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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    MikroTik WiFi Frequency Band and Channel Width Explanation |   January 10, 2020

    MikroTik WiFi frequency, band and channel width tuning is an important task in any wireless network. If we fail to setup WiFi frequency and channel width parameter properly, we will notice a poor performance of wireless network. WiFi is aimed at use within unlicensed spectrum and the unlicensed spectrum that is usually used for WiFi is 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz band.  2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands have multiple channels and these channels must be setup properly to get [...]

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    MikroTik Dual WAN Load Balancing with Failover using PCC |   May 27, 2018

    Hi geek, going through this article means you are finding Load Balancing as well as Link Redundancy solution for your MikroTik network because you already have multiple WAN connections or you are planning to lease multiple WAN connections. MikroTik has various Load Balancing and Link Redundancy methods such as ECMP, PCC and so on. ECMP method provides an easy configurable load balancing with failover solution but it has some known issues too in a large network. On the hand, PCC [...]

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    The Role of Computer Networking in Modern Surveillance and Security |   October 17, 2023

    In the present computerized age, computer networking is significant in ensuring modern surveillance and security frameworks are viable and productive. The progressions in innovation have prompted the improvement of innovative arrangements, for example, solar power cameras, that depend on computer networks to upgrade surveillance capacities. This article investigates the role of computer networking in modern surveillance and security frameworks, with a particular spotlight on integrating solar-powered cameras. What is Computer Networking? A computer network gathers interconnected hubs or computing gadgets that [...]

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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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    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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    Block Internet Access at a Certain Time in MikroTik RouterOS |   August 1, 2024

    We often find how to block or allow internet access at a certain time in our LAN network specially in WiFi network. Time based internet access is so useful for controlling Kids internet in any family or managing stuff internet accessibility in any office or other network. MikroTik RouterOS offers a feature named Kid Control to block internet access at a certain time. This feature is so useful for the parents or network engineers who want to block internet access [...]

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    How to Get VMware ESXi Free License |   November 5, 2021

    You are here that means you are finding how to get ESXi free license because you have installed ESXi 6.7 or ESXi 7 and 60 days trial license has been expired and then all virtual machines have been powered off or you want to use VMware ESXi absolutely free of charge. Whatever your requirement, it is a good news that VMware provides free license with some limitations to use VMware ESXi absolutely free of charge. So, if you have a [...]

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    MikroTik Configuration with PPPoE WAN Connection |   July 18, 2018

    MikroTik Router is a popular routing device to any network administrator because of having a lot of network features availability. MikroTik PPPoE Client is a special feature that is used to connect any PPPoE Server. If your ISP provides PPPoE connection, MikroTik Router is able to connect that PPPoE Server using PPPoE Client. In my previous article, I discussed how to configure MikroTik Router with static WAN connection and in this article I will show how to configure MikroTik Router [...]

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