Justin Wilson (j2sw)

Mikrotik Routeros 7.0beta7

March 10, 2026June 4, 2020 by j2sw

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 updates, complete status report: https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/display/ROS/v7+Routing+Protocol+Status!) system kernel has been updated to version 5.6.3;*) other minor … Read more

Call of duty update coming. ISPs be warned

March 15, 2026June 2, 2020 by j2sw

A new call of duty update will be dropping soon. Expect it to be close to 100 gig. If you are an ISP be ready.

Even geeks gotta do non-techie stuff

March 15, 2026May 30, 2020 by j2sw

For being 44 years old I consider this a good k/d ration in Modern Warfare for me. There are many many other players out there with higher rations and better than I am for sure.

What’s on the pallet?

March 15, 2026May 30, 2020 by j2sw

Mikrotik LTE stats using AT&T

March 14, 2026May 30, 2020 by j2sw

Mikrotik RBSXTR running RouterOS 6.46.6 on an AT&T sim card. Upload stats were in the 10-15 meg range.

Mikrotik BGP firewall rules for security

March 15, 2026May 30, 2020 by j2sw

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 Unlock with PatreonAlready a qualifying Patreon … Read more

Rack Studs series II

March 15, 2026May 22, 2020 by j2sw

Gonna try these out for mounting equipment in a rack with square holes. www.rackstuds.com

PagerDuty and LibreNMS integration

March 15, 2026May 19, 2020 by j2sw

https://www.pagerduty.com/docs/guides/librenms-integration-guide/

Simple Mikrotik DNS cache flush script

March 14, 2026May 19, 2020 by j2sw

PTP Backhaul Complete link kit #1

March 15, 2026May 18, 2020 by j2sw

I have been asked a few times on what I would pick for a PTP link. here is what I would recommend as option #1. You can use the RF Elements link planner to judge how far you can go. If you want to dive deeper you can use the Cambium LinkPlanner, which is a … Read more

How many customers on an ap? wrong question

March 15, 2026May 18, 2020 by j2sw

Several years ago, I did an article on How many customers can I fit on an AP? I figured with the introduction of MU-MIMO and other things, it was time for an update. Several concepts still apply, but we now have Multi-User MIMO, better filtering, and better technology. One of the biggest questions I hear … Read more

Netflix, IPV6, and affects of queing

March 15, 2026May 18, 2020 by j2sw

While trying to get my Playstation to download the latest “No Man’s Sky” download quicker I figured I would share a little torch action. This is showing my wife’s Ipad talking to Netflix while she is watching a streaming TV show. Keep in mind this is just an Ipad, not some 4k TV. Some things to note … Read more