November 2015 - Public - talk.mikrotik.com.au

CRS109-8G-1S-2HnD-IN usb port not working with LTE
by Andrew Gilbett 29 Dec '15

29 Dec '15

Hi Guys, I have a Huawei E8372 that works on a hAP just fine. But when I plug it into a CRS109-8G-1S-2HnD-IN it does not register as an LTE device even though both devices are running the same firmware. Nor does it work as a PPP device on either mikrotik. Has any one had luck getting the USB port to work on the CRS? Any help would be very happily received! Thanks Andrew

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5GHz wireless
by Ben Williams 16 Dec '15

16 Dec '15

Hey, Is there any Mikrotik device that does 5GHz wireless? In my quick scan of the product list I couldn't see one. If not, does anyone know if there are any plans for 5GHz support? - Ben -- "If you made a Venn diagram [of my life], there would be two non-overlapping circles, one of which was labeled, 'Times when I am truly happy' and the other of which was labeled, 'Times when I am logged in as root, holding a cable, or have the case open.' " - Jamie Zawinski [jwz.org]

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Suggestion for CPE - 400Mbps
by Dave Browning 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

Hey Guys, Any suggestions for which Mikro to use as a CPE for 400M metro ethernet services? Dave Browning | Systems Engineer P 07 3369 7666 Level 1, 12 Railway Tce, Milton QLD 4064 This email and any files transmitted with it contain confidential information for the exclusive use of the intended recipient. If you received this email in error please notify Sentrian Pty Ltd immediately by return email to the sender and delete the original email. We do not guarantee that this email or any attached files are free of viruses. All recipients should undertake their own virus scanning.

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Mikrotik with IPoE
by Stephen Schwetz 20 Nov '15

20 Nov '15

Hi All, I have a site that has just switched over to the NBN vdsl service. Optus have supplied their router, which I would like to replace with a vdsl bridge. Has anyone got any information on using the mikrotik with IPoE on the NBN, I would especially love to get a config if you have one. Cheers Stephen

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MPLS
by Daniel Hoffman 18 Nov '15

18 Nov '15

Anyone using MPLS and CCR or RoS-x86 at any scale in AU I have a backbone that's been extending and upgrading soon to be 10gbe and 5 POPs. just wondering if some CCR1072 and just l2 switching would be viable so cope with the mixed BW links and path management. I also need to use the switches to terminate the fibre based on a number of SFP and distance discussions. The plan to this point is Telco Systems, Juniper or Similar but thought I'd ask even tho I think I know the answer which is "not to do it". Thoughts?

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Band 28 LTE Card
by Matt Perkins 17 Nov '15

17 Nov '15

Hi All, Has anyone had any success with any LTE cards that support band 28 (Telstra's 700Mhz band) with Mikrotik equipment. Im toying around with the idea of putting a hotspot on board an aircraft and you really cant beat the range of Telstra's new band and before anyone says anything about mobile phones on board aircraft I understand the laws and responsibility here. Im a licensed pilot. I already have an Iridium hotspot on board but 2400BPS is not very useful for anything other them SMS and the IPAD does an amazing job on band 28 in 90% of the time but im trying to get an extra 8~9 % Matt. -- /* Matt Perkins Direct 1300 137 379 Spectrum Networks Ptd. Ltd. Office 1300 133 299 matt(a)spectrum.com.au Level 6, 350 George Street Sydney 2000 Spectrum Networks is a member of the Communications Alliance & TIO */

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>LR range SFP + mikrotik
by Mike Everest 16 Nov '15

16 Nov '15

Hi All! I receive questions from various folks from time to time who need to take advantage of dark fibre runs > 20Km. I have already received confirmation from MT that none of their products currently support power required to deliver greater than LR modules, so I suppose that the only option is for some kind of third party switch or media converter would be required when using MikroTik routers at the endpoints? Here is a query I received this afternoon: "What are after is integrating a 45km Single mode dark fibre into our network, obviously mikrotik routers on each end. If we could push 10Gbps that would be awesome, however if we could obtain 2 or 3Gbps with a lot less effort that would most likely be the go to start with." Does anyone have any suggestions for the OP? (I suggested that he post here, but perhaps he's a bit too shy to post in a public forum, so I offered to ask on behalf ;) Any comments will be most appreciated! Cheers, Mike.

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BGP and CCR
by Daniel Hoffman 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

Hey All. I know there are promises in ROS7 for better BGP performance but the CCR and the ever slow BGP is starting to grow very tired for me. Waiting 5-10mins everytime you change a filter or update a table is coming more than inconvenient. That being said, I see only two options available to me. 1. RouterOS on x86 and to look at a dual core system with a high clock speed in the 3Ghz range, however I have to be very careful around support/capability of disk controllers and others or I might end up with 6 machines I cant use or have to run it inside a VM. 1.a is RoS X86 still oly 32bit so limited to 4GB RAM? 1.b Anyone have any known good configurations with high CPU configs and dual power? 2. Swap to Vyatta/Brocade which is not really something I want to do, but if I have too I will. Advice/Experience appreciated. Thanks Daniel

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Omnitik Half Duplex Issue
by Paul Julian 12 Nov '15

12 Nov '15

Hi guys, a while back I asked the list about the issues we seem to have with Omnitik 5Hnd units and them randomly syncing up in half-duplex 10M, I have exhausted all options with these and after just having yet another one do it I am at my wits end. It doesn't seem to matter whether you use auto-negotiate or try and hard set the interface speed on the device itself or the device that plus into it but they just randomly decide to go to 10M half-duplex, has anybody else seen this and come up with a concrete fix by any chance ? It only happens on Omnitiks and it seems that it's only on the ether1 port from what I can see. Regards Paul

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Compatible OpenVPN Server
by Stephen 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

Hi all, Just wondering if any of you can vouch for particular VPN providers that have OpenVPN that actually works with the Mikrotik implementation? I've tried both PIA and NordVPN, but both are incompatible for various reasons. I'd also prefer to stick with providers that have reasonable policies of privacy, but I understand if privacy vs. compatibility does not exist (as per HMA). Thanks in advance! -Stephen

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