I'm too lame to change the default settings.
Although Mikrotik has it’s own network monitor, namely the dude, they can be checked upon just as easily with Zabbix using SNMP. Zabbix is in my oppinion a pretty good solution (since it has native agents for both Windows and Linux as well) let’s use that instad. Client setup Log in to your router using winbox: …
Let’s look a bit at one of Mikrotik routers most powerful capability: scripting. Using scripts we can automate updating and backups, so we can sleep a bit easier. We also can send the backups directly via email, so I will assume that you have a (spare) email address from where to send notifications. Email setup Log in to your router with …
Building on my last experiences documented here (read that one first, please) in this tutorial we will set up a safe backdoor access that can wake up the target machine, send an SMS to confirm the source IP address and expect an SMS back. The protocol can be anything, but in this case I will be using …
I found an old Huawei E352 modem laying around, got a brand new Orange prepaid sim card for it to make some use of it. After some tinkering I was able to set up a fail-over WAN for a mikrotik device, so I thought I’ll share my experiences. Log in to your router using winbox: Go to System -> Resources: The …
Let’s take a look at different Mikrotik devices OpenVPN performance. -=placeholder for setup description=- NoVPN HAP RB2011 CRS RB3011 CCR
In this tutorial we will look at how to set up a site to site VPN between a pfSense server and a Mikrotik client using OpenVPN the proper way. We’ll be taking advantage of pfSenses superb certificate management features to do SSL/TLS instead of just a pre-shared key. Our client will be a Routerboard RB2011 detailed in …
Let’s talk about Mikrotik’s RB2011 routers for a second. They are pretty nifty, even though on the hardware side they are a bit lacking the software makes more than up for it. There are a lot of different sub-models, this one, RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN is the beefiest, featuring an SFP cage, b/g/n Wireless, a micro-USB port and an LCD screen. …