PTp550 Throughput with RF elements horns
Cambium PTP 550 Throughput with RF elements horns in a noisy environment.
Network Operations
Internet Service provider topics, Network operations, and other topics. Some topics include Mikrotik, Cisco, Arista and other configurations.
Common Questions:difference between Masquerade and SRC-NAT
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
BGP communities and traffic engineering
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.
Form 477 Resources
Some great form 477 for service providers who need more information on Form 477 and filing it.
Mikrotik and Letsencrypt
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
The Changing RF landscape for WISPs
So why all this focus on 5GHZ and why are people forgetting about 2.4?
Ac Wave 1 vs Wave 2
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.
Calea and the ISP
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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Mikrotik chains explained
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
Baicells Public IPs on client routers
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Protecting Mikrotik from DNS amplification
This content is for Patreon subscribers of the j2 blog. Please consider becoming a Patreon subscriber for as little as $1 a month. This helps to provide higher quality content, more podcasts, and other goodies on this blog.To view this content, you must be a member of Justin’s Patreon at $1 or more Unlock with … Read more