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  • MikroTik Backup and Restore Configuration using Winbox

    Backup and Restore feature in MikroTik Router helps to recover router configuration when running router fails to operation due to hardware failure. If you have a backup copy of your failed router and purchase a new MikroTik Router and then upload and restore that backup file, you will get your running network without any hassle. MikroTik Backup file is also useful when you unfortunately forget your admin privilege user password. You can easily recover your forgotten password with backup file using MikroTik password recovery tools. So, taking regular backup of running MikroTik configuration is so useful to a network administrator. How to backup MikroTik configuration file automatically via email was discussed in my previous article and in this article I will show how to backup and restore MikroTik configuration file manually using Winbox. How to Backup MikroTik Configuration File It is easy to backup MikroTik configuration using Winbox GUI but you can use WebFig web interface that follows same procedure as Winbox. The following steps will show how to backup MikroTik configuration file using Winbox GUI. Login to your MikroTik Router using Winbox with admin privilege. Click on Files menu item. File List window will appear now. Click on Backup [...]

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    MikroTik RouterOS Device Mode: Home, Basic, and Advanced – and Their Impact on Hotspot Setup |   November 4, 2025

    MikroTik RouterOS offers flexible configuration options for everything from home routers to ISP-grade hotspots. When setting up your MikroTik device, you’ll see a Device Mode option in Quick Set — allowing you to choose between Home, Basic, or Advanced modes. These modes define how much control you have over the router’s features and directly affect your ability to create and manage a Hotspot network. In this guide, we’ll explain each mode, show you how to check and change device mode [...]

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    FreeRADIUS MySQL Database GUI with phpMyAdmin on CentOS 7 |   January 30, 2019

    FreeRADIUS is a high performance RADIUS Server that accepts a large number of networking devices as RADIUS Client including MikroTik Router. MySQL is one of the best user sources for freeRADIUS server. In my previous article, I discussed how to install freeRADIUS server on CentOS 7 and how to integrate MySQL module with freeRADIUS server. I also discussed how to create user group and profile in MySQL database server and authenticate MikroTik PPPoE client with MySQL database user. I used [...]

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    Upgrading MikroTik RouterOS and Firmware using Winbox |   September 9, 2018

    MikroTik RouterOS is in constant development and new features or bug fixes are frequently available, sometimes even monthly. So, it is always recommend upgrading your MikroTik RouterOS to a latest and stable version before beginning any configuration. Sometimes you may find that your production router is required to be upgraded to a new version based on some logical reasons such as: A new feature is available to a new update and you need to implement that new feature. New version [...]

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    MikroTik OpenVPN Configuration on TCP Port 443 with Windows OS |   April 6, 2020

    MikroTik OpenVPN is an amazing VPN solution. IT provides a secure and encrypted VPN tunnel across public network. Unlike PPTP and L2TP VPN Services which are poorly designed and can easily be blocked, OpenVPN can highly be customized and even can be run on so popular TCP Port 443. So, OpenVPN cannot easily be blocked. OpenVPN uses SSL/TLS Certificates. So, OpenVPN Tunnel is a trusted tunnel to send and receive data across public network. OpenVPN is a site to site [...]

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    MikroTik Load Balancing with 2 PPPoE and 1 Static WAN using ECMP |   September 24, 2019

    ECMP provides almost 100% reliable load balancing and link redundancy solution. ECMP is a per connection load balancing where connection is marked with source and destination IP pair. In my previous article I discussed how to configure DUAL WAN load balancing with failover using ECMP method where WAN connections were static IP Addresses. But some ISP companies use PPPoE service for their client connection. So, some network administrators become confused to configure load balancing with PPPoE WAN connection because PPPoE [...]

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    Free Internet Speed Test Online |   August 31, 2015

    You are here because you want to check your broadband internet speed. Don’t worry, I will show you how to check your internet speed from online absolutely free and fastest way. I will show you top 4 websites link from which your broadband internet speed can be checked so easily. I will also show you how to check bandwidth usage continuously with windows operating system’s utility and a third party software utility. So, keep reading this article and find how [...]

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    CentOS 7 Partition Management with fdisk Utility |   February 11, 2019

    CentOS or Red Hat Linux is a popular server operating system to the system administrators. Almost all the system admins or IT guys who play with mail server, file server, proxy server and so on are so known with CentOS or Red Hat Linux and cannot go a single day without this operating system. The guys who are also wish to be a system admin should be familiar with CentOS or Red Hat operating system. In my previous article, I [...]

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    How to Recover MikroTik User Password |   August 9, 2018

    MikroTik Wiki and Forum say that there is no way to recover MikroTik user password without losing MikroTik configuration. But if you have an unencrypted configuration file backup taken before, you will be able to recover your user password using MikroTik password recovery tools. How to Backup and Restore MikroTik configuration file manually was discussed in my previous article. I also discussed how to backup MikroTik configuration file automatically via Mail in another article and in this article I will [...]

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    MikroTik Hotspot Server Configuration in RouterOS 7 |   April 25, 2023

    MikroTik Hotspot is an awesome service to run a captive portal network. You can run a public Wi-Fi network, Hotel Network, Airport network, CAMP Wi-Fi network, Shopping Mall Network and so on using MikroTik Hotspot and even can monetize your network for earning if you use Hotspot Billing Software like GalaxyRAD which is specially designed for MikroTik Hotspot network. GalaxyRAD helps to monetize your any network providing online payment gateway as well as integrating voucher-based system. It also helps to [...]

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