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Internet Service provider topics, Network operations, and other topics. Some topics include Mikrotik, Cisco, Arista and other configurations.
One of the biggest tasks on a wireless AP is finding clean channels. Once you find those clean channels, making sure you stay on a clean channel is the next task. ePMP has a feature under tools called eDetect. One of the things this can do is give you an idea of how many devices … Read more
This document defines the BGP Monitoring Protocol (BMP), which can be used to monitor BGP sessions.
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
BGP confederation is a method to use Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) to subdivide a single autonomous system (AS) into multiple internal sub-AS’s
This was originally published at http://www.mtin.net/blog/journey-into-ham-radio-and-dmr/ .A little has changed, including my call sign since it was published. However, it alot is still relevant. -n2jsw For years I have hung out with “Hams” and been somewhat interested in the technology. Guys like ka8jil, w9sn, w9smj, w9cjo, w9abh have all interested in me in ham radio. … Read more
In a previous series of articles we talked about a new Cambium 550 link and the noise challenges we had.
Cambium PTP 550 Throughput with RF elements horns in a noisy environment.
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
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
So why all this focus on 5GHZ and why are people forgetting about 2.4?