Mikrotik

Mikrotik Back to Home feature in RouterOS7

Back To Home is a convenience feature that configures your device for secure VPN access from anywhere in the world to your router and your network, even if your router does not have a public IP address, is behind NAT or Firewall. https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/display/ROS/Back+To+Home?fbclid=IwAR2-TWpPpxRUyExltWuPauwWZoAvQgIqOsV9qFLcpY4oIWllLytieJ8ezVQ

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Mikrotik V7 removing a bad static route via command line

Recently I fat-fingered a route in a Version 7 Mikrotik router. As a result, I was kicked out and could not connect via winbox. The router was still up, but I could not route to it. I was able to mac-telnet and get into the router. When I went to /ip/routes and did a print. You will notice when you do this that there are no numbers beside anything. If you are familiar with V6 Mikrotik, you know you can do “remove 4”...

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Mikrotik RotuerOS 7.8RC1 is out

What’s new in 7.8rc1 (2023-Feb-08 20:03): Changes in this release: !) storage – added new “rose-storage” package support for extended disk management and monitoring functionality (ARM, ARM64, Tile and x86) (CLI only);*) bridge – fixed DHCP packet flow when using DHCP snooping, HW offloading and “use-ip-firewall”;*) bridge – fixed possible DHCP packet corruption when using DHCP snooping;*) certificate – fixed certificate import (introduced in v7.8beta2);*) console – added “as-string” parameter to the “:execute” command;*) lte – improved stability for R11e-LTE6, skip connection reset...

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ISP news and notables

The Commerce Department can’t allocate $42.5 billion in grants until the FCC publishes better coverage data.https://www.engadget.com/bipartisan-infrastructure-law-broadband-funding-delayed-180710457.html Walmart and Streaming Serviceshttps://techcrunch.com/2022/08/09/walmart-streaming-nyt-report/ Mikrotik August 2022 Newsletterhttps://mt.lv/News107 Unifi Version 7.0https://blog.ui.com/2022/03/01/unifi-network-version-7-0-introduces-revamped-settings-to-simplify-system-configuration/

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RouterOS 7 goes RC

What’s new in 7.1rc1 (2021-Aug-19 13:06): !) added support for IPv6 NAT (CLI only);!) added support for L2TPv3 (CLI only);*) added “expired” user status with suggestion to change password (WinBox v3.29 required);*) added bridge HW offload support for vlan-filtering on RTL8367 switch chip (RB4011, RB1100AHx4);*) added password strength requirement settings;*) added skin support for WinBox (WinBox v3.29 required);*) fixed support for RIP (Routing Information Protocol);*) improved general stability and performance;*) other minor fixes and improvements;

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RouterOS 7.1Beta5 Tip

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