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 WebProxy Log Analyzer Configuration |   August 30, 2016

    MikroTik RouterOS generally logs various system events and status information. Logs are mainly saved in router’s memory (RAM) or disk. MikroTik logs can also be sent by email or even can be sent to a remote syslog server. All logs those are saved in router’s local memory can be viewed from Log menu. Any log entry that is saved in local memory contains time and date when event occurred, topics that this message belongs to and message itself. But local [...]

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    MikroTik RADIUS Server (User Manager) Installation |   October 28, 2017

    RADIUS Server is a centralized user authentication, authorization and accounting application. RADIUS authentication gives the ISP or network administrator ability to manage PPP users, login users and Hotspot users from one server throughout a large network. MikroTik RouterOS has a RADIUS client that is able to authenticate login users, Hotspot users and PPP users through a RADIUS server. MikroTik team also developed a totally separate RADIUS server package named User Manager that can be used to authenticate MikroTik users smoothly. [...]

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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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    MikroTik Load Balancing and Link Redundancy with PBR |   March 31, 2019

    In computer networking, the Load Balancing technique is used to send network traffic over multiple gateways. If you have multiple ISP connections available, you can use load balancing technique to establish a stable network. You may now ask, why will I use multiple ISP connections? What are the benefits to use multiple ISP connections in my network? For your satisfaction, the following points are some reasons to use load balancing technique in your network. No ISP can give you 100% [...]

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    WiFi Station Setup in MikroTik Wireless Router |   November 27, 2019

    MikroTik Wireless Router is capable of working as a WiFi Client.  So, if any ISP provides WiFi connection for their clients, MikroTik Wireless Router can be used to connect to that ISP SSID by configuring wireless station mode. MikroTik WiFi station mode finds available SSID and connects with permitted SSID.  This wireless connection can be used as wireless WAN connection and configuring LAN, multiple devices can get internet over this wireless WAN connection. In my previous article, I discussed how [...]

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    MikroTik Router Static DHCP Server Configuration |   October 25, 2015

    DHCP Server assigns IP address and other related IP information (Subnet mask, Gateway and DNS) automatically to network devices. But automatic DHCP Server has some disadvantages too. If any IP device connects to any automatic DHCP network, the device will get an IP address and related IP information automatically by the DHCP Server and the device will start to use resources of this network. In this situation, the network administrator cannot know who is being connected to the network and [...]

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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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