Here are some simple steps to start using IPv6 on RouterOS. You need a provider who will allocate you an IPv6 block, this can be natively or via a 6in4 tunnel. Lets deal with the first case of a block delivered over a PPPoE connection, which would be typical for …
Read More »From Bridges to Routes
A common problem amongst growing WISP businesses is rapid growth. Not a problem for the bottom line obviously, but once the owners see what is happening to their network, which is one single layer 2 bridge, they see they now have a problem they hadn’t planned for in advance. …
Read More »Quality Of Service
We have been frequently asked to control a WISPs backhaul from excessive usage by a minority of their clients, which then in turn spoil the experience for the majority. In one case, a provider had a 200Mbps leased line and it was 100% saturated with Bit Torrent and Binary UUNet …
Read More »HowTo: Control privacy addressing for IPv6 in Linux
It seems that some people didn’t like their MAC address being magically used as part of their IPv6 address, and so some bright spark created the concept of privacy addresses – see RFC3041 However sometimes we need to be able to control the behaviour, sometimes we want to enable them …
Read More »MikroTik RouterOS v6rc1 released!
*RouterOS v6 release candidate 1 has been released* v6 has many new features, among them: – Doubles performance for Simple Queues – New kernel and drivers – Increases multicore system performance 25% or more – Increases single core performance 10% or more – High speed configuration for filters, scripting and …
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LinITX are the largest MikroTik distributor and stockist in the UK. Our team of MikroTik Certified Consultants can provide technical support and engineering solutions including product and configuration advice. We are the only authorised MikroTik Training centre in the UK. We can also provide training courses at your site if …
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