Have you noticed unknown IP addresses on your office network? The team at LinITX.com have received a few questions about this, and one main culprit is the “Rogue DHCP” server, which can wreak havoc on your network. A quick overview of a DHCP server is: The DHCP server is paramount …
Read More »How to Get Remote Access to a MikroTik LTE Device
It’s a frequently asked question we get from customers who have deployed an SXT-LTE or LHG-LTE device out on a remote site somewhere and they would now like to know how to get into that device to check on how it’s performing. First, we need to understand a little about …
Read More »RouterOS V7 Beta is here!
MikroTik today announced the public release of their long awaited update to the highly successful RouterOS Operating System. The release of “v7 Beta 1” was announced to a resounding applause from the audience gathered at their MikroTik User Meeting being held in Moscow, Russia. Naturally we immediately downloaded a copy …
Read More »How to Create a Folder in MikroTik RouterOS
If you need to create a new folder in MikroTik RouterOS, you have probably navigated to the Files menu and looked for a ‘create new folder’ button. Then not finding one, you’ve Googled to find out what command to use to create a folder. I’ll save you the effort of …
Read More »Securing Your MikroTik RouterOS
There has been an ever growing amount of press similar to this most recent blog about security vulnerabilities being found in RouterOS. What can we do to protect ourselves? Do we need to constantly upgrade all the time and be worried about what is going to be discovered next, while …
Read More »Wi-Fi Protected Access 3 – WPA3
Back in January 2018, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced in their Press Release that a new Wi-Fi Protected Access® (aka WPA) certification program had been launched. First there was WPA™, then there was WPA2™, unsurprisingly therefore the new system was called WPA3™. (Note that WPA, WPA2 and WPA3 are not ‘standards’, nor …
Read More »Which MikroTik RouterOS package channel should I use ?
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 …
Read More »News: MikroTik and Ubiquiti fix WPA2 Client Vulnerability
For those unfamiliar with this latest WPA2 Security Vulnerability, please bear in mind the problem is on the client device, not the AP. Therefore rushing to patch your APs is not going to solve all the problems in your network from this vulnerability! Of course, if you’re using WPA-TKIP (or using …
Read More »News: MikroTik release RouterOS 6.38.7 (bugfix tree)
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” …
Read More »MikroTik release RouterOS 6.36
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 …
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