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R3d3mpt10n said:
Very cool. Have used the 5009 since launch - good luck with the rack. Fun journey. I use Mik for routing, switching, ubnt for aps and cameras. Will never touch another ubnt router or switch again
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Never had any experience with Ubnt switches, but love their Aps, So will have the Mikrotik for routing, 24 port Poe switch as a core for cameras and Aps, all neatly done in a rack in my hobby room.

Always been dreaming of having a proper network rack in my own house that I bought, and its finally becoming a reality :laugh:
 
Hi all

I noticed now that I have two "Packages" for Wifi. One assumed the stock standard (WiFi), but then there is a "Wireless" package as well, that I installed (I remember this). Now I am not sure why I would have done that, and not just configure the standard.

I don't do anything fancy/weird with Wifi, so can I uninstall the Wireless package, and just confire the Wifi standard?

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Thanks
 
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LandyMan said:
Hi all

I noticed now that I have two "Packages" for Wifi. One assumed the stock standard (WiFi), but then there is a "Wireless" package as well, that I installed (I remember this). Now I am not sure why I would have done that, and not just configure the standard.

I don't do anything fancy/weird with Wifi, so can I uninstall the Wireless package, and just confire the Wifi standard?

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Thanks
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There is only one wireless package shown in your image, which you need if you have wireless. They split the wireless out as you get different types now depending on your router. The main routeros package no longer has any wireless.
 
yogidabear said:
There is only one wireless package shown in your image, which you need if you have wireless. They split the wireless out as you get different types now depending on your router. The main routeros package no longer has any wireless.
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But why is there Wireless and WiFi?
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I remember now that there was no WiFi when I got the AC2, and installed the Wireless package.
My gut tells me WiFi is standard (now?) and Wireless is the package. I am not sure
 
LandyMan said:
But why is there Wireless and WiFi?
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I remember now that there was no WiFi when I got the AC2, and installed the Wireless package.
My gut tells me WiFi is standard (now?) and Wireless is the package. I am not sure
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Wireless is for legacy drivers/support and Wifi is for new and some older hardware which supports the new drivers.
 
RouterOS 7.16.2 [stable]
Nov 27th 2024, 08:23
What's new in 7.16.2 (2024-Nov-26 14:09):

*) certificate - do not download CRL if there is not enough free RAM;
*) certificate - fixed handling of capsman-cap certificates (introduced in v7.16);
*) dhcpv4-server/relay - added additional error messages for DHCP servers and relays;
*) dns - fixed lookup order for static DNS entries (introduced in v7.16.1);
*) ethernet - improved linking after reboot for hAP ax lite devices ("/system routerboard upgrade" required);
*) gps - changed default GPS antenna setting for LtAP mini with internal LTE/GPS combo antenna;
*) leds - fixed bogus argument for "leds" property (introduced in v7.16);
*) leds - fixed PoE-in LEDs for CRS318-1Fi-15Fr-2S device;
*) modem - KNOT BG77 modem, improved handling of modem unexpected restarts;
*) route - fixed possible issue with inactive routes after reboot (introduced in v7.16);
*) routerboot - improved stability for IPQ8072 and IPQ6010 when flash-boot is used ("/system routerboard upgrade" required);
 
Morning all
Tried to connect remotely to my Mikrotik this morning, DNS on mynetname.net doesn't resolve, so it is not registered for some reason (still worked yesterday afternoon).
Anyone else experiencing the same? I also dont have my public IP on me, so can't use that for direct connection.
TIA
EDIT: Mikrotik.com seems down as well, so I guess that is why
 
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LandyMan said:
Morning all
Tried to connect remotely to my Mikrotik this morning, DNS on mynetname.net doesn't resolve, so it is not registered for some reason (still worked yesterday afternoon).
Anyone else experiencing the same? I also dont have my public IP on me, so can't use that for direct connection.
TIA
EDIT: Mikrotik.com seems down as well, so I guess that is why
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I am seeing the same, the DNS is stuck in an updating state. Also unable to access the DNS name but can access with my IP.
 
LandyMan said:
I see you have "Use Local Address" unticked, mine is ticked. Anyone know what that means?
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You should take that off

Sub-menu: /ip cloud advanced

PropertyDescription
use-local-address (yes | no; Default: no)By default, the DNS name will be assigned to the detected public address (from the UDP packet header). If you wish to send your "local" or "internal" IP address, then set this to yes
 
Novice tech dude. Ive got a rb4011 (which was a pain to setup) i setup during covid and havent touched it since. I have two unifi aps im running in standalone mode (was quickest setup at the time).

I am thinking of adding a POE switch to the mix so i can get rid of the poe injectors.

I would like to:
1. Connect poe switch to thr rb4011
2. Connect the aps to the poe switch
3. Run the aps via a controller
4. Add some network segmentation to my setup using vlans

What would be the approach in setting this up on the rb4011. The videos and internet posts im reading mainly speaks about setting up the networks and vlans on the unifi controller then setting up vlan on the interfaces on the router etc.

How does this now compare in the aps not connecting to router but via a switch.

Sorry for the noob question.
 
nad_isa said:
Novice tech dude. Ive got a rb4011 (which was a pain to setup) i setup during covid and havent touched it since. I have two unifi aps im running in standalone mode (was quickest setup at the time).

I am thinking of adding a POE switch to the mix so i can get rid of the poe injectors.

I would like to:
1. Connect poe switch to thr rb4011
2. Connect the aps to the poe switch
3. Run the aps via a controller
4. Add some network segmentation to my setup using vlans

What would be the approach in setting this up on the rb4011. The videos and internet posts im reading mainly speaks about setting up the networks and vlans on the unifi controller then setting up vlan on the interfaces on the router etc.

How does this now compare in the aps not connecting to router but via a switch.

Sorry for the noob question.
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Not a noob question at all.
While this is fairly simple to do, I would highly recommend watching the network berg's mtcna playlist. Better to understand the concepts and how they work vs copy pasting stuff from the Internet. A tik is like a blank piece of paper, and you draw what you want. Many ways to do many things.

As for unifi controller - I have been running mine on a pi4 with a industrial grade sd card for years without any major issues. Alternatively run in a vm or something to that effect. I would start with the controller aspect and then start learning about vlans etc. Remember to make backups.

Lastly, the poe switch, manged or unmanaged?
 
R3d3mpt10n said:
Not a noob question at all.
While this is fairly simple to do, I would highly recommend watching the network berg's mtcna playlist. Better to understand the concepts and how they work vs copy pasting stuff from the Internet. A tik is like a blank piece of paper, and you draw what you want. Many ways to do many things.

As for unifi controller - I have been running mine on a pi4 with a industrial grade sd card for years without any major issues. Alternatively run in a vm or something to that effect. I would start with the controller aspect and then start learning about vlans etc. Remember to make backups.

Lastly, the poe switch, manged or unmanaged?
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Thanks, will have a look at network bergs series.

Re controller - havent decided yet, might start with cloud controller and eventually set it up on vm/container once i learn more.

Re switch - dont know if i need managed or not based on what i would like to do. Probably managed.
 
nad_isa said:
Thanks, will have a look at network bergs series.

Re controller - havent decided yet, might start with cloud controller and eventually set it up on vm/container once i learn more.

Re switch - dont know if i need managed or not based on what i would like to do. Probably managed.
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Got the same setup as you - well nearly.
RB4011 -> UniFi UXG Lite -> UniFi Flex Lite 8 Port -> UniFi AP's
(I also have a TP Link LTE router connected to the RB4011 for auto failover).

I basically do all VPN's etc on the UniFi side - my controller is running in a Google Cloud VM for about 50 Ront a month but I also have about 30 other sites on my controller so I don't really want to host it locally.

Network Berg is awesome!
 
RouterOS 7.17.1 [stable]
Jan 31st 2025, 07:29
What's new in 7.17.1 (2025-Jan-30 12:29):

*) bgp - improved stability;
*) bridge - fixed endless MAC update loop (introduced in v7.17);
*) dhcpv4-server - fixed lease assigning when server address is not bind to server interface (introduced in v7.17);
*) igmp-proxy - fixed multicast routing after upstream interface flaps (introduced in v7.17);
*) ipsec - fixed chacha20 poly1305 proposal;
*) ipsec - fixed installed SAs update process when SAs are removed;
*) ipv6 - fixed an issue where bridge, IP, IPv6 and discovery settings were lost after upgrade due to conflicting IPv6 properties (introduced in v7.17);
*) ovpn - added requirement for server name when exporting configuration;
*) ppc - fixed HW encryption (introduced in v7.17);
*) queue - improved system stability when many simple queues are added (introduced in v7.17);
*) resolver - fixed static FQDN resolving (introduced in v7.17);
*) system,arm - automatically increase boot part size on upgrade or netinstall (fixed upgrade failed due to a lack of space on kernel disk/partition);
*) winbox - show warning messages for static DNS entries;
 
Another on in as many days


RouterOS 7.17.2 [stable]
Feb 6th 2025, 15:09
What's new in 7.17.2 (2025-Feb-06 11:10):

*) device-mode - do not allow changing CPU frequency if "routerboard" is not allowed by device mode (introduced in v7.17);
*) device-mode - fixed feature and mode update via power-reset on PPC devices;
*) disk - fixed showing free space on tmpfs (introduced in v7.17);
*) disk - improved system stability when SMB interface list is used (introduced in v7.17);
*) dns - do not show warning messages for DNS static entries when they are not needed;
*) hotspot - fixed an issue where extra "flash/" is added to html-directory for devices with flash folders (introduced in v7.17);
*) sfp - improved system stability with some GPON modules for CCR2004 and CCR2116 devices;
*) smb - fixed connection issues with clients using older SMB versions (introduced in v7.17);
*) switch - fixed dynamic switch rules created by dot1x server (introduced in v7.17);
*) system - fixed a potential memory leak that occurred when resetting states after an error
 
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