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  • How to Block VPN Access with MikroTik Router

    Sometimes system administrators create firewall rule to block unwanted websites. But VPN apps break these firewall rules and allow access to unwanted websites. For example, if Facebook is blocked with MikroTik Firewall and any expert user installs and enables VPN apps (such as OpenVPN, Hotspot Shield, ProtonVPN, NordVPN, PureVPN etc.), he can easily get access to Facebook. So, system administrators should also block popular VPN apps so that user cannot use those VPN servers. Blocking VPN apps is not so easy. You should be expert enough to block VPN application. In this article, I will discuss a simple trick to block VPN applications with MikroTik Firewall. Trick to Block VPN Applications (VPN Servers)  When any user installs and enables VPN application, it creates a tunnel between user computer and the VPN server. The user PC is now treated as a PC of the VPN network. So, any firewall rule applied on the user IP, does not work anymore. In a VPN enabled PC, if we find public IP address of our network with any online tools such as whatismyipaddress.com, we will find the VPN server IP instead of our MikroTik public IP. Now if we block that VPN server IP [...]

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    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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    MikroTik Load Balancing and Link Redundancy with ECMP |   October 28, 2016

    Load balancing and link redundancy is the main concern to any network administrator. Because, they always want to keep live their network 24/7. If you have multiple WAN connections, you can easily make a load balancing as well as link redundancy network with MikroTik Router. Different types of load balancing and link redundancy are present in MikroTik Router. ECMP Load Balancing is one of them. ECMP is so easy to implement and it provides an perfect load balancing solution. In this [...]

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    CentOS 7.5 Installation Step by Step with GUI (GNOME Desktop) |   August 15, 2018

    Linux is a free and open source operating system developed by Linus Torvalds on September 17, 1991. It is mainly used as server environment. A lot of Linux distributions are present today. Among them, Red Hat Linux is used as enterprise Linux. Red Hat is also known as Red Hat commercial Linux that means Red Hat is a paid service program. CentOS (Community Enterprise Operating System) is another Linux distribution that provides a free and open source, enterprise-class, community-supported server platform functionally compatible with [...]

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    Why ISPs Should Embrace TR-069 ACS to Stay Ahead of Competitors |   May 22, 2023

    As the telecommunications industry becomes more competitive, local ISPs need to find ways to stay ahead of larger telcos and offer services that meet the changing demands of their customers. One of the solutions to this challenge is to implement TR-069 ACS server to help streamline network management, reduce costs, and increase efficiency. In this article, we’ll explore why the TR-069 ACS server is essential for medium-sized ISPs to stay competitive in today’s market. We’ll examine the challenges these ISPs [...]

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    Network Bandwidth and Throughput |   February 17, 2017

    Bandwidth and Throughput are two important basic networking terms in computer network. If you wish to be an expert network administrator, you must have better understanding about these two networking terms. As a network user, you should also have better understanding about network bandwidth and throughput so that you can get maximum output from your network service provider. In this article, I will explain about network bandwidth and throughput from very beginning. I hope, this article will enrich your networking [...]

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    CentOS 8 Installation with Screenshots (Server with GUI) |   November 21, 2020

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    LVM Management in CentOS/Red Hat 7 Linux |   March 15, 2019

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    MikroTik Firewall Basic Concept |   October 6, 2017

    MikroTik Firewall functions as a network security tool for preventing unauthorized access to networks as well as provides Network Address Translation functionality. So, a network administrator who is using MikroTik Router in his network cannot go a single day without MikroTik Firewall. Actually, the main duty of a MikroTik administrator is to maintain Firewall properly along with Bandwidth management after completing MikroTik Router basic configuration. So, a MikroTik administrator should have enough knowledge on MikroTik Firewall and so this article [...]

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    Ubuntu Web Server Configuration with phpMyAdmin (LAMP Stack) |   July 12, 2021

    Ubuntu Server is one of the most popular open source operating systems that can be used in production without any hassle. In my previous article, I discussed how to install Ubuntu Server with LVM partition. I also discussed how to assign static IP address on Ubuntu Server interface with Netplan network management tool. Ubuntu web server is a popular service because web developers usually use Ubuntu Server for their development project. Besides development project, Ubuntu web server can also be [...]

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