Feature request for v7.x

[Fil0sOFF]

Please add ND Proxy support (RFC 4389) in v7.
It is the essential feature for ipv6 users.

[radman3000]

Policy Based Routing for IPv6.

Seriously how is this missing?

[AlexS]

@NathanA

@nz_monkey

2. Offer support contracts for premium, PRIORITY support, but don’t require them of anybody or make having one mandatory to access software updates you are entitled to/licensed for (minor point-upgrades). If MikroTik offered this, believe it or not, we would be first in line to buy! I have no problem with the concept of paying extra for priority/front-of-the-line support, with guaranteed rapid response and faster ticket turnaround times (or even prioritizing my defect reports and fixes above defect reports filed by people who don’t have a priority support contract); I just have a problem with feeling like I’m being coerced into paying somebody to correct their own errors. Several years back, there were a couple of show-stopping RouterOS bugs that we were being severely impacted by and which caused us to lose a lot of goodwill with our own customers on account of the network instability that they caused. We filed ticket after ticket, but responses were slow to come and the problems weren’t really being addressed in a timely manner. I understand why today MikroTik can’t prioritize our needs above those of other customers when they don’t have such a product, but if some customers are willing to pay extra to be helped first, I don’t think that’s something that MikroTik should ignore. There is a legitimate need for that kind of thing, and companies that can’t afford the downtime caused by a software defect absolutely will go to Cisco instead because they will be able to get that kind of support from them (the one advantage to that model).

– Nathan

Yes, yes

@nosovk

It would be good to upgrade linux kernel, to have betetter support on VMware ESXi, and to start work in HyperV.

yes yes yes yes please please please, there is an open source package, just compile against your source tree. and support vmxnet3.

Then I can get my 10G

[EnigmAX]

@maxspeed

Hi,

It would be a must for mikrotik products …

please could you add 6RD (ipv6 rapid deployment) available for many ISP

Thank you

maxspeed

I’ve sent an e-mail to support@mikrotik.com asking for more information.
The official reply I got was:

from: MikroTik support [Janis Krumins] <> support@mikrotik.com> >
date: Fri, May 23, 2014 at 3:34 PM

Hello,

currently RouterOS does not support 6rd. It is not scheduled anytime soon.

Regards,
Janis Krumins

[nexgenappliances]

+1 to the kernel upgrade. We need support for Intel i210 network interfaces!

[marrold]

@nz_monkey

Mikrotik should introduce and enforce support contracts so they can make some money off RouterOS. They could offer 3 months support with each RouterBoard purchased and then require a valid support contract per device to be able to download updates, and to log tickets. Just like Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet do.

This would allow them to hire more developers, more support staff, and generally kick more ass.

I would genuinely consider this if it was affordable.

[presianbg]

My suggestion for the future release is that :

OpenVPN client whith options for only certificate authentication. Many Linux OpenVPN servers are based only on certificates.

GOOD LUCK AND CHEERS !

[infused]

I disagree that enterprise support sucks.

Support can make or break your business. I’m willing to bet that if you are this way inclined, your business is rather small.

IMO Mikrotik need to offer some type of enterprise support. Otherwise it makes products like their ‘carrier grade’ products worthless.

@normis

Thanks for the great post, Nathan!

As for the ESP program. We don’t outsource our support staff, so when people called us, they were calling our Latvian office, not some guys in a 3rd world country. We decided that questions are much quicker answered if we have the config in front of us, and when the customer has summarized his issues. The average phone call took more than an hour. Not many people could be helped with this approach.

That’s why you charge for it and hire more people.

VMware and Cisco ring me in a matter of minutes if it’s a critical failure. Hours if it’s just high priority.

I couldn’t run my business without this, why is why Mikrotik is not really used within our core, only at customer sites.

Don’t get me wrong. I love the gear, it just needs better support. Generally it takes Mikrotik two weeks to come back to me with a support request. The answer is pretty much always “update to the newest version”. Then I never get a response back. That’s fine when I’m not paying for support, but there needs to be an option.

[normis]

Such things take time. You want us to grow from a 100 people company to Microsoft in a matter of weeks.

[infused]

Not at all…

It would just be nice to know it’s on the cards somewhere down the line. Mikrotik are getting in to Juniper and Cisco territory now with the CCR’s. It seems only fitting.

[nz_monkey]

@normis

Such thinks take time. You want us to grow from a 100 people company to Microsoft in a matter of weeks.

Nobody expects that (well maybe a few people)

Changing the whole company overnight is not possible, but maybe incremental steps towards a better support model will keep people happy.

[normis]

Of course we always keep improving in all areas. It’s only a question of “how” we will improve, not “if”

[docmarius]

@normis

It’s only a question of “how” we will improve, not “if”

Normis, that last statement is fit for a corporate motto.

[nz_monkey]

@docmarius

@normis

It’s only a question of “how” we will improve, not “if”

Normis, that last statement is fit for a corporate motto.

+1

[pilman]

1. RouterOS 64Bit version for x86

2. Powerfull Web Proxy ( HTTPS and Video Caching)

[rextended]

@pilman

1. RouterOS 64Bit version for x86

2. Powerfull Web Proxy ( HTTPS and Video Caching)

1 not 64bit version for x86, but 64bit for 64bit…
64bit for what do more than x86? Memory limit 2GByte (RouterOS) or 4GByte (x86) is not sufficent for work…?

2 use squid or other, actual model of routerboard are not good for proxy, but for routing…
I made some research about caching on HTTPS, on my country (and I think obviously some others) are illegal because you broken SSL security and the users and the destination server do not know that…

[andlommy]

I know what the answer for this is going to be, but it’s just to show that the issue is not getting anywhere even if you pretend it does not exist and people still need it.

OpenVPN version update
OpenVPN support for UDP
OpenVPN support for LZO

In openWRT running in MetaRouter it’s way too slow

[sinisa]

@andlommy

I know what the answer for this is going to be, but it’s just to show that the issue is not getting anywhere even if you pretend it does not exist and people still need it.

OpenVPN version update
OpenVPN support for UDP
OpenVPN support for LZO

In openWRT running in MetaRouter it’s way too slow

+1000 for UDP


Best regards,
Siniša

[iluvar]

MSTP

[ojsa]

I haven’t read all suggestions, but a simple way of filtering the log view on routeros would be nice. A way to only see a curtain PREFIX f.ex from the logfile while its running.

in linux something like this.

tail -30f /var/log/syslog | grep -i FW-DROP-LOG-PREFIX1

or even better to see several things

tail -30f /var/log/syslog | egrep -i ‘FW-DROP-LOG-PREFIX2|FW-DROP-LOG-PREFIX3’