Packets DownRange
j2sw One of the common questions I get is what is the difference between Masquerade and SRC-NAt? Which should I use? The quick answer is to use SRC-NAT if your gateway IP is static, and use masquerade if it can change. The Mikrotik Wiki Entry Firewall NAT action=masquerade is unique subversion of action=srcnat, it was designed for specific … Read more
As you dive into the realm of BGP, you will hear many terms in regards to peers. Knowing their names AND your definition of them will serve you well.
For the purpose of part one of this article, we will talk about communities and how they can be utilized for traffic coming into your network.
Some great form 477 for service providers who need more information on Form 477 and filing it.
Recently there has been some activity on integration with LetsEncrypt and Mikrotik. WHile Mikrotik does not directly support Letsencrypt directly yet, you can make it work with this setup https://github.com/gitpel/letsencrypt-routeros
As a service provider you have a mountain of terms to deal with. As you dive into the realm of BGP, you will hear many terms in regards to peers. Knowing their names AND your definition of them will serve you well. I emphasized the and in the last sentence because many people have different … Read more
So why all this focus on 5GHZ and why are people forgetting about 2.4?
Not all AC is created equal. Right now there is AC Wave 1 and AC Wave 2. Just about all the AC stuff currently in the pipeline for outdoor wireless is wave 1.
Recently we had an issue with an IPsec tunnel on Mikrotik passing multiple subnets across a tunnel with multiple policies
The Communications and Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) passed in 1994 is a piece of legislation every U.S. ISP should know about and be in compliance with. If for the simple fact the government can levy heavy fines if you aren’t compliant. For those of you wanting some background please follow these links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Assistance_for_Law_Enforcement_Act https://www.fcc.gov/public-safety-and-homeland-security/policy-and-licensing-division/general/communications-assistance First … Read more
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From the Mikrotik Wiki input – used to process packets entering the router through one of the interfaces with the destination IP address which is one of the router’s addresses. Packets passing through the router are not processed against the rules of the input chain (DST address of the router) forward – used to process packets passing … Read more