Script help - add simple queues (MT OS 2.9.13)

RouterOS Scripting
1

I am trying to write a script that will generate simple queues for each customer’s static IP serviced off a given MT Router. Below is what I have and it will not run. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Also, if there is a better way to achieve the same end result I am open to suggestions.

Thanks in advance!
Drew

:for e from=1 to=255 step=1 do={
/queue simple add name=(10.10.149. . $e)
target-address=(10.10.149. . $e . “/32” ) interface=all
dst-address=(10.10.149. . $e . " /32" ) interface=all
parent=none
direction=both
priority=8
queue=default/default limit-at=64000/64000
max-limit=262144/512000
burst-limit=1000000/2000000
burst-threshold=256000/512000
burst-time=15s/15s
total-queue=default
p2p=all-p2p
}

2

Just a couple of minor problems:

You had interface=all specified twice.

The dst-address=(10.10.149. . $e . " /32" ) had a space just before the /32, inside the quotes.

Try this:

:for e from=1 to=255 step=1 do={ 
/queue simple add name=(10.10.149. . $e) \ 
target-address=(10.10.149. . $e . "/32" ) \ 
dst-address=(10.10.149. . $e . "/32" ) \
interface=all \ 
parent=none \ 
direction=both \ 
priority=8 \ 
queue=default/default limit-at=64000/64000 \ 
max-limit=262144/512000 \ 
burst-limit=1000000/2000000 \ 
burst-threshold=256000/512000 \ 
burst-time=15s/15s \ 
total-queue=default \ 
p2p=all-p2p \ 
}

I’m not sure this will quite work as you expect though, since both the target-address and dst-address are the same (I would guess that you really want dst-address to be 0.0.0.0/0).

You should also read up on PCQ, you could squish this all up into a single rule.

–Eric

3

Thank you Eric. The script runs now; however, the simple queue rules don’t show up in the WinBox interface.

I will read up on PCQ as you suggested. There are some customers that we may want to give different parameters to though. I am open to a better way to handle this stuff.

Kind regards,
Drew

4

Not sure why the rules don’t show, they do on my test box.

We usually have the MT grab the queue rules from Radius, when the user does a PPPoE login. Radius is the way to go, but it’s non-trivial to setup.

It’s nice, since everything is controled by a central database, and the customer always gets the same settings, no matter what router he connects to.

We do have a few small systems using PCQ, and it seems to work quite nicely.

–Eric