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  • MikroTik User Management (RouterOS User)

    MikroTik User Management plays an important role in MikroTik system administration as well as MikroTik security. Don’t be confused the title User Management with the MikroTik UserManager. UserManager is an optional and totally separate package distributed by MikroTik. UserManager is an implementation of Radius server that is used to maintain not only RouterOS users but also PPPoE, PPTP, Hotspot, Wireless and DHCP users. In my few future articles, I will discuss how to maintain these users with MikroTik UserManager Radius server. MikroTik RouterOS has a local user database which defines how to create login user and how to assign their permission. Without proper user management it is impossible to maintain MikroTik administration level as well as MikroTik security because most of the cases MikroTik Router will function in public network and thousands of hackers in public network will try to destroy your MikroTik Router configuration. So, as a network admin of MikroTik Router it is your first duty to know how to manage MikroTik RouterOS users properly. In this article we will learn how to manage MikroTik RouterOS users with proper permission. How to Create MikroTik RouterOS User By default admin user who has full permission is created with no [...]

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