Limitations?

RouterOS Beginner Basics
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OpenVPN.

From what I have seen on the site, it states that the limitation is it only runs on tcp.
What it does not say, is that it requires a certain configuration, which is probably not compatible with most existing configurations outside of the routeros world, ie, it uses username + password for auth, instead of the more common certificates.

So, actually it has some pretty severe limitations. I’m hoping I’m missing something here, or is that it?

DNS Resolution.

Everything requires an ip address. For example, I want to be able to manually set an NTP server for an interface, (or an OpenVPN server) but I need to use an IP address instead of a domain name like time.wasted.org

Are these limitations here to stay?

I’m sorry to sound so critical on my first visit to the forums, I’m hoping I’m wrong, but I have this sinking feeling…


Cheers, Mark.

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You can use username/password + certificate.

You are correct configuration accepts only IP address and as far as I know will stay that way. However script can be used to resolve DNS name and update configuration if IP is changed. We have even examples:
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Scripting-examples

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Ok, cool, there is a workaround to allow the use of domain names, thanks for that.

Is there a workaround for pushing routes to openvpn clients?

I don’t suppose there is any instructions on installing (thereby replacing routeros with) OpenWRT on an rb750?

Cheers, Mark.

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route push is not supported.

There are no instructions on how to install Openwrt, you may try to ask in openwrt forum.
What you can do is run an openwrt image from metarouter.
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Metarouter#OpenWRT_as_virtual_machine
Note that RB750 has limited memory.