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Mikrotik – Usefull commands

Published on July 4, 2015 Author gryzli

Here are some usefull mikrotik commands: Check the route for a given IP [admin@MikroTik]> /ip route check 1.1.1.1 status: ok interface: *FFFFFFFF status: ok interface: ether1-gateway nexthop: 2.2.2.2 Print all ip addresses [admin@MikroTik]> /ip address print

Mikrotik – Configure BGP (eBGP) for a given network

Published on June 28, 2015 Author gryzli

I assume the following setup: Router1 (Some external router) , with AS: 65532 Mikrotik router (our internal router) , with AS: 65535 Network prefix: 1.1.1.1/24 , delegated to AS 65535 (our internal router) Router1.IP == 1.1.1.1/24 Mikrotik.IP == 1.1.1.2/24 =============================== 1. Enable BGP on the Mikrotik router [admin@MikroTik] /interface> /routing bgp instance set default as=65535… Continue reading Mikrotik – Configure BGP (eBGP) for a given network →

Mikrotik – Mikrotik Configuring IPIP (IPv4) tunnel

Published on June 28, 2015 Author gryzli

Here are the steps to create simple IPIP tunnel using Mikrotik CLI console. In the following example I suppose the following setup: Tunnel: IPIP Public IP addresses: Mikrotik public ip: 5.5.5.1 Work computer public ip: 20.20.20.1 IPIP Tunnel Internal ip addresses: Mikrotik IPIP ip address: 1.1.1.1/24 Work computer IPIP ip address: 1.1.1.1/24 Also I suggest, that you… Continue reading Mikrotik – Mikrotik Configuring IPIP (IPv4) tunnel →

Mikrotik – Optimizing Wi-Fi performance

Published on June 20, 2015 Author gryzli

I was getting very bad Wi-Fi speeds with my Mikrotik 951G-2HnD routerboard. Here are the few steps I executed and got really better performance while connecting through Wi-Fi to the internet. Choose the least used channel frequency I have Android based phone, where I was able to install WiFi Analyzer, which helped me decide which… Continue reading Mikrotik – Optimizing Wi-Fi performance →

Mikrotik – Managing Firewall by CLI / command line

Published on January 18, 2015 Author gryzli

Managing Mikrotik firewall through CLI/SSH interface Change firewall rule order One of the bad things in Mikrotik firewall is that when you add new rule, it’s automatically applied at the end of the chain, which in most of the times has NO EFFECT. So you need to fine-tune your rule position in order to make… Continue reading Mikrotik – Managing Firewall by CLI / command line →