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  • MikroTik Bandwidth and Resource Monitoring with Graphs

    “Am I getting my committed bandwidth?” is a common question to any network administrator. This question may arise either from your customer or from your owner if you are an employee of any organization. If you feel boring hearing this question and want to establish a system where your customer will be able to inspect his bandwidth usage, MikroTik Graphing is your best friend. MikroTik Graphing can be used to display graphics for traffic which is passed through interfaces and simple queues as well as for resource usage (CPU, RAM and Disk usage). MikroTik Graphing method first records bandwidth or resource usage information on memory or on the device’s storage with a time basis and then displays this information in an easy to read graph that can be printed or the web link can be given to a client for his or her own inspect ion. But before getting these graphs available in your Winbox or web interface, you must first configure MikroTik Graphing properly. In this article, I will explain how to configure MikroTik Graphing for recording MikroTik bandwidth and resource usage information and displaying recorded information in an easy to read graph through Winbox or the web interface. [...]

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    HTTP vs. HTTPS: The Impact Of Using SSL Certificates |   November 29, 2021

    Google and cybersecurity experts continue to make clarion calls to web admins and website owners to switch from HTTP to HTTPS. But is there any difference between the two other than the extra “S” at the end of HTTPS? Not everyone understands the differences between HTTP and HTTPS and why the difference is so significant. In this post, we will discuss the differences between HTTP and HTTPS, the reasons why you need to switch from HTTP to HTTPS, and the [...]

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    MikroTik VRRP Configuration with Load Sharing |   November 19, 2018

    MikroTik VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) ensures high availability internet network. If any organization requires uninterrupted internet connection, MikroTik VRRP implementation will be a vital solution for them. MikroTik VRRP creates a virtual router accumulating two or more physical routers and ensures uninterrupted internet connection keeping activate one physical router always. That means, if any physical router fails to operate due to any hardware failure, MikroTik VRRP uses another backup router for internet gateway until the running router comes back [...]

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    How to Add New Domains to BIND DNS Server |   July 5, 2019

    DNS (Domain Name System) Server is an essential part to any computer network. So, it is always suggest keeping a DNS Server in every network. How to configure a DNS Server with BIND package was discussed in my previous article. A common question among the fresher admins of BIND DNS is how to add a new domain to BIND DNS Server. For this, this article is designed to discuss the proper way to add multiple domains to BIND DNS Server. [...]

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    FreeRADIUS User Profile Configuration for MikroTik Router |   January 10, 2019

    FreeRADIUS is a high performance RADIUS application that accepts a large number of network devices as RADIUS Client including MikroTik Router. FreeRADIUS MySQL module helps to get user authentication and authorization information from database server and to store user accounting information in database server. Configuring MySQL user group and profile properly, freeRADIUS user restriction can easily be maintained. How to configure user group to apply user limitation was discussed in my previous article. In this article, I will discuss how [...]

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    MikroTik Site to Site OpenVPN Server Setup (RouterOS Client) |   April 9, 2018

    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. MikroTik OpenVPN Server provides a secure and encrypted tunnel across public network for transporting IP traffic using PPP. OpenVPN Server uses SSL Certificates. So, OpenVPN Tunnel is a trusted tunnel to send and receive data [...]

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    Install MikroTik RouterOS on PC |   June 13, 2016

    MikroTik is a popular and mostly used router because of having a lot of networking functionalities and cheap price. MikroTik router can be found both Router Board and MikroTik OS. If you buy a MikroTik Routerboard (like MikroTik Routerboard 450G, MikroTik Routerboard 1100 AH), you will find a machine where MikroTik OS is prebuilt but the machine contains limited processing resources such as limited RAM and limited processor core. So, your network could be slow if you use a MikroTik [...]

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    How to Secure MikroTik RouterOS Login Users |   February 19, 2021

    MikroTik RouterOS is a bridge between WAN and LAN. So, it is mandatory to apply RouterOS login user security policy. Otherwise, RouterOS may so insecure.

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    MikroTik RouterOS User Authentication via RADIUS Server |   November 19, 2017

    MikroTik RouterOS has a strong local user database that is enough to manage a single MikroTik RouterOS user. But if your network has more than one MikroTik Routers, it is always better to use a RADIUS server to manage RouterOS user centrally. MikroTik User Manager RADIUS Server is a centralized user authentication and accounting application that gives the ISP Company or network administrator ability to manage not only RouterOS users but also PPP, Hotspot, DHCP and Wireless users. How to [...]

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    MikroTik Hotspot Customized Login Template |   April 14, 2022

    MikroTik Hotspot is a popular service which is being used to manage ISP, Hotel, Restaurant, Airport, Public WiFi and even Enterprise office network. User management with MikroTik Hotspot captive portal is so easy and secure. Besides manageable network, Hotspot also provides facility to advertise your brand. MikroTik Hotspot offers a login page for user authentication whenever any device connects with it. So, this login page is a vital source for promoting your brands. The default login template provided by MikroTik [...]

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