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MT Uptime
by Paul Julian 18 Sep '18

18 Sep '18

You know something is working OK when you hit the snmp integer uptime limit of the device, 497 days, then it goes back to zero again, who said Mikrotik devices weren't reliable..... Paul

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Comments on PPPOE Interfaces
by Paul Julian 18 Sep '18

18 Sep '18

I just noticed that when adding or changing a comment on a PPPOE Client interface the interface drops, is this by design and normal ? I wouldn't have thought an interface should drop just by adding a comment, an Ethernet interface certainly doesn't. Thanks Paul

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Playing Nicely...it’s not that hard !
by Paul Julian 17 Sep '18

17 Sep '18

Today we found an issue which has been causing us problems for a few days on one of our backup wireless links, normally it's not needed and has been in place for about 4 years, but when a primary radio failed on Friday this link came up and started working, kind of. The AP which this link hangs off runs two other sites for us and as soon as this link sprung into action and started doing some decent traffic the other two sites died a horrible death. After replacing radios, antennas, frequency swapping and doing pretty much everything we could we just couldn't get around what seemed to be interference away from this AP. We ended up dropping the bandwidth to these sites to get them stable and after doing more investigation after hours found that one of the sites was the one causing issues. After visiting the site this morning to replace the radio we found that somebody, and possibly somebody on this list as it's Mikrotik gear, has slapped a 30dbi Mikrotik dish with a Netmetal strapped to it just 1 metre away from our gear, to make it worse they have run their signal path right across ours when there were many different mounting options on this building, it's just sad to see that people don't give one toss about others in the industry sometimes. With a 30dbi dish and Netmetal I am sure they are running illegal power, and this explains perfectly our interference issue. Just how somebody can knowingly fire a signal right across you just 1 metre away flabbergasts me. If you run Mikrotik gear and you have gear in Bella Vista NSW you might just be the person I don't like now. For everybody's sake please make sensible decisions in the unlicensed wireless space, only use the power you really need, and don't cross peoples paths, choose a more sensible mounting location. If we all play fair in this tight space we can all make a dollar and have happy customers. Regards Paul

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4G dongle reccomendations
by Malcolm Faed 13 Sep '18

13 Sep '18

Hi all, I am presently buying the Huawei E8372 dongles for remote administration of my Mikrotik routers for $45. They work fine with minimum functionality. (I use Amaysim for the plan) https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/UNLOCKED-HUAWEI-E8372-4G-USB-WIFI-MOBILE-MODEM-… Just wondering what others are using that might provided extended information from the command. /interface lte info This is to help see the RSSI in to determine if a better location or external 4G antenna is required as they are often located in equipment rooms etc. Cheers, Mal. *Malcolm Faed*Network Broadcast Engineer malcolm(a)avcomm.com.au Av-Comm +61 2 9939 4377 <++61+2+9939+4377> Unit 24 / 9 Powells Road, Brookvale - NSW 2100 avcomm.com.au [image: Twitter] <https://twitter.com/AvCommSatellite>[image: Google Plus] <https://plus.google.com/+AvcommAustralia/>[image: Youtube] <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO8ZtcnwoTH7e54LAndE-yw>[image: Linkedin] <https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/6583589/> This e-mail message may contain confidential or legally privileged information and is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s). Any unauthorised disclosure, dissemination, distribution, copying or the taking of any action in reliance on the information herein is prohibited. E-mails are not secure and cannot be guaranteed to be error free as they can be intercepted, amended, or contain viruses. Anyone who communicates with us by e-mail is deemed to have accepted these risks. Av-Comm is not responsible for errors or omissions in this message and denies any responsibility for any damage arising from the use of e-mail. Any opinion and other statement contained in this message and any attachment are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company.

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SXT Kernel failures and reboots
by Paul Julian 12 Sep '18

12 Sep '18

Hi All, I have posted before about RBSXT reboots for no reason but nobody else seems to be having the issues. We found that upgrading to 3.41 firmware seemed to stabilise them for some time, but in the last couple of weeks they just started rebooting again for no reason, sometimes every 4 or 5 days even. Has anybody else come across this issue ? Netinstall isn't really a viable issue for the majority of them as they are of course up on masts and in production, I am looking for some way of trying to stabilise them if possible. They are currently running 6.40.8 or 6.40.9 and 3.41 firmware. Any thoughts would be appreciated apart from replacing them. Regards Paul

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LED colours on an RB260GSP...?
by Karl Auer 10 Sep '18

10 Sep '18

I can't seem to find good info on what exactly the led colors mean on an RB260GSP. When it's powering an RB951G via PoE, the relevant port's LED is basically amber, but it flicks red frequently and irregularly with activity. If I power the RB951G from mains, but still connected to port1 on RB260GSP, the relevant port LED on the RB260GSP shows steady green or flickers with activity in very much the same pattern as the amber/red does. The RB951G powering is not suffering while on PoE as far as I can tell. No console interruptions, no packet loss, so the power input must be fairly steady. I think the amber colour is actually green plus red, and when the green flickers off during activity, the LED looks red. Which would mean that the LED is actually always showing red... Any clues? Regards, K. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer (kauer(a)nullarbor.com.au) work +61 2 64957435 http://www.nullarbor.com.au mobile +61 428 957160 GPG fingerprint: 8454 EE43 6215 B6DD 1B4D 9D8D 984D 7BA1 7378 A38D Old fingerprint: 58F8 09D4 97E4 D74A 0940 44BC 8D6D C28C 3BC9 B0CB

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Mass Edit Winbox File
by Dave Browning 07 Sep '18

07 Sep '18

All, Does anyone have a tool to mass edit a Winbox CDB file? For example if I wanted to change the Group for multiple entries. Cheers, Dave Browning | Senior Network Engineer P 1300 791 678 D 07 3708 0008 Level 1, 12 Railway Tce, Milton QLD 4064

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Best tutorial on VPN access for Windows?
by Karl Auer 03 Sep '18

03 Sep '18

I've always used SSH tunnelling to get access to stuff behind MikroTiks, but a client has just asked for VPN access from his Windows box at home to a network behind a MikroTik. Can anyone point me to a good tutorial or doco on making that happen? A lot of the stuff out there seems to just be PPTP, which doesn't seem very secure. And a lot of it seems old. I'm not a Windows guy, but I am hoping that there is a way to set this up on the MikroTik so that a Windows VPN can be set up out of the box. Yours hopefully, K. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer (kauer(a)nullarbor.com.au) work +61 2 64957435 http://www.nullarbor.com.au mobile +61 428 957160 GPG fingerprint: 8454 EE43 6215 B6DD 1B4D 9D8D 984D 7BA1 7378 A38D Old fingerprint: 58F8 09D4 97E4 D74A 0940 44BC 8D6D C28C 3BC9 B0CB

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Mikrotik IPSEC VPN Tutorial - shared.pdf
by Ben Jackson (via Google Drive) 02 Sep '18

02 Sep '18

I've shared an item with you: Mikrotik IPSEC VPN Tutorial - shared.pdf http://drive.google.com/file/d/1OfgxfL2i_rQjxsMpX7EAKXJBylUnXtQF/view?usp=s… It's not an attachment -- it's stored online. To open this item, just click the link above.

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Holy snapping RB4011!
by Jason Hecker (Up & Running Tech) 31 Aug '18

31 Aug '18

Wow! https://files.i4wifi.cz/inc/_doc/attach/StoItem/7150/en_datasheet_RB4011iGS… Mike, when will this be approved and for sale? :) -- <https://www.upandrunningtech.com.au>

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