New Book Teaches MikroTik RouterOS Through Applications

New Book Teaches MikroTik RouterOS Through Applications

How to Bridge Ubiquiti

Need to create a bridge between two Ubiquiti radios like NanoStations, PicoStations or NanoBridges? I just posted a new step-by-step Ubiquiti howto guide HERE.

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MikroTik European MUM Scheduled

I found out today the European MUM will be held in Warsaw, Poland March 15-18. We have tons of MikroTik in stock at ISP Supplies.

Christmas Giving Tree

In an effort to promote sharing this holiday season, ISP Supplies has set up our own Giving Tree. We encourage you to submit stories of a needy family, maybe a coworker, or someone in your neighborhood. Tell us why you think this person is in need and on December 20th, we will select a winner and send them a check for $1,000 as our way of giving back.

http://www.ispsupplies.com/The-Giving-Tree.html

Mikrotik Sextants on their way

The new MikroTik SEXTANT is very similar to the popular SXT unit, just slightly bigger. Inside is the brand new RB711-5HnD dual chain wireless device, with high performance, high output power, and low power requirements.

Easy to use and quick to deploy, SEXTANT is ideal for point to point links.

I think this will be your new favorite CPE so hurry and come get some!

Keeping RouterOS Queues on Top

One frustration I have recently dealt with is the dynamic simple queue behavior in MikroTik RouterOS that started sometime after version 3. Somewhere in there, they started adding new, dynamically created queues (created by MikroTik HotSpot or UserManager/PPPOE) to the top of the list instead of at the bottom.
This really causes an issue with static queues you might have in place for prioritizing traffic like VOIP. When the dynamic user queues are inserted above your VOIP queue, VOIP traffic from that user's target IP no longer has priority. I contacted support@mikrotik.com and Janis Megis from MikroTik indicated it was a requested feature that would be added at some point in the future. This caused me a lot of grief recently workign with a large HotSpot deployment on a RouterBoard RB1200.

Until then, here is a solution.

Create a script with the following code:

/queue simple move [find name="VOIP"] [:pick [find] 0]

In this code, I have a simple queue named UDP that I always want at the top of the list of queues. You can repeat this code for other queues to be placed below this queue like this:

/queue simple move [find name="VOIP"] [:pick [find] 0]
/queue simple move [find name="VIDEO"] [:pick [find] 1]
/queue simple move [find name="SSH"] [:pick [find] 2]

Then, create a scheduler job to run the script every 10 seconds or so and you should be in QOS heaven!

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RouterOS Version 5.7 Released

What's new in 5.7 (2011-Sep-14 10:54):

*) ovpn client - fixed crash when user name or password together
were longer than 11 symbols;
*) sstp client - added an option to skip
server address verification from certificate;
*) fixed problem - router crashed sometimes when using USB modem;
*) userman - show overall totals, show user totals if user has more
than one entry;
*) lcd - retrieving '/system lcd page' configuration did not work with
hundreds of interfaces;
*) webfig - added ability to reorder fields in skins;
*) webfig - added ability to add/remove new tabs & separators in skins;
*) webfig - added ability to add any field to special status page;
*) webfig - fixed problem when user sometimes got logged out with message
"internal server error";
*) webfig - logout didn't log user out from router;
*) webfig - added System/Password for changing user's own password;
*) system reset-configuration - if keep-users is specified ssh user keys are
preserved as well;
*) ipsec - new exchange mode (main-l2tp) for l2tp tunnel users to allow
FQDN as a peer ID with preshared key authorization in main mode;
*) ssh - fix possible server crash when connection is interrupted;
*) improved ipv4 forwarding performance on all boards with simple configuration
by up to 30%;
*) add passthrough setting to change-dscp, change-ttl, change-mss,
strip-ipv4-options, change-hop-limit mangle targets;
*) ipsec - fixed problem of RB1200 rebooting when large amount of UDP traffic is
sent through IPsec;
*) sniffer - added more useful packet filtering options, also available as quick
mode command parameters;

Link to the download page:
http://www.mikrotik.com/download.html

All things MikroTik at ISP Supplies!

Next 15 signups get a free ticket to the MUM

October 10 - 12, Las Vegas, Nevada

This is a 3 day class, Monday through Wednesday and you can stay through the end of the week and attend the annual USA MikroTik User's Meeting (MUM) at the same hotel. All attendees will receive a free RouterOS license!

FREE MUM ENTRY: Register now and get free entrance to the MUM! The next 15 registrants will receive a voucher for free paid entrance to the MUM including entry fee ($50 value), tee shirt, food and a free RouterOS license if you attend the Event.

This will be the single most important MikroTik event of the year and you don't want to miss the fun.

Learn more!

MikroTIk License Server Now Available

Need a RouterOS license in a hurry? Now, you can buy it direct from ISP Supplies and get it instantly. Check out our new license server at ISP Supplies.com.




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Check out our Ebay Store

I am cleaning out the closet and selling it on our Ebay store. You can get some great open box or used/refurbished product deals and save tons of cash. Check it out at http://stores.ebay.com/ISP-Supplies or visit our main store at ISPSupplies.com.

New MikroTIk RB750GL

I am sure you have heard of the new MikroTik 750GL but what abut the RB750GK? It has five gigabit ports and a creamy center!

Phil Crawford, a MT colleague is celebrating his birthday and wanted to test drive the newest model!

MTCNA - MikroTik Training Dallas Aug 30 - Sept 1

Ready to train? Come to Dallas and learn RouterOS. MikroTik training starts August 30. Learn more...

245 MBps NV2 Link

Arc Wireless Dual polarity antenna
R52HN Card
RouterBoard 435G
802.11N NV2 link
245 MBps throughput

Nice!

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MikroTik 5.6

RouterOS v5.6 released today. Changelog is extensive:
*) fixed ssh server crashing when sessions were interrupted
*) ipsec - fix a problem which could silently remove a manual policy
from the kernel if the peer configuration has 'generate-policy' set to 'yes'
and if the policy matches with the traffic selector of a SA being removed
on the responder side, also fix a problem that some generated policies
may stay in kernel after relevant SA was removed;
*) profiler - correctly show idle task on RB1200;
*) webfig - fix dual nstreme interface setting lists;
*) webfig - fix Wireless Access/Connect List editing;
*) webfig - fix bitrate presentation in simple queues (show 1.5M as 1500k);
*) fixed micro-sd access on RB400 not to stop everything else;
*) sstp - when server certificate verification is enabled for sstp client,
it will additionally compare IP addresses found in certificate's
subjectAltName and subject CN to the real address, DNS names are ignored;
*) tftp - optional block counter roll-over support;
*) hotspot - fixed possible crash in case of multiple Radius CoA requests;
*) userman - speedup user deletion with big log size,
note that first userman startup after this update
may take few minutes if the log size is in hundreds of MB;
*) mpls - added support for enabling/disabling control word usage for
BGP based VPLS tunnels (both - Cisco and RFC 4761 based);
*) mpls - added support for auto-discovery of VPLS NLRI encoding method
for Cisco BGP based VPLS tunnels;
*) winbox - sometimes after disconnecting, winbox could not connect back;
*) bgp - allow parallel operation of RFC4761 "l2vpn" and
draft-ietf-l2vpn-signaling "l2vpn-cisco" BGP VPLS variants inside
single peering session.
*) console - ":resolve" command now returns IPv6 address for domain names
that have only IPv6 address records;
*) snmp - provide ups alarms for bad or low battery or for ups overload;
*) route - fixed SNMP getnext queries, were failing to find next
prefix in the OID order;

We have tons of MikroTik at ISP Supplies!

OmniTIK Now Shipping

We just got a load of the new OmniTik's, Mikrotik's newest integrated solution. OmniTIK is a weatherproof outdoor AP with dual-polarized omni antennas - the perfect companion for the SXT, or for any other 5GHz 802.11a/n standard device.

Weatherproof, durable and ready to use. It has five 10/100 Ethernet ports, PoE support and a built-in 400mW 802.11a/n wireless radio. It supports Nv2 TDMA technology with up to 200Mbit aggregate throughput.

LED signal indicators on it’s back are fully customizable, show Ethernet activity or wireless signal - or any other information from RouterOS.

The USB port gives the ability to connect a 3G modem or a storage drive.

I am thinking of applications for this device including wireless networks for apartment complexes, as a backbone for an RV park WiFi, temporary internet access venues. etc. What is missing in my opinion is a second radio. I would rather sacrifice the dual chains for 802.11n and instead add a second radio running 2.4 GHz. A dual band mesh node at this price point would be awesome and could lend itself to municipal WiFi deployments, etc.

Get in the Groove!

We just received a huge MikroTik order with MikroTik RB1200's and Grooves. Look out Ubiquiti bullets, the MikroTik Groove is here!

Get yours today at ISPSupplies.com.

RouterOS Version 5.2 Released

What's new in RouterOS 5.2 (2011-Apr-26 16:09):

*) fixed webfig;
*) console - fixed problem with supout file generation and export that
appeared in version 5.1, it was causing console to enter busy loop
on some boards;
*) ssh client - added source address and remote command options;
*) user manager - added /tool usermanager profile;
*) route - fixed problem with missing connected routes;
All MikroTik products are available at ISPSupplies.com.

Dual Nstreme or 802.11n Backhaul

Having trouble finding Ubiquiti Nanobridges in stock but still need a 5 GHz unlicensed backhaul capable of pushing 100 megs? Consider the Arc Wireless dual polarity panel antenna. Combine it with a MikroTik RouterBoad and a 802.11n card or two and you have a high capacity link. All of these are available at ISPSupplies.com.

MikroTik RouterOS Version 5.1 Released

What's new in 5.1 (2011-Apr-08 12:55):

*) ipsec - fix SA lifetime display when timezone offset does not equal 0;

*) ipsec - now default DPD interval is 2 min for new configurations;

*) webfig - make bandwidth-test work;

*) fixed problem - wireless package got disabled after upgrading from v4;

*) sstp - fix problems on multicore systems;

http://www.mikrotik.com/download.html

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FREE MikroTik training

Need MikroTik training? How about FREE MikroTik training? We can handle that as well! For every $7500 in MikroTik products you order from now until April 30, we will give you a free credit for one person to attend one MTCNA Certification Class with LearnMikroTik.com for free (some restrictions apply, call for details). You pay for travel and lodging but we will cover the cost of their training and certification exam. Stock up now on CPE boards you need anyway and get some free training, a $950 value! Offer ends April 30.

Tip of the day

Need a wireless bridge between two buildings or a quick backhaul link? Have a pair of RouterBoard 411's with their original Level 3 license lying around? Then great, you have exactly what you need to build a point to point link. "What? I thought I needed a level 4 license for one of the boards to be an access point? The level 3 license won't let you use "ap-bridge" mode." You are correct! However, for a single client point to point, you can use "bridge" mode on the wireless card that will act as the AP end of the link. In "bridge" mode (as opposed to "ap-bridge") the AP acts as a normal AP but will only allow one client to associate. The link can still be routed or bridged in "bridge" mode, the difference is only the number of clients it will support.

ISP Supplies stocks most MikroTik RouterBoards.

RouterBoard 1100 Top Seller for 2011

I guess there is a lot to be said for pent up demand. After nearly six months of shortage, the MikroTik RouterBoard RB1100 is finally back and we have a shelf full and more on their way. Get yours today before they run out at ISP Supplies.

New Product From MikroTik

WOW! What a great new product. The new MikroTik SXT for less than $90.

RouterBOARD SXT 5HnD is a low cost, high speed 5GHz wireless device. Dual chain 802.11n and Nv2 TDMA technology help to achieve even 200Mbit real throughput speed. Complete with a ready to mount enclosure and built-in antenna, this is the perfect CPE. Powered by RouterOS, it is also the most advanced router, bandwidth controller and firewall.

• Solid all-in-one design: quick and easy to mount
• Tower friendly one hand enclosure access
• 5GHz 802.11a/n wireless onboard
• One 10/100 Ethernet port
• 16dBi dual chain antenna built-in
• Signal strength LED indicators on back
• USB 2.0 port, voltage and temperature monitors
• Extended L2MTU support to avoid fragmentation overhead in MPLS, QinQ etc.
• Includes pole mounting bracket, mounting ring and PoE adapter
• RB/SXT

MikroTik User Manager Automatic Rate Limits

Usermanager is MikroTik's version of radius and is a great way to centralize AAA on your network. In addition, it also has facility to allow users to buy credits on your network through hotspot, however, the only limitation it can automatically create is a time limitation. You can create packages that allow access for a day, week, month, etc., but in order to set a rate limit for that customer and their package, you have to manually make that change to the user in Usermanager.

I needed a way to automatically accomplish this so I enlisted the help of my script guru, Andrew Cox. Although I have never met Andrew in person, I can tell you he is a bright guy who is one of the few people I know that truly speaks MikroTik's scripting language. As usual, Andrew rose to the challenge and wrote a few lines of code that function perfectly.

A few notes, first the script uses the user property "credit-price" to determine which package the customer purchased, therefore, you need to have unique prices for each rate limit. For example, if the Gold package is 128k/64k and costs $25, then users that buy the 64k/64k package that costs $25 will get the same rate limit. In this example, just change the price slightly on one of the packages and it will work correctly. For example, make the 128k/64k package $19.95 or something similar.

So, here is the code, past it into a new script item through Winbox, set the scheduler to run it once every minute or so and you will enjoy the benefits of automatic rate limits with self created user accounts.

-- Script---
#Script to add rate limit's to newly created user-manager accounts.
#Written by Andrew Cox | http://www.mikrotik-routeros.com

:local counter
:local check

#Loop through all users in user-manager
:foreach counter in=[/tool user-manager user find] do={

#Check to see if comment contains "RLA" (short for 'rate limit added'). If it doesn't, this account hasn't had a rate limit set yet.
#We only check the first 3 characters, this means you can continue to use the comment field for whatever you like so long as you leave the 'RLA' untouched (if present)
:set check [:pick [/tool user-manager user get $counter value=comment] 0 3]
:if ($check="RLA") do={

#Has RLA, rate limit is already set so ignore

} else={

#Doesn't have RLA Set rate-limit based on initial purchase pricing
:if ([/tool user-manager user get $counter credit-price] ="1000") do={/tool user-manager user set $counter rate-limit="256k/128k" comment="RLA"}
:if ([/tool user-manager user get $counter credit-price] ="2500") do={/tool user-manager user set $counter rate-limit="256k/128k" comment="RLA"}
:if ([/tool user-manager user get $counter credit-price] ="4500") do={/tool user-manager user set $counter rate-limit="96k/48k" comment="RLA"}
:if ([/tool user-manager user get $counter credit-price] ="6000") do={/tool user-manager user set $counter rate-limit="128k/64k" comment="RLA"}
:if ([/tool user-manager user get $counter credit-price] ="7500") do={/tool user-manager user set $counter rate-limit="256k/128k" comment="RLA"}

}

}
--- End of Script---