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Add a VLAN on a Mikrotik router

Segment your home network easily with a VLAN on a Mikrotik router. 🖥️

20 April 2023 · 5 min · 1024 words · Major Hayden

Monitor a UPS with a Mikrotik router via SNMP

Mikrotik routers and switches serve as efficient network devices, but they know other tricks, too. Monitor your UPS with a Mikrotik device and query it via SNMP. 🔌

28 October 2022 · 4 min · 703 words · Major Hayden
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PXE boot netboot.xyz on a Mikrotik router

Get systems online quickly or rescue a broken system by PXE booting from netboot.xyz using a Mikrotik router. 🛠

2 September 2022 · 4 min · 742 words · Major Hayden

Adventures with GRE and IPSec on Mikrotik routers

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27 May 2015 · 8 min · 1696 words · Major Hayden

HOWTO: Mikrotik OpenVPN server

Mikrotik firewalls have been good to me over the years and they work well for multiple purposes. Creating an OpenVPN server on the device can allow you to connect into your local network when you’re on the road or protect your traffic when you’re using untrusted networks. Although Miktrotik’s implementation isn’t terribly robust (TCP only, client cert auth is wonky), it works quite well for most users. I’ll walk you through the process from importing certificates through testing it out with a client. ...

1 May 2015 · 6 min · 1074 words · Major Hayden

HOWTO: Time Warner Cable and IPv6

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11 September 2014 · 6 min · 1158 words · Major Hayden

Native IPv6 connectivity in Mikrotik’s RouterOS

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11 January 2012 · 3 min · 447 words · Major Hayden

Measure traffic flows with Mikrotik’s RouterOS and ntop on Fedora 15

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5 June 2011 · 2 min · 352 words · Major Hayden