June 2017 - Public - talk.mikrotik.com.au

xDSL SFPs
by Thomas Jackson 09 Aug '17

09 Aug '17

Good afternoon all, I remember some discussion earlier in the year about xDSL SFPs in AU. Did anyone manage to find one that worked? We've got a few sites coming up for refresh in the next month or so and it would be nice to move away from our standard deployment of an RB with a TPLink double-sided-taped together. All sites currently have ADSL2+ connections - and all are allegedly getting NBN FTTN or FTTdp in the next 12-18 months so it would be great to have something supporting both (although given that the office I'm sitting in at the moment had NBN fiber pulled in a couple of months ago which is still not ready for service, I'll believe that last part when I see it...). Thanks!

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UPS Serial Cable
by Paul Julian 29 Jun '17

29 Jun '17

Hi guys, we have got some APC UPS's with the serial DB9 connections on them but need to connect them to Mikrotik RB2011 and RB1100AHx2 models. Does anybody have any suggestions on a cable to suit ? The problem is they are both setup to be the B end of the situation and not the MT setup to be the A end and the UPS as the B end. I was thinking of a gender bender but don't really want to do that if I don't have to..... Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks Paul

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VDSL modem in Mikrotik - PCI-E option?
by Philip Loenneker 26 Jun '17

26 Jun '17

Hi all, This is inspired by a post on AusNOG, which some of you may have seen. Draytek have a PCI-E card VDSL modem. I have limited knowledge of the hardware/driver level of Mikrotik routers, but does anyone here know if one of these might go in a Mikrotik product that has a PCI-E slot, eg the ones designed for 3G? Some background here: https://fbdragon.co.uk/static/2016/09/19/draytek-vigornic-132/ Might be an alternative to waiting on the SFP-based VDSL modems :) Regards, Philip Loenneker | Network Engineer | TasmaNet

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AWS mikrotik NAT instance
by Matt Chipman 23 Jun '17

23 Jun '17

Hi all, moving some servers out of an old site into the AWS cloud. Wanting to use a mikrotik NAT instance in front of a VPC connected to the office via IPSEC to extend the LAN into the cloud. Currently can't get either the NAT to work or the IPSEC between the mikrotik boxs. Does anyone have this type of setup working or is it a no go? I realise I can use AWS IPSEC endpoint and NAT device but the MT is much more flexible if I can get it working. Thanks Matt

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SMS from CRS125-24G-15
by Steve at Digitronics 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

I would like to be able to send SMSs from a dongle for the Telstra network attached to a CRS125-24G-15. If anyone has done this and can say how, or can point me to any wisdom about doing same, I would be most grateful. -Steve

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SXT-LTE
by Tim Warnock 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

Hey All, Can someone who has an SXT-LTE device and Telstra - do you get IPv6 addresses? Thanks Tim.

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Telstra 4G Dropouts
by Paul Julian 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

Hi All, we have a number of out of band RB hAP routers out there which have a Sierra Wireless 320U 4G Modem connected to them and use the Telstra 4G LTE network, on the whole these work well, however they regularly, as in once every day or so, stop receiving data, however the LTE interface on the RB does not recognize that there is no data coming in and still thinks it's running and all is good. I have looked for a keepalive or something for the interface but can't find anything, I don't know if it's a Telstra network issue or the RB or perhaps just how it is but we need these to remain up as much as possible as they are for OOB access to our POP's, has anybody come across this issue before and have any suggestions ? As soon as you disable the LTE interface and re-enable it things work fine. I also have an SXT LTE router which does the same thing, so kind of thinking it's not a modem problem as they have the integrated one. Thanks Paul

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bridged modem and iinet NBN service
by Mike Everest 21 Jun '17

21 Jun '17

Hi all! I'm interested to hear any experiences using FTTN services bridged to LAN to present the service address directly to routerOS, for any ISP really, but in relation to modems supplied by iinet are most relevant for this case :-} Any favourite modem hardware to use? Any known gotchas (e.g. dhcp lease at the head end) or limitations? Any and all comments will be well received and very much appreciated! :-) Thanks in advance, Regards Mike.

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Mikrotik CAPsMAN Android
by Dave Browning 18 Jun '17

18 Jun '17

Hi All, Have a 30 odd CAPsMAN deployment with the WAPac unit - It seems that Android v6 clients (to which we have 1) seem to have issues connecting. Spent a few hours on it today and if I set an ACL for the test phone I'm working with to Signal Range not set and AP/Client TX Limit to 0 it connects but bounces. It seems to prefer only want to connect to one access point which I cannot work out why - Tried removing re-adding from the phone etc. All the normal stuff but not happy. CAPsMAN device is a CCR running 6.39.2 and all the AP's are same version. Any suggestions? Cheers, Dave

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Route selection
by Matthew Enger 17 Jun '17

17 Jun '17

Hello, I have three routes below: Dab 202.52.129.0/24 103.85.36.33 recursive via 103.51.112.4 vrrp 1 200 Db 202.52.129.0/24 218.100.78.11 reachable Vic-IX-Traffic 20 Db 202.52.129.0/24 218.100.78.11 reachable Vic-IX-Traffic 20 My reading of https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Route_Selection_Algorithm_in_RouterOS says that the active route should be the distance of 20, but it is selecting 200. Is this a bug or am I not reading it right? Running 6.37.5 if that helps anyone. Matthew Enger | Managing Director PO Box 3279, The Pines, Victoria, 3109 T 1300 789 299 D 03 9909 3104 M 0406 532 792 F 03 8611 7946 m.enger(a)xi.com.au | www.xi.com.au This email message and any attachments are the property of X Integration. The contents of this email are copyright and may also be confidential and/or legally privileged. They are intended solely for the addressee and it is not intended that either confidentiality or privilege be waived or lost by mistaken delivery to you. Please notify us immediately and delete this communication if received in error. Consider the environment before printing this email.

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