepoints to WMM categories. These differ from the default translation in RouterOS... Here is the table from RFC8325 compared with from-dscp-high-3-bits result: IETF DSCP RFC WMM MKT DiffServ Code 8325 Access 3-bits Service Point ...
by muetzekoeln
Sun May 24, 2020 2:59 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: 4k over wifi
Replies: 35
Views: 9423

Re: 4k over wifi

It is a bit of a pity that that article does not contain any examples, and that the "by default usually wanted" configuration of "take priority from DSCP" is not included in the default config of RouterOS ... new-priority=from-dscp-high-3-bits Sorry, for still off-topic. I would...
by muetzekoeln
Sun May 24, 2020 2:51 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: 4k over wifi
Replies: 35
Views: 9423

Re: 4k over wifi

WMM priority when received over WLAN how is it marked? DSCP (TOS) or MKT priority?

See:
http://wifi-insider.com/wlan/wmm.htm
by muetzekoeln
Sun May 24, 2020 11:23 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: 4k over wifi
Replies: 35
Views: 9423

Re: 4k over wifi

I would like to know how to use "high priorities on WLAN (no mangle rule needed)" , and get those high priorities without mangle rules. This is how I understand it: When AP and station are WMM enabled each can send (after negotiation) priority frames. So PC or TV could use more airtime. T...
by muetzekoeln
Sat May 23, 2020 12:31 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: 4k over wifi
Replies: 35
Views: 9423

Re: 4k over wifi

wmm-support=enabled (still studying what the impact is) but how can it work without the QoS priority mangle rules. Everything is priority 0! No differentiation or special handling. With WMM enabled NAS or TV could dominate airtime, when using high priorities on WLAN (no mangle rule needed). Frames ...
by muetzekoeln
Fri May 22, 2020 12:22 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: 4k over wifi
Replies: 35
Views: 9423

Re: 4k over wifi

What do you mean by wlan1? This is just the first time when I use Mikrotik.
if you mean 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi, then I do not use it.
Yes, 2.4GHz. It's worth a try!
by muetzekoeln
Wed May 20, 2020 6:17 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: 4k over wifi
Replies: 35
Views: 9423

Re: 4k over wifi

Try with hw-protection-mode=none and wmm-support=disabled or ampdu-priorities=0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7.
Do you have the same problems when using wlan1?
by muetzekoeln
Wed May 20, 2020 1:06 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: 4k over wifi
Replies: 35
Views: 9423

Re: 4k over wifi

If you are using priorities, you should enable HT-AMDPU for used priorities.

See
viewtopic.php?t=141081#p751458
by muetzekoeln
Fri May 08, 2020 5:17 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: RB5011
Replies: 40
Views: 23078

Re: RB5011

+6Ghz (Wifi 6e) support
by muetzekoeln
Mon May 04, 2020 6:33 pm
Forum: RouterOS beta
Topic: Feature Request - NAT64/DNS64 CGN
Replies: 27
Views: 22062

Re: Feature Request - NAT64/DNS64 CGN

+1

see also:
viewtopic.php?t=110925
viewtopic.php?t=42614
viewtopic.php?t=94291

Internet-Uplinks going IPv6 only. Small IoT devices stick to IPv4.
by muetzekoeln
Sun May 03, 2020 11:03 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature Request: IP Multicast Routing/mDNS/Zeroconf/Bonjour
Replies: 58
Views: 36272

Re: Feature Request: IP Multicast Routing/mDNS/Zeroconf/Bonjour

+1

It's standard with other vendors
by muetzekoeln
Sun May 03, 2020 10:59 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: v6.47beta [testing] is released!
Replies: 269
Views: 180460

Re: v6.47beta [testing] is released!

we need both DOH and DNS forwarding.
+1
by muetzekoeln
Sun May 03, 2020 10:51 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature-Request: RFC8325 WMM priorities
Replies: 5
Views: 2857

Re: Feature-Request: RFC8325 WMM priorities

Bump...

No supporters?
by muetzekoeln
Sun Mar 29, 2020 4:46 pm
Forum: General
Topic: NPTv6 / RFC 6296 Support?
Replies: 53
Views: 15972

Re: NPTv6 / RFC 6296 Support?

+1 ... PLEASE ...

IPv6 really arrived!
by muetzekoeln
Wed Mar 25, 2020 12:54 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature Request: IPv6 NAT support
Replies: 19
Views: 11905

Re: Feature Request: IPv6 NAT support

+1 (for my dual-homed setup)

Also IPv4 to IPv6 address-port-translation is needed (initiator of connection on v4-side). Many small devices (aka IoT) or legacy devices only have IPv4 stack, but carriers will only offer IPv6 addresses in the very near future.
by muetzekoeln
Mon Dec 23, 2019 3:01 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: PWR-Line AP // Europe // Question about Electrical Circuit
Replies: 6
Views: 2883

Re: PWR-Line AP // Europe // Question about Electrical Circuit

There a devices (phase coupler) for this. But you need an electrician to install.

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=148993&p=734790&hilit=phase#p734790
by muetzekoeln
Wed Dec 04, 2019 2:43 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: hap ac Singapore region lock
Replies: 8
Views: 2958

Re: hap ac Singapore region lock

There are also other region locks.

Please, can you post a list?
I would also like to know if there are plans for ETSI or DE (Germany) region locks.
by muetzekoeln
Mon Nov 18, 2019 4:33 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature-Request: RFC8325 WMM priorities
Replies: 5
Views: 2857

Re: Feature-Request: RFC8325 WMM priorities

Bump
by muetzekoeln
Sun Nov 03, 2019 5:40 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: "Management frame protection" - 802.11w compatibility
Replies: 13
Views: 10172

Re: "Management frame protection" - 802.11w compatibility

Hey Mikrotik,
please implement dot11w PMF in the next ROS release! It's about time ...
by muetzekoeln
Sun Oct 27, 2019 11:05 am
Forum: RouterOS beta
Topic: Feature Request: IPv6 firewall mangle "set priority" action
Replies: 1
Views: 3217

Re: Feature Request: IPv6 firewall mangle "set priority" action

+1

IPv6 should at least have the same (if not more) features in ROS as IPv4.
by muetzekoeln
Fri Oct 25, 2019 3:43 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: v6.46beta [testing] is released!
Replies: 150
Views: 106498

Re: v6.46beta [testing] is released!

It could synchronize NV2 Tx/Rx time slots to help against co-location interference, without GPS hardware.
You need a central grand master clock in your network. These a typical GNSS (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, ..) based.
by muetzekoeln
Sat Oct 19, 2019 4:30 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: VOIP Fritzbox -> Mikrotik does not work, NAT and Firwall rules
Replies: 2
Views: 2927

Re: VOIP Fritzbox -> Mikrotik does not work, NAT and Firwall rules

Add static route to 192.168.30.0/24 with gateway 192.168.10.43 on your Fritzbox.
by muetzekoeln
Tue Oct 15, 2019 4:25 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1742
Views: 637415

Re: Feature requests

IEEE1588 and SyncE would be great, but requires specific support in hardware level IEEE1588 works without hardware support, but performance is not so good. It even works over WLAN: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Wu_Chen9/publication/276305251_An_implementation_of_IEEE_1588_protocol_for_IEEE_8...
by muetzekoeln
Sun Oct 06, 2019 9:30 pm
Forum: General
Topic: [Feature Request] UPnP client for ROS
Replies: 15
Views: 5920

Re: [Feature Request] UPnP client for ROS

+1

I support this feature request. ROS already has the dangerous UPNP server. Why not add UPNP client for cases where ROS device is not the WAN router.
This would be useful e.g. for requesting the routers WAN address by UPNP to make use of it in ROS (e.g. ping it).
by muetzekoeln
Sat Oct 05, 2019 8:44 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR) support
Replies: 7
Views: 4900

Re: Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR) support

MVR is not supported in ROS. Other manufactures (Netgear, TP-Link, Zyxel) have it.

In addition some users have problems with IGMPv3 for IPTV with ROS. E.g:
viewtopic.php?t=125722
by muetzekoeln
Fri Oct 04, 2019 1:45 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature-Request: wireless antenna-gain with superchannel
Replies: 0
Views: 917

Feature-Request: wireless antenna-gain with superchannel

I have a small feature-request in the wireless departement:

Please make antenna-gain respected when using superchannel and no-country-set. It is useful for test-setups to lower output power and this is easily done by increasing antenna-gain setting.
by muetzekoeln
Thu Sep 26, 2019 9:30 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: How to hide a bridge?
Replies: 12
Views: 3608

Re: How to hide a bridge?

DHCP server ... disabled
What about this?
/ip dhcp-server
add authoritative=after-2sec-delay interface=ether1 lease-time=3d name=dhcp1
by muetzekoeln
Tue Sep 24, 2019 2:30 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: How to hide a bridge?
Replies: 12
Views: 3608

Re: How to hide a bridge?

Disable DHCP-client on your Mikrotik devices. They have static IPs already.
Also, check that DHCP-Relay is disabled.
by muetzekoeln
Tue Sep 24, 2019 9:39 am
Forum: General
Topic: NETCONF / YANG
Replies: 11
Views: 8297

Re: NETCONF / YANG

+++ 1. Is this around yet?
No. Maybe you can add it to a wishlist for ROS 8 features :(
by muetzekoeln
Tue Sep 24, 2019 9:28 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Audience
Replies: 56
Views: 30824

Re: Audience

I presume this will have 802.11r/k/v ?

You are quite alone with this. Unfortunately!
by muetzekoeln
Mon Sep 23, 2019 1:18 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: [SOLVED] WMM giving terrible throughput
Replies: 8
Views: 6934

Re: [SOLVED] Re: WMM giving terrible throughput

Absolutely; support was first-class and did get on it! You need to set all radio queues to use aggregation with '/interface wireless set ampdu-priorities=0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7'; without block aggregation, the medium is quickly overwhelmed with management packets at the basic rate (typically 6Mb/s). By de...
by muetzekoeln
Mon Sep 23, 2019 12:47 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: [SOLVED] WMM giving terrible throughput
Replies: 8
Views: 6934

Re: WMM giving terrible throughput

When packets get a priority between 1 and 7, which maps to a WMM traffic class (eg with [1]), I can't get transmit more than 20-25Mbits/s UDP [2,3] shared to all clients. If I set the priority to 0 (or disable the rule), I get 440Mbits/s. ... The WMM enabled/disabled setting on the wlan interface d...
by muetzekoeln
Mon Sep 23, 2019 12:33 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature-Request: RFC8325 WMM priorities
Replies: 5
Views: 2857

Feature-Request: RFC8325 WMM priorities

RFC8325 section 4.3 gives recommendations for translation from DSCP codepoints to WMM categories. These differ from the default translation in RouterOS (https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:WMM) when setting packet priority by from-dscp-high-3-bits . Would be good to have an additional option for s...
by muetzekoeln
Fri Sep 20, 2019 1:06 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature Request: OpenSource AddOn Function...
Replies: 5
Views: 2960

Re: Feature Request: OpenSource AddOn Function...

With the new kernel version in RouterOS v7 it could be possible to use containers for supporting third-party packages. It would be great to have some OpenSource software available as optional packages in ROS, like Let's Encrypt Freeradius Wireguard FRRouting udpxy iPerf3 NGINX MaraDNS, dnsmasq Mikro...
by muetzekoeln
Thu Sep 19, 2019 4:15 pm
Forum: General
Topic: How resilient is CCR1009
Replies: 9
Views: 2983

Re: How resilient is CCR1009

It is very advisable to have each service (L2-switching, BRAS, firewalling, core-routing, edge-routing) on it's own (specialised) platform.
If you can afford it :-).
by muetzekoeln
Wed Sep 18, 2019 11:05 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: hAP AC2+cAP AC Roaming is a joke [SOLVED]
Replies: 70
Views: 57635

Re: hAP AC2+cAP AC Roaming is a joke [SOLVED]

... most programs and drivers are made in-house. I think this is what makes more and more members of this forum lament on. Regarding bugs and missing features. Mikrotik decided to use OpenSource for the bootloader and the kernel at least (NTP? OpenVPN?). But most drivers and protocols are obviously...
by muetzekoeln
Sun Sep 15, 2019 10:39 am
Forum: Virtualization
Topic: Openwrt
Replies: 2
Views: 4664

Re: Openwrt

You should ask this in an OpenWRT supporting forum.

If you think it's a problem with RouterBoard hardware, then first reinstall RouterOS and try again.
by muetzekoeln
Fri Sep 13, 2019 2:43 pm
Forum: General
Topic: RouterOS v7.0beta1 (ARM)
Replies: 203
Views: 101624

Re: RouterOS v7.0beta1 (ARM)

i can't stress it any further: IPv6 is a basic stuff now, it shouldn't be a separate package. it is ok if you disable IPv6 forwarding in /ipv6 settings, or we could even have a kill switch for the whole ipv6 protocol stack if one desires (banks, financial institutions and most enterprises are scare...
by muetzekoeln
Fri Sep 13, 2019 10:50 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: PoE 802.3bt for Mikrotik - a single PoE for all Mikrotik equipment !?
Replies: 4
Views: 4096

PoE: beware of cables heating

Powering devices from the data cable is very convenient. But do not forget most cables are not meant for this application. Heating of cables (esp. when bundled) and connectors is becoming a problem. See: https://www.bicsi.org/docs/default-source/conference-presentations/2017-canada/what-you-need-to-...
by muetzekoeln
Thu Sep 12, 2019 6:02 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: 802.11r/k, Band Steering
Replies: 54
Views: 23773

Re: 802.11r/k, Band Steering

I expect that when MikroTik starts implementing the same things (largely from the same codebase) they will have similar issues for some time. I agree with you. When implementing new features there will pop up new problems. Every time! I follow forums about AVM Fritzbox hardware. There are problems ...
by muetzekoeln
Thu Sep 12, 2019 2:25 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Country Code [SOLVED]
Replies: 60
Views: 30449

Re: Country Code [SOLVED]

Since many AccessPoints have it and some devices are dependent on it, it maybe worth a feature request. Mikrotik please add 802.11d support in ROS. It would be great to have country-code and allowed-rf-power in the beacon. Of course there should be an option to disable one or both. Also it would be...
by muetzekoeln
Thu Sep 12, 2019 2:15 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature request: Static DNS NXDOMAIN
Replies: 11
Views: 5547

Re: Feature request: Static DNS NXDOMAIN

+1

and also NS and SVR entries
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=59444

as well as conditional forwarding
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=139167
by muetzekoeln
Thu Sep 12, 2019 11:32 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Country Code [SOLVED]
Replies: 60
Views: 30449

Re: Country Code [SOLVED]

802.11d is a deprecated protocol. I cannot find a reference for this. Where to find? And since 2015 it is forbidden for devices to set locale based solely on 802.11d. This is for FCC only, as far as I know. And there is an exception (https://apps.fcc.gov/kdb/GetAttachment.html?id=5NjjaXsjV97%2BhlMW...
by muetzekoeln
Wed Sep 11, 2019 5:32 pm
Forum: General
Topic: RouterOS v7.0beta1 (ARM)
Replies: 203
Views: 101624

Re: RouterOS v7.0beta1 (ARM)

We would appreciate further compartmentalizing of Router OS features to increase device efficiency and reduce attack surface. Put SMB, Torrent, and other things that have no place in ISP infrastructure into another package. Put BGP, MPLS, and other things that have no place in consumer devices into...
by muetzekoeln
Wed Sep 11, 2019 4:24 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Audience
Replies: 56
Views: 30824

Re: Audience

I think, Audience has been released: Interesting. Anyone with information about the implemented mesh protocol? Do Audience has band-steering? How does it deal with RADAR detection (=wireless Backbone down?)? When will come a Powerline modem for Audience? Can wired connections to Audience-APs be par...
by muetzekoeln
Sat Aug 31, 2019 7:51 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Why Mikrotik block google translate
Replies: 10
Views: 4688

Re: Why Mikrotik block google translate

Do you use layer7 matcher in firewall? Maybe some string there matches a part of a language name from the translate menu.
by muetzekoeln
Thu Aug 29, 2019 5:01 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Mikrotik HAP Lite Home AP, Fritz 7590 as modem
Replies: 5
Views: 2871

Re: Mikrotik HAP Lite Home AP, Fritz 7590 as modem

I use my Fritzbox as WLAN-AP and VoIP/DECT gateway in IP-Client-Mode. For WAN I have an Zyxel VDSL-Box in Bridge-Mode. Mikrotik HEX POE as Router (doing PPPoE, NAT and firewalling). Fritzbox as a Router is meant as a all-in-one solution. May have unwanted side-effects when used together with another...
by muetzekoeln
Thu Aug 29, 2019 4:15 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1742
Views: 637415

Re: Feature requests

Do you both know about Safe Mode?
Safe Mode is quite the opposite of the requested commit!

The idea is to collect all changes and apply them at once!
by muetzekoeln
Thu Aug 29, 2019 4:08 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Mikrotik HAP Lite Home AP, Fritz 7590 as modem
Replies: 5
Views: 2871

Re: Mikrotik HAP Lite Home AP, Fritz 7590 as modem

Maybe you configured the Mikrotik to use NAT? And take care with that Fritzbox. I have the same. You cannot use it as simple Modem. Also do not use the builtin Ethernports as a switch. I will not forward all packets (some DHCP packets in my case) and it doesn' t like VLAN tagged packets. If you use ...
by muetzekoeln
Thu Aug 29, 2019 2:58 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1742
Views: 637415

Re: Feature requests

add the command :commit to commit all the changes to the flash, otherwise to discard changes after reboot
+1

Have seen it in professional equipment before. Very useful!!
by muetzekoeln
Tue Aug 27, 2019 6:58 pm
Forum: General
Topic: ROS7: Requests for wireless features
Replies: 7
Views: 4693

Re: wireless feature requests

add
- 802.11w support; viewtopic.php?t=108923
- EAP-PWD (RFC5931) support; viewtopic.php?t=129518#p726274
by muetzekoeln
Mon Aug 26, 2019 5:52 pm
Forum: General
Topic: ROS7: Requests for wireless features
Replies: 7
Views: 4693

ROS7: Requests for wireless features

Let's collect all feature requests (for ROS 7) regarding wireless in this thread. Starting with an extended version of an existing request my me: - dot11k/r/v based roaming / AP steering in CAPsManager; https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?t=86271&start=50 - dot11k/r/v based band steering (a...
by muetzekoeln
Mon Aug 26, 2019 10:52 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: RB4011: wlan1 disabling itself [SOLVED]
Replies: 307
Views: 177333

Re: RB4011: wlan1 disabling itself [SOLVED]

This is an old thread.

Which version of ROS did change this? Or was the information from this old thread wrong? And by the way, what is the default value? Infinitely, as FAQ states? Normis??
by muetzekoeln
Wed Aug 21, 2019 3:59 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Dutch Wifi info is wrong
Replies: 2
Views: 1328

Re: Dutch Wifi info is wrong

The regulation you linked states also: Dit is het maximum gemiddelde e.i.r.p., hiermee wordt het e.i.r.p. bedoeld van een burst uitzending met de hoogste instelling van het uitgangsvermogen van de zender indien een vorm van Transmitter Power Control is geïmplementeerd. Het zendvermogen wordt met TPC...
by muetzekoeln
Wed Jul 17, 2019 9:48 pm
Forum: General
Topic: RouterOS v7.0 beta1 - when?
Replies: 613
Views: 257405

IPv6 ready?

Will ROS v7 sport a IPv6-Ready logo from the beginning?

https://www.ipv6ready.org
by muetzekoeln
Mon Jul 08, 2019 5:04 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Make ICMP replies from ingress interface
Replies: 12
Views: 2705

Re: Make ICMP replies from ingress interface

# echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_errors_use_inbound_ifaddr
+1 to make this an configurable option!
by muetzekoeln
Sat Jul 06, 2019 7:54 pm
Forum: General
Topic: About CPU Usage High when disconnect a single user
Replies: 2
Views: 981

Re: About CPU Usage High when disconnect a single user

If "disconnect some user" involves an interface going down, this is normal while using masquerade or dynamic routing protocols.

See also
viewtopic.php?t=117958


Have a look where your CPU cycles are used with profiler tool of ROS.
by muetzekoeln
Tue Jul 02, 2019 12:45 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Why channel 50 isn't selectable in the 160Mhz band?
Replies: 19
Views: 9832

Re: Why channel 50 isn't selectable in the 160Mhz band?

This is only about naming conventions! https://support.metageek.com/hc/en-us/articles/203532644-802-11ac-Channels Mikrotik does not use the AC channel naming but gives you control where your 20MHz control channel is positioned. E.g.: AC 160Mhz "channel" 50 can be set on Mikrotik by specify...
by muetzekoeln
Mon Jul 01, 2019 5:02 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: v6.43.16 [long-term] is released!
Replies: 12
Views: 22709

Re: v6.43.16 [long-term] is released!

... please provide recommended Firewall filter rules.

Please see also:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=149425&hilit=CVE+2019+11477#p735645
by muetzekoeln
Sun Jun 30, 2019 12:13 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: MikroTik News June 2019 (Issue #89)
Replies: 38
Views: 30313

Re: MikroTik News June 2019 (Issue #89)

Could the new LtAP be used as GPS-based stratum-1 NTP server? I know previous devices didn't support 1PPS but perhaps you did route that one additional signal from the GPS module to CPU GPIO this time? Or do we still have to use a Raspberry Pi for that? +1 I like this idea. Stratum 1 server by Mikt...
by muetzekoeln
Wed Jun 26, 2019 4:10 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: CAPsMAN Slowly turn on 5GHz band
Replies: 5
Views: 2035

Re: CAPsMAN Slowly turn on 5GHz band

Search for topics DFS and Radar detection.
by muetzekoeln
Sat Jun 22, 2019 10:04 am
Forum: General
Topic: Feature request: CAPsManager - roaming
Replies: 80
Views: 39467

Re: Feature request: CAPsManager - roaming

Great news! In which version of ROS6? Is that only announcement of the development or some builds are available as of now? Don't get me wrong! I was hopeful when dot1x and ike2 features were released in 6.45beta, that developement of often reqested features was sped up. So I brought up my favorites...
by muetzekoeln
Tue Jun 18, 2019 11:31 am
Forum: General
Topic: 802.1p without VLAN tag?
Replies: 5
Views: 2479

Re: 802.1p without VLAN tag?

Some postings in this forum suggest, that VLAN-ID of 1 is used internally by ROS as the default when no VLAN-ID is set. Setting VLAN-ID=0 is nowhere allowed (as far as I know) in ROS. I would like a different aproach: Make VLAN-ID of 0 the internal default when no VLAN-ID is set and allow for settin...
by muetzekoeln
Tue Jun 18, 2019 10:50 am
Forum: General
Topic: 802.1p without VLAN tag?
Replies: 5
Views: 2479

Re: 802.1p without VLAN tag?

Ah you have also been looking for it

Indeed. And I must admit, that I did not try sebastias suggestion: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=143940&p=708698#p708634
Maybe we should start a formal feature request, so that it has a chance for ROSv7 ;-)
by muetzekoeln
Tue Jun 11, 2019 10:44 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Large Apartment, no Ethernet
Replies: 28
Views: 6565

Re: Large Apartment, no Ethernet

Yes. See here: https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=142967&p=704556#p704556 Can you provide a link to these phase coupling devices as an example? https://www.eichhoff.de/produktuebersicht/plc/phasenkoppler https://www.allnet.de/en/allnet-brand/produkte/powerline/powerline-zubehoe...
by muetzekoeln
Mon Jun 10, 2019 8:23 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Large Apartment, no Ethernet
Replies: 28
Views: 6565

Re: Large Apartment, no Ethernet

aren't there a special devices to overcome these automatic fuses problem?
Yes. See here:
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=142967&p=704556#p704556
by muetzekoeln
Mon Jun 10, 2019 8:09 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Large Apartment, no Ethernet
Replies: 28
Views: 6565

Re: Large Apartment, no Ethernet

I have connected two appartements by POTS (plain old telephone system) wires using a pair of G.HN modems giving about 500Mbit/s combined up+down. Formerly I used a pair of VDSL modems for this giving 100/100 with profile 30a.

Unfortunately none of this hardware is made by MT.
by muetzekoeln
Sun May 26, 2019 9:12 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: [idea] cAP ax
Replies: 10
Views: 6201

Re: [idea] cAP ax

What task do you have for your s10 for about 1Gbps?
ax is not only about higher peak thruput. It will give you improved coverage and less interference in crowded environments. And there is more, e.g. lower latency.
by muetzekoeln
Fri May 24, 2019 3:29 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature request: NS in static DNS
Replies: 37
Views: 15690

Re: Feature request: NS in static DNS

+1 for NS records in DNS static cache, but also I would like to have SVR records there.
by muetzekoeln
Sat May 11, 2019 1:29 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1742
Views: 637415

Re: Feature requests

Why use SSID for this? This may bring compatibilty problems. Wouldn't a preferred list of AP's (e.g. by address instead of SSID) on the client alone help with your issues? So no change on the AP side necessary.
by muetzekoeln
Mon May 06, 2019 6:33 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: MikroTik! Please, make G(E)PON ONU!
Replies: 11
Views: 13483

Re: MikroTik! Please, make G(E)PON ONU!

Mikrotik had a GPON/ONU SFP module, to make any Mikrotik device with SFP slot an ONU:
https://mikrotik.com/product/SFPONU

It is discontinued. Don't know why.
by muetzekoeln
Sun May 05, 2019 7:58 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature Request: IPv6 NAT66 Support
Replies: 73
Views: 30777

Re: Feature Request: IPv6 NAT66 Support

It would be really nice to add NAT66 support for IPv6 ...
+1

I am dual-homed residential customer and both my ISPs support IPv6.
by muetzekoeln
Fri May 03, 2019 1:47 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1742
Views: 637415

Re: Feature requests

Dear Mikrotik, what about automatic sertificates from Let's Encrypt?

Someone wrote a lightweight ACMEv2 client in C:
https://github.com/ndilieto/uacme

So it should be possible to implement as ROS package.
by muetzekoeln
Thu Apr 25, 2019 2:47 am
Forum: General
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1742
Views: 637415

Re: Feature requests

I would like to have an option to select and enable DFS (in the variants ETSI, FCC and JP) when using 5GHz superchannel/no_country_set setting.
by muetzekoeln
Thu Apr 25, 2019 2:39 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Mikrotik for Large Warehouses scenarios
Replies: 10
Views: 3943

Re: Mikrotik for Large Warehouses scenarios

Maybe you can learn about problems from this thread or contact it's poster:

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=146457
by muetzekoeln
Fri Apr 19, 2019 9:11 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: cAP-ac Throughput & High Ping Problems
Replies: 33
Views: 12020

Re: cAP-ac Throughput & High Ping Problems

If not already done, try "cts-to-self" or "rts-cts" hw-protection-mode. Well, this was too quick. You can try if enabling RTS/CTS on your ROS APs helps, but most of all, you should try to enable it on your Motorola devices. Also, when enabling RTS/CTS you have to specify a minim...
by muetzekoeln
Thu Apr 18, 2019 4:27 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1742
Views: 637415

Re: Feature requests

When improving PPPoE, please look also into RFC4938. The link metrics extensions make sense with wireless links as well as with DSL, where bandwidth can change for an up-state interface. PADQ information could be applied to QoS/queue parameters if made available by PPP event scripts (new events nece...
by muetzekoeln
Thu Apr 18, 2019 3:53 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Latency Adjustments
Replies: 6
Views: 2056

Re: Latency Adjustments

Maybe you would like to suggest an improved ping client and server to Mikrotik as a feature request. Like here: https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?t=20448 https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?t=110083 Feature request for improved time sync are already there. E.g.: https://forum.mikrotik.co...
by muetzekoeln
Thu Apr 18, 2019 2:38 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: DynDNS entries by PPP event scripts?
Replies: 1
Views: 1144

DynDNS entries by PPP event scripts?

Can PPP event scripts be used for adding/deleting entries in DynDNS like services? I have my own domain name from Strato.de and a DynDNS service came with it. I would like up/down events of my PPPoE WAN uplink to trigger ROS-scripts for registering the current public ipv4 address to this service (AP...
by muetzekoeln
Thu Apr 18, 2019 11:31 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: cAP-ac Throughput & High Ping Problems
Replies: 33
Views: 12020

Re: cAP-ac Throughput & High Ping Problems

With this configuration, ping times to the local gateway IP are better than before, but still not great. Sorry, I just read your thread. Little late I guess.... I think you still have some interference between your APs, but you also may have a severe hidden node problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...
by muetzekoeln
Wed Apr 17, 2019 10:54 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Latency Adjustments
Replies: 6
Views: 2056

Re: Latency Adjustments

When both parties support type 13 ICMP echo request it can be done. But as mkx pointed out clocks of both parties should be in good sync.

See also:
http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/proto ... /msg13.htm
by muetzekoeln
Tue Apr 16, 2019 11:07 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: IS-IS
Replies: 134
Views: 53215

Re: IS-IS

They would have to invent an ISO-protocol stack with CLNS, ISO addressing and all that in order to make it work. There are no such implementations for Linux, so they would have to engineer it from the bottom. There now is a Linux implementation of IS-IS (and multithreaded BGP) and it was suggested ...
by muetzekoeln
Mon Apr 15, 2019 10:53 am
Forum: General
Topic: Feature request: CAPsManager - roaming
Replies: 80
Views: 39467

Re: Feature request: CAPsManager - roaming

Since lately there is some developement in ROS6 features regarding long awaited features, I would like to bump this ones: - dot11k/r/v based roaming / AP steering in CAPsManager - dot11k/r/v based band steering (also without CAPsManager) - option for airtime fairness Also from other threads: - suppo...
by muetzekoeln
Fri Apr 12, 2019 2:53 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: v6.45beta [testing] is released!
Replies: 304
Views: 157859

Re: v6.45beta [testing] is released!

Version 6.45beta31 has been released.

*) wireless - improved wireless country settings for EU countries;

Please explain!
by muetzekoeln
Fri Apr 12, 2019 12:53 pm
Forum: General
Topic: WPA3 on existing Mikrotik routers/APs [SOLVED]
Replies: 27
Views: 38004

Re: WPA3 and EAP-PWD on existing Mikrotik routers/APs [SOLVED]

+1 for WPA3
and EAP-PWD (RFC5931) for WPA2 would be very useful also.

Of course both with the latest patches against dragonblood attack.

OpenWRT has both, implemented in software!
by muetzekoeln
Fri Apr 12, 2019 8:56 am
Forum: General
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1742
Views: 637415

Re: Feature requests

IEEE1588 and SyncE would be great, but requires specific support in hardware level IEEE1588 works without hardware support, but performance is not so good. It even works over WLAN: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Wu_Chen9/publication/276305251_An_implementation_of_IEEE_1588_protocol_for_IEEE_8...
by muetzekoeln
Thu Apr 11, 2019 12:27 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1742
Views: 637415

Re: Feature requests

Dear Mikrotik, what about automatic sertificates from Let's Encrypt?
+1 again ;-)

viewtopic.php?t=92673
by muetzekoeln
Thu Apr 11, 2019 12:22 pm
Forum: General
Topic: IEEE 802.3ah/IEEE 802.3ag
Replies: 22
Views: 12194

Re: IEEE 802.3ah/IEEE 802.3ag

+1 for EFM and other features for carrier ethernet

viewtopic.php?t=92278
viewtopic.php?t=146191#p719993
by muetzekoeln
Mon Apr 01, 2019 4:35 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: IPv6, VPLS, VSI, Xconnect, E-VPN e VX-Lan
Replies: 3
Views: 3915

Re: IPv6, VPLS, VSI, Xconnect, E-VPN e VX-Lan

Any updates about e-vpn for kernel v7 on mikrotik? :)
Don't ask on april fool's day!
by muetzekoeln
Fri Mar 29, 2019 1:06 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Single SSID multiple passwords
Replies: 8
Views: 4538

Re: Single SSID multiple passwords

Please read this thread:

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=142154
by muetzekoeln
Wed Mar 27, 2019 2:01 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: How do you turn on hEX's DMZ?
Replies: 16
Views: 8190

Re: How do you turn on hEX's DMZ?

That is not DMZ. That is just forwarding.
DMZ by definition should be separated from LAN.

Right. But "normal routers" concept of "DMZ" is really nothing different than an "exposed host".
by muetzekoeln
Fri Mar 22, 2019 2:03 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Priority range and order
Replies: 3
Views: 1092

Re: Priority range and order

Is Priority ... range 0-7?

To me it looks like any other label. Any string seems to be allowed. I already asked the forum about it:
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=142252&p=701712#p701712
by muetzekoeln
Thu Mar 21, 2019 1:57 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: pw48v-12v150w
Replies: 2
Views: 1137

Re: pw48v-12v150w

Can pw48v-12v150w power supply charge external batteries ? For charging batteries, supplied voltage must be higher than battery nominal voltage. For 48V lead-acid batteries this is about 54V (at room temperature). Don't know about voltage output of "pw48v-12v150w". Charging other battery ...
by muetzekoeln
Wed Mar 20, 2019 5:42 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: hAP ac and Verizon Gigabit
Replies: 4
Views: 1558

Re: hAP ac and Verizon Gigabit

... maybe one or two OS updates and eventually one firmware update for the routerboard ...
Try to downgrade.
by muetzekoeln
Wed Mar 20, 2019 3:39 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1742
Views: 637415

Re: Feature requests

Can we get standard 802.11s support? +1 802.11s would be useful to mesh for example with OpenWRT based devices (some of which may be routerboards ;-) But to mesh RouterOS with coming commercial devices it would need Wi-Fi EasyMesh: https://www.wi-fi.org/discover-wi-fi/wi-fi-easymesh Please implemen...
by muetzekoeln
Thu Mar 14, 2019 6:18 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Topology for cotteges
Replies: 7
Views: 1796

Re: Topology for cotteges

You really should build a ring topology by connecting the last cottage switch back to the router. This way you have some redundancy for your "backbone". Of course you have to run some kind of dynamic routing protocol to make good use of it and prevent loops. For layer 2 infrastructure this...
by muetzekoeln
Wed Mar 13, 2019 11:43 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Mikrotik as HUB (configuration)
Replies: 18
Views: 7582

Re: Mikrotik as HUB (configuration)

configure device as a HUB
A hub is a multiport repeater working on layer 1. It will span a big collision domain. If THIS is needed for what reason ever, you cannot use any switch/bridge (layer 2) device.
by muetzekoeln
Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:36 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: MUM Europe 2019: new hardware
Replies: 66
Views: 28656

Re: MUM Europe 2019: new hardware

Ethernet over 1,5km? The big cost of fiber optic access is not the fiber and fiber hardware. Civil engineering is the most expensive, so why copper laying on the ground? I wished Mikrotik had jumped the G.hn bandwagon for power-line as well as long-reach ethernet. So already installed wires (power-...
by muetzekoeln
Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:24 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: MUM Europe 2019: new hardware
Replies: 66
Views: 28656

Re: MUM Europe 2019: new hardware

About "GPEN": do Mikrotik has plans for OAM like 802.1ag or ITU-T Y.1731?

OAM would also be useful if you once build a PWR-Line with Ethernet (instead of USB) connectivity to manage powerline modem.
OAM-Winbox would also be great ;-)
by muetzekoeln
Fri Mar 01, 2019 12:14 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: POE-OUT short circuit on RB960PGS [SOLVED]
Replies: 3
Views: 5385

Re: POE-OUT short circuit on RB960PGS [SOLVED]

You are welcome.

I think it's some weird case of inrush currents detected by the HEX.
by muetzekoeln
Fri Mar 01, 2019 11:30 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: POE-OUT short circuit on RB960PGS [SOLVED]
Replies: 3
Views: 5385

Re: POE-OUT short circuit on RB960PGS [SOLVED]

For your "overload" problem: if you are using a short ethernet cable, try using a longer one, eg 10m. This helped me to power a hAP AC by a HEX POE. It will "flicker" a few times thou before it is stable.
by muetzekoeln
Wed Feb 13, 2019 1:09 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1742
Views: 637415

PPPoE event scripts

It would be useful to have link-up and link-down event scripts for PPPoE client. And please make "message" from Authenticate-Ack and Authenticate-Nak available for parsing. Some carriers communicate DSL connection speed by using Authenticate-Ack message [PAP AuthAck id=0x1 "SRU=upload...
by muetzekoeln
Wed Feb 13, 2019 11:16 am
Forum: General
Topic: Tagging all traffic from port or interface with VLAN ID 0
Replies: 1
Views: 1535

Re: Tagging all traffic from port or interface with VLAN ID 0

I already tried to find out how to do this (to send priority-only frames). Maybe it's not implemented.
Would be worth a feature-request. Strange VLAN-ID=1 problems may also be addressed with this change.
by muetzekoeln
Thu Jan 24, 2019 8:55 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bequant tcp traffic booster
Replies: 3
Views: 2564

Re: Bequant tcp traffic booster

I never heard of Bequant. But googling for a clue I found this: http://www.ecs.umass.edu/ece/wolf/pubs/comcom2009.pdf But I don't know the connection to their patented algorithm. https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=EP&NR=3135009&KC=&locale=en_EP With this feature...
by muetzekoeln
Thu Jan 24, 2019 11:12 am
Forum: General
Topic: PROTOCOL QUIC PLEASE & QUICkly ;-)
Replies: 8
Views: 6177

Re: PROTOCOL QUIC PLEASE & QUICkly ;-)

This link may help inform........... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP/3 Also worth reading: https://calendar.perfplanet.com/2018/quic-and-http-3-too-big-to-fail/ https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/100/materials/slides-100-mptcp-a-proactive-approach-to-avoid-performance-degradation-of-mptcp-00
by muetzekoeln
Wed Jan 23, 2019 5:53 pm
Forum: General
Topic: PROTOCOL QUIC PLEASE & QUICkly ;-)
Replies: 8
Views: 6177

Re: PROTOCOL QUIC PLEASE & QUICkly ;-)

Quic is coming!!

Really? Can someone share how much of their current traffic is QUIC, please?
I have the impression, that QUIC was feeler by google and will soon be repaced by BBR with TCP-TLS.
by muetzekoeln
Wed Jan 23, 2019 1:15 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: v6.44beta [testing] is released!
Replies: 365
Views: 169999

Re: v6.44beta [testing] is released!

Anyway management interfaces, be it Winbox, APIs, ssh, web and whatnot should never be exposed without proper filtering.

You are right with this statement, but impacts of the latest ROS vulnerability show this ideal is not the real world.
by muetzekoeln
Mon Jan 21, 2019 12:15 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: v6.44beta [testing] is released!
Replies: 365
Views: 169999

Re: v6.44beta [testing] is released!

Please remove OS version from telnet. It is not needed. +1 I too plead for data stinginess. Only disclose data when/where needed. This is the same thinking as a default deny-all rule in firewalls. For me the ROS version is of no value at login prompt. And MT did not explain why they broadcast ROS v...
by muetzekoeln
Fri Jan 18, 2019 2:19 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1742
Views: 637415

Feature request: IEEE 1588 support

RouterOS includes limited (S)NTP support for syncing clocks. For many applications (e.g. in telecoms and industry) more time precision is required. Protocol IEEE 1588-2008 (aka PTP, IEEE1588v2) is used for this. It would be a great benefit if Mikrotik devices would support IEEE 1588 and function as ...
by muetzekoeln
Thu Jan 17, 2019 12:27 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Removing Mikrotik elements from beacons
Replies: 15
Views: 6196

Re: Removing Mikrotik elements from beacons

What about the lastest 6.44beta. Something different in the beacon?
by muetzekoeln
Thu Jan 17, 2019 11:43 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Country Code [SOLVED]
Replies: 60
Views: 30449

Re: Country Code [SOLVED]

Since many AccessPoints have it and some devices are dependent on it, it maybe worth a feature request. Mikrotik please add 802.11d support in ROS. It would be great to have country-code and allowed-rf-power in the beacon. Of course there should be an option to disable one or both. Also it would be ...
by muetzekoeln
Tue Jan 15, 2019 4:55 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1742
Views: 637415

Re: Feature requests

In "queue tree" please provide the option of specifying limit-at and max-limit as a percentage of the limit on the next higher layer. When the value of the limit in the parent item changes, automatically re-calculate the values specified by percentage. +1 Yes please, this is very useful!
by muetzekoeln
Mon Jan 14, 2019 6:19 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: DPSK Dynamic WPA2 PSK support [SOLVED]
Replies: 36
Views: 30742

Re: DPSK Dynamic WPA2 PSK support [SOLVED]

Its been in there for years. Go into your access control list under wireless. You can generate/set per Mac address passwords. /interface wireless access-list add comment=Jayden mac-address=5C:1D:D9:C3:C6:15 private-pre-shared-key=supersecretpasswordexample vlan-mode=no-tag Is this the same as EAP-P...
by muetzekoeln
Mon Jan 14, 2019 5:27 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature Request: 802.1X over ethernet
Replies: 40
Views: 19673

Re: Feature Request: 802.1X over ethernet

+1 for RFC5216 support
by muetzekoeln
Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:34 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Priority-only VLAN tags (VLAN-ID 0)
Replies: 8
Views: 4025

Re: Priority-only VLAN tags (VLAN-ID 0)

I have some devices in my LAN which ignore VLAN-tagged frames. With some luck they accept priority-only tagged frames. For checking I need to source such frames with my MT devices. Parts of my home LAN are connected by two remote bridges (unmanaged). These have QoS built it, but based on 802.1p only...
by muetzekoeln
Sun Jan 13, 2019 7:08 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Priority-only VLAN tags (VLAN-ID 0)
Replies: 8
Views: 4025

Re: Priority-only VLAN tags (VLAN-ID 0)

set-priority action & ingress-priority property How_to_set_priority OK, in bridge filter: "0" is allowed for VLAN-ID. I didn't know that. But please give me example configuration commands. I simply want to have all Ethernet ports in one bridge. No VLAN's, just one big broadcast domain...
by muetzekoeln
Sun Jan 13, 2019 4:13 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Priority-only VLAN tags (VLAN-ID 0)
Replies: 8
Views: 4025

Re: Priority-only VLAN tags (VLAN-ID 0)

Yes, I found this. But how are packets with VLAN-ID of 0 are processed then? It is not possible to set PVID or VLAN to "0".
And how to send prority-only tagged frames with ROS?
by muetzekoeln
Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:11 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Priority-only VLAN tags (VLAN-ID 0)
Replies: 8
Views: 4025

Priority-only VLAN tags (VLAN-ID 0)

How to configure RouterOS (I have RB960, RB962) to make use of priority-only tagged Ethernet frames? Just to transport priority information, when IP DSCP/ToS cannot be used. It is common practice to use VLAN-ID 0 for this, although not specified in the 802.* standards as I recall. Is is possible? If...
by muetzekoeln
Sat Jan 12, 2019 1:17 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: RTSP ALG
Replies: 18
Views: 11728

Re: RTSP ALG

+1 for RTSP2 2.0 (RFC 7826) ALG and/or proxy server in ROS.
by muetzekoeln
Fri Jan 11, 2019 9:03 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: v6.42.11 [long-term] is released!
Replies: 42
Views: 29727

Re: v6.42.11 [long-term] is released!

No, it's not "must", it is "shall".

But if you do TPC you are allowed higher max RF power on certain channels.
by muetzekoeln
Thu Dec 27, 2018 11:20 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Radar detected on XXX
Replies: 31
Views: 17379

Re: Radar detected on XXX

There are only four 5GHz channels without enforced DFS by most regulatories:
36 (5180MHz)
40 (5200MHz)
44 (5220MHz)
48 (5240MHz)
by muetzekoeln
Wed Dec 26, 2018 8:54 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Connect hap ac lite to poe+ switch
Replies: 9
Views: 3499

Re: Connect hap ac lite to poe+ switch

I am powering a hAP AC from a Cisco SG250 (SG250-08HP). Works like a charm, although it should not work by the datasheet.
by muetzekoeln
Fri Dec 21, 2018 2:15 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: MikroTik News December 2018 (Issue #86)
Replies: 25
Views: 23491

Re: MikroTik News December 2018 (Issue #86)

perform better between outlets on different phases if wires of both phases leading to utilized outlets parallel to each other for a few metres. Obviously inter-wire crosstalk is high enough and magnetic circuit breaker's attenuation big enough to make this difference. Same phenomenon helps better P...
by muetzekoeln
Fri Dec 21, 2018 10:34 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: v6.44beta [testing] is released!
Replies: 365
Views: 169999

Re: v6.44beta [testing] is released!

They push us to not using "czech_republic" settings, if we wants to be comply with our laws rules. That's not true. Please read this thread carefully. The next Beta release will have indoor/outdoor option, so I guess the next stable release for your production environment will have it too...
by muetzekoeln
Fri Dec 21, 2018 10:27 am
Forum: General
Topic: IPv6 Ping does not work with domain names
Replies: 59
Views: 47057

Re: IPv6 Ping does not work with domain names

KidControl doesn’t work with IPv6

Well, RouterOS Version 6.44beta50 added IPv6 for KidControl and I am quite happy about this.
Let's hope that means, that IPv6 will be better supported in the rest of RouterOS in the near future ....
by muetzekoeln
Thu Dec 20, 2018 12:44 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1742
Views: 637415

Feature requests: zero-wait DFS

It would be nice to have zero-wait DFS in RouterOS, like AVM and Aerohive have it. This is to eliminate wait time on 5GHz band after changing operational channel because of Radar detection. RouterOS could do continuous background scanning (using Scanlist) to find "available" and "unav...
by muetzekoeln
Wed Dec 19, 2018 4:26 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: radar detected problems
Replies: 85
Views: 74144

Re: radar detected problems

authorities about DFS detection thresholds I found some interesting information about this: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.18/dcn/08/18-08-0016-00-0000-eu-dfs-update-march2008.ppt https://www.nts.com/resources/Dynamic%20Frequency%20Selection%20and%20the%205GHz%20Unlicensed%20Band.pdf https://mentor.ie...
by muetzekoeln
Wed Dec 19, 2018 2:16 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: radar detected problems
Replies: 85
Views: 74144

Re: radar detected problems

How does RouterOS handle DFS radar detections? Is there something like "zero wait DFS" (https://avm.de/fritz-labor/fritz-labor-fuer-fritzbox-6590-cable/neues-verbesserungen/zero-wait-dfs/)? RouterOS could do continuous background scanning to find "available" and "unavailable...
by muetzekoeln
Wed Dec 19, 2018 12:47 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: v6.44beta [testing] is released!
Replies: 365
Views: 169999

Re: v6.44beta [testing] is released!

cannot use 5480MHz, why? This would be channel 96. You can ask the same for channel 32 (5160MHz). At least with 20MHz bandwidth and OFDM it should be allowed to use. But this two channels are not selectable with any equipment I know. And the only webpage I found which lists them as allowed for Euro...
by muetzekoeln
Wed Dec 19, 2018 11:27 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Wi-Fi Roaming for the RB4011 Series
Replies: 10
Views: 8202

Re: Wi-Fi Roaming for the RB4011 Series

This is requested by users for many years:

viewtopic.php?f=19&t=86271
by muetzekoeln
Fri Dec 14, 2018 6:06 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Product comparison matrix
Replies: 30
Views: 26540

Re: Product comparison matrix

I would prefer to see CPU frequency always in MHz, even if higher than 1000MHz.

Two variants of RB4011 are specified 1400MHz resp. 1.4GHz.
by muetzekoeln
Fri Dec 14, 2018 3:00 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Product comparison matrix
Replies: 30
Views: 26540

Re: Product comparison matrix

Nice one!

I am missing "hEX PoE", product code RB960PGS.

An additional column with products codes would also be nice. They appear in the mouse-over URL on the product names, but you cannot search or sort by product code.
by muetzekoeln
Tue Dec 11, 2018 1:16 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: PWR-Line AP request for comment
Replies: 16
Views: 4677

Re: PWR-Line AP request for comment

https://i.mt.lv/cdn/rb_files/PWR-line-ap-181210094027.pdf This is a joke, right? You ask for my comments? Here you are.... This is the most ugly and obsolete device I've ever seen! You can buy WiFi single band wall warts since more than 10 years! Everyone who wants to have such a thing, already bou...
by muetzekoeln
Thu Dec 06, 2018 12:37 pm
Forum: General
Topic: cacheing solution for ISP
Replies: 1
Views: 844

Re: cacheing solution for ISP

Most dowload traffic today is encrypted. So there is no way for caching without breaking encryption, like MITM.
by muetzekoeln
Thu Dec 06, 2018 12:15 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1742
Views: 637415

Re: MPTCP-Kernel, Pound

- a mptcp enabled kernel +1, although it's status is "experimental". Would also play nicely together with LISP (RFC6830) https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=81674&p=699943&hilit=RFC6830#p699943 . In addition BBR is included in mptcp, which would be great. BBR toget...
by muetzekoeln
Wed Dec 05, 2018 2:06 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Please explain ingress priority
Replies: 2
Views: 1856

Re: Please explain ingress priority

Priority has range 0..7, DSCP 0..63. This isn't matching! Well, in Winbox it seems that ingress_priority has a range of 0..63 and packet priority looks like a text field (so no numeric range) I just found out... I guess setting priority "from ingress" copies DSCP value. But what if 802.1q...
by muetzekoeln
Tue Dec 04, 2018 2:37 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1742
Views: 637415

RFC 4191

Please support preference field in IPv6 router advertisements. Incoming and outgoing. RFC 4191.
by muetzekoeln
Tue Dec 04, 2018 12:43 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Please explain ingress priority
Replies: 2
Views: 1856

Re: Please explain ingress priority

Bump.

Normis? Can you give me/us insights?
by muetzekoeln
Sat Dec 01, 2018 7:53 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Please explain ingress priority
Replies: 2
Views: 1856

Please explain ingress priority

Could someone please elaborate on "ingress priority". I have read RouterOS manual, but it became not clear to me. It seems clear, that "ingress priority" can be from 802.11 WMM or alternatively from 802.1q VLAN tags. But if these are missing, will higher level protocol priorities...
by muetzekoeln
Sat Dec 01, 2018 7:21 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1742
Views: 637415

Feature request: address lists for routes

I have a small feature request. For me it would be very helpful. There are some (about 35) IP networks better reachable by a special gateway than by default gateway (no BGP!). It would be great if there would be an address list table where all these networks listet and add only one ip route for the ...
by muetzekoeln
Tue Nov 27, 2018 3:51 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: v6.44beta [testing] is released!
Replies: 365
Views: 169999

Re: v6.44beta [testing] is released!

"/tool speed-test"
No iperf?? :?
by muetzekoeln
Tue Nov 27, 2018 1:51 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Avoid double PAT
Replies: 5
Views: 1256

Re: Avoid double PAT

What are you doing that double PAT is becoming a problem? I am afraid it will break SIP and/or give problems with online gaming. ... you need to use NAT so you get a third different net on your side. This will give you double NAT What about doing srcnat-netmap from LAN to CPEs and put sfp1 and ethe...
by muetzekoeln
Mon Nov 26, 2018 7:43 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Avoid double PAT
Replies: 5
Views: 1256

Avoid double PAT

I already read many threads and manual pages, but I am stuck with one very special problem. Given are two independent DSL lines, each with a router (=CPE) I have no control over. Each CPE has one public IPv4 address and one private network (each) (10.0.0.254/24 resp. 192.168.0.254/24) for me to use....
by muetzekoeln
Mon Nov 26, 2018 2:29 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature request for v7.x
Replies: 296
Views: 107456

Re: Feature request for v7.x

Locator Id Separation (LISP) support
RFC6830-6836, please!
by muetzekoeln
Tue Nov 20, 2018 3:08 pm
Forum: General
Topic: IP/Prioxy with ipv6 destinations
Replies: 7
Views: 1745

Re: IP/Prioxy with ipv6 destinations

I know it's an old thread. But I would like to know about the status of using webproxy with IPv6.
Was the missing DNS AAAA resolution a bug? Is it fixed with the latest ROS versions?
by muetzekoeln
Sun Nov 18, 2018 1:40 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature Request: L2TPv3 Client
Replies: 18
Views: 11049

Re: Feature Request: L2TPv3 Client

+1
Fritzbox devices tunnel their guest account by l2tpv3.
by muetzekoeln
Sun Nov 11, 2018 4:18 pm
Forum: General
Topic: [Feature Request] IPv6 Fasttrack
Replies: 39
Views: 16405

Re: [Feature Request] IPv6 Fasttrack

+1
it just makes sense!
by muetzekoeln
Mon Nov 05, 2018 12:52 pm
Forum: General
Topic: PWR-Line AP
Replies: 49
Views: 17882

Re: PWR-Line AP

It would also be nice to have a power supply (24V/48V DC) with builtin power-line communications bridge. So to connect any MT device (Router, Switch, AP, ...) to this network. It would have two connectors: DC out and Ethernet. Just swap the orginal power supply against this new one and connect the a...
by muetzekoeln
Thu Nov 01, 2018 12:59 pm
Forum: General
Topic: PWR-Line AP
Replies: 49
Views: 17882

Re: PWR-Line AP

Well, it would make sense if it would use G.hn for power-line communications and 5 GHz WiFi. So you could place one in each room and not having too much interference, especially when the device will have low gain antennas (less disturbance from other WiFi signals).
by muetzekoeln
Sun Oct 28, 2018 5:34 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature Request: enhance usage of packet priority
Replies: 0
Views: 1001

Feature Request: enhance usage of packet priority

RouterOS marks each packet internally with a priority mark. But it lacks useful usage of it. Please improve! Examples: In firewall mangle rules there is a priority selection, but only for a single value. I would like to input a list of values. In queue trees there is only filter for packet marks. I ...
by muetzekoeln
Fri Oct 26, 2018 8:27 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: PoE from Cisco 250 series to HAP AC?
Replies: 1
Views: 911

Re: PoE from Cisco 250 series to HAP AC?

I will answer this myself as I bought this Cisco router:
Yes it works like a charm! Plug-and-Play although there is no "force four pair" option.

It works even better than with my HEX PoE. No overloads when using very short patch cables.
by muetzekoeln
Wed Oct 17, 2018 4:01 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature Request: IPerf
Replies: 70
Views: 24116

Re: Feature Request: IPerf

+1

All my Kodi-boxes (based on libreelec) and my AVM FritzBox router do have iperf on board. No way to use BTest on them.
by muetzekoeln
Wed Oct 17, 2018 3:15 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature request: CAPsManager - roaming
Replies: 80
Views: 39467

Re: Feature request: CAPsManager - roaming

+1

plus "band steering" and "airtime fairness".

Please, it's about time!
by muetzekoeln
Tue Oct 16, 2018 2:39 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: PoE from Cisco 250 series to HAP AC?
Replies: 1
Views: 911

PoE from Cisco 250 series to HAP AC?

Before buying, I would like to know if powering a HAP AC from a Cisco SG250 series switch (e.g. SG250-08HP) by PoE will work.
Anyone here with real world experience?

I know HAP AC cannot do 802.3at/af, but has a "Force Four Pair" setting for PoE ports.
by muetzekoeln
Fri Jun 29, 2018 2:37 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Support for ACME/Let's Encrypt certificate management [SOLVED]
Replies: 114
Views: 72949

Re: Support for ACME/Let's Encrypt certificate management [SOLVED]

+1 for native RouterOS package

with no virtual OpenWRT instance or Linux-System requirement, please!