MikroTik is one of the most popular routers in computer networking. It is said that no office or ISP company cannot go a single day without MikroTik Router. MikroTik Router is also a popular router to a network administrator because MikroTik Router is easily maintainable with graphical user interface software named winbox than other routers.
A lot of services are available in MikroTik router to run a network smoothly. Among these services, Bandwidth Management Service is the most popular service in MikroTik Router. It is said that MikroTik Router is mostly used because of its Bandwidth Management service.
As most of the offices or ISP companies are now using MikroTik Router for their user bandwidth management, it will be so beneficial to know the proper bandwidth management system with MikroTik Router. So, this article is designed to show the proper way to manage internet bandwidth of any office or ISP company with MikroTik Router.
MikroTik Queue
The module which is used to manage bandwidth is MikroTik Queue. Maximum bandwidth of any user can be controlled with MikroTik Queue. But it is not always possible to provide fixed bandwidth to the users because bandwidth is always shared.
For example, you have assigned 1 Mbps bandwidth to a user. It means, the user will get maximum 1 Mbps upload and download speed if bandwidth is not congested. Otherwise the user will get less than 1 Mbps bandwidth. The user will never get grater than 1 Mbps upload or download speed although uplink bandwidth is available more than 1 Mbps.
A simple screenshot of a simple queue of a MikroTik Router is given below.
MikroTik router basic configuration was shown in the previous article. In that article, I have configured a simple office network with MikroTik Router. The office network diagram which was shown in the previous article is given below again because I will configure MikroTik Simple Queue for managing user bandwidth according to the basic configuration of the previous article.
In this network diagram, there are there users who are connected to MikroTik Router for accessing internet through a network switch. MikroTik Router is working as a NATing devices in this network that means it is translating private IP address to public address for accessing internet.
Basic configuration for this MikroTik Router for working as a NATing devices was explained in the previous article. If you are a new MikroTik user, visit to the previous article about MikroTik router basic configuration using winbox and then keep reading the rest of this article to know how to manage user bandwidth with MikroTik Router Simple Queue.
MikroTik Simple Queue
There are various queue technique in MikroTik RouterOS for managing user bandwidth. Among these, simple queue is mostly used for managing office internet bandwidth and PCQ is used for managing ISP client bandwidth. Simple Queue is used to manage user based bandwidth.
With Simple Queue technique, the top queued user gets heigher priority than the lower one if those have same priority value.
How to Create Simple Queue in MikroTik RouterOS
I have configured a simple office network in the previous article. So today I will show how to manage an office bandwidth with MikroTik simple queue. If you have already configured the basic steps (WAN and LAN IP assign and NAT configuration) of your MikroTik Router according to the last article (about MikroTik Router basic configuration), follow the below steps to manage user bandwidth using MikroTik simple queue.
- Login to MikroTik Router using winbox and then click on Queues menu from left menu panel. Queue List window will appear.
- Click on PLUS Sign(+) to add a new queue. New Simple Queue window will appear.
- In general tab, put user name in Name input field and user IP address in Target Address input field. Now choose Target Upload and Target Download from Max limit drop-down list or type desired upload and download speed. This is the maximum upload and download speed for the desired IP/user.
- Now from Advanced tab, choose Limit At value for Target Upload and Target Download speed. If you set this value, MikroTik will try to provide at least this upload and download speed to the user when bandwidth will be congested.
- You can also choose Priority for any user. Normally, MikroTik bandwidth is assigned sequentially if they are in same priority. That means, the user who is top position of Queue list will get first priority to assign bandwidth and then the second positioned user and then the next positioned user. Priority can be selected 1 to 8. 1 is high priority and 8 is less priority. High priority user will get bandwidth first and then less priority user. Choose your desired priority for this user and click Apply and then OK to save this configuration.
Simple Queue in MikroTik RouterOS 7
We have now assigned bandwidth on a user IP successfully. Do the above steps repeatedly for all network users for assigning their bandwidth. Now check your assigned bandwidth to any user with free internet speed test tool. I hope, you will get your desired result from bandwidth test.
If you face any confusion to assign user bandwidth following above steps, watch the below video tutorial about MikroTik Router Bandwidth Management with Simple Queues. I hope, it will guide properly to assign a user bandwidth using MikroTik Simple Queue.
MikroTik Router Bandwidth Management with Simple Queue has been explained step by step in this article. A video tutorial has also been uploaded so that you can do the above steps successfully. However, if you face any difficulty, feel free to discuss in comment or contact with me from Contact page. I will try my best to stay with you.