Hi my name is Leon.
I recently got lucky and bagged myself a job working for a small wisp.
I was job searching for 5 whole years, so this was a opportunity,
I admit my networking knowledge is limited but I yearn to learn more.
As I have no idea whats is fully going on.
After a few days my boss handed me a RB500 preloaded with a licensed version of RouterOS 3.30
So after my boss left me to try figure it out I managed to find the Mikrotik site,
I downloaded winbox and powered the rb500 and setup my pc with a static IP.
After Reseting the board using the screw driver method, i managed to logon to it with winbox.
This is where things got tricky.
After some time I managed to get my RB500 to function as a 3 port switch.
By setting up a bridge in STP protocol rstp "i have no idea what that means..."
and adding the ports.
I then attached my pc that contains all my shared files to ether3, my pc on ether2.
ether 1 is attached to a 10 port hub that shares data from ether3 and ether2.
I'm trying to figure out how to limit each connection on ether1 to 7Mbps.
Meaning that each person connected to a port on the 10 port switch
However ether 2 and ether3 must still get priority.
I'm not asking for someone to do my work.
i'm just asking for a shove in the right direction.
I truly have no idea what and can do..
since a few attempts have made me crash the device a few times.
So far I have basically been making cables, and building pc's but my boss suggested I learn to properly use Mikrotik.