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bymetricmoose
Sat Mar 25, 2023 9:36 pm
Forum:Wireless Networking
Topic:MikroTik hAP ax3 poor WiFi performance
Replies:238
Views:27193

Re: MikroTik hAP ax3 poor WiFi performance

Your configuration looks pretty close to mine. I didn't specify any frequencies, chains or vlan-id though. When I run monitor, I do not see the available channels listed, as your output shows. I have seen weirdness testing with my android phone. At times, usually after turning off wireguard, a spee...
bymetricmoose
Sat Mar 25, 2023 1:07 am
Forum:Wireless Networking
Topic:MikroTik hAP ax3 poor WiFi performance
Replies:238
Views:27193

Re: MikroTik hAP ax3 poor WiFi performance

I also seem to be having issues achieving above 300 Mbps download from my ax3. I've confirmed it with both an ax-capable Dell laptop and Pixel 6 Pro phone to an LibreSpeed HTML5 speedtest server on my LAN and also doing a local file copy from a NAS, both connected to the same CRS328 switch. TCP btes...
bymetricmoose
Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:38 pm
Forum:Wireless Networking
Topic:802.11ah products in the future?
Replies:5
Views:1339

Re: 802.11ah products in the future?

I figured I'd revive this thread instead of making a new one... I picked up one of these TX-AH-R900PNR module / TXW8301 chipset based 900MHz 802.11ah bridge kits from Aliexpress and I think there's some interesting possibilities here considering the huge gap in products available in the 900MHz band ...
bymetricmoose
Mon Oct 03, 2022 7:18 pm
Forum:Announcements
Topic:Newsletter 108
Replies:84
Views:42295

Re: Newsletter 108

Is there going to be a version of the ATL without the modem card in it? And roughly what could we expect for gain in the 600MHz band 71? It's definitely a nice upgrade from the LHG!

Also, great merch! The groove boxers made my morning, haha.
bymetricmoose
Tue May 31, 2022 6:51 pm
Forum:Announcements
Topic:MikroTik Devices Controller
Replies:258
Views:191337

Re: MikroTik Devices Controller

Very exciting! This has been a bit of a missing component for Mikrotik's products and it could really help make our deployments easier to use. Some things I would like to see: -It should definitely have a mode where the router reaches out to the controller, like how cnMaestro and UISP work. It allow...
bymetricmoose
Fri Aug 21, 2020 9:08 pm
Forum:RouterOS beta and rc versions
Topic:v7.1beta2 [development] is released!
Replies:385
Views:141405

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

Wireguard is working well, except for that minor winbox issue with the endpoint port. With how easy it was to setup, I totally get the Wireguard hype now. IPSEC has a frustrating amount of knobs to turn. Between a couple hAP ac² routers, I was getting about 280 Mbps UDP. When I changed out one of th...
bymetricmoose
Wed Apr 22, 2020 4:37 pm
Forum:RouterBOARD hardware
Topic:Just going to leave this here...
Replies:164
Views:73944

再保险:要离开这里……

Well one of these is now semi-announced: https://mt.lv/CCR2004_1G_12S_2XS It supports the -48volt DC PSU for the r2 CCR's as well! Very cool! I'm looking forward to the 16 core version for replacing some CCR1072 BGP routers, but those numbers for the 4 core one are pretty promising. The only head s...
bymetricmoose
Thu Mar 12, 2020 3:44 am
Forum:RouterOS beta and rc versions
Topic:SDWAN using Zerotier [SOLVED]
Replies:54
Views:23717

Re: SDWAN using Zerotier

Zerotier would be a great extra. Right now there's no good way to do a mesh VPN on Mikrotik and it's the reason why we had to deploy Cisco for part of our network.
bymetricmoose
Sun Feb 23, 2020 8:26 pm
Forum:RouterBOARD hardware
Topic:CRS318 netPower - any news?
Replies:20
Views:8154

Re: CRS318 netPower - any news?

100M is fine for us since we'd primarily be using it to split off a regular PTMP CPE where we don't currently have plans to do higher than 100M packages... That said, I wish the PoE out was gigabit.
bymetricmoose
星期二1月28, 2020 5:52 am
Forum:RouterBOARD hardware
Topic:CRS318 netPower - any news?
Replies:20
Views:8154

Re: CRS318 netPower - any news?

I'm also very interested in the netpower stuff, all of the announced switches sound like they'll have a place in our network. From googling around, it seems like there's some distributors beginning to list them (Definitely not as in stock, but they're listed) but it's hard to gauge a timeline from t...
bymetricmoose
Sat Jan 18, 2020 5:17 am
Forum:RouterOS beta and rc versions
Topic:Feature Request: L2TP LAC / VPDN
Replies:2
Views:4140

Feature Request: L2TP LAC / VPDN

L2TP LAC is a feature that will come in handy to anyone deploying PPPoE on their network and we're currently stuck using Cisco for this. Mikrotik already supports the other half of this type of setup, LNS and it's my hope that we'll finally be able to replace the remaining Cisco routers in our netwo...
bymetricmoose
Fri Sep 06, 2019 6:40 pm
Forum:General
Topic:RouterOS v7.0beta1 (ARM)
Replies:203
Views:95611

Re: RouterOS v7.0beta1 (ARM)

If anyone is having issues installing the beta like I did on a hAP ac2, I had to update the firmware in System>Routerboard before the v7 beta would boot properly.
bymetricmoose
Sun Aug 11, 2019 7:18 am
Forum:General
Topic:Feature Request: Multiple WPA2 Pre Shared Keys
Replies:7
Views:3473

Re: Feature Request: Multiple WPA2 Pre Shared Keys

I'm fully aware that this can be implemented with WPA2-EAP to achieve something similar, the issue is that it uses external servers and software whereas implementing multiple WPA2-PSK keys in RouterOS would allow it to be done on one standalone device. There's also the issue of many consumer devices...
bymetricmoose
Sat Aug 10, 2019 5:22 am
Forum:Announcements
Topic:Newsletter #90
Replies:55
Views:37237

Re: Newsletter #90

These new 10Gbps switches look excellent! Though I'm also really interested in the new outdoor switches (CSS610-8P-2S+, CRS318-16P-2S+, CRS318-16Fi-2S), is there any prediction as to when they'll be released?
bymetricmoose
Sat Aug 10, 2019 4:52 am
Forum:General
Topic:Feature Request: Multiple WPA2 Pre Shared Keys
Replies:7
Views:3473

Feature Request: Multiple WPA2 Pre Shared Keys

I've been working on a few Cambium cnPilot deployments lately and they recently added a very cool feature called "ePSK", which allows for one WiFi SSID to have multiple passwords, with each password being capable of putting the end device on a different VLAN. This is useful for a few reaso...
bymetricmoose
Wed Mar 27, 2019 9:11 pm
Forum:RouterBOARD hardware
Topic:LoRaWAN support
Replies:57
Views:24620

Re: LoRaWAN support

Is there a 900 MHz LoRA option expected for North America and other 900MHz ISM countries?
bymetricmoose
我3月11日,2019 5:39 am
Forum:RouterBOARD hardware
Topic:MUM Europe 2019: new hardware
Replies:66
Views:26686

Re: MUM Europe 2019: new hardware

At this point I'd take a 1U server with an Intel Xeon with a bunch of SFP+ cards jammed in the front and a Mikrotik logo stuck on. Impossible with 3.xx Kernel, and missing support for actually Hardware They'd have to be running something like Proxmox on the hardware with CHR running on top to make ...
bymetricmoose
Sun Mar 10, 2019 4:19 pm
Forum:RouterBOARD hardware
Topic:MUM Europe 2019: new hardware
Replies:66
Views:26686

Re: MUM Europe 2019: new hardware

The GPEN injectors seem like it would work well with the reverse PoE switch that was announced. They're a tidy-looking demarc that hides the power jack and PoE out jack, with a nice flat front that you can brand / label. There's a few spots where we have customers in small apartment buildings where ...
bymetricmoose
Thu Feb 07, 2019 4:51 am
Forum:Wireless Networking
Topic:Mikrotik Intercell LTE APs
Replies:59
Views:19793

Re: Mikrotik Intercell LTE APs

B42/B43 support would be really great for us in Canada. The Mikrotik CPE options look very nice, it's hard to find good CPE options in this band. The built in EPC would also be great, since EPCs can get very expensive. Another useful feature would be layer 2 bridging between the base station and CPE...
bymetricmoose
Mon Feb 04, 2019 6:39 am
Forum:General
Topic:Feature requests
Replies:1591
Views:474423

Re: Feature requests

We started renting Mikrotik routers to our customers as a basic managed WiFi solution and one thing that any ISP will run into with this type of setup is the customer hitting the damn reset button. We'd love a way to change the default configuration that doesn't involve netinstall. It's extremely te...
bymetricmoose
Fri Jan 11, 2019 9:11 pm
Forum:General
Topic:Feature Request: Mikrotik TR069 ACS
Replies:0
Views:977

Feature Request: Mikrotik TR069 ACS

With Mikrotik adding TR069 support to RouterOS, I think there's a good opportunity for Mikrotik to create a basic TR069 server that could run on RouterOS/CHR. The options for a free TR069 ACS are not great right now and the quotes I've got from a few vendors offering commercial TR069 could be expens...
bymetricmoose
Mon Oct 08, 2018 7:23 pm
Forum:RouterBOARD hardware
Topic:RB4011
Replies:387
Views:178708

Re: RB4011

I'm guessing the answer is a "No", though would the RB4011 support -48v telecom power like the RB1100AHx4? We have quite a few sites with included -48v power or where we have our own -48v rectifier.
bymetricmoose
Wed Oct 03, 2018 1:55 am
Forum:Scripting
Topic:"/tool fetch output=user" Example? [SOLVED]
Replies:3
Views:5017

Re: "/tool fetch output=user" Example?[SOLVED]

Thanks, I guess Mikrotik hadn't finished the feature at the time of my post. I've been messing around with it since the 6.43 update, it's a very powerful option.
bymetricmoose
Sat Jul 28, 2018 5:25 am
Forum:General
Topic:Feature requests
Replies:1591
Views:474423

Re: Feature requests

I would like some way of hiding profiles in usermanager from the customer-facing parts, like in the signup and user pages. This would allow us to generate vouchers that will be priced differently or have different limitations than what's available on the self-signup, without making those packages av...
bymetricmoose
Sat Jul 21, 2018 5:10 am
Forum:Scripting
Topic:"/tool fetch output=user" Example? [SOLVED]
Replies:3
Views:5017

"/tool fetch output=user" Example?[SOLVED]

Mikrotik updated fetch a few months ago with "output=user", which does the following: Output ::= file | none | user none -- do not store downloaded data user -- return up to 63k bytes directly in 'data' variable without storing on disk file -- store to file Though the only way I can see th...
bymetricmoose
Tue Jul 17, 2018 4:23 am
Forum:Announcements
Topic:v6.43rc [release candidate] is released!
Replies:557
Views:204721

Re: v6.43rc [release candidate] is released!

Version 6.43rc40 has been released.

*) userman - fixed compatibility with PayPal TLS 1.2;
I hope it's not off topic, but when should we expect this to hit the current branch? I have a production userman router that seems to be having some recent Paypal issues lately.
bymetricmoose
Mon Jul 16, 2018 7:23 pm
Forum:General
Topic:Feature Request - LAC/LNS functionality
Replies:128
Views:51986

Re: Feature Request - LAC/LNS functionality

I did a base FreeBSD install on an old PC with a few NICs and I followed this guide to get MPD5 installed. I only used the install instructions, since the configuration is for something differently. http://dnaeon.github.io/installing-and-configuring-a-pptp-server-with-mpd5-on-freebsd/ Once installed...
bymetricmoose
Fri Jun 29, 2018 6:47 am
Forum:General
Topic:Feature Request - LAC/LNS functionality
Replies:128
Views:51986

Re: Feature Request - LAC/LNS functionality

Are there any mainstream OSes like PFsense, VyOS or similar that support LAC? Until RouterOS supports it, as far as I can tell there's no compact and low-power routers that support that feature. I can't physically fit a Cisco 7206 into a small cabinet and run it off a couple small batteries like I c...
bymetricmoose
Mon Apr 30, 2018 5:12 pm
Forum:Announcements
Topic:Newsletter #82 (May 2018)
Replies:38
Views:20500

Re: Newsletter #82 (May 2018)

For the CRS305-1G-4S+IN, it mentions "Support for high speed ring topology", can there be a little more said for that? Does it do something with TRILL like the IgniteNet MeshLinq switch?
bymetricmoose
Sun Apr 01, 2018 9:15 pm
Forum:General
Topic:Quickset for setting up APs without routing
Replies:1
Views:949

Quickset for setting up APs without routing

To make setting up devices like the cAP and wAP series easier in an environment with multiple APs behind a gateway, I think it would be beneficial to have an option in quickset that does the following -Create a bridge -Add bridge ports for all LAN and WLAN interfaces -Add an IP to the bridge for man...
bymetricmoose
Tue Mar 06, 2018 11:53 pm
Forum:General
Topic:Feature Request - LAC/LNS functionality
Replies:128
Views:51986

Re: Feature Request - LAC/LNS functionality

We use a few Cisco 7206 routers as a LAC to allow third parties to have wholesale access to our network. I have heard this is fairly commonplace. If RouterOS could function as a LAC, we would replace those Ciscos very quickly. Additionally, I mentioned above that having a LAC at every site would mak...
bymetricmoose
Tue Mar 06, 2018 3:01 pm
Forum:General
Topic:Feature Request - LAC/LNS functionality
Replies:128
Views:51986

Re: Feature Request - LAC/LNS functionality

Just as an update, I got the following response from Mikrotik support.
LAC feature is moved to RouterOS v7 as new Linux Kernel will make implementation much more easier, so currently LAC is not supported. Sorry.

Regards v7, yes, we are working on it, no dates atm.
Back to waiting for v7...
bymetricmoose
Thu Mar 01, 2018 6:30 am
Forum:General
Topic:Feature Request - LAC/LNS functionality
Replies:128
Views:51986

Re: Feature Request - LAC/LNS functionality

I would be very interested if LAC features were supported in RouterOS. A popular way to run PPPoE in a WISP network is by using VPLS, which is a very attractive option. However, If the tower site router could be used as a LAC, then the PPPoE session would be simply turned into an L2TP connection whi...
bymetricmoose
Thu Feb 01, 2018 9:59 pm
Forum:General
Topic:L2TP VPN set up on MT so that they cannot detect it's a VPN
Replies:10
Views:2966

Re: L2TP VPN set up on MT so that they cannot detect it's a VPN

It's more likely that the service is blacklisting the public IP addresses used by the VPN provider.
bymetricmoose
星期二1月30, 2018 7:47 pm
Forum:Announcements
Topic:v6.42rc [release candidate] is released!
Replies:537
Views:170424

Re: v6.42rc [release candidate] is released!

Version 6.42rc15 has been released. *) fetch - added "output" option for all modes in order to return result to file, variable or ignore it; I have been trying to test the ability to store downloaded data in a variable, though I haven't had any luck yet. [admin@Mikrotik] > /tool fetch htt...
bymetricmoose
Mon Jan 29, 2018 1:05 pm
Forum:General
Topic:Feature Request: RAMDisk OR HTTP GET/POST Without Flash Writes [SOLVED]
Replies:7
Views:3598

Re: Feature Request: RAMDisk OR HTTP GET/POST Without Flash Writes[SOLVED]

You have been heard, see thelatest ROS 6.42rc15:
*) fetch - added "output" option for all modes in order to return result to file, variable or ignore it;
greetings, Daniel
Thanks Daniel, I didn't see that RC! This should tidy things up a lot.
bymetricmoose
Sun Jan 28, 2018 8:14 pm
Forum:General
Topic:Feature Request: RAMDisk OR HTTP GET/POST Without Flash Writes [SOLVED]
Replies:7
Views:3598

Re: Feature Request: RAMDisk OR HTTP GET/POST Without Flash Writes[SOLVED]

It looks like in this thread from way back in 2004, they added to some sort of list, but it never took off.

viewtopic.php?t=1392

RAM sure is cheap and plentiful now, I would love to see Mikrotik add ramdisk.
bymetricmoose
Mon Jan 22, 2018 5:35 am
Forum:General
Topic:Feature Request: RAMDisk OR HTTP GET/POST Without Flash Writes [SOLVED]
Replies:7
Views:3598

Feature Request: RAMDisk OR HTTP GET/POST Without Flash Writes[SOLVED]

I would really like a way to use the "/tool fetch" command in scripts that will work directly in RAM and not write to flash. Many of the new Mikrotik routers have decent amounts of RAM, but low amounts of flash that I don't want to wear out. I have a couple ideas on ways to solve this. Rat...
bymetricmoose
星期二1月09, 2018 5:15 pm
Forum:General
Topic:LNS on Bell Canada (partially) Working
Replies:14
Views:3568

Re: LNS on Bell Canada (partially) Working

Anyone using Mikrotik LNS with Bell Canada care to share the L2TP Server Settings? Max MTU and MRU MRRU, Keep Alive Timeout, Authentication type etc.? Hi Greg, How did you guys make out with this? Any luck getting things going on your end with the Mikrotik and Bell service? Looks like we're fightin...
bymetricmoose
Mon Sep 25, 2017 5:10 pm
Forum:SwOS
Topic:Cannot Change Password on V2.5 on CSS106
Replies:11
Views:4490

Re: Cannot Change Password on V2.5 on CSS106

Well, I found a workaround. I had SwOS 2.1 for the CSS106 downloaded to my computer, so I downgraded to that (Using the upgrade tab), changed the password and then upgraded to SwOS 2.5. Kind of a pain, but it works.
bymetricmoose
Fri Sep 22, 2017 6:57 pm
Forum:SwOS
Topic:Cannot Change Password on V2.5 on CSS106
Replies:11
Views:4490

Cannot Change Password on V2.5 on CSS106

I upgraded a CSS106-1G-4P-1S to SwOS 2.5 and it will not let me change the admin password. The default password is blank, so I leave the "Old Password" box blank and enter the new password in the "New Password" and "Confirm Password" boxes, though I get an "ERROR: ...
bymetricmoose
Thu Sep 14, 2017 9:28 pm
Forum:General
Topic:CCR Hang / Disconnections After MTU Change
Replies:2
Views:1016

CCR Hang / Disconnections After MTU Change

I was increasing the MTU on an SFP interface on a CCR1036-12G-4S running v6.37.4. That SFP interface was attached to an ISP circuit that was not being used at the time, but the interface was up. Shortly after applying the change, winbox exited. After reconnecting, it appeared that the approximately ...
bymetricmoose
Thu Jun 29, 2017 10:56 pm
Forum:RouterBOARD hardware
Topic:Metal 52ac 10MHz Channels
Replies:0
Views:740

Metal 52ac 10MHz Channels

We ordered a few Mikrotik Metal 52ac APs for spares to existing sites using Metal 2SHPn APs, though we found out too late that these radios do not support 10MHz channels. Considering pretty much every piece of Mikrotik wireless equipment I've used supported 10MHz channel widths, I was caught off gua...
bymetricmoose
Tue Apr 26, 2016 1:47 am
Forum:Wireless Networking
Topic:CAPsMAN - Local Forwarding with Management IP
Replies:2
Views:1773

Re: CAPsMAN - Local Forwarding with Management IP

I guess I didn't mention, though all devices are running CAPsMAN v2. In the posted configuration, it will provision just fine, though I cannot pass any data through it.
bymetricmoose
Mon Apr 25, 2016 5:59 am
Forum:Wireless Networking
Topic:CAPsMAN - Local Forwarding with Management IP
Replies:2
Views:1773

CAPsMAN - Local Forwarding with Management IP

Hello, I am having difficulty getting this configuration to work. I currently have CAPsMAN setup and working to use a bridge as a datapath, though I would like to move to using Local Forwarding. I have two SSIDs that I have VLANs for, a home network on VLAN 100 and a secondary network on VLAN 101. M...
bymetricmoose
Fri Mar 18, 2016 2:51 am
Forum:RouterBOARD hardware
Topic:RB941-2nD停止…为什么?
Replies:21
Views:5021

Re: RB941-2nD discontinued...WHY?

我是通过Routerboard.com今天和滚动ios版雷竞技官网入口noticed the "hAP lite classic". By the looks of things, they've brought the "old" casing back! Thanks Mikrotik! It's great to have the option of something cheap and flat that will securely attach to a wall or the inside of a enclo...
bymetricmoose
Mon Jan 25, 2016 5:11 am
Forum:Virtualization
Topic:Cloud Hosted Router
Replies:579
Views:255867

Re: Cloud Hosted Router

The CHR is working mostly great from my brief tests on VMware and Hyper-V. I'd love to virtualize a couple old hotspot routers, though I've noticed an issue with Usermanager. For some reason, when I click on the "Maintenance" button, I immediately get a message saying "Invalid/unknown...
bymetricmoose
Thu Dec 03, 2015 10:02 pm
Forum:General
Topic:Feature requests
Replies:1591
Views:474423

Re: Feature requests

I would appreciate the ability to use multiple radius servers simultaneously. For example, having a Hotspot setup that can use the built-in Userman package as well as say, a FreeRADIUS server. Right now, if you add multiple radius servers, RouterOS will use the first one unless it times out or other...
bymetricmoose
Sat Nov 21, 2015 2:24 am
Forum:RouterBOARD hardware
Topic:RB941-2nD停止…为什么?
Replies:21
Views:5021

Re: RB941-2nD discontinued...WHY?

更糟糕的是特别?你看起来不喜欢啊f the new device? It is difficult to make a case that everone loves, I hope you will like our other new products. The standing case improves the wireless coverage because the user will place it in an open space, rather than under a desk at the wall....