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by Syonyk
Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:46 pm
Forum: General
Topic: DSL in USA, PPPoA, PPPoE, and RouterOS
Replies: 3
Views: 1775

Re: DSL in USA, PPPoA, PPPoE, and RouterOS

I haven't seen that problem in the USA. When my modem gets rebooted, the connection restores cleanly when the DSL modem is back online. Are you running the latest firmware on your DSL modem? Also, turn on the PPPoE debugging logs - see what the errors when it can't reconnect are. It may shed some li...
by Syonyk
Sat Feb 24, 2007 6:59 am
Forum: General
Topic: Changing outbound IP address on NAT'd traffic
Replies: 2
Views: 6990

Try something like:
/ip firewall nat add chain=srcnat src-address=192.168.0.50/32 action=src-nat to-addresses=[public IP] to-ports=0-65535 disabled=no
See if that does what you want.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Sat Feb 24, 2007 6:54 am
Forum: General
Topic: Blocking non-authed PPPoE clients from the network?
Replies: 7
Views: 3091

Simple. You don't put any IP addresses or services on the PPPoE interface. ether1 goes to your network, has your IPs, has the PPPoE IP space routed to it. ether2 points to the clients. It has one service running on it: a PPPoE server. No IP addresses, nothing. If someone doesn't authenticate with PP...
by Syonyk
Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:15 am
Forum: General
Topic: DSL in USA, PPPoA, PPPoE, and RouterOS
Replies: 3
Views: 1775

DSL in USA, PPPoA, PPPoE, and RouterOS

There's been a handful of threads discussing the lack of PPPoA support in RouterOS - mostly from the American side of the pond, DSL users, grumbling about the lack of PPPoA support. I can't say this will work with all DSL providers, since I only have one to test with, but I was able to get my Mikrot...
by Syonyk
Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:56 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: How to detect jamming
Replies: 5
Views: 2389

Is it possible that a CPE is fried & causing the issues? A damaged CPE might take a while to find a new frequency if it were not running properly.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:55 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Temp control and Heaters
Replies: 2
Views: 1174

What conditions are you going to be operating under? The Routerboards have been quite solid down to well below zero in most people's experience. What size enclosure do you have, what devices are in it, what kind of insulation is available, what are expected high & low ambient temperatures, etc. ...
by Syonyk
Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:04 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Deaf on Arrival
Replies: 8
Views: 2557

Ehm... Not really so much a "tool" as "interns." I have a particular antenna/pigtail combo that reliably provides a -50db signal from our office AP when on the bench oriented properly. "Plug the CM9 into the routerboard. Attach the pigtail to antenna port A. Power the board ...
by Syonyk
Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:48 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Deaf on Arrival
Replies: 8
Views: 2557

I've seen about the same numbers. We test all our CM9s now before they get added to stock.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:21 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: experience with SR9 and concrete floors?
Replies: 5
Views: 1426

What about them? Going through them? Going above them? You haven't really provided enough detail for anyone to give you a useful reply. What are you trying to do? And... most likely, the best way to find out would be to go and try it onsite. Rebar spacing differs, concrete construction/thickness/mat...
by Syonyk
Fri Sep 01, 2006 6:19 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Hotspot && PPPoE
Replies: 5
Views: 1955

Set up a Hotspot interface, and then throw a PPPoE server on it...

We use this in our apartment complexes. Client computers authenticate via Hotspot (to RADIUS), and XBox/PS2/etc devices authenticate via PPPoE.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Fri Sep 01, 2006 6:16 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: no assocations when using sr9's
Replies: 10
Views: 2457

The 2.4 and 5ghz frequencies are high enough that the traces in the card work as an antenna. That, plus the UFL connector, is enough to 'spray' enough signal that you can connect them on the bench next to each other. 900mhz is a lower frequency, requires longer antenna lengths, and does not "sp...
by Syonyk
Mon Aug 28, 2006 7:17 pm
Forum: General
Topic: What is a good stable version for OSPF?
Replies: 5
Views: 2468

First, make sure you're using routing-test instead of routing - there are some differences. System->Packages, enable routing-test, disable routing, reboot, add the OSPF stuff again. If you're still having problems, make a supout.rif & send it to support@mikrotik.com & give them information. ...
by Syonyk
Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:26 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: RouterBOARD 112 memory!
Replies: 5
Views: 2670

As a simple CPE, they're fine.

Start trying to run OSPF or Hotspot on them, and you run out of RAM - fast.

Less than 1500k free RAM and you'll start seeing lockups/erratic performance.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:17 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: RB112 as AP
Replies: 2
Views: 1107

I would not suggest using a 112 as anything but a very simple AP. It doesn't have the memory to handle anything complex like PPPoE or Hotspot, and is rather fragile with OSPF running. 16MB RAM doesn't go very far, and if the free memory falls much below 1500k free, you'll start getting lockups or er...
by Syonyk
Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:15 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: OS Locks Up on Starting Services
Replies: 1
Views: 1314

What serial speed are you using? Right after "starting services..." is when RouterOS, if it decides to do so, will switch the serial port speed. On the RB532s, it's 115000 the entire time, but on RB200 series systems, I would have to switch serial speeds if I wanted to talk to it after thi...
by Syonyk
Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:10 pm
Forum: General
Topic: PPPoe and Static Ip's
Replies: 2
Views: 1517

In my experience, Framed-IP-Address does override Framed-Pool on MT routers.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:31 pm
Forum: General
Topic: What do you use to obtain statistics of your network?
Replies: 8
Views: 2362

NetEnforcer is used in addition to the MT - it's not a router, it just does a great job of monitoring traffic flow through it & limiting things. You can do the limiting/prioritization with MT gear, but the graphs/charts it creates are just incredible. They're expensive - several thousand $$ or m...
by Syonyk
Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:13 pm
Forum: General
Topic: What do you use to obtain statistics of your network?
Replies: 8
Views: 2362

i need reports like these: --> Bandwidth usage in realtime (total and per IP and/or per MAC) --> Bandwidth usage for a period of time (per hour, per day, per month; total and per IP and/or per MAC) --> Total data trasfered (in, out & total) per ip, mac, group of ips --> Used ports (local & ...
by Syonyk
Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:50 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: 33mbit Over 29KM @ 5.8ghz!
Replies: 26
Views: 5103

Our Tripod setup and me
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12v marine batteries & inverters are a lot easier to haul around than generators. :-)

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Thu Aug 03, 2006 6:29 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Sales Collateral
Replies: 4
Views: 2595

Huh. I've never heard collateral used in that context before. I suppose the implied message with the sales stuff I wrote up is that a cheaper (Linksys, DLink, etc) router can't do most of that. For a home user, there's typically no need for a fancy router. If it's 3 computers accessing the internet,...
by Syonyk
Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:50 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Sales Collateral
Replies: 4
Views: 2595

We brand our routers, so you can use Mikrotik, or whatever you're selling them as for "Your Router Name Here".

And I think the word you're looking for is "material" - not "collateral".

Sales material, not sales collateral. :-)

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:49 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Sales Collateral
Replies: 4
Views: 2595

What is a [Your Router Name Here]? A [Your Router Name Here] is an incredibly flexible, high performance router that can help your business thrive. It's an industrial grade product - it's not like a cheap home router that causes more problems than it solves. In fact, our entire network at [Business]...
by Syonyk
Wed Aug 02, 2006 4:55 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Is anyone reliably using OSPF over wireless?
Replies: 6
Views: 1907

Russ - were those failures irregular, or consistent? Mine will link up just fine for a while, then decide to stop working.

Also, I'm using routing-test on all the nodes.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Wed Aug 02, 2006 4:52 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Dishes in the ice
Replies: 10
Views: 2187

Yes, that's a great picture.

Those dishes are radomed, though. Also, the image doesn't specify how the links were working with the ice.

Right now, we've got non-radomed dishes. How do those hold up to ice?

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:37 am
Forum: General
Topic: DNS Problem
Replies: 9
Views: 2769

From the router, can you ping the DNS servers? From the router, can you ping domain names (as in, does the router do proper DNS lookups itsself)? What are the client DNS servers set to? Can the client systems ping the DNS servers? If so, can they do DNS lookups? If you set the DNS server on the rout...
by Syonyk
Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:53 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Is anyone reliably using OSPF over wireless?
Replies: 6
Views: 1907

Is anyone reliably using OSPF over wireless?

I've been trying to get OSPF working over wireless links, and it works... sometimes. I'm running 2.9.27 on all the routers, and it works most of the time, but then fails and won't reconnect. I'm trying to generate supout.rif files for the support guys, but the systems seem to reliably crash when try...
by Syonyk
Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:13 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Dishes in the ice
Replies: 10
Views: 2187

Dishes in the ice

I just put up a wonderful 5.8ghz link, 2mi or so, -50db signal off two high gain dishes, with the power backed all the way down.

How do mesh dishes handle ice? I'm wondering if I need to worry about them in the winter - they're not radomed.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Wed Jul 26, 2006 7:32 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: SSH tunnels/redirects
Replies: 1
Views: 1812

You can do it from a client machine, tunneling through the router.

ssh admin@[router IP] -L [local port]:[remote IP]:[remote port]

I don't think there's a way to do it router-to-router.

Is there a reason a PPTP VPN tunnel won't work?

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Sat Jul 22, 2006 5:37 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: "System rebooted due to a kernel failure"
Replies: 3
Views: 3357

What specific wireless cards are you using? With 5 wireless cards, even if they're CM9 or such, I'd be concerned about power consumption. I'm not exactly sure what the onboard DC converter can provide to the mini PCI slots, but I do know that more than 2 SR-series cards is too much for a RB500 serie...
by Syonyk
Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:27 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: SR9/2.4 crosstalk on one chassis?
Replies: 3
Views: 1632

I've got a CM9 & an SR9 in the same box. The CM9 is normally disabled because I don't have an antenna on it yet. I enabled it & watched the noise floor on the SR9. I didn't see any difference with the CM9 enabled/disabled. I don't know for sure if this proves anything, but it doesn't look li...
by Syonyk
Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:23 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: ISP generally costs
Replies: 2
Views: 1356

What are you looking to do? What's your environment? Starting a rural WISP with a single DSL feed and private IPs (NAT'd) when you have free access to silos/grain elevators in exchange for internet access isn't that expensive. Starting a multihomed business class ISP in a dense urban environment wit...
by Syonyk
Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:18 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Power over Ethernet and Lightning
Replies: 2
Views: 1567

I've spent quite a while sorting out how to prevent lightening from taking out our switch ports. It got really, really old being up during every storm, ready to swap cables. We've finally found a solution that seems to work, and has weathered several very severe storms without frying any ports now. ...
by Syonyk
Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:53 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: FTP Backups possible?
Replies: 11
Views: 6491

Many things work properly when restoring a backup. IP addresses, routes, firewall rules, queues, etc. The major thing that doesn't work properly is the interfaces, especially wireless. You'll need to reconfigure the interfaces & assign IPs to each interface, but this is usually a lot easier than...
by Syonyk
Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:50 pm
Forum: General
Topic: How many PPPoE users can MT-RB support?
Replies: 1
Views: 1064

I can't help you with exact numbers, but you should be able to use another MT device to serve as 100 or so PPPoE clients, to monitor memory usage.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:49 pm
Forum: General
Topic: IP phone question
Replies: 1
Views: 1037

You want to use an IP phone connection to drive multiple analog phone-type devices? You'll need a FXS/FXO card for this to work - it creates the dial tone & such. I'm not sure if MT supports this or not - I've always seen Asterisk used for this. I'm not sure if this helps or not - I'm a bit fuzz...
by Syonyk
Wed Jul 19, 2006 12:09 am
Forum: General
Topic: Battery/AC status monitoring with or without an APC UPS
Replies: 2
Views: 1253

At one location, I have an old piece of unused networking gear (livingston pm2). Super reliable in every way. Private IP number on it. Plugged into AC power without UPS. Primary purpose is so I can ping it. Monitoring it with nagios lets me know when the power is out. That's disturbingly simple/rel...
by Syonyk
Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:38 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Battery/AC status monitoring with or without an APC UPS
Replies: 2
Views: 1253

Battery/AC status monitoring with or without an APC UPS

Is there an easy way to use the serial port on a RB532 to monitor AC voltage status? Some of our sites are at locations with iffy AC power. Things like having a window air conditioner on the same circuit that overloads things when it gets too hot out, etc. We're working around these, slowly, but in ...
by Syonyk
Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:44 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: SR9 link dropping with traffic flow?
Replies: 11
Views: 2932

Quick update: I've been running with the reversed link (the Trango-end is now the SU) for over a day, with some pretty heavy traffic sent through it, and everything is holding up just fine, no disconnects. I think this has it resolved, at least for now. I am using NStreme with the link - maybe the T...
by Syonyk
Mon Jul 17, 2006 6:10 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: SR9 link dropping with traffic flow?
Replies: 11
Views: 2932

Well, I just tried swapping the AP/SU units (reversing the link, it's just a point to point link), and it seems to be somewhat better. I'll see how it works like this for a while.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Mon Jul 17, 2006 5:55 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: SR9 link dropping with traffic flow?
Replies: 11
Views: 2932

Interesting. I have a Trango near the SR9 link, but it's supposedly pretty far off channel-wise (924 vs 907). I'll try dropping that out & seeing what happens.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:33 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Some notes/comments on EoIP troubleshooting
Replies: 0
Views: 833

Some notes/comments on EoIP troubleshooting

If you're troubleshooting EoIP connection issues, especially if they're really odd connect/non-connect issues, check your NAT settings. I've spent far too much time on and off over the past 2-3 months trying to troubleshoot EoIP issues. It's a really nasty network I'm running over, with multiple VPN...
by Syonyk
Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:22 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: SR9 link dropping with traffic flow?
Replies: 11
Views: 2932

The link has improved, but I still get periods where it "flaps" - disconnects due to "excessive data loss", reconnects, apparently tries to hammer packets through the link, disconnects, reconnects, repeats. For a LONG time.

Thoughts?

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Mon Jul 03, 2006 5:15 pm
Forum: General
Topic: v2.9.27 released
Replies: 23
Views: 5240

Hm. The OSPF default route bug might explain some issues I was having a few weeks ago with OSPF & the default route not redistributing properly. I'll get this tested tomorrow (yay holiday, I can dink with the network during daystar hours & not annoy too many people), and see if it's fixed. -...
by Syonyk
Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:21 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: SR9 link dropping with traffic flow?
Replies: 11
Views: 2932

Do you have visual contact? What is the distance of the link? To you have full tx-power? Try to change channel :wink: No visual contact, but a Trango link was reasonably happy on it until recently, when it started glitching out - which is why I'm suspecting interference. Range is 3.5mi or so, tx po...
by Syonyk
Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:53 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: SR9 link dropping with traffic flow?
Replies: 11
Views: 2932

SR9 link dropping with traffic flow?

We just got the antennas tuned for a SR9 link between two spots. We're running roughly -71/-69 for signal strength, with a -81 noise floor, in the 10mhz band. I've got 5-6Mbit through when bandwidth testing. However, as soon as I start to flow "real" traffic through it, the link gets glitc...
by Syonyk
Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:13 am
Forum: General
Topic: Netinstall with EoIP/PXE: Not working?
Replies: 5
Views: 3488

Netinstall with EoIP/PXE: Not working?

Long story short, I need to do a remote OS reinstall on a router that's several thousand miles away, and I don't have a local Windows machine to do the netboot with. I've been trying for the better part of the afternoon to use an EoIP tunnel between two routers to do a netinstall, and it doesn't see...
by Syonyk
Fri May 19, 2006 5:56 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Is it possible to assign Hotspot to a VPN connection?
Replies: 1
Views: 1105

Yes, there is a way to do a remote test of Hotspot. It involves bridges & EoIP. Create a bridge, with the local Hotspot interface on it. Add an EoIP tunnel to the remote "test" router & add it in the bridge. On the remote router, bridge the EoIP tunnel with the appropriate port. Th...
by Syonyk
Tue May 09, 2006 10:20 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Is it possible to assign Hotspot to a VPN connection?
Replies: 1
Views: 1105

Is it possible to assign Hotspot to a VPN connection?

I'm working on setting up a demo of some stuff, and it would be useful to allow someone to VPN into a router, and then "see" the hotspot pages as though they were an unauthorized client (and then register, authorize, etc). Is there a way to do this?

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Wed Apr 26, 2006 4:46 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Routerboard 532 with 400mW card failling with Battery power
Replies: 13
Views: 6697

Could you chain 4 batteries together to get a 48v source & try it that way?

Pushing 2 400mW radios on 12v involves a good bit of amperage going down the cable, and I wouldn't be surprised at all if the voltage drop was enough to keep things from working properly.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Thu Apr 20, 2006 8:26 am
Forum: General
Topic: RADIUS, PPPoE, profiles, and address pools: How to do this?
Replies: 5
Views: 2492

Sacramento! I used to live there! The short answer is FreeRADIUS on Linux. Be aware that you'll want to download the Mikrotik 'dictionary' file to replace the stock FreeRADIUS one - without this, some of the RADIUS attributes won't get passed around because FreeRADIUS won't know what they are. The l...
by Syonyk
Wed Apr 19, 2006 6:55 pm
Forum: General
Topic: RADIUS, PPPoE, profiles, and address pools: How to do this?
Replies: 5
Views: 2492

The parameter you are looking for is "Framed-Pool". This one allows you to send the name of the ip pool to use to your RouterOS machine in an Access-Accept message.

Best regards,
Christian Meis
Beautiful. That works perfectly. Thanks!

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:56 pm
Forum: General
Topic: RADIUS, PPPoE, profiles, and address pools: How to do this?
Replies: 5
Views: 2492

RADIUS, PPPoE, profiles, and address pools: How to do this?

I'm not sure if my approach is the proper way of doing this, so I'm going to describe what I'm trying to do, what my current plan is, and we can go from there. I'm moving our ISP network over to entirely PPPoE/RADIUS for address assignment. This ties in with our management system (http://www.ispbrai...
by Syonyk
Fri Apr 14, 2006 12:22 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Is there a way to continuously connect snooper station data?
Replies: 2
Views: 1254

If your in snooping or scan mode don't all current associations get put on hold because it can't do both at once? Are you thinking of using a second card thats always in snoop mode ? I don't know your answer but I wasn't sure if you knew the above info. Yes, I'm aware of that. There would be a sepa...
by Syonyk
Thu Apr 13, 2006 11:37 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Distributed Hotspot: A use for EoIP tunnels?
Replies: 2
Views: 1317

Distributed Hotspot: A use for EoIP tunnels?

I know most threads involving EoIP end with "Use WDS, it's faster/better." However, I'm setting up a network with multiple Hotspots in an area, off different access points with antennas pointing different directions. The APs will not (theoretically) see each other wirelessly, but will be w...
by Syonyk
Thu Apr 13, 2006 11:33 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Is there a way to continuously connect snooper station data?
Replies: 2
Views: 1254

Is there a way to continuously connect snooper station data?

When using snooper, the "stations" mode allows you to see the signal strength of stations that aren't associated with your AP. Is there a way to leave a radio in snooper mode & monitor the data remotely, using SNMP or such? I can write the SSH parser if needed, but if there's an easier...
by Syonyk
Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:30 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: SR5 support superchannel?
Replies: 2
Views: 1987

Bumping a somewhat old thread with information: The issue here is the scan list. With superchannel enabled, the number of frequencies you can broadcast is significantly larger than the default scan list. The scan list essentially says, "Look for radios in this frequency range." It can be [...
by Syonyk
Fri Mar 31, 2006 6:26 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Superchannel, CM9s, and radios not seeing each other (scan)
Replies: 7
Views: 2479

Yes, the antenna port was the issue. Someone on the ground changed it to use port B, and everything is coming up online.

Thanks for the help! :-) I knew bouncing the problems off other people would come up with something obvious I'd missed.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:50 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Superchannel, CM9s, and radios not seeing each other (scan)
Replies: 7
Views: 2479

What about the antenna connector? Maybe you've got it hooked to B and it's set to A (AP or SU side possibly)? The A connector will send a strong enough signal to be slightly amplified by the pigtail and antenna, and will work in a short range, but further away the signal loss will be too great. The...
by Syonyk
Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:49 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Superchannel, CM9s, and radios not seeing each other (scan)
Replies: 7
Views: 2479

Well, my experience with superchannel on 2.8, is that you need to specify like this: 5725-5805 I've tried that format, I've also tried just specifying the channel that things are on, I've tried comma separated values of a few channels. Did you make sure that all the other settings match (NStreme, W...
by Syonyk
Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:40 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Superchannel, CM9s, and radios not seeing each other (scan)
Replies: 7
Views: 2479

Superchannel, CM9s, and radios not seeing each other (scan)

I'm out of ideas. I'm supporting a deployment of a number of RouterOS based wireless nodes overseas. They were equipped with the Custom Frequency Select module, are a mix of RB200 & RB500 systems, and all have CM9 radios. Before they shipped, I preconfigured them, established links between them,...
by Syonyk
Fri Jan 06, 2006 5:26 pm
Forum: General
Topic: SMB/NFS are VERY slow through MT NAT... suggestions?
Replies: 0
Views: 3346

SMB/NFS are VERY slow through MT NAT... suggestions?

I've finally traced the root of the problems I've been having with NFS/SMB speed to the Mikrotik router. Our office is behind a masquerade NAT, and while HTTP connections to a public server are quite fast, SMB/NFS connections are fairly slow. I'm not doing any shaping that should be touching these c...
by Syonyk
Fri Dec 16, 2005 10:48 pm
Forum: General
Topic: How to Setup Mikro Tik to be a VPN server-- PLZ help me
Replies: 2
Views: 1196

Look in the manual for VPN examples. In a nutshell, you'll want to set up a PPTP server. In the default-encrypted profile, select your IP pool for the local & remote addresses. Set up the PPP users (or authenticate against RADIUS), and they should be able to connect in. If the IP pool they conne...
by Syonyk
Fri Dec 16, 2005 10:46 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Peer2peer makes me want to be near2beer
Replies: 10
Views: 3627

BitTorrent is rough to filter, because it's so many connections at once.

You should just be able to use the P2P mangle rule to mark packets, and set up a queue tree entry to set them to priority 8 (low priority), and restrict them to a given bandwidth. That's what we do on our network.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:17 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Newbie PPPoe & Radius Server Question
Replies: 6
Views: 1952

Yes. PPPoE will authenticate against the PPP Secrets section if needed.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:36 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Radius and MAC authentication
Replies: 2
Views: 1653

I suggest running RADIUS in debug mode (for freeradius it's freeradius -X) to see exactly what the Mikrotik is passing to the RADIUS server. You should be able to determine the problem from there - at least with freeradius, the debug mode is VERY verbose.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:34 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Mikrotik Quality Suffering
Replies: 10
Views: 2571

Is there a chance the files were transferred in ASCII mode?

I always SCP the files over for an upgrade.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:32 pm
Forum: General
Topic: High CPU Load
Replies: 3
Views: 1645

Does rebooting the router drop CPU load back down?

We've been discussing it in this thread.

http://forum.mikrotik.com//viewtopic.php?t=4789

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:27 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Constantly ramping CPU usage under 2.9
Replies: 6
Views: 2254

Mikrotik guys, this is a serious issue. The only solution I've found is to reboot our routers every week and a half or two weeks, which kicks off 200+ hotspot users at one of our locations. I've set up cookie logins so it's not *as* annoying, but there's something seriously wrong here. Multiple peop...
by Syonyk
Thu Oct 06, 2005 11:26 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Constantly ramping CPU usage under 2.9
Replies: 6
Views: 2254

Here are some graphs from some of our systems. This is NOT NORMAL. http://devserver.cramerit.net/files/cpu-month-1.png http://devserver.cramerit.net/files/cpu-month-2.png I've sent in supout.rif files, and was told to upgrade to 2.9.5 and see if it persisted, but it seems that someone here has 2.9.5...
by Syonyk
Tue Oct 04, 2005 11:55 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Constantly ramping CPU usage under 2.9
Replies: 6
Views: 2254

Constantly ramping CPU usage under 2.9

Both of our 2.9 routers are having issues with CPU usage ramping up to 100% over the course of several weeks. One is running Hotspot, the other is just serving as a router/VPN server. I'm running 2.9.3 on the Hotspot router, and 2.9rc7 on the "plain routing" router. Both seem to be doing t...
by Syonyk
Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:15 am
Forum: General
Topic: MT for PPPoE
Replies: 5
Views: 2065

The way I do it is to enable PPPoE on a Hotspot protected interface. The router has already been configured for internet access, and the PPPoE server just uses the default IP pool. PPPoE is mostly used for XBox/PS2 game consoles, because they don't have a web browser that can be used to log in norma...
by Syonyk
Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:28 pm
Forum: General
Topic: MT for PPPoE
Replies: 5
Views: 2065

I can point you in the general direction of what to do from Winbox. I can't give you straight terminal steps. Click "PPP" along the left. Click "PPPoE Server" Add a new PPPoE server on the appropriate interface Click the "Secrets" tab on the top Click "AAA" En...
by Syonyk
Mon Sep 26, 2005 6:29 pm
Forum: General
Topic: MT for PPPoE
Replies: 5
Views: 2065

I use Mikrotiks as PPPoE servers for various things. It works fine. Just enable the PPPoE server and tell it to use RADIUS for authentication.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Wed Sep 21, 2005 8:49 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Static IP'd devices behind a Hotspot interface
Replies: 5
Views: 3743

2.9.2 did fix the issue, at least part of it. I can now ping the devices behind the router, but I still can't seem to actually connect to them - connections on port 80 just immediately close. So I'm thinking they're not HS-authenticated.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Wed Sep 21, 2005 8:48 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Tx & Rx confusion
Replies: 2
Views: 3391

I assumed this was standard router notation or such.

I agree it could be better documented.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Thu Sep 15, 2005 11:11 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Static IP'd devices behind a Hotspot interface
Replies: 5
Views: 3743

Actually there was also an issue with multi-addressed interfaces, arp and hotspot that i discovered today and... wow! today the released 2.9.2 that fixes it! Did you read my mind?
Interesting. I'll try that tonight.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Thu Sep 08, 2005 8:45 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Static IP'd devices behind a Hotspot interface
Replies: 5
Views: 3743

Static IP'd devices behind a Hotspot interface

I'm sure I'm not the only person to have this problem, as I found some threads related to it, and there were no good solutions. Our network has a Hotspot segment handling a number of users within an apartment complex. There are also quite a few managed switches handling this network segment (large c...
by Syonyk
Thu Sep 08, 2005 8:38 pm
Forum: General
Topic: miniPCI LED on RB532
Replies: 5
Views: 4079

Re: miniPCI LED on RB532

.... and add 128MB RAM 10x Or at least a way to do it. I've had some other projects that would have been ideal for a Routerboard 500, but was unable to use them because of the memory limits. 64 meg is the bare minimum for what I'd need, and if there was a board with 128 meg onboard, they would beco...
by Syonyk
Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:34 pm
Forum: General
Topic: universal disable
Replies: 2
Views: 2227

Set "Address Pool" to "None" in the Hotspot Server configuration.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Mon Aug 29, 2005 6:39 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Keeping Hotspot users logged in over days (laptops, mostly)
Replies: 3
Views: 2292

These are some of the log messages I'm getting:

hotspot,info,debug flysohigh35 (12.201.132.111): logged out: lost dhcp lease

The systems are getting their DHCP leases pulled long before they should expire - they're set to a 2 day expiration period.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Mon Aug 29, 2005 5:46 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Keeping Hotspot users logged in over days (laptops, mostly)
Replies: 3
Views: 2292

The problem is actually with someone using Vonage - a VoIP solution. Their laptop doesn't get logged in until they open the web browser, and as such their VoIP stuff doesn't work when they're home all the time.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Fri Aug 26, 2005 5:47 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Keeping Hotspot users logged in over days (laptops, mostly)
Replies: 3
Views: 2292

Keeping Hotspot users logged in over days (laptops, mostly)

Under 2.8, we had no problems with this. Hotspot users with laptops could wander off, come back, and remain logged in. Under 2.9, they seem to get logged out. The log message says something along the lines of "Hotspot user logged out; lost DHCP lease." I've tried setting the DHCP leases to...
by Syonyk
Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:28 am
Forum: General
Topic: Is there a way to monitor traffic to static IPs?
Replies: 1
Views: 1524

Is there a way to monitor traffic to static IPs?

I've looked through the SNMP results returned, and I haven't found anything that looks promising. What I'm trying to do: Our management system for our ISP interfaces nicely with WANRouters to collect stats. I'd like to be able to collect & report on traffic transfered on a per-IP basis. I can ha...
by Syonyk
Thu Jun 30, 2005 1:30 am
Forum: General
Topic: Is there a way to port forward Winbox to another MT?
Replies: 1
Views: 1001

Is there a way to port forward Winbox to another MT?

Trying to figure this one out, or if it's even possible. I have a Mikrotik with a public IP address. It runs NAT, and behind it there's another Mikrotik. Is there a way to forward Winbox through the Mikrotik so I can use Winbox on both routers? If I forward port 8129 (?) I can't access the first one...
by Syonyk
Fri Jun 24, 2005 6:48 am
Forum: General
Topic: Hotspot/Winbox crashed, SSH & routing still work?
Replies: 7
Views: 3174

How many users is your router running, and what kind of hardware?

With around 120 users on at any given point, and 64 meg RAM, we usually see about a month between crashes (so far).

I talked to some of the support guys, and they said that the issue would be fixed in 2.9.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:41 pm
Forum: General
Topic: RADIUS accounts by volumme
Replies: 2
Views: 1931

Have you confirmed that they're being sent from the RADIUS server? I suggest using the radtest utility (if you're running on Linux) to check. Also, if you're using 2.9, the Rate-Limit attribute is MUCH more flexible, and works with Hotspot/PPPoE/pretty much everything. I suggest grabbing the Mikroti...
by Syonyk
Mon Jun 13, 2005 10:34 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Hotspot/Winbox crashed, SSH & routing still work?
Replies: 7
Views: 3174

We just had the exact same issue, same symptoms, same fix (reboot the router). supout.rif file has been sent to support, so hopefully there will be something useful in it.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Wed May 25, 2005 1:33 am
Forum: General
Topic: Does RADIUS Rate-Limit work with 2.8.27 & Hotspot?
Replies: 4
Views: 1612

It appears that Rate-Limit does NOT work with Hotspot in 2.9rc4 yet. I installed 2.9 on a development router, fed it some attributes, and watched. The queue was created with Ascend-Data-Rate & Ascend-Xmit-Rate properly, but nothing was created with Rate-Limit. *sigh* I was really hoping this wou...
by Syonyk
Tue May 24, 2005 7:19 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Does RADIUS Rate-Limit work with 2.8.27 & Hotspot?
Replies: 4
Views: 1612

Does RADIUS Rate-Limit work with 2.8.27 & Hotspot?

I've searched, and I haven't found a firm answer as to Rate-Limit & Hotspot under 2.8.27. I've confirmed that the Rate-Limit attribute is being returned (both from watching the FreeRadius output and running radtest), but I don't see any queues created when a Hotspot user logs in. I know that Hot...
by Syonyk
Tue May 24, 2005 6:41 pm
Forum: General
Topic: 2.9 RC 4 ....
Replies: 12
Views: 3937

Installed on a Via based router box with Atheros card, and I get the following errors when trying to ping the wireless IP: 92 bytes from 10.0.1.1: Dest Unreachable, Bad Code: 9 Vr HL TOS Len ID Flg off TTL Pro cks Src Dst 4 5 00 0054 c392 0 0000 40 01 a018 10.0.1.254 10.0.1.1 //EDIT: I just downgrad...
by Syonyk
Thu May 19, 2005 7:17 pm
Forum: General
Topic: 2.8 PDF vs online documentation: Error in PDF ('print' docs)
Replies: 1
Views: 1107

2.8 PDF vs online documentation: Error in PDF ('print' docs)

From the PDF: print - shows all information that's accessible from particular command level. Thus, /system clock print shows system date and time, /ip route print shows all routes etc. If there's a list of items in current level and they are not read-only, i.e. you can change/remove them (example of...
by Syonyk
Thu May 19, 2005 6:42 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Expect isn't working properly - it's not sending commands.
Replies: 5
Views: 5944

My old script still isn't working, but I was able to create something that worked with autoexpect and then trim it down to work. #!/usr/bin/expect -f spawn ssh 1.2.3.4 -l admin expect "admin@1.2.3.4's password: " send -- "password\r" expect " > " send -- "system re...
by Syonyk
Wed May 18, 2005 4:44 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Expect isn't working properly - it's not sending commands.
Replies: 5
Views: 5944

Try to end the commands that you send with \r instead of \n just like you do when you send the password. --Tom Eh, yea. Should have specified above. I've tried \n, \r, \r\n, \n\r, pretty much everything I can think of. Just to confirm, I should be able to see the output coming back when I run the c...
by Syonyk
Wed May 18, 2005 5:00 am
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Expect isn't working properly - it's not sending commands.
Replies: 5
Views: 5944

I've already taken care of that - it logs in successfully, just... doesn't do anything after that. I get the full banner and prompt, but that's it.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Wed May 18, 2005 12:45 am
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Expect isn't working properly - it's not sending commands.
Replies: 5
Views: 5944

Expect isn't working properly - it's not sending commands.

I've tried quite a few expect scripts to remotely work on our Mikrotiks, and they seem to be avoiding sending data. #!/usr/bin/expect # spawn /usr/bin/ssh 1.2.3.4 -l admin expect -re "password:" send "password\r" # expect ">" send "system resource print\n" sle...
by Syonyk
Mon May 09, 2005 6:11 pm
Forum: General
Topic: What kind of CPU usage are people seeing with Hotspot?
Replies: 2
Views: 1242

What kind of CPU usage are people seeing with Hotspot?

I have a Via 533mhz Mikrotik handling Hotspot for about 100 users on a decent bandwidth network. CPU usage has been hovering between 50% & 75%, depending on time of day. It seems this is rather high - is there any way to tell what specific functionality is taking up the CPU time (a 'top' command...
by Syonyk
Thu May 05, 2005 4:01 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Hotspot/Winbox crashed, SSH & routing still work?
Replies: 7
Views: 3174

How does one make one of those support.rif files again?

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Thu May 05, 2005 12:29 am
Forum: General
Topic: Hotspot/Winbox crashed, SSH & routing still work?
Replies: 7
Views: 3174

Hotspot/Winbox crashed, SSH & routing still work?

*twitches* Unhashing a RADIUS database after a Mikrotik reboot is not on my list of "fun things to do." One of our Mikrotiks just crashed. It's running 2.8.26 and handling a good number of Hotspot clients (95 or so). Hotspot died, Winbox couldn't connect, the admin web page couldn't connec...
by Syonyk
Tue May 03, 2005 7:51 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Hotspot, P2P marking, and P2P limiting
Replies: 2
Views: 1267

I forgot to mention - we're also marking HTTP traffic, and P2P-IN traffic, both of which are working properly. It's just marking outbound P2P traffic that doesn't seem to be working.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Tue May 03, 2005 7:35 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Hotspot, P2P marking, and P2P limiting
Replies: 2
Views: 1267

Hotspot, P2P marking, and P2P limiting

We've just switched a large group of users over to hotspot, and the P2P limiting no longer works properly. The P2P traffic limiting was working fine with the old setup (just DHCP & routed addresses), with P2P traffic being flow-marked and limited in the queue trees. Now that Hotspot is being use...
by Syonyk
Tue May 03, 2005 7:33 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature request: "Old" Hotspot methods
Replies: 1
Views: 1476

Feature request: "Old" Hotspot methods

Is there any chance of having an older (2.8 style) Hotspot module available for 2.9, to use DHCP-POOL methods & such? While the new method is easy to use, it seems that it removes some of the more advanced functionality.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:30 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Error: Empty Flow
Replies: 1
Views: 768

It can also be caused by not having the "flow marker" set in the Hotspot profile properties pane.

I think that might be related moreso than the PPP stuff (though that was also a problem last night).

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:27 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Hotspot: How do I allow all traffic through?
Replies: 4
Views: 2903

I downgraded to 2.8.26 and was having the same problems, but I discovered that I had a bunch of old hotspot rules in the firewall. After clearing out ALL the hotspot related stuff in the firewall tables, and recreating the rules with the Hotspot setup wizard, things worked properly in enabled-addres...
by Syonyk
Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:11 am
Forum: General
Topic: Error: Empty Flow
Replies: 1
Views: 768

Error: Empty Flow

If you receive the message

Error: Empty Flow (or something along those lines), check your PPP settings. If PPP has been set up to use a local or remote IP pool that no longer exists, you'll have this problem.

(added because I didn't find any results when I searched for this error earlier)

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Wed Apr 06, 2005 3:44 am
Forum: General
Topic: Hotspot: How do I allow all traffic through?
Replies: 4
Views: 2903

Hotspot: How do I allow all traffic through?

It seems that with the Hotspot setup in 2.9, only web traffic is getting passed - SMTP, IRC, etc. all get blocked (connection failed from the client system). Is this normal? It's not quite what I was expecting... Also, it appears the address changing mode has been removed. This will be used for reas...
by Syonyk
Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:16 am
Forum: General
Topic: Ascend-Data-Rate & Ascend-Xmit-Rate reversed?
Replies: 3
Views: 2898

Thanks! I'll play with that. I figured there was some good reason for why it seemed reversed, and that makes sense.

-=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:23 am
Forum: General
Topic: Ascend-Data-Rate & Ascend-Xmit-Rate reversed?
Replies: 3
Views: 2898

Ascend-Data-Rate & Ascend-Xmit-Rate reversed?

I've been messing around with HotSpot & Ascend-Data-Rate. Ascend-Data-Rate works properly when it's the only attribute - limits speeds to the requested value. However, when I have Ascend-Data-Rate and Ascend-Xmit-Rate both in place, the values are reversed. Xmit controls the download speed, and ...
by Syonyk
Tue Feb 15, 2005 11:09 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Is there a way to allow/disallow PPPoE logins via RADIUS?
Replies: 1
Views: 967

Looks like I found a solution. If I don't have an address pool available to the PPP service, a PPPoE login fails with "Server did not assign an IP address." Assigning an address pool to Hotspot but not PPP will let you do this - and then you assign a static IP to a user with PPPoE. -=Russ=-
by Syonyk
Tue Feb 15, 2005 10:03 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Is there a way to allow/disallow PPPoE logins via RADIUS?
Replies: 1
Views: 967

Is there a way to allow/disallow PPPoE logins via RADIUS?

I'm working on a project, and I need to know if there is a way to enable/disable PPPoE logins via RADIUS attributes. HotSpot will always be enabled, but I would like a select list of individuals to be able to use PPPoE. All users are authenticated against a freeradius server, so it would have to be ...