Config Help

RouterOS Beginner Basics
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Hi All,

I’m a new user to RouterOS and need some help configuring it, below is my situation.

I currently have a business DSL connection that comes with 2 static IP’s and all that the ISP provides is a DSL modem, nothing more. My ISP DOES NOT hard code IP’s to its customers so all MAC addresses from customer equipment must be activated on the ISP’s network at which time they will provide the address through DHCP.

The way I have it set up now is the DSL modem is connected to a switch and the switch breaks off onto two routers (each routers MAC address is registered with the ISP so each of them gets a static IP through DHCP).

I have a server with 3 NIC in it and would like to use RouterOS so I don’t need two routers and just have one router itself. Here’s my idea, I would like to connect the DSL modem to a switch, then connect two NICs to the switch and register each NIC MAC address with my ISP so each NIC gets a static IP, then I would like to use the third NIC to connect to a switch at which time I would connect all off my servers/computers to it. I would like to divid curtain servers functions per static I.P, e.g. web server, mail on 1st static IP and DNS server, etc on the 2nd IP.

Is this possible within RouterOS?

Thanks

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I understand that you want to install RouterOS of your server and use the server as Router - Is that correct? I have no experience with using a PC/Server as router, but I think I would go for a RB750 instead. You should be able to make the split mentioned in just one RB750. You can assign two of the interfaces to each their IP (Having a switch in front of the RB 750) and assign the remaining 3 interfaces to LAN - 1 interfaces routed to the first IP and the last two interfaces you can set as switched and assign them to the second IP.

rgs Pilgrim

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Cool. Is it possible to have two Vlans for two different purposes on one ethernet interface with RouterOS?

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I also wanted to ask what are the basic commands to accomplish this and can I do this using a server with 3 NIC’s installed?

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As far as I could see it is possible to add more VLAN to one interface.

http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/VLAN

http://www.mikrotik.com/documentation/manual_2.7/Interface/VLAN.html

But I don’t know how to add the NIC’s to the interface list in RouterOS if installed on a server. Someone else will need to come in here and help you.

rgs Pilgrim