Newsletter #17

RouterOS General
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http://www.mikrotik.com/pdf/newsletter17.pdf

  • Wake on LAN
  • Logging to file
  • Two new RouterBOARD products
  • new Support request form
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Hello normis, are you able to link us to any further information on the WOL implementation?
I’m running ROS v3.23 x86 and the command doesn’t appear under the /tools list

Also, is this going to be included in the system package or under advanced tools? (I have both on this device at the moment, but wanted to know as this wasn’t mentioned in the newsletter)

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Yeah, I have the V3.23 and the same don’t appear the tool WOL :confused: . But anyway it a great news :smiley:

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I think it’s going to be in the next version. the tool is a very standard WOL tool, specify the MAC and it just sends the MagicPacket (UDP) to broadcast address. It doesn’t support SecureOn (password based).

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Thanks for the WOL; I look forward to it!

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come on Newsletter #18 with RB616 :wink:

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Why are there two power jacks on rb450G?

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redundant power supply? =)

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I would say parallel - if same voltage both will be used at 1/2 all the time, but if 1 dies other will take full load (so there is some kind of redundancy)

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this is true¿??

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Not true. If you plug two power supplies into this, they will fight each other until at least one dies. You never want to connect the outputs of two DC power sources in parallel. Systems with redundant power supplies have additional circuitry that keeps them isolated from each other.

I think the reason for the 2nd power jack is so you can build it into a rack mounted case and have the power supply inside the case and use an external standard computer power cord. (Like the RB1000U.)

Tom

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Dear Mikrotik support,

can you explain us wich is the reason of the 2nd power connector?


Thanks!

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yes, it’s to use with a different case where you don’t want the plug to be hanging out of the front. like a rackmount for example.

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Where is this rackmount case?

In Made for mikoritk section?

Thanks,

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I don’t know :slight_smile: there is no specific case, i’m just talking about “if you want to”

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Oks,

thanks!

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hi. Does wol command work for anybody? I have two installations of rb100 and rb133 with routeros 3.24, but i’m unable to wake up computers using this wol coomand. I have separate linux machine on the network instaled and wol from this is working fine…

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Doesn’t work for me yet.

Here is a 3.24 433.

  MikroTik RouterOS 3.24 (c) 1999-2009       http://www.mikrotik.com/

Property of Midcoast Internet Solutions 2075948277 or www.midcoast.com
Unauthorized access will be prosecuted. 
All Access is logged.
  
[admin@111Lucia] > ip address print 
Flags: X - disabled, I - invalid, D - dynamic 
 #   ADDRESS            NETWORK         BROADCAST       INTERFACE              
 0   69.39.102.36/27    69.39.102.32    69.39.102.63    ether1                 
 1   10.0.54.1/24       10.0.54.0       10.0.54.255     ether2                 
 2   10.3.25.1/24       10.3.25.0       10.3.25.255     ether3                 
 3   10.3.26.1/24       10.3.26.0       10.3.26.255     ether3                 
 4   192.168.1.2/24     192.168.1.0     192.168.1.255   ether2                 
 5   10.0.27.250/24     10.0.27.0       10.0.27.255     ether1                 
 6 D 10.4.2.4/32        10.4.2.1        0.0.0.0         pptp-out1              
[admin@111Lucia] > /tool wol 00:19:DB:62:7B:FB

[admin@111Lucia] > /tool wol 00:19:DB:62:7B:FB

This is supposed to start something on ether2. I’m suprised WOL doesn’t need to specify an interface to send the magic packet to. It doesn’t increment any firewall counters, so I doubt it’s that.

This is what I use on my PC to accomplish the WOL.

jp@xj13:~> more /usr/local/mis/bin/e-type 
#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/wakeonlan 00:19:DB:62:7B:FB
echo E-type has been started.
jp@xj13:~>
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As far as I know WOL still not working.
Somebody know when it will be able.

Many thx, Ricardo

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It is possible that perhaps an arp entry must exist for the MAC.