I’ve been using No-IP.com as my Dynamic DNS service for the past year. I was keeping my DDNS address updated via No-IP’s Dynamic Update Client for Windows. Using No-IP’s client to keep the DDNS address and IP current worked well, but I wanted to move the update functionality from my …
For the past few months, I’ve been manually backing up my MikroTik (CCR1009-7G-1C-1S+). It was routine, after making any adjustments to my router, I would promptly create and move the backup to a network share hosted on my local Synology NAS unit. Normally, being someone who prefers automating tasks, I …
The majority of PC users with Nvidia graphics cards are probably not aware that they are being tracked by Nvidia via driver/software. The Nvidia driver installation package offers some flexibility as to what will be installed, however, it does not offer an option to exclude telemetry tracking as part of …
Since late 2009, I’ve been using Canon DSLRs as my go-to camera system. I began my venture into the world of photography with my trusted Canon EOS 7D and throughout the years, I’ve owned both crop and full frame (Canon EOS 5D III) cameras. Canon has an amazing assortment of …
Earlier this year I started using both free and subscription-based blacklists from Squidblacklists.org. The blacklists were incredibly simple to implement into RouterOS and once configured, the lists can be scheduled to update at regular intervals via the RouterOS system scheduler. Squidblacklist.org provides a list of available blacklists, but make sure …
Earlier this year I started using both free and subscription-based blacklists from Squidblacklists.org. The blacklists were incredibly simple to implement into RouterOS and once configured, the lists can be scheduled to update at regular intervals via the RouterOS system scheduler. Squidblacklist.org provides a list of available blacklists, but make sure …
The following firewall rules will block port scanners and brute force login attempts for SSH, Telnet, and Winbox by creating a dynamically generated MikroTik address list for each respective protocol/port. Furthermore, each of the SSH, Telnet, and Winbox rules function by staging four address lists together in sequence, each consisting …
I’ve included the following rules for my benefit and future reference, but feel free to use them as you please. These are the generic default configuration firewall rules that usually come configured on MikroTik routers. Again, these are very basic, you will most likely want to add further rules for …
In this example, we will be using two MikroTik RB951G-2HnD running RouterOS v6.34.3 on firmware v3.24, each using a different subnet. In addition, the OpenVPN tunnel is using a different subnet as well, which means – between the two MikroTik routers and the OpenVPN tunnel, we have three different subnets. …
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Depending on the setup, there are various ways to configure a MikroTik’s WiFi for guest access. In this example, I’ll be using the MikroTik RB951G-2Hnd router, which has built-in WiFi. I’ll be using MikroTik’s Virtual AP feature to create a second SSID for guest access. Guests connecting to this SSID …