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  • MikroTik Router Web Proxy Configuration

    A Proxy Server is usually placed between users and the internet so that the proxy server can track the activities of any user. Formerly, a proxy server was mainly used for caching the static content of any web server because the internet speed was too slow. So, users would get high speed for browsing as if they were browsing a local server. But nowadays the internet bandwidth has increased. So, the proxy server is usually not used for web caching today rather than it is popularly used as ACL (Access Control List) server. MikroTik RouterOS can perform as a HTTP proxy server. As a proxy server MikroTik Router has the following features. Regular HTTP Proxy Server: MikroTik Router can perform as a regular HTTP proxy server where a user can specify the proxy for him with his/her browser. Transparent proxy server: MikroTik RouterOS can also perform as a transparent proxy server where users do not know about the proxy being enabled and there is no extra configuration to the user’s browser. Access Control List: It can do access list by source, destination, URL and requested method (HTTP firewall). Cache access list: MikroTik can specify which object have to cache and [...]

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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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    IP Based Virtual Hosting on CentOS 7 with Apache Server |   July 18, 2019

    Virtual Hosting is a method of hosting multiple domains on single web server. If you have multiple domains (such as domain1.com, domain2.com and so on) and want to host on single web server, Virtual Web Hosting is your right choice. Apache web server provides an easy way to manage Virtual Hosting. Virtual Hosting can be either Name Based or IP Based. In Name Based Virtual Hosting, multiple domains can be hosted on single IP address. On the other hand, in [...]

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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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    MikroTik Hotspot Free Trial Internet Setup |   August 14, 2020

    MikroTik Hotspot is an awesome Hotspot internet solution. It has a lot of features to customize any Hotspot service. Sometimes we may require providing free trial internet in a Hotspot service. MikroTik Hotspot provides easy solution to provide free trial internet to the new user before going to paid version. In my previous article I discussed how to configure MikroTik Hotspot using Winbox. In this article I will discuss how to configure free trial internet in MikroTik Hotspot Server. Free [...]

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    How to Block a Phone from WiFi Router |   May 8, 2024

    We usually buy a WiFi Router from market and configure SSID and password to access it. We also configure DHCP Server so that whenever a phone or IP device gets connected to this SSID with the password, the device can get an IP address automatically and can get internet access. It is not possible to secure the WiFi Network keeping only the password authentication method. Because the password can be shared by the users or can be hacked easily. So, [...]

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    MikroTik VLAN Routing Configuration with Manageable Switch |   July 11, 2018

    A VLAN (Virtual LAN) is a group of computers, servers, network printers and other network devices that behave as if they were connected to a single network. VLAN is a logical topology that divides a single broadcast domain into multiple broadcast domains. VLAN is a layer 2 method. So, a manageable switch is required to manage VLAN in your network and a router is required to route and control your inter-VLAN. VLAN increases network security and performance as well as [...]

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    How to Secure MikroTik RouterOS Login Users |   February 19, 2021

    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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    WireGuard VPN Setup in MikroTik RouterOS7 with Windows OS |   August 14, 2022

    VPN (Virtual Private Network) is one of the most popular services in MikroTik RouterOS. A lot of VPN services (IPsec, EoIP, OpenVPN, PPTP, L2TP, IPIP etc.) are available in MikroTik RouterOS but in RouterOS7, a new VPN service named WireGuard has been introduced which is extremely simple yet first, secure and modern VPN. WireGuard uses cryptography to make it secure. In RouterOS7, WireGuard can be used either Client-Server (Road Warrior) VPN tunnel or site to site VPN tunnel. Using Client-Server [...]

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