Newsletter 102

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NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2021 (#102)

Read our latest newsletter and learn more about: CCR2004-16G-2S+, cAP XL ac, KNOT LR8/LR9 kit, TG-BT5-IN and TG-BT5-OUT tags, HGO-LTE-W antenna, UNII-2 support for more products, ZeroTier in RouterOS v7, MĒRIS botnet, RouterOS switching Deep dive, and a unique MikroTik setup on a famous battle cruiser from the 1900s.

https://mt.lv/news102

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Congratulations Normis, you finally got your own space in the ZeroTier section! :slight_smile:

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Link does not work for me

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PDF works for me…

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Now indeed it does, seems to be a temporary hickup

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Cool. But do you have any information about support of Wi-Fi 5 wave 2 on cap (xl) ac? Wi-Fi 6 is not such important for home users, but wave 2 should be already implemented. I’m doing decision - wait for mikrotik to be able to use capsman or convert network to another vendor.
Thanks

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@Mikrotik: Please create a M11G with m.2 slot for LTE/5G modules ! We wait for new line of 5G devices like SXTGR 5G, LHGGR 5G, LDFGR 5G - 1 or 2.5Gb port and m.2 slot with 4x4 MIMO - we wait.

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Does the CCR2004-16G-2S+ support L3HW offloading (per switch)?

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https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/display/ROS/L3+Hardware+Offloading#L3HardwareOffloading-L3HWDeviceSupport

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How do you exactly cover a building for inventory tracking ?
Do you deploy several Knot devices or do reuse some existing radio infra (WiFi AP with BLE capability) ?
What is the “radio range” of a TG-BT5-IN in a casual situation, with concrete walls, glass doors, … ?

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Hi, I am looking for IoT products LoRa sensor devices in the 867 to 868Mhz. I see the TG-BT5-IN and TG-BT5-OUT listed on your IoT products website but guess these are not 867 to 868Mhz. Do you have any such 867 to 868Mhz loT sensor devices, or are they in the pipe line planning (future)?
D.Beckmann Netherlands.

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do something with RGB LED

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? They do, LED of WIFI have
RED - 5G
GREEN - 2G
BLACK - Power Off at night
RGB ;D

Disco mode can be done by scripting.

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Still no news about new 60GHz 802.11ay devices?

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If my Mikrotik device is infected with Mēris botnet, how can I disinfect it? And more broad question, how to disinfect a Mikrotik device if it has been infected with any malware?

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Three steps:

  1. create textual export of current configuration. Execute command /export file=myexport and fetch file off device.
    Note that this is not backup, which creates binary (and encrypted) file of which contents can not be easily examined.
    Make a note about users and their passwords, export does not save them into exported file. Neither are certificates. Both should be deemed compromised if device was hacked so no real damage done because they are not exported.
  2. netinstall device, configure it to default config
  3. adjust (not replace!) configuration as needed. Use exported configuration (in step #1) as a reminder what was done, but possibly avoid copy-paste operations … it’s better to study and understand default config and adjust it in same spirit.
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Change all the user name and passwords dont use anything from the previous config in that regard…also change winbox port from standard as well.

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Given the chip shortage announcements like these are expected I guess

Waiting for the QSFP/QSFP+ capable routers to arrive on the horizon.

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Wrong thread. Ask here:
http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/meris-botnet-information/151776/1

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The problem with the “cAP XL ac” is its 128 MB of RAM ond 16 MB of ROM. If you look at the wiki MikroTik says
" Requirements
The wifiwave2 package is compatible with IPQ4019 and QCA9984 wireless interfaces and is only available for ARM builds of RouterOS v7. It also requires 14MB of free space and at least 256MB of RAM."

This means that this brand new device will never get the new wave 2 driver package, again.