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by savagedavid
Mon Aug 14, 2023 11:58 am
Forum: General
Topic: BGP graceful-restart in ROSv6 or ROSv7 [SOLVED]
Replies: 10
Views: 2508

Re: BGP graceful-restart in ROSv6 or ROSv7 [SOLVED]

See attached below
by savagedavid
Mon Apr 17, 2023 8:26 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: Routing rule use cases
Replies: 16
Views: 15709

Re: Routing rule use cases

In my network we have a number of routers that are "shared" devices between different providers. In some cases different default gateways are required depending on source IP address. Routing Rules provide a very simple way to implement this without using Mangle / VRF or another much more c...
by savagedavid
Mon Nov 07, 2022 7:20 am
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: Feature Request: Admin Web Interface for the User Manager
Replies: 5
Views: 3689

Re: Feature Request: Admin Web Interface for the User Manager

Have you tried managing it using Webfig? If you create a skin you can make something pretty close to what you are asking for. Hello MikroTik We would like to request to re-add the old feature "Admin Web Interface for the User Manager" in the new version of User Manager in RouterOS 7 (um5) ...
by savagedavid
Thu Mar 17, 2022 3:29 pm
Forum: RouterOS beta
Topic: Firewall Address List in Route Filters [solved]
Replies: 2
Views: 1372

Re: Firewall Address List in Route Filters [solved]

I received a response from support. Seems like firewall address list can only match an exact prefix and not a range. It might be added in a future release.
by savagedavid
Mon Mar 14, 2022 8:07 pm
Forum: RouterOS beta
Topic: Firewall Address List in Route Filters [solved]
Replies: 2
Views: 1372

Firewall Address List in Route Filters [solved]

I'm not sure if this is a bug or a feature request! With v7 BGP you need to advertise networks by using a firewall address list. I have a script that automatically sets up all the filters for me, previously populating BGP Networks and using the same info to update scripts was quite easy. With the ne...
by savagedavid
Thu Dec 16, 2021 5:57 am
Forum: RouterOS beta
Topic: V7 Feature Request firewall address list for IP Services
Replies: 2
Views: 1811

Re: V7 Feature Request firewall address list for IP Services

OR IP ROUTE RULES (source address list) !!!
This is a great idea!
by savagedavid
Wed Dec 15, 2021 7:31 pm
Forum: RouterOS beta
Topic: V7 Feature Request firewall address list for IP Services
Replies: 2
Views: 1811

V7 Feature Request firewall address list for IP Services

Not sure if this has been requested before. It would be really great if you could reference a firewall address list in IP--Services for allowed addresses. Very often you would have an address list of "management" IP ranges allowed in the firewall and this is often the same as winbox/SSH al...
by savagedavid
Wed Dec 15, 2021 11:46 am
Forum: RouterOS beta
Topic: Routing Filter conversion v6 to v7
Replies: 6
Views: 5281

Routing Filter conversion v6 to v7

I have noticed when migrating from v6 filters to v7 filter the prefix length 0-32 does not seem to translate properly.

For example this
prefix-length=0-32
translates to
 dst-len > 32 

where is my mind it should be
dst-len <= 32
by savagedavid
Tue Dec 14, 2021 9:32 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: V7 firewall address list in route filters
Replies: 1
Views: 2498

Re: V7 firewall address list in route filters

Never mind, I just answered my own question. Turns out you just type the address list name instead of an IP and it works fine.
/ip/firewall/address-list/add address=10.2.1.16/29 list=isp-prefix
 /routing/filter/rule/add chain=ospf-in rule="if (dst in isp-prefix) {reject}"
by savagedavid
Tue Dec 14, 2021 8:55 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: V7 firewall address list in route filters
Replies: 1
Views: 2498

V7 firewall address list in route filters

Busy getting my head around route filters and V7 and trying to update my scripts. In V7 you no longer advertise in BGP--Networks (which does not exist) and you now do it via a firewall address list. My question is: can you use firewall address-list entries in BGP route filters? It would make a lot o...
by savagedavid
Mon Apr 01, 2019 11:47 am
Forum: General
Topic: Router Upgrade causes network lockup
Replies: 5
Views: 1694

Router Upgrade causes network lockup

Wondering if anyone has experienced anything like this. We have a CCR1072 core router that links to several other CCR routers (1016, 1036, 1072). The router runs both BGP and OSPF and links our AS to the internal network. We decided to embark on a routine upgrade since it had net been done for close...
by savagedavid
Wed May 02, 2018 8:13 am
Forum: The Dude
Topic: the dude- I cant add any pakage to the file
Replies: 9
Views: 9239

Re: the dude- I cant add any pakage to the file

Solved: I managed to work around the problem by creating a folder structure on my local PC e.g. /dude/files/[filename}
Then drag the entire file structure to Winbox. This added the package in the correct place and it appears in Dude monitor under Packages.
by savagedavid
Tue Feb 23, 2016 9:18 am
Forum: General
Topic: RoMON Feature request
Replies: 0
Views: 722

RoMON Feature request

The RoMON system works well, but is is a concern that any valid user account including those with Read access can access the RoMON system. It would be great if RoMON could be added as a right in User Groups so that it can be restricted on a policy basis.
by savagedavid
Sat Feb 02, 2013 10:22 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: CLOUD CORE ROUTER
Replies: 1373
Views: 1186468

Re: CLOUD CORE ROUTER

I think I have tracked the problem down. Seems like the CCR's are much more sensitive to heat. The CPU temp was exceeding 75 degrees in the location it was installed (the RB1100AH did not seem to have a problem in the same location). Back in the DC it does not freeze at all. I am going to look at ad...
by savagedavid
Fri Feb 01, 2013 1:31 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: CLOUD CORE ROUTER
Replies: 1373
Views: 1186468

Re: CLOUD CORE ROUTER

Hello again savagedavid, just require a less buggy ROS release to take full advantage. this is more related to the new hardware platform type from Tilera, but if they get it false free running and other well known bugs and issues are also fixed, it must be a really cool device, i personally think. ...
by savagedavid
Fri Feb 01, 2013 1:28 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: CLOUD CORE ROUTER
Replies: 1373
Views: 1186468

Re: CLOUD CORE ROUTER

I really think that we all should change the former thinking in my opinion, because today we have 36 cpu cores and not only one or two cores! Am I right with this? If the CPU load from the CCR is under 36% of total CPU load it will be shown as 0-1% of each core > 36% : 36 cores = 0%. And now backwa...
by savagedavid
Fri Feb 01, 2013 12:12 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: CLOUD CORE ROUTER
Replies: 1373
Views: 1186468

Re: CLOUD CORE ROUTER

Seems I spoke too soon. The RC8 unit is still freezing. We have installed the old RB1100 at one location and continue to monitor.
by savagedavid
Fri Feb 01, 2013 11:31 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: CLOUD CORE ROUTER
Replies: 1373
Views: 1186468

Re: CLOUD CORE ROUTER

Hello savagedavid, One side is now freezing up constantly. This morning one of the CCR's is frozen. And what is with the other CCR? Is it running fine or there are also problems? We eventually figured out the freezing side had not taken the RC8 upgrade (corrupt file upload) so we fixed that. The ot...
by savagedavid
Fri Feb 01, 2013 10:15 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: CLOUD CORE ROUTER
Replies: 1373
Views: 1186468

Re: CLOUD CORE ROUTER

One side is now freezing up constantly. In addition pings across the fibre are 0ms but every 10th ping or so it either times out or jumps to 50+ms.
by savagedavid
Fri Feb 01, 2013 8:22 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: CLOUD CORE ROUTER
Replies: 1373
Views: 1186468

Re: CLOUD CORE ROUTER

A few problems I have picked up: Last night we installed 2 x CCR1036 between our DC and a fibre connected highsite. This morning one of the CCR's is frozen. Shows up in IP neighbors but cannot be accessed otherwise. Waiting for a technician to get onsite so that we can reboot and upgrade to RC8. Asi...
by savagedavid
Tue Nov 06, 2012 4:38 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Double QoS for v6 is possible
Replies: 71
Views: 53973

Re: Double QoS for v6 is possible

I have not seen it yet. If what you are saying is accurate then I agree, queue tree should not be required.
by savagedavid
Tue Nov 06, 2012 3:22 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Double QoS for v6 is possible
Replies: 71
Views: 53973

Re: Double QoS for v6 is possible

one global (well, not about global queues, but about ideology :) ) question: do we still need queue tree at all? in the light of kernel-level optimizations of Simple Queues and remembering Occam's razor to make queues more homogeneous, maybe it worths to transform Queue Tree to another set of Simpl...
by savagedavid
Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:10 am
Forum: General
Topic: Syn Flood Protection for ISP
Replies: 6
Views: 9290

Re: Syn Flood Protection for ISP

It's not unusual for clients running torrent applications to have many hundreds of connections. Can you post an export of your exact configuration? It sounds as if you might be limiting on an entire range rather than a single IP.
by savagedavid
Fri Mar 30, 2012 9:50 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: MPLS network file transfer issues
Replies: 11
Views: 3635

Re: MPLS network file transfer issues

so now what do you do with such bad devices which are working hence not qualified for replacement or any other warranty issues??..... becomes a capital liability.... does it? The problem only happens when going into a switched network. On highsites connecting to other routers it has no problems. Fo...
by savagedavid
Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:24 am
Forum: General
Topic: "Dynamic" DNS servers
Replies: 4
Views: 21401

"Dynamic" DNS servers

Please note from 5.13 changelog *) dhcp client - revert DNS settings on dhcp client disable; What this means is if you get IP details from DHCP it wont write it into your fixed DNS settings. Instead it creates a "dynamic-servers" entry with the DNS servers listed there. It will not show up...
by savagedavid
Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:25 am
Forum: General
Topic: HotSpot Customization
Replies: 3
Views: 1334

Re: HotSpot Customization

It will require a lot of back-end modification and customization to get what you want. It's not going to be easy or cheap to really do. I realize that and indicated to the client. He still wants some kind of ballpark figure though. 2.) For the survey requirement, that will require a custom remote l...
by savagedavid
Mon Mar 19, 2012 2:53 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: MPLS network file transfer issues
Replies: 11
Views: 3635

Re: MPLS network file transfer issues

Does Rb1200 gad latest version and latest bios version?
yes and yes, first step I took was upgrading every device in the path :)
by savagedavid
Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:54 am
Forum: General
Topic: HotSpot Customization
Replies: 3
Views: 1334

HotSpot Customization

We have a client with a Mikrotik Hotspot onsite and a remote Mikrotik User Manager that authenticates users. What they want is a 30 minute voucher, that if expired, brings a pop up/ or redirects their browser - this takes them to a survey. If the user completes the survey they have their time extend...
by savagedavid
Sun Mar 18, 2012 12:10 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: MPLS network file transfer issues
Replies: 11
Views: 3635

Re: MPLS network file transfer issues

David, Are the RB1200's by any chance using bonding? We have seen very similar issues but only with bonding. Nope, no bonding. It's a very standard routed network running OSPF. The issue is very weird indeed. When pinging from the 1200 router to a directly connected device (another router or a lapt...
by savagedavid
Sun Mar 18, 2012 11:40 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: MPLS network file transfer issues
Replies: 11
Views: 3635

Re: MPLS network file transfer issues

Update II: I replaced the 3 x RB1200 with 1 RB100AHx2 and 2 x RB493AH (It's all I had in stock). Performance increased massively and immediately. I can now do file copy across the network between 2 Windows 7 machines (using windows file transfer) at 96mbps, which is the limit on the 10/100 ether por...
by savagedavid
Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:49 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: MPLS network file transfer issues
Replies: 11
Views: 3635

Re: MPLS network file transfer issues

Update: Seems the problem is with the RB1200 routers on ether side of the link! Replaced one of the routers with an RB1100AHx2 and response immediately improved hugely. I am running more tests now and will post back results.
by savagedavid
Sat Mar 17, 2012 8:12 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: MPLS network file transfer issues
Replies: 11
Views: 3635

Re: MPLS network file transfer issues

is this UDP or TCP test? copy files in windows is not the best way to test speed. Try btest (mikrotik) or iperf. Still bad, try change frequency. Still bad, adjust adjust adjust antenna. Sorry, I don't think you understand the problem. Wireless connection and bandwidth test is absolutely perfect. U...
by savagedavid
Fri Mar 16, 2012 1:47 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Two RX SXT atation bridge - bridge. How to reach best speed?
Replies: 12
Views: 4893

Re: Two RX SXT atation bridge - bridge. How to reach best sp

In actual testing we have found that station-wds with NV2 delivers higher bandwidth test speeds, but performs quite poorly when copying multiple small files. The best results overall seem to be using MPLS/VPLS pseudowire.
by savagedavid
Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:14 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: MPLS network file transfer issues
Replies: 11
Views: 3635

MPLS network file transfer issues

I am having a particularly frustrating time with a client network. We upgraded some links from an old x86 routerboard platform running 5Ghz turbo and nstreme to an 802.11n system running NV2. Previous system (turbo+nstreme): Bandwidth Test: 65-70mbps Windows File copy: 20mbps application performance...
by savagedavid
Tue Jan 17, 2012 7:21 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Microtik AP
Replies: 1
Views: 1097

Microtik AP

You are probably referring to the RB800 with wireless daughterboard option. It has 4096 vlans per port, so just using the 3 ether ports you can have 12000+ vlans!


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I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-33.809637,18.475089
by savagedavid
Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:42 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Routerboard 435g
Replies: 11
Views: 3897

Re: Routerboard 435g

We eventually receive our GBPOE stock and installed. Getting around 180mbps btest to the ether port and wireless performance of 125-130mbps TCP bandwidth running btest between 2 x RB1200 connected to a transparent bridge using RB711G. Full Duplex testing delivers around 150mbps aggregate.
by savagedavid
Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:23 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Breaking my head trying to access yahoo and other https site
Replies: 6
Views: 6322

Re: Breaking my head trying to access yahoo and other https

i am using ADSL routers in router mode as my gateways. the adsl routers create the pppoe connection to my isp. is this what you mean? Not really, this normally happens with multiple tunnels within. It's always possible that your ISP may be doing something further up the line. In any event the probl...
by savagedavid
Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:19 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Breaking my head trying to access yahoo and other https site
Replies: 6
Views: 6322

Re: Breaking my head trying to access yahoo and other https

You are probably accessing the internet through a tunneled connection (e.g. PPtP tunneled over PPPoE to deliver public IP's) and that creates problems with MTU/MSS when using another PPPoE connection inside your network
by savagedavid
Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:19 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Routerboard 435g
Replies: 11
Views: 3897

Re: Routerboard 435g

Good to hear. I wonder if MikroTik can give us the pin layout so we can build it into our power systems?
by savagedavid
Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:11 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Routerboard 435g
Replies: 11
Views: 3897

Re: Routerboard 435g

Please keep us posted, I am having the same issue.
by savagedavid
Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:03 am
Forum: General
Topic: European MUM video is now LIVE!
Replies: 17
Views: 3813

Re: European MUM video is now LIVE!

Curse you MT for teasing us with such mouthwatering new products! I can wait to get my hands on some of it. The RB750UP is exactly the product I have been waiting for, since currently we have to manufacture our own multi-poe injectors to use with the common rail battery backup PSU's that are working...
by savagedavid
Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:51 pm
Forum: General
Topic: [SOLVED] RB450G dhcp server not oferring leases
Replies: 19
Views: 6963

Re: RB450G dhcp server not oferring leases

Sorry out of ideas then. I have never had any issues with XP myself.
by savagedavid
Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:17 pm
Forum: General
Topic: [SOLVED] RB450G dhcp server not oferring leases
Replies: 19
Views: 6963

Re: RB450G dhcp server not oferring leases

I admit I am also taking a few shots in the dark here. What happens if you uncheck "Always Broadcast"? This essentially stops the DHCP server from sending a broadcast check to see if an address is currently in use. Long shot, but worth a try.
by savagedavid
Fri Mar 04, 2011 5:59 pm
Forum: General
Topic: [SOLVED] RB450G dhcp server not oferring leases
Replies: 19
Views: 6963

Re: RB450G dhcp server not oferring leases

it looks like the XP machine is trying to renew an IP given to itself via Automatic Private IP address. Can you disable that setting and see if anything happens?
by savagedavid
Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:45 pm
Forum: General
Topic: [SOLVED] RB450G dhcp server not oferring leases
Replies: 19
Views: 6963

Re: RB450G dhcp server not oferring leases

Have you enabled logging for DHCP server? e.g.

/system logging add action=memory disabled=no prefix="" topics=dhcp

This will give you much more detailed logs and could provide us with better clues as to the problem.
by savagedavid
Fri Mar 04, 2011 8:09 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: NV2
Replies: 4
Views: 1977

Re: NV2

AFAIK there is currently no 100% effective way to detect all Skype packets for effective QOS. There are some limited success L7 filters, but it seems every new Skype version changes the way it uses the network so it will probably only be 40-50% effective. The filter below definitely captures packets...
by savagedavid
Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:03 am
Forum: General
Topic: MUM in Australia. Would you come?
Replies: 113
Views: 33619

Re: MUM in Australia. Would you come?

@Normis, I'm in Perth Australia and although I would love to attend the Brisbane MUM I doubt I will be able to make it(opposite side of the Country). Are there any online courses I can do for the MTCNA? we don't offer online courses, sorry. but just so you know, there will be people from USA and Eu...
by savagedavid
Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:57 am
Forum: General
Topic: MUM in Australia. Would you come?
Replies: 113
Views: 33619

Re: MUM in Australia. Would you come?

Hi Justin, MT should change the pre-requisite to "MTCNA or relevant experience".... There are a lot of people who MTCNA would be a waste of time for, but would find MTCRE useful. I don't necessarily agree here. I think people mistakenly think the MTCNA is a "basic" course. It is...
by savagedavid
Sun Feb 27, 2011 1:58 pm
Forum: General
Topic: MUM in Australia. Would you come?
Replies: 113
Views: 33619

Re: MUM in Australia. Would you come?

We have committed to OZ-MUM. April 15th is our US tax day so this will be a good escape. I am looking forward to the show. I'll be the guy in the roc-noc T-Shirt. Stop by and say hello. We have some free MUM vouchers available for the asking. Free L4 license and free food. You must attend to receiv...
by savagedavid
Wed Feb 02, 2011 6:55 pm
Forum: General
Topic: MUM in Australia. Would you come?
Replies: 113
Views: 33619

Re: MUM in Australia. Would you come?

Damn, was hoping for MTCRE at a minimum :(
If there is enough interest...
I am sure a plan can be made
by savagedavid
Wed Dec 29, 2010 5:24 pm
Forum: The Dude
Topic: How to send reports of voltage?
Replies: 2
Views: 1181

Re: How to send reports of voltage?

I have written a Wiki entry for this. Check under http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Display_v ... be_devices
by savagedavid
Wed Dec 22, 2010 1:50 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: OSPF backbon and number of APs
Replies: 12
Views: 3246

Re: OSPF backbon and number of APs

Loopback address has no practical application here is why. Like you said, there has to be at least one link working (connection wire/wireless) to the device. So, you have interface with ip to connect. You don't need any loopback interface etc. since there has to be at least one virtual or physical ...
by savagedavid
Fri Dec 10, 2010 11:53 am
Forum: General
Topic: MUM in Australia. Would you come?
Replies: 113
Views: 33619

Re: MUM in Australia. Would you come?

Travel will be a challenge but I would certainly consider coming
by savagedavid
Wed Dec 08, 2010 1:01 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: OSPF backbon and number of APs
Replies: 12
Views: 3246

Re: OSPF backbon and number of APs

The other advantage of loopback (especially in MPLS setup) is that the loopback address will not go down if one of the interfaces is disconnected (as might happen with an IP on a WLAN). It also helps with keeping Source IP consistent when using it in RADIUS or anywhere else that you specify source IP.
by savagedavid
Wed Dec 08, 2010 11:40 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Simple Transparent P2P Bridge RB411 <--> RB411
Replies: 10
Views: 4332

Re: Simple Transparent P2P Bridge RB411 <--> RB411

> Did you try this configuration? ...(MPLS) No, I haven't tried it, but I did notice this statement on that page: "802.11n speed is limited over WDS bridges, this method doesn't have such limitations" I don't understand why bridging with WDS would limit the speed. Does anyone have more in...
by savagedavid
Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:41 am
Forum: General
Topic: Simple Queue - Limit at a certain time
Replies: 7
Views: 4248

Re: Simple Queue - Limit at a certain time

Simple queues really just transparently generate items in global-in, global-out and global-total. I know the manual says: If you have simple queues and queue tree in the same HTB - simple queues will get traffic first. But that isn't how it actually works. You are totally correct. I tested it out u...
by savagedavid
Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:30 am
Forum: General
Topic: Simple Queue - Limit at a certain time
Replies: 7
Views: 4248

Re: Simple Queue - Limit at a certain time

Fair enough - I will test it out myself (I don't mix queue trees and simple queues so I am only referencing the manual). If it is the case we need to lobby to have it changed.
by savagedavid
Tue Dec 07, 2010 11:39 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Simple Queue - Limit at a certain time
Replies: 7
Views: 4248

Re: Simple Queue - Limit at a certain time

Queue trees attached to global-in and global-out always override simple queues. Use those instead. This is not the case. A Simple queue will get traffic before the queue tree. See: http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Queue for more details Whatsoever, only thing I managed to make is limit in downl...
by savagedavid
Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:38 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Stupid Question. Why not run Power up a Tower ?
Replies: 2
Views: 978

Re: Stupid Question. Why not run Power up a Tower ?

in most countries it is illegal
by savagedavid
Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:39 pm
Forum: The Dude
Topic: How to display Voltage for mipsbe boards that support it
Replies: 1
Views: 1167

How to display Voltage for mipsbe boards that support it

I have put up a wiki article detailing how to display voltage along with cpu and mem. Please give me feedback if it is helpfull.
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Display_v ... be_devices
by savagedavid
Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:40 am
Forum: General
Topic: What happened to the MPLS package after 3.23?
Replies: 11
Views: 1968

Re: What happened to the MPLS package after 3.23?

With OSPF on routing-test I have had several cases where the default instance fails only to start up again after a few reboots. Also routes seem to be persistent and don't get removed even when they are no longer valid (e.g. when removing an IP address from an interface often the route will remain b...
by savagedavid
Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:02 pm
Forum: General
Topic: What happened to the MPLS package after 3.23?
Replies: 11
Views: 1968

Re: What happened to the MPLS package after 3.23?

Up until 3.23 it was distributed as a regular package able to run with the standard routing package and also as a beta (test) package. This is no longer the case it would seem. Now you would have to run the routing-test package to run MPLS. Since I have had stability problems in OSPF with the routin...
by savagedavid
Fri Aug 07, 2009 1:25 pm
Forum: General
Topic: What happened to the MPLS package after 3.23?
Replies: 11
Views: 1968

Re: What happened to the MPLS package after 3.23?

That is the beta package - are you saying there is no stable release for MPLS?
by savagedavid
Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:12 am
Forum: General
Topic: Rb411AH Bridge Issues
Replies: 2
Views: 1091

Re: Rb411AH Bridge Issues

You cannot bridge a wireless interface running in Station mode. You need to use station-pseudobridge or station-pseudobridge-clone. Alternatively you can use station-wds mode with wds enabled on the AP.
by savagedavid
Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:01 am
Forum: General
Topic: What happened to the MPLS package after 3.23?
Replies: 11
Views: 1968

Re: What happened to the MPLS package after 3.23?

so is there any answer to the mystery of the missing package?
by savagedavid
Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:17 pm
Forum: General
Topic: What happened to the MPLS package after 3.23?
Replies: 11
Views: 1968

Re: What happened to the MPLS package after 3.23?

to be sure I downloaded the all-packages file and checked in there too...
by savagedavid
Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:12 pm
Forum: General
Topic: What happened to the MPLS package after 3.23?
Replies: 11
Views: 1968

Re: What happened to the MPLS package after 3.23?

It is not there - only the beta package is available
by savagedavid
Wed Aug 05, 2009 2:54 pm
Forum: General
Topic: What happened to the MPLS package after 3.23?
Replies: 11
Views: 1968

What happened to the MPLS package after 3.23?

I hope I am not missing something obvious here, but from version 3.24 onwards the MPLS package is no longer available. What has happened to it?
by savagedavid
Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:06 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: RB750 vs RB450
Replies: 47
Views: 28395

Re: RB750 vs RB450

My boss's main objection initially to the Mikrotiks didn't come from any deficiencies in the hardware, the problem was the casing and the DIY approach. Agreed, I sometimes feel embarrassed going to a client with an indoor RB450G unit. No box, manual, etc. Whatever happened to the RB532's that Mikro...
by savagedavid
Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:55 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: RB750 vs RB450
Replies: 47
Views: 28395

Re: RB750 vs RB450

Agreed on almost every point. I would have 2 applications: A "standard" client who would be very happy with a plastic case RB750 style unit, and a "professional" client who would demand the 1U/2U style device in their rack. Both unit styles have their place. For outdoor applicati...
by savagedavid
Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:26 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: RB750 vs RB450
Replies: 47
Views: 28395

Re: RB750 vs RB450

That limits you to a single (very expensive) unit for every application. What if you want 9 ports on your router (e.g. 493AH) or even 450G as in previous discussion?
by savagedavid
Tue Jul 21, 2009 2:26 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: RB750 vs RB450
Replies: 47
Views: 28395

Re: RB750 vs RB450

I didn't say it's unrelieable. they are both very good, and similarly powerful. one of them is in a plastic case, and lacks a serial port. also RB450 now come with Level5 license (!) whereas RB750 comes with Level4 I hear all of that and agree in most cases. However the problem I have is even with ...
by savagedavid
Fri Jan 09, 2009 11:43 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Mikrotik router stops routing WTF!
Replies: 8
Views: 2051

Re: Mikrotik router stops routing WTF!

In Winbox click Make supout.rif ...

Third menu from the bottom
by savagedavid
Fri Jan 09, 2009 12:06 am
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: Major Problem - Userman @ 100% CPU
Replies: 0
Views: 1078

Major Problem - Userman @ 100% CPU

All of a sudden Usermanager is causing my router to sit at 100% usage and will not authenticate clients. System is an RB433AH with an 8gig Compact Flash. Userman database is stored on CF. Running 3.17 with latest bios version. If I disable the usermanager package CPU drops to 1% and the board works ...
by savagedavid
Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:24 am
Forum: General
Topic: Automatic user account creation
Replies: 4
Views: 1494

Re: Automatic user account creation

If you use Mikrotik User Manager it includes a self-signup option built in - virtually no setup is required. Check the Wiki entry for UserManager - it is quite well documented.
by savagedavid
Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:20 am
Forum: General
Topic: RADIUS server is not responding
Replies: 4
Views: 1600

Re: RADIUS server is not responding

if your PC router is a User Manager radius server and the Hotspot make sure you specify an outgoing interface on your masquerade rule, otherwise the loopback address wont be presented to the User Manager and it will cause errors.
by savagedavid
Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:58 pm
Forum: General
Topic: South African payment gateway??
Replies: 2
Views: 980

Re: South African payment gateway??

Hi Headstrong

We are currently working on a local payment gateway that can intergrate into virtually any RADIUS system (we are currently testing it with User Manager in an active hotspot)

Contact me offline for more details.
by savagedavid
Sun Jun 01, 2008 10:23 am
Forum: General
Topic: High cpu usage on bridge TCP / bridge weirdness
Replies: 16
Views: 5166

Re: High cpu usage on bridge TCP / bridge weirdness

Another tip - if you are looking for speed and dont need firewall / nat features, disable the Connection Tracking system (IP -- Firewall -- Connections -- Tracking). This will give a good 10-15% speed increase.
by savagedavid
Sat May 31, 2008 3:45 pm
Forum: General
Topic: new feature:Dynamic ppp address-lists
Replies: 33
Views: 19906

Re: new feature:Dynamic ppp address-lists

Update: Note your User Manager AND your highsite must be running 3.10 for this to work!
by savagedavid
Fri May 30, 2008 6:46 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Can RouterOS and ISA Server co-exist?
Replies: 9
Views: 2679

Re: Can RouterOS and ISA Server co-exist?

ISA cannot do ANY type of load balancing at all. It is very primitive in that respect. It can routing without any problem via Windows Routing and Remote Access - dont expext miracles beyond basic static routing though. Look at ISA as more of a "client and application management server" rat...
by savagedavid
Fri May 30, 2008 6:40 pm
Forum: General
Topic: new feature:Dynamic ppp address-lists
Replies: 33
Views: 19906

Re: new feature:Dynamic ppp address-lists

The Hotspot Address List feature is a great one for me - it has solved a problem I have been working on trying to have different "classes" of hotspot user routed down different bandwidth lines. This makes it super easy to do! One more request though - can you make it possible to specify th...
by savagedavid
Fri May 30, 2008 12:16 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Cannot change hotmail Pasword behind mikrotik
Replies: 7
Views: 1710

Re: Cannot change hotmail Pasword behind mikrotik

Need more detail. Chances are if you are behind a DSL router that you need to add a mangle to change the MSS value - this has been fairly well documented elsewhere.
by savagedavid
Tue May 27, 2008 10:32 am
Forum: General
Topic: Satellite Download Limits
Replies: 10
Views: 2294

Re: Satellite Download Limits

Using firewall passthrough / mangle will essentially do the same thing as a queue and with the same limitations (except it will use less resources). The queue is a lot easier to monitor in real time though.
by savagedavid
Tue May 27, 2008 1:17 am
Forum: General
Topic: Satellite Download Limits
Replies: 10
Views: 2294

Re: Satellite Download Limits

A real simple way would be to add a queue on the satellite interface - not perfect because it will lose the count if the board reboots, also it is (apparently) not 100% accurate. But for your purpose it should work fine.
by savagedavid
Tue May 27, 2008 1:06 am
Forum: General
Topic: hotspot redirect blocked by mt proxy
Replies: 99
Views: 33851

Re: hotspot redirect blocked by mt proxy

Today I did a system reset, upgraded the unit to 3.9 and installed from scratch. I still have the same problem - no walled garden entries work - eventually it gives a proxy timeout. I have disabled the transparent proxy setting under the default user profile. Since all authentication comes from Radi...
by savagedavid
Thu May 15, 2008 11:43 am
Forum: General
Topic: hotspot redirect blocked by mt proxy
Replies: 99
Views: 33851

Re: hotspot redirect blocked by mt proxy

Hi Omega00 I tried all options for disabling the proxy. New information I have suggests that the custom website we use for the hotspot is based on version2.9 files, and there are now altered / additional files in version 3. We are updating the custom pages with a ver3 template to see if that solves ...
by savagedavid
Wed May 14, 2008 1:29 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: arp poisoning ??
Replies: 3
Views: 1771

Re: arp poisoning ??

Not sure what you mean by "legal". You can use Verisign or Thawt for a paid option, or you can try cacert.org for a free option.
by savagedavid
Mon May 12, 2008 11:55 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: arp poisoning ??
Replies: 3
Views: 1771

Re: arp poisoning ??

Use HTTPS authentication instead of HTTP
by savagedavid
Mon May 05, 2008 12:18 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Question: Default Forward and Default Authenticate
Replies: 11
Views: 33601

Re: Question: Default Forward and Default Authenticate

Default Authenticate is not a flip flop! You can set the default behaviour under the wireless menu and then override the default behaviour using access/connect lists. default-forwarding (on AP) – gives ability to disable the communication between the wireless clients default-authentication – enables...
by savagedavid
Sun May 04, 2008 11:41 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Firewall setup - Block all inbound but allow all outbound
Replies: 10
Views: 12427

Re: Firewall setup - Block all inbound but allow all outbound

A simple way would be to masquerade the network if you dont mind having a natted output. This will effectively hide your network behind the router but still allow all outgoing traffic. Currently the last rule in your list will drop ALL traffic in the forward chain, in and out, so the result you are ...
by savagedavid
Sun May 04, 2008 11:34 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Loading system with Initrd, after Upgrade from 2.9 to 3.7
Replies: 3
Views: 3847

Re: Loading system with Initrd, after Upgrade from 2.9 to 3.7

Do you have a backup of the router? If so you can do a netinstall onto the CF using a cF adapter and any windows machine running Netinstall. This should repair the problem as it initiates a fresh install when the CF is first booted on the target machine. It wont affect the license either. Afterwards...
by savagedavid
Sun May 04, 2008 11:24 pm
Forum: General
Topic: hotspot redirect blocked by mt proxy
Replies: 99
Views: 33851

Re: hotspot redirect blocked by mt proxy

Quite a process to fix it seems. I tested the walled garden on a stock router running a new install and it works fine - it seems the problem might be an upgrade issue from 2.9 to 3. I cant restore the production hotspot as easily, but I will let you know what happens when I get to it.
by savagedavid
Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:37 pm
Forum: General
Topic: hotspot redirect blocked by mt proxy
Replies: 99
Views: 33851

Re: hotspot redirect blocked by mt proxy

I am currently experiencing similar problems after moving from 2.9.50 to 3.6 - walled garden entries gives a proxy timeout even after disabling all web proxy / transparent proxy features.
by savagedavid
Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:09 pm
Forum: General
Topic: MPLS and VPLS with Traffic Engineering Lab Setup
Replies: 19
Views: 10211

Re: MPLS and VPLS with Traffic Engineering Lab Setup

Support for TE in 3.7 mpls package is rather limited - although it supports TE tunnels, there are limited abilities to direct traffic over them (e.g. no way to direct VPLS or MPBGP IP VPN traffic over TE tunnels). As of version 3.8 new mpls-test package will be introduced that together with routing...
by savagedavid
Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:05 pm
Forum: General
Topic: MPLS and VPLS with Traffic Engineering Lab Setup
Replies: 19
Views: 10211

Re: MPLS and VPLS with Traffic Engineering Lab Setup

Does anyone know if there is any information on the Traffic Engineering support included in the 3.7 version of ROS? A command line reference maybe or any kind of documentation.
by savagedavid
Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:48 pm
Forum: General
Topic: MPLS and VPLS with Traffic Engineering Lab Setup
Replies: 19
Views: 10211

MPLS and VPLS with Traffic Engineering Lab Setup

I am busy setting up a lab to test various MPLS configurations. You can check my results so far on the WIKI: http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/MPLS_Lab_Setup I am hoping to start up a conversation around this to test the capabilities of MPLS and see how it operates with regard to RouterOS Please give me...
by savagedavid
Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:37 am
Forum: General
Topic: ROS 3.0 RC13 Released
Replies: 21
Views: 6850

Re: ROS 3.0 RC12 Released

well the webpage doesn't list this file because we removed it due to the mentioned problem. notice that webpage only lists RC11. Please wait until a fix for X86 is released. It seems like that uses the new format CPU naming convention but the files are on the server under the old names. I managed t...
by savagedavid
Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:32 am
Forum: General
Topic: Cache Array Redundancy Protocol (CARP) and proxy load balanc
Replies: 2
Views: 2167

Cache Array Redundancy Protocol (CARP) and proxy load balanc

Are there any plans to implement CARP or a form of it in upcoming releases of ROS3? Currently I have found the best proxy proxy method (for myself) is using MT as the transparent proxy and then using a Squid Acceleration proxy as the parent. It would be great to be able to use multiple squid proxies...
by savagedavid
Sun Oct 28, 2007 8:28 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Problem with User Manager on local router
Replies: 1
Views: 1507

Problem with User Manager on local router

After upgrading to to 3.0RC9 my routerboard 532, which is running a hotspot on the wireless and also running the User Manager system, now refuses to authenticate hotspot users via radius. I keep getting a RADIUS server timeout message. It was working perfectly before the upgrade. I tried removing th...
by savagedavid
Mon Aug 06, 2007 5:32 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Backhaul and non-satisfactory results
Replies: 19
Views: 4236

Re: Backhaul and non-satisfactory results

That would require a MT PPPoE Concentrator at all tower locations correct? If that was the best solution that i know that works well, then i wouldn't have a problem doing that... Matt Matt Having a PPPOE concentrator at each highsite is pretty much the WISP standard in my part of the world. Most wi...
by savagedavid
Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:04 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Recommendations for Nstreme2 Link
Replies: 1
Views: 850

Re: Recommendations for Nstreme2 Link

It sounds pretty straighforward - assuming not too much interference from outside you should be able to reach 30-35mbps each way on your link. I have achieved up to 70mbps total throughput using 532R5's - you dont need the A version by the way - the extra memory wont be needed. The advantage of the ...
by savagedavid
Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:57 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Backhaul and non-satisfactory results
Replies: 19
Views: 4236

Re: Backhaul and non-satisfactory results

Why are you using WDS for a backhaul link? While WDS is very effective in certain situations its not designed to be used in long range links.

Have you tried a PTP setup instead and measured the results?
by savagedavid
Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:14 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: what motherboards works with router os
Replies: 6
Views: 2107

Re: what motherboards works with router os

Would a system with 2 quad core xeon processors be supported?
It's pretty much kernel dependent so figure anything that a Linux 2.6 kernel would support would be supported.
by savagedavid
Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:55 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: High speed wireless link - opinions
Replies: 1
Views: 894

High speed wireless link - opinions

I have just upgraded one of my backbone links from RB532 to a PC based router. It is a link over 7.4KM using R52's either side. If I run 5.8 Turbo with Nstreme, Polling and Dynamic size I get incredible results - up to 75mbps on a tcp bandwidth test. The problem is the link is very unstable - it run...
by savagedavid
Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:41 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Online Training - Opinions please
Replies: 8
Views: 1732

Re: Online Training - Opinions please

Thank you for the positive feedback - I will continue to work on it.
by savagedavid
Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:25 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Limiting the packets per second - dst-limit
Replies: 2
Views: 1268

Re: Limiting the packets per second - dst-limit

The dst-limit is an "accept" rule - so this rule will match if limit is at or below the specified amount. You would need a drop rule of some sort after the dst-limit rule to limit the sessions
by savagedavid
Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:37 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Online Training - Opinions please
Replies: 8
Views: 1732

Online Training - Opinions please

I have been thinking about providing some online training on Mikrotik. I have a small beta training session available here: http://www.mikrotiksa.com/mtbasic/BasicSetup.htm . Please check it out and tell me if it is something you can see being useful. All comments whether good are bad are welcome. T...
by savagedavid
Wed Jul 04, 2007 1:09 pm
Forum: General
Topic: 2.9.44 Changelog
Replies: 3
Views: 1040

Re: 2.9.44 Changelog

Thank you I missed that completely! :D
by savagedavid
Wed Jul 04, 2007 1:03 pm
Forum: General
Topic: 2.9.44 Changelog
Replies: 3
Views: 1040

2.9.44 Changelog

The Changelog link for 2.9.44 seems to be broken. If anyone has the changelog can you post it please.
by savagedavid
Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:52 am
Forum: General
Topic: Huawei Mobile Connect Model E620 and ROS 2.9.39
Replies: 19
Views: 5870

Re: Huawei Mobile Connect Model E620 and ROS 2.9.39

I will upgrade my RB230 to beta3 and see if I can achieve similar. Unfortunately tech support from our local cell provider is non-existent, so I am on my own here...
by savagedavid
Thu May 24, 2007 4:22 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Huawei Mobile Connect Model E620 and ROS 2.9.39
Replies: 19
Views: 5870

I never did get this to work. It was just out of interest and not a requirement of mine. When I get a chance I will try to get it operational again.
by savagedavid
Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:17 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Can I use a SATA as web cache drive
Replies: 1
Views: 1030

SATA is only supported in ver 3 unless the motherboard can run compatibility mode
by savagedavid
Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:32 am
Forum: General
Topic: Anyone tried these?
Replies: 6
Views: 1634

I have to say though - I have a Gigabyte mobo with VIA chipset running on one of my highsites with a 3ghz celeron and 256mb ram. It runs 8 wireless interfaces, can handle almost any amount of bandwidth and is fantastically reliable. So you just never know...
by savagedavid
Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:36 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Fidelio & Mikrotik
Replies: 17
Views: 9561

Having worked on a number of HMS systems I can tell you that all of them have custom requirements for writing information into the system database. You will almost have to take it up with the creators.
by savagedavid
Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:24 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Anyone tried these?
Replies: 6
Views: 1634

I am waiting for some of those juicy new high speed routerboards promised at MUM. Q2 2007 is almost here...
by savagedavid
Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:05 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Forward HTTPS & FTP to Web-Proxy
Replies: 13
Views: 5740

If you redirect port 443 it will not actually proxy the request - the proxy will merely pass on the request and not cache it. There is probably no benefit in caching HTTPS. Also how would your users feel knowing that there might be a chance of their secure transactions being cached (even if you know...
by savagedavid
Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:58 am
Forum: General
Topic: Why are folks asking for MPLS support?
Replies: 9
Views: 2991

After speaking to the Mikrotik guys at MUM it would seem that adding MPLS capabilities is an extremely complicated procedure. It is under consideration, but I think that most effort is being put into getting a stable ROS3 version suitable for release. Once that is in place additional features like M...
by savagedavid
Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:48 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Passthru MSFT VPN
Replies: 1
Views: 1097

you need to dst-nat the GRE protocol too
by savagedavid
Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:20 am
Forum: General
Topic: Interesting Hotspot over bridge issue
Replies: 8
Views: 2426

Once the RB112's become part of a bridged hotspot all authorization happens through the hotspot, often meaning you cant telnet or mac telnet or access the routers behind the hotspot. Create IP Binding passthrough entries using the MAC addresses of the routers and that should solve the problem.
by savagedavid
Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:46 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Interesting Hotspot over bridge issue
Replies: 8
Views: 2426

I think you know me well enough to ask a question like that! It was definitely something in the way the hotspot works through a bridge. DHCP was being assigned normally and if you added a hotspot bypass ip you could surf on that IP even on the non-operational AP's
by savagedavid
Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:01 am
Forum: General
Topic: Interesting Hotspot over bridge issue
Replies: 8
Views: 2426

I managed to solve the problem by bridging the ethernet side ports instead of routing. I was still not entirely satisfied though as this solved the problem but did not explain why it was happening.
by savagedavid
Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:05 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Huawei Mobile Connect Model E620 and ROS 2.9.39
Replies: 19
Views: 5870

Apparently you need a very specific init string - which provider are you with?
by savagedavid
Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:48 pm
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: User Manager Feature request - sticky please?
Replies: 192
Views: 68442

Hellbound wrote: can we have multiple userman synchronization? and backup server if it is down and etcetera? I need two or more userman server in my network. thanks in future we will have it, but first we need to finish the main features of the usermanager and after that we could start to work feat...
by savagedavid
Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:53 am
Forum: General
Topic: I need do bonding with two adsl interface
Replies: 2
Views: 1158

Correct: you cant sum the 2 lines together and get 3M if thats your aim. If you want to load balance between the lines then that is possible - there are a number of different methods for doing this.
by savagedavid
Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:12 am
Forum: General
Topic: Problems with redirecting 80 from MT to 8080 on Linux/Squid
Replies: 12
Views: 6121

Yes I agree - to handle that many clients (750+) requires a lot more than the standard squid conf. Also what hardware are you running? It should be around a 2.8Ghz with 512mb RAM minimum.
by savagedavid
Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:26 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: P2P obfuscated protocol : maybe a solution
Replies: 4
Views: 1520

I very much doubt an address list will cause slow browsing - unless you have created a loop in your filter rules - but then you will notice very high CPU activity.
by savagedavid
Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:33 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: P2P obfuscated protocol : maybe a solution
Replies: 4
Views: 1520

Why dont you add the "add to address list" rule in your mangle rather than in the firewall since the mangle happens before the firewall filter.
by savagedavid
Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:23 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: 20MHz 40MHz 60MHz . . . . 160MHz - Up-to 400Mbit/s!!
Replies: 8
Views: 5822

Using nstreme dual and / or bonding you can achieve the same results. Turbo mode automatically uses double the bandwidth.
by savagedavid
Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:18 pm
Forum: General
Topic: load balancing with 2 ISP's and web proxy
Replies: 4
Views: 1821

Haha yes - many cups of strong coffee and late nights!

I have gotten this to work - I am busy putting it on the Wiki. I'll ost a link when it is done
by savagedavid
Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:14 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Problems with redirecting 80 from MT to 8080 on Linux/Squid
Replies: 12
Views: 6121

Also note this rule needs to be above your proxy dstnat rule
by savagedavid
Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:13 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Problems with redirecting 80 from MT to 8080 on Linux/Squid
Replies: 12
Views: 6121

This is fairly well documented elsewhere. If you want to transparent proxy to squid you need an accept rule for the return traffic from the squid proxy, otherwise the return traffic will be re-natted and never reach the client. ip firewall add chain=dstnat in-interface=ether-internal src-address=x.x...
by savagedavid
Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:03 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Interesting Hotspot over bridge issue
Replies: 8
Views: 2426

Interesting Hotspot over bridge issue

I have come across an interesting issue with the hotspot i am running. The old configuration looked like this: ADSL | (RB532 - hotpsot + userman) | ethernet bridge | rb532 | WLAN -- RB532 / \ RB532 RB532 -- RB532 \ RB532 (multiple WDS bridged RB532's) This configuration worked perfectly but i only h...
by savagedavid
Tue Jan 09, 2007 7:11 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Web box API
Replies: 2
Views: 1088

Nice one - thanks. I see it is for upcoming ROS3. This is fine however, as the interface probably wont be ready before the release candidate anyway.
by savagedavid
Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:34 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Packet Marking and prerouting
Replies: 2
Views: 1396

The prerouting mark happens BEFORE the forward mark, so your rules would not work. You dont need the forward mark rule to policy route HTTP. You can use something like this: /ip firewall mangle add chain=prerouting protocol=tcp dst-port=80 action=mark-routing new-routing-mark=http-route comment=&quo...
by savagedavid
Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:28 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Web box API
Replies: 2
Views: 1088

Web box API

Hi

Does anyone know if the API for Web box is available? We are trying to develop a custom web interface for Mikrotik to allow limited configuration for end users without having to teach them how to use Winbox!
by savagedavid
Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:39 am
Forum: General
Topic: public IP assignment
Replies: 8
Views: 2535

The best way to do this is to use Point to Point addressing on your network. This means using /32 addresses on your client side. Then you dont need any tunnels of any sort and you dont waste addresses. Your routing will be more complicated though.
by savagedavid
Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:35 am
Forum: General
Topic: Hotspot Walled Garden and Credit Card authorization
Replies: 4
Views: 1601

It was quite an effort, we used User Manager to generate several hundred random vouchers of various types (1 day, 1 week, 1 month etc.) Then we loaded this data into a database and assigned them out via the website Credit Card authorisation system. This system in completely independant of the Mikrot...
by savagedavid
Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:20 am
Forum: General
Topic: Huawei Mobile Connect Model E620 and ROS 2.9.39
Replies: 19
Views: 5870

For interest here is the logfile output: 03:13:06 system,info device changed by admin 03:20:14 async,ppp,debug ppp-: ppp-out1: PPP restart 03:20:14 async,ppp,info ppp-out1: initializing... 03:20:14 async,ppp,info ppp-: ppp-out1: initializing... 03:20:14 async,ppp,debug ppp-: ppp-out1: PPP started 03...
by savagedavid
Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:09 am
Forum: General
Topic: Huawei Mobile Connect Model E620 and ROS 2.9.39
Replies: 19
Views: 5870

No problem - I have done that
by savagedavid
Fri Jan 05, 2007 6:01 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Huawei Mobile Connect Model E620 and ROS 2.9.39
Replies: 19
Views: 5870

Huawei Mobile Connect Model E620 and ROS 2.9.39

I have just installed a Huawei Mobile Connect Model E620 onto my RB230. It detects fine and I can add a PPP connection. On bootup when I enable the interface it gets as far as link established, but no IP address or route is assigned, and everytime I connect after that it just cycles between initiali...
by savagedavid
Thu Jan 04, 2007 1:00 am
Forum: General
Topic: schedule user logins
Replies: 7
Views: 2133

That is true. The bridging solution will allow seamless roaming across wireless interfaces
by savagedavid
Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:11 pm
Forum: General
Topic: schedule user logins
Replies: 7
Views: 2133

You can have 3 hotspots all sharing the same user secrets database. Alternatively you can bridge the wireless interfaces to the ether. Just make sure you running the latest MT version.
by savagedavid
Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:06 pm
Forum: General
Topic: schedule user logins
Replies: 7
Views: 2133

You can have 3 hotspots all sharing the same user secrets database. Alternatively you can bridge the wireless interfaces to the ether. Just make sure you running the latest MT version.
by savagedavid
Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:09 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Moving import/export license
Replies: 3
Views: 4140

Having gone through this myself I can tell you that the licensing guys are quite reasonable about things. Mail them and try!
by savagedavid
Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:07 pm
Forum: General
Topic: QOS help
Replies: 2
Views: 1200

It's quite a challenge to get QOS cross platform - are you running SIP or IAX?
by savagedavid
Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:03 pm
Forum: General
Topic: schedule user logins
Replies: 7
Views: 2133

What system are you using to log them in?
by savagedavid
Tue Jan 02, 2007 9:57 pm
Forum: General
Topic: OSPF and PPPOE nightmare!
Replies: 42
Views: 22397

That is how OSPF works. If you specify the "Distribute Connected Routes" setting it will do that. It is designed to work like that. Are your backbone routes built dynamically? You could try specifying Redistribute Static Routes if not.
by savagedavid
Tue Jan 02, 2007 8:56 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Hotspot Walled Garden and Credit Card authorization
Replies: 4
Views: 1601

I have thought about that - in fact if I could get a way to intergrate the trial system into the credit card verification it would solve the problem quite nicely.
by savagedavid
Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:31 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Hotspot Walled Garden and Credit Card authorization
Replies: 4
Views: 1601

Hotspot Walled Garden and Credit Card authorization

Hi I am running a hotspot that uses 2checkout.com for credit card authorization. It has been working quite well with 2checkout.com in the walled garden, but recently many banks have added an extra layer of security where the subscriber has to authorize on his banks' site as well. This creates a prob...
by savagedavid
Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:26 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Better comments
Replies: 1
Views: 898

I believe this has been brought up before - we might see something in version 3...
by savagedavid
Thu Dec 21, 2006 3:27 pm
Forum: General
Topic: WDS Mesh Mode
Replies: 7
Views: 3285

I have a post describing the issues here: http://forum.mikrotik.com//viewtopic.php?t=12177&highlight= As mentioned I still dont know if it is a problem with the WDS mode or if it is interference due to very high wireless usage in the complex. I have used WDS before on 4-5 nodes with great succes...
by savagedavid
Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:46 pm
Forum: General
Topic: WDS Mesh Mode
Replies: 7
Views: 3285

Nice - sounds exciting. Currently I am having latency issues when using more than about 6 nodes in a close range WDS bridged hotspot type situation. I am hooping this new mode will improve things.
by savagedavid
Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:41 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Automatically reload backup configuration on reset or fail
Replies: 6
Views: 2423

I had a similar problem to this on a WRAP 1E1 where the wireless settings would revert back to default. It turned out to be a corrupt Compact Flash.
by savagedavid
Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:39 pm
Forum: General
Topic: user failed login to user manager
Replies: 6
Views: 2425

That looks like the router logs, not Usermanager. It seems that it is not contacting RADIUS at all, do you not perhaps also have a local secret entry that its comparing against?
by savagedavid
Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:58 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Oh crap. One more WDS thread.
Replies: 3
Views: 1620

Looking at my problem closer, I've noted the RX counts are always zero (0) and the signal is always -95 in the reg table when in WDS mode. That is usually an indication that the WDS connection is only "one way" i.e. the 112 has linked to the AP but the AP has not linked back again. No tra...
by savagedavid
Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:55 am
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: How to kill user
Replies: 2
Views: 2215

Take away his PC? That would kill most of my users :twisted:
by savagedavid
Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:53 am
Forum: General
Topic: WDS Mesh Mode
Replies: 7
Views: 3285

WDS Mesh Mode

While checking out ver 3 beta I noticed an exciting new feature. Under WDS there is a mode called WDS (dynamic) Mesh. Is there any information on what enhancements this offers over standard WDS?
by savagedavid
Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:49 am
Forum: General
Topic: multi-link , 3 interface , is it possible !
Replies: 4
Views: 1538

The simple answer is: no. You cannot "join" two lines together to get a single higher speed line.
by savagedavid
Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:44 am
Forum: General
Topic: user failed login to user manager
Replies: 6
Views: 2425

Have you checked the User Manager logs for a reason? Without this info we can't help you too much I am afraid.
by savagedavid
Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:33 am
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: User Manager Feature request - sticky please?
Replies: 192
Views: 68442

Can the usermanager handle multiple timed billing profiles, i.e. by the minute, hourly, daily, etc. so a person could buy any item x at any qty. So you could set up a 10 min. free account, a $5 daily account, and a $20 weekly account or whatever you wanted to charge? Yes it can How about the abilit...
by savagedavid
Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:59 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Limiting access by signal level?
Replies: 7
Views: 3975

beta 3 has this feature in the access list
by savagedavid
Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:58 pm
Forum: General
Topic: better netwatch
Replies: 5
Views: 3924

You can do this with scripting at the moment. Try something like: :local i 0; {:do {:set i ($i + 1); :put $i; :delay 2} while (($i < 5) && ([/ping 196.22.185.221 count=1 interval=5]=0)}; :if ($i=5) do={ :log info "Gateway is down!" This will ping an address 5 times at 5 second inte...
by savagedavid
Wed Nov 22, 2006 8:38 am
Forum: General
Topic: Hotspot using WDS over large area
Replies: 10
Views: 4115

I am aware of the noise problems associated with too many AP's close to each other. This could well be a problem, but there is no other choice as the apartment layout is extremely complex and difficult to project signal everywhere - in fact we will probably need another 2-4 highsites to completely c...
by savagedavid
Tue Nov 21, 2006 1:07 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Hotspot using WDS over large area
Replies: 10
Views: 4115

Sorry - I thought my details were easy to find - it's on the Mikrotik site under trainers for South Africa. My email is d [at] etuan co za
by savagedavid
Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:10 am
Forum: General
Topic: Hotspot using WDS over large area
Replies: 10
Views: 4115

Currently I am running static WDS only with a single link per AP - no redundant links. Signal strengths between units are -60 to -70 at worst. I still get issues once too many units (more than about 10) are online. Bandwidth starts dropping to below 1.5mbps
by savagedavid
Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:36 am
Forum: General
Topic: transparent shaping bandwidth
Replies: 5
Views: 1961

Are you trying to torch on the bridge interface itself?

Can you see any traffic flowing through the interfaces?
by savagedavid
Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:07 am
Forum: General
Topic: change simple queue priority
Replies: 1
Views: 1195

Assuming you want to change all 8 priority to 5 priority from command line you could issue:

/queue simple
set [find priority=8] priority=5

This will all all 8 priority to 5 priority
by savagedavid
Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:58 am
Forum: General
Topic: Hotspot using WDS over large area
Replies: 10
Views: 4115

Hey GWISA - yes I remember the PTA course well. However if I remember your problem seemed to be reaching the hotspot across several WDS interfaces - If it transited a WDS node then the hotspot was not reached. I am not experiencing that particular issue - the hotspot always works. My problem is gett...
by savagedavid
Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:57 am
Forum: General
Topic: Hotspot using WDS over large area
Replies: 10
Views: 4115

Hey GWISA - yes I remember the PTA course well. However if I remember your problem seemed to be reaching the hotspot across several WDS interfaces - If it transited a WDS node then the hotspot was not reached. I am not experiencing that particular issue - the hotspot always works. My problem is gett...
by savagedavid
Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:31 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Best Performance With 2 SSID's !!!
Replies: 13
Views: 4383

Also remember that if you can use different polarity sectors (say 2 horizontal and 2 vertical) you can get up to 20dB seperation between signals. This might not be practical in some applications, although its easy to switch client cpe's from vertical to horizontal and back.
by savagedavid
Fri Nov 17, 2006 8:15 am
Forum: General
Topic: transparent shaping bandwidth
Replies: 5
Views: 1961

If you have configured the router as a transparent shaper then all the management will take place on the bridge
by savagedavid
Fri Nov 17, 2006 8:08 am
Forum: General
Topic: Hotspot using WDS over large area
Replies: 10
Views: 4115

Hotspot using WDS over large area

I have recently deployed a MT hotspot running over quite a large area. It is several apartment blocks in a complex where there is lots of concrete, glass and steel, which has necessitated use of 10 repeater stations running WDS. The Hotspot itself works perfectly - no problems there (running a P3-73...
by savagedavid
Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:30 pm
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: Usermanager and Hotspot: Lock voucher to MAC address
Replies: 6
Views: 8617

I have scripting experience and I am reasonably sure I could script it. However I was hoping that it could become part of a future release, since it seems to be a fairly minor modification of the trial function.
by savagedavid
Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:03 pm
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: Usermanager and Hotspot: Lock voucher to MAC address
Replies: 6
Views: 8617

Usermanager and Hotspot: Lock voucher to MAC address

I am using User Manager with Hotspot and it is working great! One featre I would like to have though is the ability to lock a voucher to a MAC address the first time it is used, so that the voucher cannot be used from a different laptop once it is activated. I am hoping it would not be too difficult...
by savagedavid
Mon Oct 23, 2006 1:35 am
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: User Manager Feature request - sticky please?
Replies: 192
Views: 68442

Next request 1:

Ability to daily mail users their usage stats based on the email field in User Manager. I could write a script to do this, but it would be nice to provide the option for users to set this up themselves.

Next request 2:
Ability to run script when a users download amount is exceeded
by savagedavid
Mon Oct 23, 2006 1:32 am
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: User Manager Feature request - sticky please?
Replies: 192
Views: 68442

If it is posible then how ?

this can http://www.ipacct.com have 15 groups
First go do the research then ask how. You will more likely get help if you at least get a basis to ask questions from.
by savagedavid
Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:59 am
Forum: Scripting
Topic: WiFi Signal for Hotspot in Login Page
Replies: 28
Views: 20066

I am sure there must be an easier way, as most hotspot data is returned by direct function calls to the router (it would seem).

Any ideas on this Eugene?
by savagedavid
Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:50 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: WiFi Signal for Hotspot in Login Page
Replies: 28
Views: 20066

From command line this will return the signal for a given MAC:

:put [/interface wireless registration-table get [find mac-address=00:85:49:8E:27:C7] signal-strength]

MAC can be entered without the colons too

Now to populate the hotspot status page with the data...
by savagedavid
Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:44 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: WiFi Signal for Hotspot in Login Page
Replies: 28
Views: 20066

It's an interesting idea - I'll attempt to get it working and post result if I do
by savagedavid
Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:35 pm
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: User Manager Feature request - sticky please?
Replies: 192
Views: 68442

Maybe there will be grouping in a later version but perhaps for now you could use a prefix (e.g. group1- ; group2- ) etc then run a mangle based on the prefixes.
by savagedavid
Sun Oct 15, 2006 12:26 am
Forum: General
Topic: Serious problem with static routing in 2.9.31
Replies: 10
Views: 5184

Initial tests seem to indicate it is now working correctly. I will post any further updates if required.
by savagedavid
Fri Oct 13, 2006 4:44 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: WDS Problem
Replies: 3
Views: 1307

You will need to enable rstp on the bridges of all 3 units to avoid bridging loops and broadcast storms (which is probably what is causing the bad response times). You need to install / enable the rstp-bridge test package and then set it up in rstp settings under your bridge.[/img]
by savagedavid
Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:57 am
Forum: General
Topic: Serious problem with static routing in 2.9.31
Replies: 10
Views: 5184

Thanks I will try it out today and post feedback
by savagedavid
Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:25 am
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: User Manager Feature request - sticky please?
Replies: 192
Views: 68442

Possibility to have 2 or more addresses groups with diferent speed limits
Explain some more please?
by savagedavid
Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:36 am
Forum: General
Topic: Serious problem with static routing in 2.9.31
Replies: 10
Views: 5184

OK so this is what I found. To get it working I had to delete all invalid routes and policy routes in the route table, then re-add the exact same routes but via command line. This seems to work as a temporary solution.
by savagedavid
Mon Oct 09, 2006 3:34 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Serious problem with static routing in 2.9.31
Replies: 10
Views: 5184

So will using CLI to add the routes instead fix the problem? Note that it was some of my existing routes that stopped working as well as new routes that I added.
by savagedavid
Sun Oct 08, 2006 10:10 am
Forum: General
Topic: how to block users on hotspot from seeing eachother?
Replies: 8
Views: 5398

use Linksys WRT54 as an AP ,it has an isolation option. You are kidding right? On your RB you can turn off default forwarding to stop clients on the same AP seeing each other. You can also use the firewall to block ports 135 and 443-445 to stop NETBIOS communication between PC's on different router...
by savagedavid
Sun Oct 08, 2006 2:39 am
Forum: General
Topic: Serious problem with static routing in 2.9.31
Replies: 10
Views: 5184

Serious problem with static routing in 2.9.31

Since upgrading my main router to 2.9.31 I am experience a serious issue. A ny new route I add through my outgoing (ether) interface appears with interface as unknown, even though the IP is valid and I can ping the gateway. As well as that, some of my current policy routing rules have also gone the ...
by savagedavid
Sun Oct 08, 2006 1:23 am
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: User Manager Feature request - sticky please?
Replies: 192
Views: 68442

Thanks for the updated version - it is getting better all the time.

Next request please: Would there be any way to include a comment field in the User Manager user settings that would appear as a comment in Mikrotik when that user is authenticated (e.g. in pppoe interfaces or wireless registration)?
by savagedavid
Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:56 am
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Need Script !
Replies: 8
Views: 3141

If that is the understanding then he will need a changeip.com account to dynamically track the changing IP address. Then he could use a script with a simple resolve statement to get the current IP of each side and use that to populatethe EOIP tunnel parameters.
by savagedavid
Fri Oct 06, 2006 1:13 am
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Need Script !
Replies: 8
Views: 3141

I am not understanding your question - please rephrase
by savagedavid
Wed Sep 27, 2006 8:40 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: script for keeping adls router in shape?
Replies: 5
Views: 2018

Then indeed it would not work!
by savagedavid
Tue Sep 26, 2006 10:32 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: script for keeping adls router in shape?
Replies: 5
Views: 2018

I think it should be possible. Something like:

:local i 0; {:do {:set i ($i + 1)} while (($i < 5) && ([/ping 64.77.90.2 interval=3 count=1]=0)}; :if ($i=5) do={/system telnet... }

That would ping the IP address 5 times and if all 5 pings time out you could issue any arbitary commands.
by savagedavid
Tue Sep 26, 2006 10:23 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Transparent Proxy and multiple gateways.
Replies: 1
Views: 1532

When the packet leaves the proxy it will originate from the routers output chain from the routers outgoing IP address
by savagedavid
Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:56 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: block tons of login attempts
Replies: 10
Views: 8888

An easy way would be to add the offending address to a dynamic address list and set a timeout value
by savagedavid
Wed Sep 20, 2006 1:17 pm
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: Rate limit issue
Replies: 2
Views: 3288

I am confused by your question. The rate limit attribute is to limit download speed, not download amount.
by savagedavid
Fri Sep 15, 2006 6:58 pm
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: User Manager Feature request - sticky please?
Replies: 192
Views: 68442

Next feature request please: A way to group sets of users for easy sorting. E.g. I would have one set of users where MAC address is username that authenticates against access list, and another where i generate hotspot user vouchers. A way to place these different entry types in different groups (fol...
by savagedavid
Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:10 pm
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: User Manager Feature request - sticky please?
Replies: 192
Views: 68442

Excellent - I cant wait.Thanks uldis!
by savagedavid
Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:51 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature Request: Event Handling
Replies: 9
Views: 4224

Feature Request: Event Handling

I would like to see some sort of event handling option in Mikrotik. Along the lines of: on [event] do [action]. At the moment we have to use the scheduler to periodically check for a certain condition. It would be great to have this work the other way around where an event occurence could fire off a...
by savagedavid
Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:26 am
Forum: General
Topic: Mangle Transparent Proxy traffic
Replies: 5
Views: 2574

The output chain only catches traffic FROM the router itself, not packets that the router is routing on behalf of other systems (that comes out the forward chain). The output chain is NOT all traffic leaving the router. Therefore it all works as planned.
by savagedavid
Sat Sep 02, 2006 8:36 pm
Forum: General
Topic: ftp limit
Replies: 2
Views: 1409

you can put 2 queues in before the other queues using target address to specify the servers not to be limited.
by savagedavid
Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:20 am
Forum: General
Topic: Mangle Transparent Proxy traffic
Replies: 5
Views: 2574

I have figured it out. You need to mangle traffic leaving the output chain on port 80. This will catch the transparent proxy traffic.
by savagedavid
Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:17 am
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: User Manager Feature request - sticky please?
Replies: 192
Views: 68442

A few more requests please: 1. Could you include the fields for phone, location and email address in the main User Add area. I see you can access this through the individual user logon and command line, but not the main User Manager application 2. This might be many releases down the line, but an op...
by savagedavid
Sat Sep 02, 2006 1:19 am
Forum: General
Topic: Winbox user not terminating session
Replies: 0
Views: 970

Winbox user not terminating session

I have a P4 router running 2.9.29. Problem is when I exit winbox the user session remains open. Eventually I end up with 10 or more logon sessions from the same PC and bandwidth of 10mbps being used up between the PC and router. Since I cannot end a user session the only way to stop it is to reboot ...
by savagedavid
Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:19 am
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: Automatic Masquerade entry
Replies: 0
Views: 1921

Automatic Masquerade entry

Hi I have written a script for User Manager that grabs the IP address details from each user entry and automatically adds a masquerade entry for that IP. Problem is that when it runs it will re-add users that are already there. How do I check for an existing NAT entry before I add a new one? Thanks ...
by savagedavid
Sun Aug 27, 2006 5:55 pm
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: Users can't check thier stats
Replies: 3
Views: 2853

Strange Dolf

Mine still works perfectly
by savagedavid
Sun Aug 27, 2006 1:27 am
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: User manager and flatrate monthly cards
Replies: 7
Views: 4133

If I am to choose, do concentarte yourselfes on v.3 OS, and whenevre and if ever you get the time, see if it's possible to implement flatrates / 30 d, with date dependancies.
I agree - even though I think the User Manager is great - I would rather see a ver 3.0 beta soon.
by savagedavid
Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:55 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Mangle Transparent Proxy traffic
Replies: 5
Views: 2574

Mangle Transparent Proxy traffic

I am trying to create a mangle to catch all port 80 traffic coming from the transparent proxy running on my main mikrotik router. Since the proxy uses the same outgoing IP as all other traffic leaving the router I dont know how to catch specifically proxy traffic. The reason behind this is I want to...
by savagedavid
Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:04 pm
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: User Manager Feature request - sticky please?
Replies: 192
Views: 68442

Next feature request: Could you include the IP address field in the Users display so that we could quickly check what IP is assigned to a user without having to open that specific users profile up? Perhaps a more long term feature would be the ability to choose what fields are displayed on the Users...
by savagedavid
Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:21 pm
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: User Manager Feature request - sticky please?
Replies: 192
Views: 68442

Thanks - I will try that out
by savagedavid
Wed Aug 23, 2006 10:50 am
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: User Manager Feature request - sticky please?
Replies: 192
Views: 68442

savagedavid wrote: This might be a long shot but here goes: Any chance of having a feature where you could specify a clients MAC address in the User Manager user setup and then have a particular highsite authenticate the MAC address and dynamically add it into the Wireless Access List? why do you n...
by savagedavid
Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:21 am
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: Universal client in Mikrotik
Replies: 3
Views: 3670

It really does not matter what you input as the gateway address - as long as there is an entry. Using the MT's IP address will work fine.
by savagedavid
Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:29 pm
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: How do I reset users?
Replies: 20
Views: 10659

polokus have you tried something like:
/tool user-manager user reset-counter [find subscriber="your logon name"]
Where you replace "your logon name" with the name you use to log into user manager. This should reset all the counters for users you have added.
by savagedavid
Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:19 pm
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: User Manager Feature request - sticky please?
Replies: 192
Views: 68442

This might be a long shot but here goes: Any chance of having a feature where you could specify a clients MAC address in the User Manager user setup and then have a particular highsite authenticate the MAC address and dynamically add it into the Wireless Access List?
by savagedavid
Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:15 pm
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: Universal client in Mikrotik
Replies: 3
Views: 3670

The Universal Client is a 1:1 NAT installed by default on the Hotspot. The most likely problem is your clients with manual setup dont have a default gateway specified in Windows. This means the client PC will never try to find a route out, which means the MT Hotspot never gets the request.
by savagedavid
Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:33 pm
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: User Manager Feature request - sticky please?
Replies: 192
Views: 68442

Thank you kindly!
by savagedavid
Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:31 pm
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: User Manager Feature request - sticky please?
Replies: 192
Views: 68442

User Manager Feature request - sticky please?

Hi First off let me say thank you for the User Manager product. We are using it actively in our network and even as a beta we are highly impressed with it. Will it be possible to include the capability to create and edit unlimited credit accounts? What I want to do is create accounts for PPPOE custo...
by savagedavid
Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:48 am
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Compare 2 truth values
Replies: 2
Views: 1359

Thanks - I initially had the right idea - just my formatting of the statement was wrong. It is working properly now.
by savagedavid
Sun Jul 23, 2006 11:41 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: NAT Redirect user to web site
Replies: 1
Views: 1526

You should also specify a source port depending on if you want to dst-nat the same port or a different port.
by savagedavid
Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:07 am
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Compare 2 truth values
Replies: 2
Views: 1359

Compare 2 truth values

I am trying to write an IF-THEN statement to compare 2 values which are either tru or false. The statement is of the form: IF (condition = true AND condition = true) THEN do action An example I tried is : :if ([/ping 10.0.0.254 count=1] & [/ping 10.0.0.253 count=1] = 1) do {:put "Both Gatew...
by savagedavid
Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:49 am
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: Could not determine local IP address
Replies: 3
Views: 27469

Thank you that got it working
by savagedavid
Sun Jun 25, 2006 4:38 pm
Forum: The User Manager
Topic: Could not determine local IP address
Replies: 3
Views: 27469

Could not determine local IP address

I have setup user manager and after working thorugh the forum entries I have managed to get the user authenticating, but immediately afterwards the user disconnects with an error. In the Mikrotik logs I get an error stating"could not detect local IP address" eg: 16:25:30 pppoe,ppp,info <pp...
by savagedavid
Thu Apr 13, 2006 2:15 pm
Forum: General
Topic: How do I get public addresses out through router using PPPoE
Replies: 1
Views: 920

you are connecting to the router on 3389? That is usually reserved for Remote Desktop Protocol on Windows systems.
by savagedavid
Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:46 pm
Forum: General
Topic: 2 WAN to 1 LAN
Replies: 6
Views: 1885

You have to match p2p to something so that the router can distinguish, even if it goes out the default route. It is easy to match p2p and then assign to default route and then assume all other traffic that is not p2p must go through alternate route. It would not be easy to do the other way around
by savagedavid
Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:48 am
Forum: General
Topic: 2 WAN to 1 LAN
Replies: 6
Views: 1885

in order to do this this you first have to match all-p2p and then match the rest of the traffic with your routing marks. Then you need a routing table for the p2p traffic. you can then direct p2p along the alternate route and keep normal traffic on the default route. Your example matches all traffic...
by savagedavid
Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:52 am
Forum: General
Topic: Port knocking
Replies: 4
Views: 1377

Thanks that will help
by savagedavid
Mon Mar 20, 2006 12:58 am
Forum: General
Topic: 2 WAN to 1 LAN
Replies: 6
Views: 1885

please give us the example of how you setup the rules
by savagedavid
Mon Mar 20, 2006 12:54 am
Forum: General
Topic: Port knocking
Replies: 4
Views: 1377

I am not sure that I follow. My understanding is that address lists are used to group IP addresses together for firewall or packet processing of some kind. Port knocking is sending a certain sequence of port "knocks" using a portknocking client to the firewall (almost like a password) that...
by savagedavid
Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:49 am
Forum: General
Topic: Port knocking
Replies: 4
Views: 1377

Port knocking

Anyone know if there is any chance of introducing a port knocking feature to the Mikrotik firewall?
by savagedavid
Sun Jan 08, 2006 11:22 pm
Forum: General
Topic: How to trsanfer "big downloaders" to other gateway
Replies: 1
Views: 1242

How many routers are between the downloaders and your masqueraded gateway? The normal solution would be policy routing, but it depends on your setup as to how you would identify the users.
by savagedavid
Sun Jan 08, 2006 11:17 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Please Help me !
Replies: 5
Views: 1855

The MAC address is hard coded into the LAN card. Sometimes the card drivers will include a utility to change MAC address but not always.
by savagedavid
Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:11 am
Forum: General
Topic: Routing? IP Binding? problem with hotspot
Replies: 2
Views: 1330

Can you give me more detail please. What network are you trying to route to? Was it working before the Hotspot setup? What does your routing table look like? Does the target network have a route back to you?
by savagedavid
Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:03 am
Forum: General
Topic: Default traffic priority with queues?
Replies: 3
Views: 1962

The default queue priority is 8. Setting anything higher priority than this will give your desired effect.
by savagedavid
Fri Dec 02, 2005 3:06 pm
Forum: General
Topic: cap pppoe user
Replies: 7
Views: 2242

How would you go about doing this?
by savagedavid
Fri Dec 02, 2005 9:06 am
Forum: General
Topic: Routerboard upgrade problem
Replies: 8
Views: 2247

Thank you very much - the DOS binary mode did the trick :D
by savagedavid
Thu Dec 01, 2005 6:12 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Routerboard upgrade problem
Replies: 8
Views: 2247

tried the us site files - same result [admin@MikroTik] > log pr 02:00:17 system,error broken package routeros-rb500-2.9.8.npk 02:00:19 system,info router rebooted 02:00:26 wireless,info Prism firmware loading: OK 02:00:29 wireless,info Prism firmware loading: OK 02:01:40 system,info,account user adm...
by savagedavid
Thu Dec 01, 2005 4:36 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Routerboard upgrade problem
Replies: 8
Views: 2247

02:00:17 system,error broken package routeros-rb500-2.9.8.npk 02:00:19 system,info router rebooted 02:00:26 wireless,info Prism firmware loading: OK 02:00:29 wireless,info Prism firmware loading: OK 02:01:11 system,info,account user admin logged in from 10.10.0.1 via winbox 02:01:31 system,info,acco...
by savagedavid
Thu Dec 01, 2005 1:35 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Routerboard upgrade problem
Replies: 8
Views: 2247

yes that is the file i used
by savagedavid
Wed Nov 30, 2005 10:22 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Routerboard upgrade problem
Replies: 8
Views: 2247

Routerboard upgrade problem

I am having a problem upgrading my routerboard 532 from 2.9.7 to 2.9.8. I have downloaded the routerboard 500 .npk file and ftp'd it to the system. When I reboot i get an error in the log saying the package was invalid. What am i doing wrong?
by savagedavid
Wed Oct 26, 2005 9:59 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Load balance two unequal links
Replies: 3
Views: 1611

glad to help
by savagedavid
Wed Oct 26, 2005 1:52 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: How to use MT as AP Repeater
Replies: 3
Views: 2437

This link should help

http://www.mikrotik.com/docs/ros/2.8/ho ... to.content

Look under How to make a Wireless Bridge, using WDS?

If not post again and I will try to help further.
by savagedavid
Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:12 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Is License Gone?
Replies: 3
Views: 1420

You will need to contact Microtik support to do this.
by savagedavid
Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:09 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Load balance two unequal links
Replies: 3
Views: 1611

Add the 2 mb gateway in twice e.g

0.0.0.0/0 x.x.x.x
0.0.0.0/0 x.x.x.x
0.0.0.0/0 y.y.y.y

where x.x.x.x is the 2 Mb and y.y.y.y is the 1 meg

This will create an approximate 33 / 66 load balance split

Hope this helps!

David
by savagedavid
Mon Oct 24, 2005 10:53 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: How to use MT as AP Repeater
Replies: 3
Views: 2437

You can only do this with WDS but then you need to use the same system throughout your network. I.e. MT required as base station and repeater
by savagedavid
Thu Oct 06, 2005 11:18 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Super newbie question on destination nat
Replies: 2
Views: 1169

I added it as per your example above but still no joy. It still gets me to the source router.
by savagedavid
Thu Oct 06, 2005 1:35 am
Forum: General
Topic: Aggregate bandwidth by combining WAN lines!!!!
Replies: 9
Views: 4435

As far as I know this only works if your ISP supports multilink and usually uses 2 pppoe connections to bond together. I dont think MT supports this config. It usually requires special hardware. Check out the Planet XRT 402 and XRT 204 for some cheap options
by savagedavid
Thu Oct 06, 2005 1:31 am
Forum: General
Topic: Super newbie question on destination nat
Replies: 2
Views: 1169

Super newbie question on destination nat

Here is my setup: public ip's--mt2.9.5---5.8Ghz ptp link---mt2.9.5 On the public IP side I connect to the mt box directly with it's default live ip x.x.x.y. I would like to connect to the other mt box using another live ip that is dst-natted. All private address routing works correctly So I add the ...
by savagedavid
Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:37 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Aggregate bandwidth by combining WAN lines!!!!
Replies: 9
Views: 4435

There is a new bonding feature in 2.9 which seems to promise this.

Check out the manual:

http://www.mikrotik.com/docs/ros/2.9/interface/bonding

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