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  • MikroTik Router First Time Startup and Setup using WebFig

    I guess, you have purchased a new MikroTik Router or installed a new MikroTik RouterOS on PC and you are searching How to Start MikroTik Router First Time and How to Complete Basic RouterOS Configuration using WebFig (Web Interface) for running a basic network. If these are your concern, don’t worry, in this article I will show how to startup your MikroTik Router first time and complete RouterOS basic configuration using WebFig web interface so easily. There are three methods to startup and configure a new MikroTik Router. MikroTik First Time Startup and Configuration using Winbox: Winbox configuration utility is able to connect to the MikroTik Router via MAC address or IP address. Winbox is a graphical utility. So, it can be helpful for a new MikroTik user as well as for those users who like to configure RouterOS with Graphical Window. MikroTik First Time Startup and Configuration using WebFig: WebFig is a web configuration utility for MikroTik Router. Those who like to configure MikroTik Router with web Interface can use WebFig utility. It has almost the same configuration functionality as Winbox. MikroTik First Time Startup and Configuration using CLI: Command Line Interface (CLI) utility gives facility to configure MikroTik [...]

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    PPPoE Server Configuration in MikroTik RouterOS 7 |   December 2, 2023

    MikroTik PPPoE is a client-server protocol and mostly used at the end ISP configuration where MikroTik RouterOS acts as a PPPoE Server and user’s WiFi Router acts as PPPoE client. MikroTik PPPoE Server can be used with MikroTik simple queue management. So, it helps to manage user’s bandwidth easily. People who are trying to do internet business should learn MikroTik PPPoE Server. Configuring PPPoE Server in MikroTik RouterOS 7 is so easy. If you have knowledge on basic RouterOS 7 [...]

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    FreeRADIUS User Profile Configuration for MikroTik Router |   January 10, 2019

    FreeRADIUS is a high performance RADIUS application that accepts a large number of network devices as RADIUS Client including MikroTik Router. FreeRADIUS MySQL module helps to get user authentication and authorization information from database server and to store user accounting information in database server. Configuring MySQL user group and profile properly, freeRADIUS user restriction can easily be maintained. How to configure user group to apply user limitation was discussed in my previous article. In this article, I will discuss how [...]

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    FreeRADIUS User Group Management with MySQL |   January 3, 2019

    FreeRADIUS is a high performance RADIUS Server. A number of network devices can be used with freeRADIUS Server as a RADIUS Client including MikroTik Router. As a modular RADIUS suite, freeRADIUS accepts MySQL module to query user authentication and authorization and to store accounting data. In my previous article, I discussed how to install and configure FreeRADIUS MySQL module. I also discussed how to authenticate MikroTik Login with freeRADIUS MySQL user. In this article, we will talk about how to [...]

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    GNS3 Installation and Configuration Step by Step in Windows |   September 14, 2018

    GNS3 (Graphical Network Simulator) is one of the most popular network simulator software used by hundreds of thousands of network engineers worldwide to emulate, configure, test and troubleshoot virtual and real networks. GNS3 supports a large number of vendors such as MikroTik, Cisco, Juniper, Windows, Linux and many other vendors. GNS3 can be installed on Windows, Linux and MAC Operating System. In this article, I will show how to download and install GNS3 application in Windows Operating System. I will [...]

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    Troubleshooting Common Issues with Security Cameras in MikroTik Networks |   February 7, 2025

    30 Seconds Summary When fixing security cameras on MikroTik networks, you might see issues like bad video quality, connections dropping, motion detection not working, and security weaknesses. These problems can happen because of not enough internet speed, network congestion, IP conflicts, old software, or weak security. To fix these, make sure you have enough internet speed, set up the IP settings correctly, give camera traffic priority, and update the software regularly. Also, protect the cameras with strong passwords and encryption. [...]

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    Free Web Content Filtering Software for Home Internet |   August 10, 2024

    We always want to keep safe our home or business internet from unwanted content. There are many internet content filtering softwares those can be used to filter internet content. Among these, OpenDNS is a Free Web Filtering Software used to keep safe home or business internet content. OpenDNS is a DNS based internet content filtering solution. If we use OpenDNS nameservers as DNS, it handles DNS request and filter Malware, Phishing and adult content related websites and denies access. Besides [...]

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    MikroTik Bandwidth Management using Simple Queue |   September 3, 2015

    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 [...]

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    User Management in Linux (Red Hat/CentOS) |   September 28, 2017

    User management is an important part of Linux (especially Red Hat Enterprise Linux) system administration. Linux users can be administrated using user or group administration GUI (Graphical User Interface) tool as well as through Red Hat/CentOS Linux command prompt. But I will always suggest you to do command line user administration as much as possible because in production GUI will not be provided always. Many people who are learning Linux administration do not know all features of user administration command [...]

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    How to Use Old Router as Range Extender to Boost WiFi Signal |   October 7, 2019

    WiFi is a technology to turn wired internet into WiFi internet and used in every home and office. Wireless internet gives you the freedom to use the internet without sitting in a single place. It is also true that speed performance drop in Wi-fi due to weak signal or interference. Sometimes laying a physical wired connection in every room is not possible. So Wi-Fi range extender setup helps you to boost signal strength. Instead of buying a new range extender [...]

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