We are often asked about the different versions of MikroTik RouterOS, and thought we would clarify when each should be used. When you go to click the “Check for updates” button in System -> Packages in any recent versions of RouterOS, you are presented with a set of choices in …

LinITX are pleased to announce that we have joined the UK Wireless ISP association (UKWISPA). The UK Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (UKWISPA) is the official trade body recognised by UK Authorities. Our mission is to promote the interests of the industry and ensure that services provided by its members …

We now have stock of the MikroTik PowerBox Pro The MikroTik PowerBox Pro is an outdoor five Gigabit Ethernet port router with PoE output on four ports. The PowerBox Pro features a sleek outdoor enclosure, making it suitable for various types of installations such as radio towers. The PowerBox also …

MikroTik have a new release in the bugfix tree. https://mikrotik.com/download What’s new in 6.38.7 (2017-Jun-20 10:55): !) bridge – fixed BPDU rx/tx when “protocol-mode=none”; !) bridge – reverted bridge BPDU processing back to pre-v6.38 behaviour (v6.40 will have another separate VLAN-aware bridge implementation); *) 6to4 – fixed wrong IPv6 “link-local” …

MikroTik have released 6.36 in the current release channel. Here is their changelog: What’s new in 6.36 (2016-Jul-20 14:09): *) arm – added Dude server support; *) dude – (changes discussed here: http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=110428); *) dude – server package is now made smaller. client side content upgrade is now removed from …

Introducing the new UniFi AC APs The UniFi AC Lite AP features a cleaner design in a reduced footprint – half the size compared to the standard UniFi AP. Innovative Antenna Design The innovative antenna design provides a long-range, symmetrical-link coverage area, and the antenna gain of the UniFi AC …

Ubiquiti have just announced their new Unifi Switch range The UniFi® Switch supports an extensive suite of advanced Layer-2 switching features and protocols, and also provides Layer-3 routing capability. Two SFP ports support uplinks of up to 1 Gbps. For high-capacity uplinks, each 48-port model includes two SFP+ ports for …

MikroTik have announced the availability of RouterOs 6.19 Here is the changelog: wireless – improvements for nv2 and 802.11ac sstp – make sstp work on i386 as well; ippool – improve performance when acquiring address without preference; partitions – copying partitions did not work on some boards; bridge – added …

MikroTik have announced the availability of RouterOS v6.16. This has now been upgraded to 6.17 to fix a bug in the CCR1009 switch chip on ether ports 1-4 This is the first release to include support for 802.11ac, using the QCA9880/9882 rev2 (-BR4A) wireless chipsets. Another new feature is the …

The Internet Services Providers’ Association (ISPA UK) Awards is the UK’s longest running internet industry awards now in its 16th year. This year LinITX sponsored the Best Wireless category, the finalists in the category were: Boundless Keycom Metronet UK Wifinity Metronet UK were presented the award by LinITX’s Managing Director …