MikroTik Security Best Practices
MikroTik RouterOS sits between WAN and LAN. As WAN is untrusted, we should follow MikroTik security best practices otherwise network may be compromised.
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How to Secure MikroTik RouterOS Login Users
MikroTik RouterOS is a bridge between WAN and LAN. So, it is mandatory to apply RouterOS login user security policy. Otherwise, RouterOS may so insecure.
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Hardening MikroTik RouterOS by Limiting Login Services | February 6, 2021
MikroTik RouterOS is usually used as a bridge between WAN and LAN network. WAN network is always an insecure network because attackers always try to hack your RouterOS so that they can compromise it for their own benefit. As a network administrator of MikroTik RouterOS, we should always take anti hacking steps to secure our MikroTik RouterOS. There are a lot of security tasks those we should take care to secure our MikroTik RouterOS. Among these security tasks, we will [...]
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Restrict Internet Access Based on MAC Address in MikroTik | February 4, 2017
MikroTik router has a lot of features by which a network administrator can design his network as he likes. As a network administrator, sometimes you may need to allow internet access some specific devices. If other devices try to access internet, they will be rejected by your router. For example, say, you have configured a simple network like below diagram. In this network, you have configured WAN, LAN, Gateway, DNS and NAT. Also you have created queue rules for limiting [...]
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How to Block MAC Address in MikroTik RouterOS 7 | July 11, 2024
MikroTik RouterOS 7 by default allows any MAC address to get internet connection through it. But we may need to block some MAC addresses sometimes. There are three methods to block MAC address in MikroTik RouterOS 7 – Blocking MAC Address using Bridge Filter Rule. Blocking MAC Address using Firewall Filter Rule and Blocking MAC Address from DHCP Lease. We can use any of these methods if we want to block MAC Address in MikroTik Router. In this article, we [...]
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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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ISP Bandwidth Management with MikroTik PCQ | June 25, 2016
MikroTik is an excellent router for managing ISP Bandwidth. For this, most of the ISPs are now using MikroTik Router for managing client bandwidth. The service used to manage bandwidth in MikroTik RouterOS is QUEUE. There are various types of queue services in MikroTik Router for managing internet bandwidth. Among these, PCQ can specially be used for maintaining ISP bandwidth. In this article, we will see how to manage ISP Bandwidth with MikroTik PCQ. MikroTik PCQ Service PCQ stands for [...]
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Internet Connection Sharing Ethernet to Ethernet | September 22, 2015
Windows is the most popular operating system to any computer user. It is said that no computer user cannot go a single a day without windows operating system. Windows has a lot of default internet features which help to connect our computer to internet as well as it provides internet connection sharing facility. With Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) feature, you can turn your laptop into Wi-Fi hotspot or turn your desktop into a router to share your broadband connection with your family [...]
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MikroTik RouterOS 7 Quick Setup using Winbox 4 | October 6, 2024
MikroTik RouterBoard and MikroTik Wireless Router are popularly used now a days. MikroTik RouterBoard is used in ISP Network and MikroTik Wireless Router is specially used for home users. MikroTik RouterBoard requires custom configuration because it is used for large network. On the other hand, MikroTik Wireless Router is used in home for a small network. MikroTik Wireless Router requires quick setup because home users are so hurry and not so technical. So, MikroTik RouterOS 7 provides a quick setup [...]
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MikroTik User Management (RouterOS User) | October 22, 2017
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 [...]
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How to Block Free Proxy Access with MikroTik Router | May 21, 2019
Proxy Server is an alternative to VPN that breaks blocking firewall of a network. If any user uses free web proxy server with web browser, the web request is processed by the proxy server. So, blocking firewall rule is not applied on the proxy enabled PC. For this, system administrators should be careful enough to block free proxy servers along with blocking VPN access. In my previous article, I discussed how to block VPN access with MikroTik Firewall. In this [...]
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