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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 VRRP Configuration with Load Sharing |   November 19, 2018

    MikroTik VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) ensures high availability internet network. If any organization requires uninterrupted internet connection, MikroTik VRRP implementation will be a vital solution for them. MikroTik VRRP creates a virtual router accumulating two or more physical routers and ensures uninterrupted internet connection keeping activate one physical router always. That means, if any physical router fails to operate due to any hardware failure, MikroTik VRRP uses another backup router for internet gateway until the running router comes back [...]

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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 Load Balancing over Multiple Gateways (2 WAN) |   October 13, 2016

    Load Balancing is a technique used to send network traffic over multiple gateways. If you have multiple ISP connections in your network, you can send your network traffic through those ISP connections and can make a load balancing network. Accidently you may ask me, why will I use multiple ISP connections? What are the benefits to use multiple ISP connections in my network? I will say, ask yourself deeply then you will find the reasons why multiple ISP connections is [...]

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    OpenDNS Family Shield Configuration in MikroTik RouterOS 7 |   August 30, 2024

    OpenDNS is a DNS based free web content filtering software. It helps to keep our home or office network free from malware, virus and adult content. Configuring OpenDNS in our Home of Office routers, we can easily keep safe our internet content. OpenDNS provided OpenDNS Family Sheild solution that keeps our kids safe online. OpenDNS Family Shield filters all adult content websites as well as virus and trojan. OpenDNS Family Shield is preconfigured to block adult content. So, our children [...]

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    NGINX and PHP-FPM: A High-Performance Web Hosting Duo |   September 26, 2024

    When it comes to hosting high-performance websites or web applications, Nginx and PHP-FPM are often paired together due to their complementary capabilities. NGINX is a highly efficient web server which works seamlessly with PHP-FPM. PHP-FPM is a FastCGI Process Manager for PHP that is used to deliver fast, reliable, and scalable solutions for dynamic content. What is Nginx? Nginx (pronounced as “engine-ex”) is a lightweight, high-performance web server that is widely used for serving static content, load balancing and reverse [...]

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    How to Block Tor Browser with MikroTik Router |   June 12, 2019

    Tor Browser is an alternative to VPN and Web Proxy that breaks blocking firewall rule. If any user installs and uses Tor Browser, he/she can hide the public IP address of router and can unblock blocked websites applied on a network. So, administrators should block Tor Nodes along with other blocking firewall rule. In my previous article, I discussed how to block VPN and Proxy access with MikroTik Router and in this article I will discuss how to block Tor [...]

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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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    CentOS 8 Installation with Screenshots (Server with GUI) |   November 21, 2020

    Linux is a free and open source operating system developed by Linus Torvalds on September 17, 1991. It is mainly used as server environment. A lot of Linux distributions are present today. Among them, Red Hat Linux is used as enterprise Linux. Red Hat is also known as Red Hat commercial Linux that means Red Hat is a paid service program. CentOS (Community Enterprise Operating System) is another Linux distribution that provides a free and open source, enterprise-class, community-supported server platform functionally compatible with [...]

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    Download YouTube Video with Firefox Add-ons |   August 26, 2015

    YouTube is the most popular video sharing website. Statistics shows that YouTube is the second popular website of the world. So, it is nothing to say that you are a YouTube fan like me. As a YouTube fan, sometimes you may need to download YouTube videos which you like. Although, you often get an extra bandwidth for YouTube video streaming from your ISP now a days so that you can watch your favorite YouTube video without any buffering. But it [...]

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