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  • MikroTik Router Integration and Configuration on GNS3

    GNS3 is a network simulator software used by hundreds of thousands of network engineers worldwide to emulate, configure, test and troubleshoot virtual and real networks. GNS3 can talk a large number of network vendors including MikroTik. MikroTik introduces Cloud Hosted Router (a RouterOS version) that is used to run as virtual machine and a virtual machine can easily be integrated with GNS3. So, network administrators who are fond of MikroTik Router can now configure, test and troubleshoot their MikroTik network with GNS3 so easily. In my previous article I discussed how to install and configure GNS3 in Windows Operating System and in this article I will show how to integrate and configure MikroTik Router on GNS3 to simulate any MikroTik network. MikroTik Router on GNS3 GNS3 is the best friend for those who are unable to arrange a lot of real devices and fail to configure, test and troubleshoot any complex network with MikroTik Router. GNS3 can now talk with MikroTik Router. So, emulating MikroTik Router on GNS3, a network administrator can easily do R&D and can implement it to production environment. MikroTik Router integration and configuration on GNS3 can be divided into the following three steps. Downloading MikroTik Cloud [...]

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

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    MikroTik Send Browsing Log to Remote Syslog Server |   August 18, 2019

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    MikroTik Hotspot with Data Limit and Prepaid Billing System |   January 19, 2018

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    MikroTik RouterOS User Authentication via RADIUS Server |   November 19, 2017

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    MikroTik VPN Configuration with PPTP (Connecting Remote Client) |   August 17, 2016

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    MikroTik EoIP Tunnel for Bridging LANs over the Internet |   April 22, 2018

    VPN (Virtual Private Network) is a technology that provides a secure tunnel across a public network. A private network user can send and receive data to any remote private network using VPN Tunnel as if his/her network device was directly connected to that private network. MikroTik provides EoIP (Ethernet over IP) that is used to create a site to site VPN tunnel. EoIP tunneling is a MikroTik RouterOS protocol that creates an Ethernet tunnel between two MikroTik Routers on top [...]

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    MikroTik Router First Time Startup and Setup using WebFig |   April 17, 2018

    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 [...]

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