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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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    MikroTik Hotspot is one of the most popular services in MikroTik Router. It is a policy to authorize network clients before to access local network resources as well as public network resources through MikroTik Router. In my previous article I discussed MikroTik Hotspot Configuration using Winbox. But default MikroTik Hotspot configuration faces HTTPS Redirect and HTTPS Login issues. To solve these issues, MikroTik Hotspot HTTPS configuration is required. So, in this article I will discuss how to configure MikroTik Hotspot [...]

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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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    CentOS 7.5 Installation with GUI and LVM Partition |   March 7, 2019

    Red Hat/CentOS Linux is a popular server operating system. Specially who work on mail server, web server, web proxy server, ftp server and file server are so familiar with the Red Hat/CentOS Linux. In my previous article, I discussed how to install CentOS 7.5 Linux step by step with the standard partition. But if you want to work on mail server, web proxy server, ftp server, file server or any other application where disk space changes frequently, the standard partitioning [...]

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    NGINX Web Server Installation and Configuration in Ubuntu |   September 7, 2024

    NGINX is a feature rich and high-performance software which is mainly used for Web Server. NGINX can also be used as a proxy server, load balancer, mail proxy and HTTP Cache Server. NGINX is a free and open-source software and can be run on Linux, Windows. macOS and other operating systems. NGINX is a single-thread based application. So, it can handle unlimited client requests using asynchronous technique. NGINX processes highly efficient run loops in a single-thread process called workers. Workers accept [...]

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    Red Hat/CentOS 7 Linux Installation (Minimal Packages) |   April 18, 2017

    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 [...]

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    The Importance of Digital Literacy Training in Today’s Tech-Driven World |   May 19, 2025

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    7 Best WiFi Router Brands For Home Or Apartment |   September 18, 2021

    So, you are deciding to buy a WiFi Router for your home or apartment and finding which brand will be the best WiFi Router for your home. A lot of brands which manufacture WiFi Router for home usage are available nowadays in the market but all brands are not renowned and don’t provide best performance for home usage. So, before going to buy a WiFi Router, you should have better understanding about Best WiFi Router Brand that provides best WiFi [...]

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    VLAN Routing Configuration between MikroTik RouterOS |   September 27, 2018

    VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) is a logical topology that divides a single broadcast domain into multiple broadcast domains. It increases network security and performance as well as improves network efficiency. MikroTik VLAN routing configuration with manageable switch was discussed in previous article. Today we will learn how to configure VLAN between MikroTik RouterOS. This Router to router VLAN (layer3 VLAN) is useful when any ISP provide connection to one or more local ISPs who use MikroTik Router to maintain [...]

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    Single IP NAT Strategy in MikroTik RouterOS 7 |   September 29, 2015

    MikroTik Router has a lot of features which help to customize network as our requirement. Sometimes, it may be our requirement that we need to allow internet access on per IP. Normally, when we apply masquerade NAT rule in our MikroTik Router, all private IPs will be masqueraded or a network block will be masqueraded. If we do normal masqurade and enable a DHCP Server in our network, we may face a lot of unauthorized access in our network. Because [...]

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