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by PhilB
Tue Nov 26, 2024 3:23 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: BFD, ipv6 & bgp multihop problem
Replies: 3
Views: 4234

Re: BFD, ipv6 & bgp multihop problem

I'm seeing similar. I think the problem is that MT BFD is sending packets from a physical interface IPv6 address and not the configured local IPv6 address for the BGP peer, even though BFD figures this out just fine for IPv4 multi-hop peers. Try doing a packet sniff with IPv6 Address set to one of y...
by PhilB
Sat Nov 16, 2024 11:17 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: v7.17beta [testing] is released!
Replies: 773
Views: 202617

Re: v7.17beta [testing] is released!

It might be worth considering a more differentiated approach. New device mode defaults could be applied only to devices known to have been part of these DDoS botnets. This likely concerns devices that are already accessible, such as those located in data centers. Devices in the field need to have a...
by PhilB
Thu Nov 07, 2024 5:44 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: v7.17beta [testing] is released!
Replies: 773
Views: 202617

Re: v7.17beta [testing] is released!

Presumably this is part of what is driving the ideological position of device-mode: https://blog.ovhcloud.com/the-rise-of-packet-rate-attacks-when-core-routers-turn-evil/ But this has to surely be caused by traffic generator, not btest/speedtest functionality itself, correct? Given the distribution ...
by PhilB
Thu Nov 07, 2024 2:39 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: v7.17beta [testing] is released!
Replies: 773
Views: 202617

Re: v7.17beta [testing] is released!

Btest-Server being off by default (service, on port2000) is good practice, and long overdue Pretty sure the BTest Server isn't enabled by default in the stock mikrotik configuration. I don't know that it ever has been? Traffic-Generator, in the other hand, is a RAW packet synthesizer it will spew w...
by PhilB
Wed Nov 06, 2024 11:21 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: v7.17beta [testing] is released!
Replies: 773
Views: 202617

Re: v7.17beta [testing] is released!

Also, if the btest function can be used to just packet random IPs (why else would it need restricting?) instead of just talking to btest servers, maybe /that/ is actually what needs fixing?
by PhilB
Wed Nov 06, 2024 10:15 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: v7.17beta [testing] is released!
Replies: 773
Views: 202617

Re: v7.17beta [testing] is released!

(NB: Quotes below are paraphrasing, not literal quotes, obviously) Sorry, but people upgrading on a unit with a factory version <7.17 (or whatever build this feature eventually ships in) need to /at least/ have an opt-out from mandatory device-mode (I would sooner device-mode was opt-in for these de...
by PhilB
Tue Oct 15, 2024 6:26 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: Use of default-originate in BGP
Replies: 3
Views: 5897

Re: Use of default-originate in BGP

Yeah, having tried to raise this in a ticket just now, they're not going to fix this bug because they consider that this behaviour, and their incorrect interpretation of the word "originate", is by design . I suggested that if this was really intended behaviour that they should update thei...
by PhilB
Sun Sep 08, 2024 1:01 am
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Xen provision/script. not enough permissions
Replies: 8
Views: 4583

Re: Xen provision/script. not enough permissions

I tried to pass this simple script to change the default admin password user/set admin password=SuperDuperPass and got the error "not enough permissions (9)". I can't find any information on how to overcome this error or get permissions for this "provisioning" scenario. Did you ...
by PhilB
Thu Aug 08, 2024 12:52 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature Request: 'SNMP Bandwidth' setting for interfaces
Replies: 2
Views: 1883

Re: Feature Request: 'SNMP Bandwidth' setting for interfaces

Bump. It would be good to have this on all interface types for example where you might have capped a service interface using a queue.
by PhilB
Fri May 31, 2024 3:13 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: v7.15.3 [stable] is released!
Replies: 649
Views: 291023

Re: v7.15 [stable] is released!

??? How not distributing 127.0.0.1 address is "stripping functionality"? It does not even make sense to distribute 127.0.0.1, it is called "localhost" for a reason. as others have said, if the changelog entry really means "we won't redistribute 127.0.0.1 as a connected rout...
by PhilB
Thu May 30, 2024 11:02 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: v7.15.3 [stable] is released!
Replies: 649
Views: 291023

Re: v7.15 [stable] is released!

*) route - do not redistribute loopback address as connected route; Good lord, why? Why would you do this? You introduce loopbacks just long enough ago that a bunch of people will have started using them, the vast majority of them will have been configured to be redistributed, and now... they're no ...
by PhilB
Wed Jan 24, 2024 2:35 pm
Forum: General
Topic: CRS354-48P-4S+2Q+ traffic problem on ports 1 to 8
Replies: 453
Views: 150164

Re: CRS354-48P-4S+2Q+ traffic problem on ports 1 to 8

For my part I have 4x48P units at a customer site that have not exhibited this problem that we know which have been up well over 1y at this point, but also 3 of the 4 are really sparsely populated, so if there was a block of 8 stopped ports on a switch it is not impossible it is simply a block of 8 ...
by PhilB
Wed Jul 30, 2014 6:08 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature Request - LAC/LNS functionality
Replies: 128
Views: 58338

Re: Feature Request - LAC/LNS functionality

I still haven't got around to this, but it's on the cards again. Before I resign myself to just using l2tpns on linux... Terry: Are you still using Mikrotik for this (have any of your bugs been squashed yet?) or have you moved elsewhere too? Are you doing any of this authenticated and accounted agai...
by PhilB
Fri Oct 18, 2013 3:37 am
Forum: General
Topic: VRRP questio
Replies: 9
Views: 3986

Re: VRRP questio

(If you end up using iBGP, then it's the MED you'll want to change to influence the traffic in a BGP route selection tie like your network would have)


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by PhilB
Fri Oct 18, 2013 3:36 am
Forum: General
Topic: VRRP questio
Replies: 9
Views: 3986

Re: VRRP questio

You're going to need to do something like change the weight on the announcement from whichever router presently is VRRP master to attract the traffic (or make the VRRP slave withdraw it's announcement), if you need traffic to flow in both directions across the same firewall. I should imagine this is...
by PhilB
Sun Oct 13, 2013 6:43 am
Forum: General
Topic: VRRP questio
Replies: 9
Views: 3986

Re: VRRP questio

Sorry, when I said reconfigure the vswitch - I did mean the port group. Shorthand thinking became shorthand writing - we don't use VMWare without port groups (does anyone?)


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by PhilB
Sat Oct 12, 2013 9:00 am
Forum: General
Topic: VRRP questio
Replies: 9
Views: 3986

Re: VRRP questio

Pretty sure VMWare by default won't let guests transmit traffic for unknown (eg: not assigned by VMWare) MACs. You'll need to change the port security options on your dvswitch.


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by PhilB
Tue Oct 08, 2013 4:02 pm
Forum: MikroTik hardware questions
Topic: CLOUD CORE ROUTER
Replies: 1373
Views: 1222861

Re: CLOUD CORE ROUTER

I remain astonished that Mikrotik are *still* pumping out more and more hardware revisions instead of making the kit they have work properly, but I guess otherwise they would have hardware guys sat around with nothing to do. The SFP+ unit would definitely be interesting and disruptive.. if you could...
by PhilB
Sat Nov 17, 2012 5:21 am
Forum: MikroTik hardware questions
Topic: CLOUD CORE ROUTER
Replies: 1373
Views: 1222861

Re: CLOUD CORE ROUTER

I think perhaps I've been spending too long around switch vendors who count the packet on the way in and on the way out as part of the system total PPS.
by PhilB
Thu Nov 15, 2012 7:05 pm
Forum: MikroTik hardware questions
Topic: CLOUD CORE ROUTER
Replies: 1373
Views: 1222861

Re: CLOUD CORE ROUTER

rmichael , macgaiver is right: 24mil 64byte pps = =24mil*8*(64+ 14 (Ethernet header) + 4 (Ethernet trailer))/1000/1000 = 15,744Gbps this is full speed full duplex - the limit is the port speed basically. Eh? 16Gbps (or ~24mpps) throughput is only full bidirectional throughput for 8 ports (1gbps tra...
by PhilB
Tue Nov 13, 2012 11:06 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: Stuck Routes on Route Cache
Replies: 104
Views: 63627

Stuck Routes on Route Cache

I suppose it's fortunate that because I started from a more complex environment to begin with - dual stack full table access routing - that I uncovered the flaws before we got too involved with MT. If I had spent time getting a certification, and had a pile of their kit, I would definitely be in the...
by PhilB
Mon Nov 12, 2012 2:41 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: Stuck Routes on Route Cache
Replies: 104
Views: 63627

Re: Stuck Routes on Route Cache

OSPFv3 just doesn't work, BGP has stale routes... They've been too busy devoting all their time to building the CCR which is great and all, but the adage "learn to walk before you try to run" springs to mind. It makes absolutely no difference to me how many packets I can push over a device...
by PhilB
Mon Jul 23, 2012 5:58 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: OSPF just stops (different status flag)
Replies: 4
Views: 4085

Re: OSPF just stops (different status flag)

When I've raised this with MT support they've just said that it'll be fixed in a 'future version' 'maybe in october' or similar. Not exactly the kind of response you'd hope for with a showstopper bug like this.
by PhilB
Fri Jun 08, 2012 6:49 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature Request - LAC/LNS functionality
Replies: 128
Views: 58338

Re: Feature Request - LAC/LNS functionality

Terry: This is something I'm considering doing. Would you mind sharing your config?
by PhilB
Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:25 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: OSPv3 redestribution bug
Replies: 4
Views: 2085

Re: OSPv3 redestribution bug

I only have a single area in the test setup - 0.

Pretty dire, but you get what you pay for I guess. I just wish they wouldn't advertise features that simply don't work - even when just setting up peering between two routerboards.
by PhilB
Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:09 am
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: OSPv3 redestribution bug
Replies: 4
Views: 2085

OSPv3 redestribution bug

OOI, did you get anywhere with this? I've been trying to get them to fix ospfv3 for months (will not reliably maintain adjacency) and so far it's just not been a priority for them at all :/