Announcements • Re: v7.19beta [testing] is released!
Can we stop trying to divide up the packages for Mikrotik? There is need for THEM to do it. Everyone voting on their theoretical desired "package splits", may not be helpful. Like an alcoholics, step...
View ArticleForwarding Protocols • Re: MPLS has finally gotten stable ?
1) VPN4 broken also. not possible to export static default to vpn4 network.2) transit traffic over static routes from VPN4 appear in SNAT but not appear on DNAT and not appear in mangle prerouting ....
View ArticleGeneral • Re: MikroTik RB5009 setting up remotely first time
Have you ever used Mikrotik and configured it before?Statistics: Posted by BartoszP — Mon Mar 31, 2025 2:38 am
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Beginner Basics • Re: CRS326 powerful enough?
well, you can't have your cake and eat it too. there's no hardware accelerated NAT on 326 compare to 317, your 326 is a switch with limited routing capability rule of thumb in MT world if it's a...
View ArticleWireless Networking • Re: Randomly lost lan connectivity
Code: hAP-AX3 :/interface bridgeadd name=bridge1 protocol-mode=none/interface wifi channeladd disabled=no name=NONDFS skip-dfs-channels=all/interface wifi datapathadd bridge=bridge1 disabled=no...
View ArticleAnnouncements • Re: v7.18.2 [stable] is released!
I noticed that it is possible to add multiple routing tables with the same name:Code: /routing tableadd disabled=no fib name=testadd disabled=no fib name=testThis is accepted without error message and...
View ArticleBeginner Basics • Re: internet speed
What model of access points? The config is basically default so there should be no difference between wired or wifi clients based on the config.So the issue is a the AP side............Statistics:...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: Leaking of IPv6 prefix that's not present on Router
It’s unclear from what you say where you are seeing this prefix, but from the config you have both /ipv6 settingsset accept-router-advertisements=yesAnd /ipv6 dhcp-clientadd interface=ether1...
View ArticleWireless Networking • Re: wifi-qcom vs. wireless package, wpa2-psk and an old...
CCMP in wifi should be identical to AES CCM on wireless.But there are other things which might upset your S2, e.g. FT ... if I'm not much mistaken, FT is only available for WPA2 and WPA3, but not for...
View ArticleGeneral • Device-mode changes are hilarious
Not even sure how to write this post but I decided not to swear and not to be sarcastic.After hitting the issue where router dissalowed me to set silent boot, I spent some 15 minutes to read and try...
View ArticleWireless Networking • Re: access point won't start
Thanks erlinden, unfortunately no luck. I tried connecting with several devices, but no success.I generated a wlanreport in windows11 and it tells me that connection failed because of the network not...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: RouterOS documentation links change?
Confluence is not ideal for documentation. Maybe OK for some small business 10 pages wiki. But for this case it is actually too expensive.Statistics: Posted by infabo — Tue Apr 01, 2025 9:05 pm
View ArticleMikroTik hardware questions • Re: hAP ac2 revisions
Look, I bought an AC2 around June 2024 and I also received this "revision 3", I can tell you that the only thing I noticed is a better wifi coverage compared to another AC2 without the "revision 3"...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: Device-mode changes are hilarious
If your complaining about you run your support business, wont get much sympathy from here.There are tools within RoS to accomplish much and if not so technically astute sign up for something like...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: WinBox 4 export list of Devices
Take a screenshot?Statistics: Posted by anav — Tue Apr 01, 2025 9:21 pm
View ArticleBeginner Basics • Re: RB951G-2HnD - DUAL Wan Static IP
Objective still not fulfilled LARSA, the response from the secondary WAN will still have a source IP of the secondary WAN.Statistics: Posted by anav — Tue Apr 01, 2025 9:26 pm
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General • Help needed: Poor download speed and semi frequent drops
Hi! I've been experiencing some issues with my router (MikroTik hEX S) and could use some help diagnosing and resolving them. - CPU Bottleneck: When downloading large files from the internet, the...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: is it really necesary to mangle wan traffic in a dual ISP...
ECMP is perfectly fine to use for dual or more wans. Its the least complicated approach. With version 7 firmware it should be the first go to approach.Mangling and PCC come into play for more complex...
View ArticleForwarding Protocols • v7.18.2 ECMP and Layer-4 Hash - is it working?
Hi,i have 4 static routes with BFD enabled. But only one interface is used to route traffic.The Test was a speedtest via OOKLA Speedtest. This uses many connections with random tcp src ports. So each...
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General • Re: fq_codel/CAKE stories?
I just started really using cake last year to great results.... someone *please* tell me this is a sick April Fools joke https://libreqos.io/2025/04/01/in-lovin ... y-of-dave/Statistics: Posted by...
View ArticleContainers • Re: hap ax3 - root folder on usb - container does not start
Hi,I have a same problem but I can't find any solution. I add a USB and I tried creating folder and without and nothing... Could you please help me?Best regardsStatistics: Posted by serambca — Tue Apr...
View ArticleAnnouncements • Re: 📣 WinBox 4 is here 📣
Log filtering doesn't return results, although the filtered item size shows on the bottom part of the windowScreenshot 2025-04-01 at 22.57.27.pngStatistics: Posted by szaboistvan007 — Tue Apr 01, 2025...
View ArticleSwOS • Re: Can't change a CRS309-1G-8S+IN to SwOS
Hello,I changed the boot settings in RouterOS ( version: 7.18.2 ) using the command-line (/system routerboard settings set boot-os=swos) and reboot (/system reboot).After rebooting, the device failed...
View ArticleSwOS • Re: Feedback on CSS318-16G-2S+IN
60 degrees is normal. What makes you think it's not? I have a CRS326-24G-2S and it's consistently between 70 and 74 degrees If it was around 90 degrees then I'd be worried.Also as far as I'm aware...
View ArticleGeneral • Any news about sFlow/netflow on offloaded switches
Hi!I want to use Mikrotik switches in more projects, but there is mostly the need to monitor the traffic with sFlow/netflow.In the past, there was IMHO no option to use traffic flows as soon as...
View ArticleBeginner Basics • DHCP server for VLAN not working
I've started configuring VLANs on a hAP ax2 w/ routeros 7.18.2 border router. The DHCP server configured for VLAN 10 (Main) isn't working -- all leases are "waiting". (The DHCP server for VLAN 30...
View ArticleBeginner Basics • Re: DHCP server for VLAN not working
The "bridge" CPU port is not shown in the tagged list for the VLANs under /interface bridge vlan. Did you turn on the VLAN Filtering checkbox for bridge?Statistics: Posted by CGGXANNX — Wed Apr 02,...
View ArticleAnnouncements • Re: New exciting features for storage
I'm still old school where a router is a router and a switch is a switch and storage is storage and a nas is a nas ...I've run 24+ TrueNAS servers for a very long time now.On my faster TrueNAS servers...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: CRS v7.18.1 VXLAN hw-offload
Hi everyone, I've been testing VXLAN in hardware offload through two switches. HW3 active, management VLAN, all configurations on the bridge, VXLAN done, added to the bridge, VXLAN hardware offload is...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: Help needed: Poor download speed and semi frequent drops
You should NOT enable IGMP Snooping (nor DHCP Snooping) on the hEX S. Doing so will disable hardware offload on the bridge, switching and VLAN filtering will need to be done entirely by the main CPU...
View ArticleGeneral • Packet loss on bridge/vlan on CRS326
Hello Folks,TL;DR :- I have unexplained 1-5% packet loss on a CRS326 on both the WAN and server IP addresses. - All WAN and server interfaces are ports on the HW layer 2 bridge.- All WAN and server...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: Packet loss on bridge/vlan on CRS326
what type of 802.3ad / LACP bonding are you using ? ( balance-xor , balance-rr , active-backup , broadcast , balance-tlb ).I myself prefer to use active-backup bonding ( one active and the second is...
View ArticleBeginner Basics • Re: Best gear to receive 4G/5G signal to a cottage
Apologies for the long delay in getting back to you. I was first going to go with LTE18 + Chateau LTE18 ax, but realized there's LTE modem redundancy in this setup. So what about his:1. LHG LTE18 Kit,...
View ArticleScripting • Variable names and where expressions
I just noticed that if a variable and parameter of a where expression have the same name, there filter is ignored:Code: > /ip/arp/print proplist=addressFlags: H - DHCP, D - DYNAMIC; C -...
View ArticleGeneral • Workarounds for GPS week rollover on unsupported cards
I've got an old Sierra MC7750 in a RBM33G for GPS tracking. This is working fine so far. I was hoping to start using the GPS time signal for NTP, but the Sierra card is out of support so they didn't...
View ArticleGeneral • CRS112 Slow speed (10Mbps) on Layer2 switching with SFP
I just got a crs112 switch for Layer2 switching and I connected it to a crs309 via sfp. I turned auto-negotiation off and set manual speed to both switches to 1Gpbs. I am using an official mikrotik...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: [Feature Request] Data Center Bridge support
Unrelated to Mikrotik but I hope they add support for RDMA to the QNAP QSW-M7308R-4x 100GbE switch. I went with it over the 4 port 100G Mikrotik switch because of the additional 8 25G ports and it's...
View ArticleBeginner Basics • Re: Returning Newbie :) - Optimizing Bandwidth Config
I struggle with SwitchOS and find the diagnostics on RouterOS well worth the extra complexity.For a 2 CRS326 scenario, I was thinking perhaps the 2 ports to the TrueNas could be part of the redundancy...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: CRS112 Slow speed (10Mbps) on Layer2 switching with SFP
Instead of using vlan filtering, you should configure vlan on the switch menu.https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/spaces/R ... s+examplesStatistics: Posted by erlinden — Wed Apr 02, 2025 8:05 am
View ArticleGeneral • ECMP over IPSec
I have a Mikrotik with two different Internet services connected. I am making IPSEC dial-up connections to a remote Fortigate over both the Internet services.I call them Tunnel9 and Tunnel10...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: Workarounds for GPS week rollover on unsupported cards
I know that I could script something, but that would introduce a variable time delay, and I was hoping to have a consistently accurate time source.Does MC7750 provide and does ROS facilitate PPS? If...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: RouterOS blatantly ignores pref-src. Can this really be a bug?
EDIT: Because this appeases the gods of conntrack, this also makes connection marks sticky, so it can be used with multiple routing tables, VRFs, etc.EDIT2. I finished the previous edit with "In fact...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: WireGuard Multi-WAN Policy Routing
Hello.I've tried this. But this does not work correctly. While the packet is sent to correct gateway, the IP address is the one that is listed as first in ip addresses. Setting pref-source on route...
View ArticleForwarding Protocols • Re: Problem Azure and bgp/vpn
Hello Larsa.Thank you for your answer.I confirm BGP with Azure works fine: Azure route is present in the 'cloud' vrf.About BGP attributes, the only difference I see between GCP and Azure is that...
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Wireless Networking • Re: Which router?
Thank you for the prompt reply, Larsa, much appreciated! I doubt if I will expand my network, three more years to retirement Statistics: Posted by thomasz — Wed Apr 02, 2025 9:45 am
View ArticleGeneral • Re: Large UDP packets not fragmented and sent over IPSEC
Hi Larsa,I am using Router OS v6 (6.49.18), however I have tested it with v7 too and faced the same issue. I just reverted it back to v6.I have tested what you suggested, disabled fast path but it did...
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