MikroTik

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is that like a mobil home idea but made out of metal containers? if yes - just make a central cable connection. where i worked, each mobil home had a lan cable going in together with the power cable, and we had a distribution point every 4 mobil homes (so about 60-75m in distance). each mobil home ...

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Using device with two radios on same band (again separate detachable antennae) would work in this case as well but you'd still have to be careful to place inside snd outside antennae so that there woikd slways be metal wall/ceiling in the way to improve separation. Antenna cables would have to be r...

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I have a client that represents an RV park. They're looking to build several cabins (between 8 and 10 of them) that will be entirely made out of metal. They have existing Ruckus WiFi APs throughout the park from a separate vendor. They have built one of the cabins already, and as expected the WiFi i...

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1) Yes, ether5 is 10.1.1.1/24 2) Yes, the bridge is serving DHCP 3) Yes the 3CX box has a static private IP of 10.1.1.20. -What do you mean by gateway? If you mean a PSTN gateway, I'm not using one. 4) Yes, I can ping by both IP address and domain name out to the internet (8.8.8.8 and google.com, fo...

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I'm in the process of switching from a PfSense router to an RB5009. I have a single fiber WAN with a single dynamic IP. 3CX works and Firewall Checker passes with the pFsense router. Ether5 is in a bridge called bridge-dmz at 10.1.1.0/24. The 3CX server's IP is 10.1.1.20. I followed the guide on the...

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I'm switching from using PfSense and HAProxy (which was installed on the PfSense Box) to a Mikrotik RB5009. The Nginx Proxy Manager is on a TrueNAS scale box and is at 192.168.2.1. The http port is 192.168.2.1:10583, and https is 192.168.2.1:10584. Nginx Proxy Manager hosts the LetsEncrypt certifica...

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What are some good rules of thumb when designing a WiFi hotspot network for large outdoor areas? Assuming you have poles that are placed throughout the park where the APs can be placed, how many APs, assuming something like the Mikrotik wAPs, would you need for a given area? For example, assuming a ...

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Thanks for the input. Is this only true of the devices with "hardware offload"? I'd like to replace my Access switch with a CRS device of some kind. I have a CRS309 that function as a "Core" switch. If I have, say, 4 VLANs, and I need to use filtering to keep the "untrusted&...

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I'd like to replace my Access switch with a CRS device of some kind. I have a CRS309 that function as a "Core" switch. If I have, say, 4 VLANs, and I need to use filtering to keep the "untrusted" devices away from the "trusted" devices, what kind of performance can I ex...

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I have an LTAP Mini mounted in my vehicle. I'm wondering how much of a difference it would make if I got an antenna outside the vehicle. My options to do it would be: Some kind of window-mounted sticker type Using the window-mounted sticker type, but mounting it inside the shark-fin type of antenna...

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I have an LTAP Mini mounted in my vehicle. I'm wondering how much of a difference it would make if I got an antenna outside the vehicle. My options to do it would be: Some kind of window-mounted sticker type Using the window-mounted sticker type, but mounting it inside the shark-fin type of antenna ...

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I'd like to set up my home lab with a few different VLANS like: Trusted - Can go anywhere Untrusted/Guest - Can only go out WAN IoT - Can't go out WAN I currently have a CRS309 to act as a core switch, and an RB5009 that I use as my router, along with an old Cisco managed switch, which I'm going to...

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I'd like to set up my home lab with a few different VLANS like: Trusted - Can go anywhere Untrusted/Guest - Can only go out WAN IoT - Can't go out WAN I currently have a CRS309 to act as a core switch, and an RB5009 that I use as my router, along with an old Cisco managed switch, which I'm going to ...

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I have a brand new SXTR&EP06-A. I've never been able to connect to the web UI or Winbox (tried with MAC and with IP). I always get username/password incorrect when using the username "admin" with no password. I tried re-setting it, and I still can't connect. Does the SXTR have a differ...

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Is there any software that can be used as a WiFi billing software for hotels, coffee shops, etc that is (hardware) manufacturer agnostic? Preferrably something based around RADIUS?

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if a user's ISP fiber connection is terminated with a single-mode simplex SC connector, what are their options for using an SFP/SFP+? I've look around a bit, and I haven't found an SFP transceiver with an SC connector, they all seem to be duplex LC connectors... Is there a way to adapt a simplex SC ...

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I'd like to use a hAP AC Lite with a Sierra 7455 in a USB adapter.

I'm assuming I'll have to tape some of the pins on the PCI modem, but which ones?

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Suppose I have a 500Mbps ISP connection and a wireless mesh WiFi network consisting of 2 APs. For the sake of argument, we'll assume that each APs Max Data rate is 1200Mbps. What would the (theoretical) bandwidth to the internet be for devices connected to an AP that's a hop away from the router? Si...

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Besides the useless firewall rules, assuming your behind another router and thus dont need any, what is really buggering up this config is your use of subnets. If your intent is to reach a bunch of subnets on pfsense from 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255 fine. I really doubt that is the case but anywa...

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# may/05/2023 21:12:38 by RouterOS 7.8 # software id = SLA5-YIRL # # model = RB912R-2nD-LTm # serial number = BB8D0A7BDF3E /interface bridge add admin-mac=34:4D:18:F8:2F:A1 auto-mac=no comment=defconf name=bridge /interface wireless set [ find default-name=wlan1 ] band=2ghz-b/g/n channel-width=20/4...

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I'm trying to connect a Mikrotik LtAP Mini to a PfSense Box. The PfSense box is at my office and the LtAP Mini will be in the vehicle using LTE as the WAN. The public keys on both end are correct. The PfSense box is reachable via the internet, and I have a Wireguard client on my phone that can conne...

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Wireguard is (performance and setup-wise) better/easier then OpenVPN (IMHO). It is also "lighter" (less overhead) yielding better throughput. (or if you turn it around: if you are on a limited data plan, it uses less data volume) You only need 1 fixed externally reachable IP for the commu...

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I have a couple LtAP Minis in Mini with an LTE Modem in my vehicle to act as a mobile router. The LtAP (and the laptop connected to it) needs to update a database on the Office network, and the Office network may periodically need to access the in-vehicle recorder on the vehicles' mobile networks. I...

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Is it possible to use the RS-232 to run various scripts? For example, if I connect a button/switch to pins on the RS-232, can I use that to trigger a script to run?

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I'm working on a script that will send an LTAPs coordinates to my homeassistant box. I have the script below, but doesn't look like it's even reaching the home assistant install. The LTAP is on the LAN with the Homeassistant. I think the issue might be that I'm improperly declaring the ' Authoizatio...

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I have an LTAP (not the mini), and I've installed the Quectel EPO6-A (US Version) into the "bottom" PCIe slot (the one with the 2 SIM cards wired to it). I can see the LTE interface under "Interfaces" in Winbox, however I don't see a registration status, and the LTE scanner shows...

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I have a total of 7 APs in a 2500sqft house; 3 of them outside/in the garage. I suspect that that many APs transmitting at fuil power on 2.4Ghz is likely causing interference for myself and my neighbors. Since any WiFi devices are likely to be pretty close and unobstructed from an AP, is it a good i...

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I have a few Mikrotik cAP/wAPs connected to a Cisco Catalyst managed switch, which is connected to a PfSense router. What I want to do is create a VLAN for my IOT devices, which will be blocked from going out the WAN on the router (I don't trust cheap Chinese electronics). I've found enough write-up...

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Suppose a customer is complaining about internet "being slow" intermittently.

Is it feasible to run a script that will do a bandwidth test at a certain interval and then send/store the results to review?

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If I have my ISP's modem located 100' feet away from where I'd like my router, and it's not feasible to get cable to it, what are the ramifications of putting 2 PTP devices in between? So it would be ISP Modem---Mikrotik SXT >< Mikrotik SXT---Router. Is that the most appropriate way to do that?

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Want to set up an internet connection for a shopping mall kiosk. The kiosk is located in the middle of the hallway on the ground floor, and there's no way to get any kind of cable to it. There is a wiring closet that houses all of the dmarcs about 30 meters away, and one story up, and a "drop-t...

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Scenario: Customer complains about "internet running slow," however it happens so sporadically and it's never able to be reproduced when the customer calls to complain about it. Assuming you had you had a public bandwidth test server, could you theoretically use a Mirkrotik script to run a...

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I'm playing around in the RouterOS UI (LtAP Mini), and there's a setting/button called USB power reset.

It's listed as a feature on the MT product page, but what exactly does it do?

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I have an LtAP (ROS Version 7.4) with a Sierra MC7455 installed. I set the Modem driver setting to MBIM, and set the router with at-chat to AT!USBCOMP=1,1,1009. The configuration of ROS is factory default, with the exception of setting the APNs and setting the Modem to MBIM mode. I have both a T-Mob...

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Other ISPs have a database of IMEI prefixes; with these, if they declare Mikrotik to be a supported device, I'd start by checking with them whether the prefix of your modem's IMEI is in the database (it may be from a new series they haven't added to the database yet). There is also a possibility th...

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And if you keep it running as long as the engine is running, it wouldn't have to be shut down in between ? Just thinking ... I don't see how... If I want to avoid running the car's starting battery down, I'm going to have to have to run the router off a house battery. That being the case, starting ...

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I have an ATT prepaid tablet/hotspot plan. I've used virtually zero of the 15GB of data. When I put the SIM in a tablet, I get about 30-40 Mbps via speedtest.net. If I take the SIM out and put it in my (R11e-LTE-US, which is listed as being a supported device) Mikrotik Hotspot, I get < 5Mbps. This i...

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I'm going to mount an LtAP in my car connected to a house battery and a 12-24V DC-DC step-up converter. I'd like to make an automatic shutdown script for the LtAP that will shut it down after a certain number of minutes without the device talking on the LAN (or some other criteria to shut it down wh...

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I suppose i understand that, but what if the vehicle doesn't get driven for extended periods of time? At 5 watts continuous, a 30ah battery would be completely drained in a few days. You didn't understand the "small battery for buffering, to shut down gracefully in case of power loss" par...

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If I have an LtAP using LTE, is there a way to have RouterOS meter that data usage for each SIM card, over a certain period of time (as in, when the cellular provider's billing cycle runs) and preferrably send reports via email/SMS/webhook/curl?

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In a professional, industry grade install, you have a small battery for buffering, to shut down gracefully in case of power loss. When using in a vehicle, this also will take care of power fluctuations, especially during start up of the engine. I suppose i understand that, but what if the vehicle d...

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You are right.

More info here.

Regards.

So, from what I understand, I could use the PCI modem and still use the USB port (with a connected phone/tablet) as a separate modem?

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Are the LtAP (and most 12-57v MikroTik devices in general) safe to have power shut off and turned on frequently and abruptly? Like you'd get in a vehicle-mounted device, wired to start/stop when the vehicle is started/stopped?

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mkx's last line completely nailed it perfectly. Get the antenna out of the steel box. Whether I'm going to mount an external antenna was never up for debate. The real question is what type of omnidirectional antenna would be best for on-the-road use. The puck antennas are low-profile and seem affor...

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I have an LtAP, which has 2 PCIe slots and 3 SIM slots. Currently, only one is populated with the R11e-LTE modem. As I understand it, I can add a second PCIe LTE modem, and then I would be able to use it as an entirely separate interface to do things like failover/redundantant WAN. If I add another ...

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In terms of accessing networks remotely for the purpose of management/configuration changes, what's the better method for connecting?

ZeroTier seems to be lighter-weight, and doesn't require static IP or dynamic DNS, but other than that, I don't really know how one would be better than the other.

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Yes, almost any outside antenna will work far better if you have anything except great coverage. Let's face it, if you have a cell site across the street, it's not gonna make a damn bit of difference. Most of us don't have a cell site across the street. Going back to my Radio Shop experience, take ...

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If a business has public WiFi (which they intend to be for their guests, only), what is the best method to keep people from using it in nearby businesses/on the street? Having played with the different authentication methods, it seems that there's not really a good method to offer WiFi for free to g...

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I'm looking to get a good outdoor (weatherproof) omni-directional WiFi antenna for my RV. I'll either be inside the RV, or not very far away from it.

MT doesn't seem to sell something like this themselves.

Does anybody have a good WiFi antenna they can recommend for this application?

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Or both. I work in city Radio Shop. We have hockey puck style antennas that have as many as 5 antennas for some combination of WiFi, cellular (often more than one band), and GPS. Thanks for the input. Looking around on Amazon, they have "pucks" that support LTE + GPS with 3 different SMA ...

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I'd like to add an LTE router to my RV with both a mobile antenna (more streamlined, less windload) and a directional fixed antenna on a mast. The mast would be erected when I arrive at the campsite, and the mobile antenna would be used when I'm on the road or for shorter stops. I'd either use a coa...

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I've noticed most of the LTE modems have two anntena/ports for external antennas. Space diversity. How does the second antenna work? Is each anternna for a specific range of frequencies? Read about Space Diversity here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antenna_diversity What happens if I use a 2 > 1 S...

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I've noticed most of the LTE modems have two anntena/ports for external antennas.

How does the second antenna work? Is each anternna for a specific range of frequencies?

What happens if I use a 2 > 1 SMA reverse splitter going out a single antenna?

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I have an LtAP LTE6. I'm using AT&T in the U.S. I get very low bandwidth (<5 Mbps) on the device, however, with the exact same SIM card inserted into a tablet (and standing in the same spot) I get about 40 Mbps. I tried connecting a cheap "puck" LTE antenna, as well as mANT LTE 5o. It ...

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You're not getting an address. What provider are you with for the SIM card ? What APN info do they require (can be found on their website, I hope) ? This is AT&T (in the U.S). Their website, doesn't specify anything about how to configure with none-phone/tablet modems. https://www.att.com/suppo...

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Columns: ADDRESS, NETWORK, INTERFACE # ADDRESS NETWORK INTERFACE ;;; defconf 0 192.168.88.1/24 192.168.88.0 bridge Flags: D - DYNAMIC; A - ACTIVE; c, y - COPY Columns: DST-ADDRESS, GATEWAY, DISTANCE DST-ADDRESS GATEWAY DISTANCE DAc 192.168.88.0/24 bridge 0

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# jan/02/1970 03:06:17 by RouterOS 7.4 # software id = 80QS-W6RL # # model = RBLtAP-2HnD # serial number = zzzzz /interface bridge add admin-mac=DC:2C:6E:AE:3D:A3 auto-mac=no comment=defconf name=bridge /interface lte # A newer version of modem firmware is available! set [ find ] allow-roaming=no b...

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I'm getting started with a Mikrotik LtAP6. Reset to factory defaults. AT&T SIM card (verified it works in an AT&T compatible tablet) inserted into Slot 2. Mikrotik UI shows the signal strength and AT&T as the carrier. I cannot ping 8.8.8.8 from any interface. Logs shows "lte registe...

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I prefer not run caps-man on a cap. Usually I run it on the router with local forwarding and client to client forwarding on. This makes it easier to work with as the caps are working like normal access points. So when I have to replace them... Other APs need only have the VLANs added to their confi...

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One thing I didn't think about is how do I configure the datapath? All of the APs are connected to a single PoE switch. When I've played with CapsMan in the path I set the datapath to go through the bridge interface, but that was when the Caps were connected to the MT router's switch ports... Now, t...

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Which MT router would be best for:

1Gbps/1Gbps ISP connection (FTTH) + secondary 300 Mbps/10 Mbps ISP connection (Cable provider) primarily for failover.

Device will function as the Firewall.

OpenVPN w/a maximum of 10 simultaneous users.

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Assuming some Cap/Wap ACs are the only MT devices on a network, is it adviseable to use one of the CAPs as the CapsMan? Or is it better to add a separate device?

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I have 2 Hex's. One of them is already configured how I want it, the other has the default config.

Is there an effective means of copying the config from one to the other? I have a backup of the config, is it enough to simply import that backup file to the other device?

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I'm trying to understand how MikroTik works in regards to dual-SIM setsup. For example, the LtAP has 3 SIM slots, but only one modem. I'd assume that the GUI has a way to select which SIM to use? In terms of automatic failover, is scripting typically used to check if the current SIM's carrier is con...

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I know some of the MikroTik routers have GPS functionality built it. How is that typically used? I know police/firefighters have software that will plot their position through some type of software that they use. Is that the general purpose? If so, how/where does the MikroTik device send the GPS dat...

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I had to purchase a couple U.fl -SMA pigtails. https://mikrotik.com/product/acsmaufl Then I opened the LtAP, disconnected the internal antenna, drilled a couple appropriately sized holes in the cover of the LtAP ( they actually mark areas where this can be done but you can put them wherever you lik...

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I love my LtAP LTE6. It supports external antenas if you get the necessary parts and are comfortable making a few adjustments and it has 3 sim slots. It only has one Ethernet port but that can be fixed with a simple switch. Been rock solid for me for the most part over the past couple years. Runs e...

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I'm looking to build a mobile router/modem/AP for an RV. I'd really like to find something with external antennas, dual SIM, at least a couple ethernet ports, and WiFi. I'd like to mount the router in the RV, but have external antennas on the roof. The SXT is close to what I am after, though it look...

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I just did a bandwidht test on a brand new Hex S. Connected via ethernet to a Windows desktop. I got 600-700Mbps. The Hex S is in the "default" configuration, and it didn't seem to matter which ethernet port I used. No other services were being used, and the Hex S had all of the default fi...

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What role do MAC address cookies play in HotSpot setups? From what I can tell, the login page will use the MAC cookie as a means of authentication (in case you've set the username as their MAC address). Does the MAC cookie also prevent users from using "Random Hardware Addresses?" Meaning,...

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Suppose you are using DDNS to support your VOIP phone system. You have two ISPs and dual WAN. What happens if one of the ISPs goes down? Is the DDNS linked to a specific interface, exclusively, with no way for Mikrotik to update it (other than scripting, I suppose) automatically in the event one WAN...

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On Mikrotik devices that have the "Wall-Wart" DC input, as well as PoE, does having both serve as a true redundant power supply? For instance, if I had a PoE power and the standard AC/DC power adapter connected to the RouterBoard device, and one of the power sources failed, would the Route...

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I guess I'm a bit confused. Assuming I have multiple CapsMan configurations created, it seems that when I connect a new cap, it always loads cfg1 (the one at the top of the list, it seems). How do I select the configuration that I'd like the new Cap to use before I actually connect the cap to the ne...

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I work for a cable company. I mainly do sales to small and mid-market businesses, but customers frequently ask about good WiFi systems. I've been doing a deep dive playing with Mikrotik in a lab, but I'd like to try some others. Other than Mikrotik and Ubiquiti, what are some good other WiFi systems...

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Is it possible to change a cap's configuration once it's been provisioned by CapsMan? I've been playing around with CapsMan in a lab, and I've gotten CapsMan to provision the cap, however I don't see any way to change that configuration, other than making a new configuration profile and powercyling ...

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I've noticed a lot of the Mikrotik boards have passive input (and output). Why do they insist on this as a feature? Isn't passive PoE not really that common outside of MT devices? I've noticed that most PoE switches are active PoE, so what't the point of adding passive PoE as a feature on so many Mi...

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Thanks for the replies. Suppose I have a router/switch and 4 different APs throughout the building. All of the APs are connected via ethernet to the switch/router, and all have the same SSID + Authentication. What happens if a user is, for example, using their cellphone to make a VOIP call, and they...

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Suppose you want to use Mikrotik to set up a Hotspot for "Public WiFi." You don't want to require users to authenticate against any database (anybody can connect to it), but you want to send them to a landing page to collect their name/email before they get the first page they requested. F...

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I'm trying to understand how the different wireless capabilities affect total bandwidth available. Suppose I have a Mikrotik Audience (Tri-Band 5Ghz) with 2 satellites all within range of one another. The Audience has a 1733 Mbps 4x4 and a 2x2 866 Mbps channel. So the 866 Mbps channel would be the f...

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I want to build a lab to play around with RouterOS and networking setups in general.

I have an existing router/switch for my home to use. In general, how does one go about configuring a RouterOS router such that I can connect it to my existing switch to get out to the internet?

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I'm trying to learn about different types of Wireless setups. As I understand it: 1. Single Access point as part of a router/firewall/switch device <- what most ISPs set you up with by default 2. Multiple access points that all connect to switch via cable <- similar to connecting the devices via eth...

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I'm playing around with CapsMan in my lab. One question I have is how to differentiate between the different APs? Suppose I have an exsting setup with a CapsMan and 2x CapXLs. When I connect a third CapXL (in CapsMAN mode), how do I differentiate between the old and new APs other than already knowin...

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I'm looking for a cost-effective Wifi setup for a 5000 sqft - 2 story office. 3500sqft of space is downstairs, and 1500sqft is downstairs. There's also an employer breakroom/smoke shack outside I'd like to service. It's about 50ft from the building, and it's about 500sqft of space. There's already a...

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