BGP, a single /24 and two diverse non-connected exit points
I am starting to see the following scenario more and more as IPv4 space is hard to get, but isn’t. With ARIN it is still possible to get an IPv4 allotment. Many smaller ISPs qualify for a /24 and can …
Netbox Mikrotik Ansible Config generator
So, due to Covid, weather and everything else I am quite behind on blog updates and such. this is one that kinda fell through the cracks. I meant to get this out much sooner than now. My buddy Schylar Utley …
Mikrotik Connection tracking and CPU usage
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Mikrotik RouterOS and CPU usage
There always is a lot of talk about Mikrotik RouterOS CPU usage. I wanted to take a few minutes and go over a real-world example and explain some of the ins and outs when discussing Mikrotik CPU usage. Let’s talk …
Mikrotik Releases 6.47.6
What’s new in 6.47.6 (2020-Oct-21 10:41): *) cap – fixed L2MTU path discovery;*) crs3xx – fixed hardware offloaded LACP bonding on Ethernet interfaces for CRS354 devices;*) crs3xx – fixed switch rules for CRS309 and CRS317 devices (introduced in v6.47.3);*) defconf …
Mikrotik Audience
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Mikrotik 6.47.1 released
Lots of things here. Some noteable things What’s new in 6.47.1 (2020-Jul-08 12:34): *) crs3xx – fixed HW offloading for netPower 15FR and netPower 16P devices (introduced in v6.47);*) crs3xx – fixed increased CPU temperature for CRS354-48G-4S+2Q+ device (introduced in …
CCR1016 BGP route pull down
This morning I had a Mikrotik CCR1016 where I had to change the router ID, which caused all the sessions to reset. The following is a screenshot of the time it took to re-learn all of the peers. Obviously, the …
OpenVPN, rooter project, and Mikrotik
Tutorial on Using The Rooter project to establish an OpenVPN connection to a Mikrotik router.
Mikrotik Routeros 7.0beta7
What’s new in 7.0beta7 (2020-Jun-3 16:31): !) added Layer3 hardware offloading support for CRS317-1G-16S+RM more info here: https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:CRS3xx_series_switches#L3_Hardware_Offloading!) enabled BGP support with multicore peer processing (CLI only);!) enabled RPKI support (CLI only);!) ported features and fixes introduced in v6.47;!) routing …