October 2019 - Public - talk.mikrotik.com.au

State of 3G/4G fallback on MikroTik?
by Karl Auer 01 Sep '21

01 Sep '21

We need to quote to a client for two routers capable of running a VPN between two sites - easy, that's a MikroTik. But they want a fallback to 3G/4G so that the site that falls back keeps Internet access AND so that the VPN keeps running. What's the state of MikroTik 3G/4G fallback? Last I looked it seemed very roll-your-own, and supported only a few very specific dongles... Ideally it would work like the (vastly more expensive) Merakis and just fail everything over to the secondary link if the primary fails, where "fail" would be either a ping test or interface down. That said, I'm OK with a solution that needs more work, as long as once done it is set-and-forget. Any pointers? Regards, K. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer (kauer(a)nullarbor.com.au) work +61 2 64957435 http://www.nullarbor.com.au mobile +61 428 957160 GPG fingerprint: 887A DA07 4DCC EE76 B413 27D4 C638 4189 6CF0 D556 Old fingerprint: 8454 EE43 6215 B6DD 1B4D 9D8D 984D 7BA1 7378 A38D

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Axiom Cyber Shield
by Philip Loenneker 27 Jan '21

27 Jan '21

Hi all, After seeing their presentation at the Melbourne MUM, we've been having a look at Axiom Cyber Shield. Is anyone on here using it and happy to provide some feedback, on-list or off-list? It certainly sounds like a good product, but I only seem to be able to find sales pitch information, not unbiased reviews. Regards, Philip Loenneker | Network Engineer | TasmaNet 40-50 Innovation Drive, Dowsing Point, Tas 7010, Australia P: 1300 792 711 philip.loenneker(a)tasmanet.com.au<mailto:philip.loenneker@tasmanet.com.au> www.tasmanet.com.au<http://www.tasmanet.com.au/>

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Asterisk Monitoring with The Dude
by Paul Julian 31 Oct '19

31 Oct '19

Hi all. I am wanting to monitor an asterisk box with our Dude implementation, I know I have done it before years ago but can't find any info on how. There are some other ways or doing it but ultimately I want to monitor the asterisk SIP port and make sure it is accepting connections and responding. Does anybody have any probe configuration information that works and that they are willing to share ? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Paul

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Re: [MT-AU Public] Public Digest, Vol 68, Issue 6
by Matt Hall 23 Oct '19

23 Oct '19

There’s this... (A quote from someone from a message here a while back I copied for reference). I recently wrote in the MT forums about using a compatible B28 card's : Quectel EP06-E(~$110) & Quectel EC25(~$65). I have successfully tested the EC25 in a LtAP, and the big brother EP06-E in a wAP ac(RBwAPGR-5HacD2HnD). Log into the MT Forums, so you can see attached pictures too and have a look at this link : https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=150368 Cards: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/183849329623?ul_noapp=true The card is licensed for use and so is an ltap mini or other lte units sold by DUXTEL etc. However, the 2 products combined have not been licensed yet so I wouldn’t recommended for commercial use. > On 22 Oct 2019, at 12:00, public-request(a)talk.mikrotik.com.au wrote: > > Send Public mailing list submissions to > public(a)talk.mikrotik.com.au > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://talk.mikrotik.com.au/mailman/listinfo/public_talk.mikrotik.com.au > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > public-request(a)talk.mikrotik.com.au > > You can reach the person managing the list at > public-owner(a)talk.mikrotik.com.au > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Public digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Outdoor Modems with band 28 support (Andrew Gilbett) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 07:35:06 +1100 > From: Andrew Gilbett <andrew(a)gilbett.net> > To: MikroTik Australia Public List <public(a)talk.mikrotik.com.au> > Subject: [MT-AU Public] Outdoor Modems with band 28 support > Message-ID: > <CABF3X9uC3cY+9_N0dPiwWW-y5CPareRK8eQrJO74X_OGY7_eGg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hi Guys, > > I am looking for an outdoor modem with band 28 700MHz support, what are the > latest options. I like the LHG and SXT-LTEs but none of them support B28. > > I would like a Mikrotik based device preferably but happy to consider other > options. > > Regards > Andrew > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Public mailing list > Public(a)talk.mikrotik.com.au > http://talk.mikrotik.com.au/mailman/listinfo/public_talk.mikrotik.com.au > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Public Digest, Vol 68, Issue 6 > *************************************

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Outdoor Modems with band 28 support
by Andrew Gilbett 22 Oct '19

22 Oct '19

Hi Guys, I am looking for an outdoor modem with band 28 700MHz support, what are the latest options. I like the LHG and SXT-LTEs but none of them support B28. I would like a Mikrotik based device preferably but happy to consider other options. Regards Andrew

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Interface queues
by Jason Hecker 13 Oct '19

13 Oct '19

Now and then I like to look around the dusty corners of Winbox. I noticed that the default wireless interface queue is an SFQ type. Has anyone here ever messed with these i/f queues and if so why? Regards, Jason Hecker <https://www.upandrunningtech.com.au/> <https://www.upandrunningtech.com.au/>

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4G service providers
by Vaughan Wickham 10 Oct '19

10 Oct '19

Hello, We’re using a 4G service as a backup link at a few sites. Unlike some of the commentary I’ve seen on this list. Rather than a USB dongle (which we had some issues with previously) we use a Huawei 4G Router (B525), which connects to a Mikrotik via a LAN port. The B525 has proven to be a very robust device and I would recommend it (govt security concerns aside). With the B525 you supply a SIM card. To date we have been using Telstra via M2M One, which has been quite reliable except for one huge outage which took their network down for a few days – some months ago now. The issue with the Telstra SIM is that while the data is unlimited – so it is a scalable solution, the data charges are also pretty steep. So I’m interested in what alternatives others might be using - I recently saw some comments about prepaid dongles with Optus or Telstra, this wouldn’t be my preferred option, but I am interested to know what they cost and what they provide - More interested in SIM card service providers (i.e. alternatives to M2M One / Telstra that would be more affordable in the event that a backup link switched to primary) Cheers, Vaughan

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Wireless Management Protection and Radar Detect
by Paul Julian 09 Oct '19

09 Oct '19

Hi all, We had an old Omnitik which was servicing one close customer, it was also kept as a backup for another radio nearby just in case of problems. We had some issues with the ethernet port on this Omnitik so decided to replace it with a newer AC model and everything went fine with the swap over, everything about the unit stayed the same, frequency, band, etc. We are operating it on a DFS frequency as it's only short range, we only need low power so it was a good use of spectrum for the location, however since the change we have been getting numerous radar detect instances, previously we never had any from this radio on that frequency. Was there any changes in later versions of the Omnitik that might have made them more sensitive to radar detection or anything which might trigger it ? The radio also now seems to have management protection failures on the wireless link as well, even though the security profile has management protection disabled. Once the CPE drops off it really won't come back until we disable an enable the AP wireless interface, and if we change frequency of the AP the CPE won't connect either, it's quite strange. CPE and AP are running 6.44.5 ROS with everything updated Any thoughts ? Regards Paul

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