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Mikrotik L2TP over IPSec troubleshooting
Troubleshooting a MikroTik VPN configuration can be frustrating if you do not know where to look. This article is specificly about troubleshooting L2TP over IPSec Remote Access VPNs on RouterOS. Below...
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MikroTik Router as a SCADA Serial Server
A large number of MikroTik Router models have a serial port that can be used to configure the device. The serial port can also be configured as an IP-based serial server. This is article I will show...
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How to configure a MikroTik IKEv2 VPN & connect iOS devices (iPhone/iPad)
So you want a better Remote Access VPN option for MikroTik? Lets look at what it takes to setup a IKEv2 VPN that works with iOS Devices. For the record, the configuration should also support Mac OSX...
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MikroTik Script: Authentication Logging w/ Email Reports
In this article I will show you how to configure a separate log file on a MikroTik router that will only contain authentication log entries. The log file will contain log entries for winbox, webfig,...
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Custom Device Labels in “The Dude” nms
The Dude is a powerful network monitoring server from MikroTik. The majority of people I see only use it to monitor their MikroTik routers and wireless devices. In this article I will introduce you to...
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MikroTik Tutorial: Firewall ruleset for IPsec whitelisting
This article will show you how to setup a firewall whitelist for IPsec peer associations on a MikorTik router. The firewall ruleset will make use of address-lists to allow UDP 500 traffic only from...
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How to convert 48V PoE to 24V PoE
48V PoE (Power over Ethernet) is also know as 802.3af and 802.3at (PoE+) is the most common voltage. Some devices from manufacturers like Ubiquiti require 24V PoE. In this article I will highlight...
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MikroTik Script: Router Rebooted Script
This is a useful little RouterOS script that will email you a nice report when your router reboots. The emailed report contains recent critical log events that may point you to the cause for the...
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Mikrotik Tutorial: How to configure persistent logging
The default logging configuration on a MikroTik router is to only keep logs in memory. When the router reboots the logging history is erased. In this article I will show you the simple steps to...
View ArticleThe Perfect MikroTik Config Restore Script
Restoring config files on MikroTik routers have always been a pain. I set out to make the perfect config restore script for MikroTik routers. Have your every tried to paste configuration commands into...
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MikroTik Tutorial: show mac address table
Here are the commands to show the mac address table on a MikroTik Router. In addition to using the command line to show the mac address table, this tutorial I will also show you how to search for a...
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MikroTik Tutorial: How to recover RouterOS passwords from a backup file
These steps will help you recover a forgotten password from an unencrypted RouterOS backup file. To complete these step we will use a python tool called RouterOS-Backup-Tools written by Lorenzo Santina...
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MikroTik Tutorial: How to enable DNS over HTTPS (DoH)
In this MikroTik Tutorial I will show you how to configure DNS over HTTPS on your MikroTik router using either Cloudflare DNS servers or Google DNS servers. The latest stable version of RouterOS 6.47...
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WiFi6 certified UniFi6 Access Points are coming in 2020!
Recent FCC ID applications by Ubiquiti Inc. (NYSE:UI) provides a hint that they are hard at work developing the next generation of WiFi6 UniFi Wireless Access Points. Want a sneak peak? Ubiquiti will...
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Reboot a MikroTik router with SNMP set (Python Script)
Here is a proof of concept python script I wrote to remotely reboot a MikroTik router using a SNMP set command. SNMP must be enabled on the router and a community string must be setup with write access...
View ArticleMikroTik FAQ – Ask Me Anything
Ask me anything about MikroTik and help me build a FAQ. I have worked with MikroTik routers for many years and have written many MikroTik tutorials here on my blog jcutrer.com. Now, this page is a...
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