Category «RouterOS»

Mikrotik monitoring using zabbix

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: …

Mikrotik automated maintenance

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 …

Site to site OpenVPN: pfSense <-> Mikrotik

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 …

Mikrotik RB2011 introduction & initial configuration

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. …