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  • How to Assign Static IP Address in Windows OS

    Communication between one computer to another computer or server is established with IP addresses. Without IP address no communication is possible in computer network. An Internet Protocol (IP) Address is a numerical value or label assigned to each electronic device (e.g., computer, smartphone and printer) which uses Internet Protocol for communication. IP can be assigned both dynamically and statically on a IP devices. Dynamic IP is assigned by a DHCP server. If a DHCP server is present in a network, an IP is assigned just connecting Ethernet cable in Ethernet port or providing security key for wireless connection. But static IP must be assigned on network adapter manually to participate in a network. So, it will be beneficial for you to know how to assign static IP address on a windows operating system. Keep reading this article to know how to assign a static IP address manually on a network adapter in  windows 7, windows 8 or windows 10 operating system. IP Information for Assigning IP Address For assigning static IP address in windows operating system successfully, you should have not only IP Address but also Subnet Mask, Default Gateway and DNS IP information. Normally, your ISP (Internet Service Provider) will provide [...]

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    GNS3 Installation and Configuration Step by Step in Windows |   September 14, 2018

    GNS3 (Graphical Network Simulator) is one of the most popular network simulator software used by hundreds of thousands of network engineers worldwide to emulate, configure, test and troubleshoot virtual and real networks. GNS3 supports a large number of vendors such as MikroTik, Cisco, Juniper, Windows, Linux and many other vendors. GNS3 can be installed on Windows, Linux and MAC Operating System. In this article, I will show how to download and install GNS3 application in Windows Operating System. I will [...]

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    MikroTik Site to Site VPN with L2TP/IPsec |   March 3, 2018

    VPN (Virtual Private Network) is a technology that provides a secure and encrypted tunnel across a public network. A private network user can send and receive data to any remote private network using this VPN Tunnel as if his/her network device was directly connected to that private network. MikroTik L2TP server is one of the most popular VPN services. It provides a secure and encrypted tunnel across public network for transporting IP traffic using PPP. L2TP/IPsec is more secure than [...]

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    Restrict Internet Access Based on MAC Address in MikroTik |   February 4, 2017

    MikroTik router has a lot of features by which a network administrator can design his network as he likes. As a network administrator, sometimes you may need to allow internet access some specific devices. If other devices try to access internet, they will be rejected by your router. For example, say, you have configured a simple network like below diagram. In this network, you have configured WAN, LAN, Gateway, DNS and NAT. Also you have created queue rules for limiting [...]

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    WireGuard Site to Site VPN Between MikroTik RouterOS 7 |   September 29, 2022

    WireGuard is a free, open source, secure and high-speed modern VPN solution. WireGuard is extremely easy to implement but utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography. WireGuard can be used as either Client-Server VPN technology or Site to Site VPN technology. From the RouterOS 7, MikroTik introduces WireGuard VPN as their native package. So, who are using RouterOS 7 can use WireGuard VPN and can implement both client-server and site to site VPN with WireGuard free VPN server. In my previous article, I discussed [...]

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    OpenVPN Configuration over Port 443 on Ubuntu Linux |   June 20, 2022

    OpenVPN provides a secure and encrypted VPN tunnel across public network. Unlike PPTP and L2TP VPN Services which can be blocked, OpenVPN can highly be customized and even can be run over so popular TCP Port 443. So, OpenVPN cannot easily be blocked. OpenVPN uses SSL/TLS Certificates. So, OpenVPN Tunnel is a trusted tunnel to send and receive data across public network. OpenVPN Server can easily install on Ubuntu Server. Installing OpenVPN Server on Ubuntu Server, we can connect Windows, [...]

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    How to Configure MikroTik RouterOS v7 First Time |   March 5, 2022

    MikroTik RouterOS v7 (both Long-term and Stable) has been released with new features. So, it is usual that if you buy a new MikroTik Router, it will be RouterOS v7. RouterOS v7 has some changes. So, if you are an old RouterOS user, you may face some new features those were not in the previous version. But there is no need to be heisted because there is a correlation between the old and the new versions. So, you can absorb [...]

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    MikroTik Site to Site SSTP VPN Setup with RouterOS Client |   May 14, 2020

    VPN (Virtual Private Network) technology provides a secure and encrypted tunnel across a public network. So, a private network user can send and receive data to any remote private network through VPN tunnel as if his/her network device was directly connected to that private network. Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP) transports PPP tunnel over TLS channel. SSTP uses TLS channel over TCP port 443. So, SSTP VPN can virtually pass through all firewalls and proxy servers. Because of using TLS [...]

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    DNS Server Configuration on CentOS 7 (Caching DNS with BIND) |   June 24, 2019

    DNS (Domain Name System) Server is an essential part to any computer network. Today web communication cannot imagine without DNS Server. DNS is a client server protocol where DNS Client requests for the domain name resolution and DNS Server response on it. Every network should have a DNS Server because local DNS Server improves network performance by caching DNS information and serving DNS request locally. DNS Server can be configured either Windows or Linux operating system. In this article, I [...]

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    MikroTik Router Integration and Configuration on GNS3 |   September 19, 2018

    GNS3 is a network simulator software used by hundreds of thousands of network engineers worldwide to emulate, configure, test and troubleshoot virtual and real networks. GNS3 can talk a large number of network vendors including MikroTik. MikroTik introduces Cloud Hosted Router (a RouterOS version) that is used to run as virtual machine and a virtual machine can easily be integrated with GNS3. So, network administrators who are fond of MikroTik Router can now configure, test and troubleshoot their MikroTik network [...]

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