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byIPAsupport
Sun Jun 27, 2021 3:49 pm
Forum:Wireless Networking
Topic:Mikrotik equipments to deploy small WISP
Replies:6
Views:1475

Re: Mikrotik equipments to deploy small WISP

As you continue looking at options for starting your WISP don't forget about routing architectures. Here is a small guide we wrote to help with some considerations.

https://stubarea51.net/2020/03/03/start ... hitecture/
byIPAsupport
Fri Apr 30, 2021 12:29 am
Forum:Virtualization
Topic:CHR Hardware
Replies:20
Views:17771

Re: CHR Hardware

I'm not sure if you already solved it, I know this is an old post, but I recommended some people to get a couple Dell R630 on ebay, arrond $600 to $700 each, and add the 40G cards or a couple 10G and do LACP. That server has 24 slots for RAM and 2 CPU sockets. They are working just fine. For LACP yo...
byIPAsupport
Fri Apr 30, 2021 12:13 am
Forum:Virtualization
Topic:Mikrotik CHR speed performance problem
Replies:37
Views:31360

Re: Mikrotik CHR speed performance problem

What is the brand/model of the server? I happened to me once that the PCIe slot was x8 but in the specs I found out it was wired as x4, so the card was not able to use its full bandwidth
byIPAsupport
Thu Apr 29, 2021 11:54 pm
Forum:Virtualization
Topic:CHR on Hyper-V cannot connect to external network.
Replies:2
Views:4356

Re: CHR on Hyper-V cannot connect to external network.

would you share a screen capture of your virtual swiches configuration?
byIPAsupport
Thu Apr 29, 2021 11:51 pm
Forum:Virtualization
Topic:CHR on VMware with two Xeon processors
Replies:2
Views:4506

Re: CHR on VMware with two Xeon processors

There should be no problem but, what do you need so many cores for? What version of CHR are you running?
byIPAsupport
Thu Apr 29, 2021 11:49 pm
Forum:Virtualization
Topic:Which virtalization prefer?
Replies:2
Views:4491

Re: Which virtalization prefer?

You mentioned Virtual Box in your Windows 7 computer. Is this question oriented to a production environment or for testing in your computer?
byIPAsupport
Wed Sep 09, 2020 1:07 am
Forum:Virtualization
Topic:chr and vlans on virtualbox at schools during covid lockdown
Replies:4
Views:4669

Re: chr and vlans on virtualbox at schools during covid lockdown

That's cool, now I will like to see a screenshot of the VMs config and probably you can paste the MikroTik config here also?
byIPAsupport
Tue Sep 08, 2020 3:39 am
Forum:Virtualization
Topic:Vmware can't reach to userman
Replies:1
Views:3916

Re: Vmware can't reach to userman

Hi, what is the IP of the VMware host? Please share the config of the CHR, a screenshot of the properties of the VM showing the network ports config, and a screenshot of the config of all the involved virtual switches
byIPAsupport
Tue Sep 08, 2020 3:28 am
Forum:Virtualization
Topic:chr and vlans on virtualbox at schools during covid lockdown
Replies:4
Views:4669

Re: chr and vlans on virtualbox at schools during covid lockdown

Hi Marco, before saying anything about the MikroTik config, will you share with us the configuration of the VM in Virtual Box?
byIPAsupport
Fri Sep 04, 2020 5:41 pm
Forum:General
Topic:pppoe-client流量超过a vlan(no solution?!?!) [SOLVED]
Replies:10
Views:2526

Re: pppoe-client traffic over a vlan(no solution?!?!)[SOLVED]

What are you using to authenticate the users? A billing software? FreeRADIUS? Can you start using a username/password instead of validating the connections by the IP address?
byIPAsupport
Fri Sep 04, 2020 5:22 pm
Forum:Wireless Networking
Topic:Sanity check - networking my island
Replies:7
Views:2339

Re: Sanity check - networking my island

We have provided service for some islands before. The main problem has been to get the internet there and to optimize the bandwidth, but you didn't mention that so I assume we are OK on that matter. Since the area you have to cover is small I will consider 2 options: 1) A mesh: Changing to a mesh to...
byIPAsupport
Fri Sep 04, 2020 3:24 am
Forum:General
Topic:How to correctly implement IPv6 on a hosting company
Replies:3
Views:842

Re: How to correctly implement IPv6 on a hosting company

The VLANs are for managing your broadcast domains. In the article there is only one computer in the diagram but the VLAN is actually for the wireless tower. In your case I think You can assing a VLAN to each server rack, if we are talking about 5000 physical servers will be what? 100+ racks?
byIPAsupport
Fri Sep 04, 2020 3:03 am
Forum:Virtualization
Topic:Running CHR on Centos 8 KVM
Replies:4
Views:5301

Re: Running CHR on Centos 8 KVM

@esunarto When working with blades, getting to the outside world with the network could be done by modular switches or Pass-Through Modules. What will be the case for the Cisco and the Dell blades? If it is a switch what is the model?
byIPAsupport
Fri Sep 04, 2020 2:26 am
Forum:Forwarding Protocols
Topic:MED parameter not applied in a BGP VPN L3 with eBGP for PE-CE communication
Replies:2
Views:1078

Re: MED parameter not applied in a BGP VPN L3 with eBGP for PE-CE communication

Hola José, veo que estás familiarizado con Cisco, te comparto unos artículos que escribió uno de nuestros Arquitectos de Red Senior Cisco to MikroTik – command translation – BGP https://stubarea51.net/2015/11/09/cisco-to-mikrotik-command-translation-bgp/ Cisco to MikroTik – command translation – OSP...
byIPAsupport
Fri Sep 04, 2020 2:11 am
Forum:Virtualization
Topic:Advice on CHR
Replies:2
Views:4698

Re: Advice on CHR

Hola Luis, no te recomiendo ninguno de los 2. El rendimiento mejora muchísimo al usar BGP en un CHR, pero algo que hacemos nosotros con nuestros clientes es que filtramos las tablas de BGP, en realidad no necesitas la tabla completa. Un servidor HP debería ser de 3 dígitos para que te sirva, un DL16...
byIPAsupport
Fri Sep 04, 2020 1:49 am
Forum:General
Topic:pppoe-client流量超过a vlan(no solution?!?!) [SOLVED]
Replies:10
Views:2526

Re: pppoe-client traffic over a vlan(no solution?!?!)[SOLVED]

There are ways to do what you are asking for using MPLS, but before that I will like to know more about what are you trying to do. What are you using to authenticate the users? FreeRADIUS? When you say you need to send the PPPoE traffic to a Cisco switch, what do you have connected there? Is it the ...
byIPAsupport
Fri Sep 04, 2020 1:41 am
Forum:General
Topic:Can't route vlan
Replies:2
Views:497

Re: Can't route vlan

我认为你需要指定标记和untagged ports Try this: /interface bridge vlan add bridge=bridge_14 untagged=ether3 vlan-ids=14 add bridge=bridge_18 tagged=ether3 vlan-ids=18 also try activating VLAN filtering /interface bridge set bridge_14 vlan-filtering=yes set bridge_18 vlan-filterin...
byIPAsupport
Fri Sep 04, 2020 1:27 am
Forum:General
Topic:VPN and subnet have different netmasks
Replies:11
Views:2852

Re: VPN and subnet have different netmasks

You should have a new interface everytime a new remote host connects to the router. Can you check that?
byIPAsupport
Wed Sep 02, 2020 6:04 pm
Forum:Beginner Basics
Topic:VLAN help
Replies:8
Views:917

Re: VLAN help

To create a VLAN go to the /interface vlan menu use the following command [admin@MikroTik] /interface vlan> add name=vlan100 vlan-id=100 interface=ether1 This is the tricky part in MikroTik, the vlan will become an interface. In order to comunicate between VLANs assign IP addresses to each one of th...
byIPAsupport
Wed Sep 02, 2020 4:05 am
Forum:Virtualization
Topic:Intel 82599 driver
Replies:1
Views:3656

Re: Intel 82599 driver

Are you using a Hypervisor? HyperV, VMware, Proxmox?
byIPAsupport
Wed Sep 02, 2020 4:03 am
Forum:Virtualization
Topic:CHR Hypervisor recommenadtion please (Hyper V?)
Replies:9
Views:8096

Re: CHR Hypervisor recommenadtion please (Hyper V?)

We did a live presentation in the MUM in Berlin in 2018 and we got the best performance in HyperV using the CHR as an edge router

Check out the video here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcgdGA1 ... e=youtu.be
byIPAsupport
Wed Sep 02, 2020 3:59 am
Forum:Virtualization
Topic:CHR problem in Windows Server Hyper-V
Replies:3
Views:5616

Re: CHR problem in Windows Server Hyper-V

but when i create a bridge on routeros only one port at a time works (for dhcp giving ip's etc) if i have more than one port on the bridge only the first port works, if i delete the first port on the bridge then the second works and so on... What do you mean? What are you using the ports for? Where...
byIPAsupport
Wed Sep 02, 2020 3:43 am
Forum:Beginner Basics
Topic:Considering purchasing a hEX
Replies:4
Views:886

Re: Considering purchasing a hEX

We have installed MikroTik on very demanding scenarios: a customer with 1k+ wireless access points, ISPs providing service to any amount of subscribers, data centers with critical applications running, communicating 2 or more cities and supporting thousands of users, and so on. If you are a Cisco gu...
byIPAsupport
Wed Sep 02, 2020 3:33 am
Forum:Beginner Basics
Topic:Just when I thought I had it figured out..
Replies:3
Views:726

Re: Just when I thought I had it figured out..

In that scenario I will use the 10g port for everything, and I will disable the 1g port. Since you understand Cisco, this "Cisco to Mikrotik dictionary" from one of our senior Network Architects might help you understand how to do things wiht your switch, it is based in RouterOS. Good luck...
byIPAsupport
Wed Sep 02, 2020 3:19 am
Forum:Forwarding Protocols
Topic:MPLS - massive throughput difference on CHR when using explicit nulls
Replies:63
Views:23322

Re: MPLS - massive throughput difference on CHR when using explicit nulls

We haven´t tested that yet, but as soon as we do, we'll share the results
byIPAsupport
Tue Sep 01, 2020 11:35 pm
Forum:SwOS
Topic:Need help to setup 2 VLANs
Replies:4
Views:2417

Re: Need help to setup 2 VLANs

Why do you need access to the 2 VLANs, what are you connecting there? Is it a hypervisor?
byIPAsupport
Sat Aug 29, 2020 12:13 am
Forum:Announcements
Topic:WinBox v3.25 released!
Replies:68
Views:22724

Re: WinBox v3.25 released!


*) added support for CTRL+ and CTRL- keyboard shortcuts for Zoom in and Zoom out;
That's something I can be thankful for with my lazy eyes
byIPAsupport
Sat Aug 29, 2020 12:10 am
Forum:General
Topic:does storm affect internet speed?
Replies:2
Views:664

Re: does storm affect internet speed?

What router model are you using?
byIPAsupport
Fri Aug 28, 2020 8:39 pm
Forum:General
Topic:Help needed: Transparant bridge: WAN IP on LAN port 2
Replies:6
Views:1351

Re: Help needed: Transparant bridge: WAN IP on LAN port 2

Would you share with us your bridge config?
byIPAsupport
Fri Aug 28, 2020 8:35 pm
Forum:General
Topic:Block Printer for Specific IP in same subnet
Replies:9
Views:1867

Re: Block Printer for Specific IP in same subnet

There are a couple ways but first I need to know if you have a way to connect the printer directly to the router, or if the printer is connected to a switch tha can use VLANs
byIPAsupport
Fri Aug 28, 2020 8:31 pm
Forum:General
Topic:Can't add a DHCP server pool error 6.47.2
Replies:4
Views:815

Re: Can't add a DHCP server pool error 6.47.2

You need to go to IP>Pool and create one first. Then make a reference to that Pool you just created
byIPAsupport
Fri Aug 28, 2020 8:28 pm
Forum:Beginner Basics
Topic:Different DHCP Pool for VLANs
Replies:4
Views:1278

Re: Different DHCP Pool for VLANs

Your config is putting the pool in the trunk port, not in the VLAN
byIPAsupport
Fri Aug 28, 2020 8:21 pm
Forum:Beginner Basics
Topic:VLAN help
Replies:8
Views:917

Re: VLAN help

If you understand Cisco VLANs, this document will help you

https://stubarea51.net/2019/02/06/cisco ... and-vlans/

And plese fell free to ask me questions
byIPAsupport
Fri Aug 28, 2020 8:17 pm
Forum:Forwarding Protocols
Topic:OSPF VPLS/MPLS load balancing and failover
Replies:7
Views:4390

Re: OSPF VPLS/MPLS load balancing and failover

This won't work on Mikrotik. You can get some of this if you use BGP, but Mikrotik's implementation of TE can't allow for the same destination or endpoint. A good solution for this will be a switch that supports ERPS for example.
byIPAsupport
Fri Aug 28, 2020 8:13 pm
Forum:Forwarding Protocols
Topic:loadbalancing ipsec vpn
Replies:2
Views:1623

Re: loadbalancing ipsec vpn

Are the VPNs the same speed? You can use PCQ, but you will have different source/destination IPs and that could be a problem for you. You can use BGP also.
byIPAsupport
Fri Aug 28, 2020 8:09 pm
Forum:Forwarding Protocols
Topic:CRS112 and IGMP snooping - problem
Replies:5
Views:2279

Re: CRS112 and IGMP snooping - problem

Have you upgraded the RouterBoard firmware also?
byIPAsupport
Fri Aug 28, 2020 7:53 pm
Forum:Forwarding Protocols
Topic:Recommended routeros version for BGP multihoming
Replies:1
Views:1255

Re: Recommended routeros version for BGP multihoming

Usually there are 2 versions available, the stable and long term. The “current” versions are intended to add new features, that, to be honest, we don’t know if will work. We will recommend you to use the long term version 6.45.9, because they put more attention on fixing bugs than deploying new feat...
byIPAsupport
Wed Aug 26, 2020 8:20 pm
Forum:The User Manager
Topic:DHCPv6-PD Support?
Replies:3
Views:7395

Re: DHCPv6-PD Support?

You can use a dual stack, check out this article from one of our senior Network Architects

https://stubarea51.net/2018/09/14/wisp- ... your-wisp/

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byIPAsupport
Wed Aug 26, 2020 8:16 pm
Forum:RouterOS beta and rc versions
Topic:IPv6 Radius Accounting Not Working for PPPOE Clients (Delegated Prefix)
Replies:44
Views:15521

Re: IPv6 Radius Accounting Not Working for PPPOE Clients (Delegated Prefix)

We have clients that also need PPPoE + PD + Radius, please consider implementing this feature
byIPAsupport
Wed Aug 26, 2020 8:13 pm
Forum:General
Topic:How to correctly implement IPv6 on a hosting company
Replies:3
Views:842

Re: How to correctly implement IPv6 on a hosting company

Please check out this article from one of our Senior Network Architects. It will give you a general idea. It is oriented to ISPs but the dual stacking and the DHCPv6 and Prefix Delegation apply to your case too. It is possible it will generate more questions than answers :-) but I think it is a good...
byIPAsupport
Wed Aug 26, 2020 8:05 pm
Forum:Virtualization
Topic:空空的vSphere > 10吉比特的吞吐量
Replies:4
Views:5787

Re: CHR vSphere >10 gigabit of throughput

What brand and model is the switch? Can you share the LACP config?
byIPAsupport
Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:24 pm
Forum:General
Topic:Mikrotik or NOT!!! Industry standarts say no!! Why? [SOLVED]
Replies:115
Views:24437

Re: Mikrotik or NOT!!! Industry standarts say no!! Why?[SOLVED]

5. Yes. The client has to decide how much they want to invest in their security posture. It is ultimately up to them. My job is to advise them of their options, risks, etc, so they can make informed decisions. I've been involved in the security planning and execution for a number of large companies...
byIPAsupport
Wed Aug 26, 2020 4:45 pm
Forum:General
Topic:Mikrotik or NOT!!! Industry standarts say no!! Why? [SOLVED]
Replies:115
Views:24437

Re: Mikrotik or NOT!!! Industry standarts say no!! Why?[SOLVED]

I think to some degree be careful what you wish for.... MikroTik is successful because they understand that large support organizations cost a lot of money which means the cost of the product goes up. So MT puts resources into hardware and software development and uses e-mail and forum support to ke...
byIPAsupport
8月25日星期二2020 6:21 pm
Forum:Virtualization
Topic:Running CHR on Centos 8 KVM
Replies:4
Views:5301

Re: Running CHR on Centos 8 KVM

Hy Franky, we will need more information to help you. What is the network segment of your ouside network? Do you have a DHCP server for that network or is it a manual config? What are you going to use the CHR for?
byIPAsupport
8月25日星期二2020 5:41 am
Forum:General
Topic:Special routing
Replies:1
Views:497

Re: Special routing

Olá Sérgio

我不能访问你的图纸,它说我不是紧密相联的wed to see the content.

It sounds like you need to check your routes in your Mikrotik router, but I will have a better idea if I can see your diagrams.

Please let me know if you find a way to share them
byIPAsupport
8月25日星期二2020 5:33 am
Forum:General
Topic:Redirect Internal Public IP Internally
Replies:2
Views:934

Re: Redirect Internal Public IP Internally

I just want to be clear. When you say my router only knows about an 192.168.x.x address What does it mean? Do you have a different segment for you internal network? The public IP is configured in your router or do you have a device provided by your ISP connected to your router? I think it will be go...
byIPAsupport
8月25日星期二2020 5:26 am
Forum:Forwarding Protocols
Topic:Configuring the wlan1 onto a different subnet
Replies:3
Views:3206

Re: Configuring the wlan1 onto a different subnet

Hey man, 192.168.10.0 can't be used, I won't extend myself on this but you can google some network subneting if you want to know more about it So change it to add address=192.168.10.1/24 interface=wlan1 network=192.168.10.0 Then the gateway for that network should be also that IP address 192.168.10.1
byIPAsupport
8月25日星期二2020 5:12 am
Forum:Forwarding Protocols
Topic:Network Topology With Link Redundency And Traffic Control
Replies:2
Views:1131

Re: Network Topology With Link Redundency And Traffic Control

Hi, please check out this article writen by one of our Senior Architects https://stubarea51.net/2018/06/01/wisp-design-ospf-leapfrog-path-for-traffic-engineering/ https://stubarea51.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/opsf-leapfrog-pic3.png The example uses only one internet provider but it is focused on...
byIPAsupport
8月25日星期二2020 5:01 am
Forum:Forwarding Protocols
Topic:Redundant BGP With Redundant Routers VIA VRRP Need Help
Replies:7
Views:6454

Re: Redundant BGP With Redundant Routers VIA VRRP Need Help

Instead of combining VRRP and BGP which normally isn't recommended, consider using this design with BFD which is simlilar to what you're asking for

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byIPAsupport
Mon Aug 24, 2020 5:57 pm
Forum:Forwarding Protocols
Topic:EBGP routes not advertised to IBGP peer [SOLVED]
Replies:4
Views:2409

Re: EBGP routes not advertised to IBGP peer[SOLVED]

1) The very first thing to check when BGP routes are not propagating especially when moving from iBGP to eBGP is to see if the next hop is reachable. The border router in the iBGP ASN needs to either set next hop self for the peering towards other iBGP routers or a Route Reflector.....or the subnet ...
byIPAsupport
Mon Aug 24, 2020 5:45 pm
Forum:Beginner Basics
Topic:No Internet access on connected Wifi [SOLVED]
Replies:5
Views:13455

Re: No Internet access on connected Wifi[SOLVED]

没错,我们需要看到你在干什么with the other Tik, There are so meany possible ocnfigs and the result in all of them is the combination of the configs of the 2 devices Hmm, I thought it was simply this error...... /ip address add address=**.***.***.***/24 comment=defconf interface=e...
byIPAsupport
Mon Aug 24, 2020 5:39 pm
Forum:Beginner Basics
Topic:Device selection for x9 multi WAN config
Replies:2
Views:401

Re: Device selection for x9 multi WAN config

Hi there, before I give you my opinion I will like to ask you some questons: How many upstreams will you have to go to the internet? Are you multi-home? What is the bandwidth you’re planning to provide for your clients? If I understand correctly you will have 9 clients, right? Do you need to have hi...
byIPAsupport
Mon Aug 24, 2020 5:24 pm
Forum:General
Topic:2 BRAS With Same IP pool LIST
Replies:7
Views:2239

Re: 2 BRAS With Same IP pool LIST

We designed a solution for HA BRAS that works well. You can actually split the pool in half across each BRAS and it will dynamically load balance users. Then redistribute the connected /32 routes into BGP. https://stubarea51.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2.png https://stubarea51.net/2018/04/23/pppo...
byIPAsupport
Fri Aug 21, 2020 11:32 pm
Forum:RouterOS beta and rc versions
Topic:v7.1beta2 [development] is released!
Replies:385
Views:141447

Re: v7.1beta2 [development] is released!

This level 3 offloading looks very interesting. Do we have any numbers to show what it can mean as this has the potential to put emphasis on the R in CRS :-) Here is the preliminary testing we have done on this version with two CHRs on ProxMox that are each on a different VLAN and the CRS317 routes...
byIPAsupport
Fri Aug 21, 2020 8:28 pm
Forum:RouterOS beta and rc versions
Topic:v7.1beta2 [development] is released!
Replies:385
Views:141447

Re: v7.1beta2 [development] is released!

Any time frame to move off development phase and make it ready for production / stable? They still have to implement MPLS - I think that is the one major feature still missing from the current beta. Otherwise, there are probably many small fixes needed here and there. Totally agree! I will love to ...
byIPAsupport
Tue Nov 05, 2019 3:45 pm
Forum:Forwarding Protocols
Topic:MPLS - massive throughput difference on CHR when using explicit nulls
Replies:63
Views:23322

Re: MPLS - massive throughput difference on CHR when using explicit nulls

I'd use HyperV....I haven't seen any notification this has been fixed.

I've heard other people mention that ProxMox with Open Vswitch works but I haven't tested or confirmed that.
byIPAsupport
Mon Oct 14, 2019 7:35 pm
Forum:Beginner Basics
Topic:EOIP tunneling and routing for Radio over IP
Replies:14
Views:4141

Re: EOIP tunneling and routing for Radio over IP

I would probably consider MPLS with VPLS if you know that you need L2 adjacency. EoIP is great for very simple applications but if i'm going to be running an L2 overlay for any length of time, I use VPLS for stability and scalability.
byIPAsupport
Mon Oct 14, 2019 7:31 pm
Forum:Beginner Basics
Topic:300Mbit/s AQM QoS
Replies:1
Views:950

Re: 300Mbit/s AQM QoS

MikroTik has not yet implemented any variant of FQ Codel
byIPAsupport
于2019年10月14日星期一7:28点
Forum:Virtualization
Topic:Proxmox and CHR
Replies:8
Views:9621

Re: Proxmox and CHR

I did the testing in the YouTube video referenced above, and we found ProxMox to be in the middle as compared to VM Ware and HyperV. Part of the reason for this is driver support. In talking with MIkroTik at the MUM, there were existing drivers for ESXi and KVM that could be used. However, there wer...
byIPAsupport
Mon Oct 14, 2019 7:17 pm
Forum:Forwarding Protocols
Topic:HTTP Downloads cancels when LDP enabled
Replies:5
Views:2951

Re: HTTP Downloads cancels when LDP enabled

The first thing I would do is connect a router locally to Site 80 that isn't over the wireless link, enable MPLS and see i it's still an issue.

Does this hapen to all HTTP/HTTPs sites or only some of them?
byIPAsupport
Mon Oct 14, 2019 7:10 pm
Forum:Forwarding Protocols
Topic:How to connect access router to core router
Replies:8
Views:4138

Re: How to connect access router to core router

Good luck....also you may want to consider using a highly available PPPoE design with hardware or for better scale CHR

https://www.stubarea51.net/2018/04/23/p ... atorsbras/
byIPAsupport
Wed Sep 25, 2019 5:58 pm
Forum:Forwarding Protocols
Topic:OSPF Redistribution
Replies:2
Views:2294

Re: OSPF Redistribution

Can you post your configuration and the output of
Code:Select all
ip route print