The official Mikrotik router thread

r00igev@@r said:
This little project has matured nicely and I regret selling all my tiks during the pandemic.
If you have a tik or look after a fleet then this free software tier is the biscuit: https://www.mikrocloud.com/
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Still has some of the better AP's on the market imo. Personally like the MikroTik cAP XL ac.
Have 3 of them spread out in the roof of the house.
 
Anyone using containers? Had reasonable success in the past with them on a 5009 - but now encountering issues and I don't understand why. Still very much a "beta" feature. I had a cloudflare zero trust tunnel working and it's epic.
 
Anyone know if there's official numbers on how many routes these devices can hold in their routing table? I know its largely dependant on RAM but is there rough numbers out there somewhere or can someone share their experiences with them?
 
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Heyyy I have some MikroTik gear for sale, where would I need to post for that on Mybb? Items for sale are as follows and not sure if mybb has a platform for this kinda thing but figured posting here was worth a shot

x1 Mikrotik audience (new/sealed/unopened)
x1 Mikrotik audience (used)
x1 Mikrotik hap ac2 (used)
 
Hi all
I'm fairly new to Mikrotik and got me a Hap ac2 to setup at home. Initially I tried the quickset route
(HomeAP Dual) and had issues with connectivity, did some research and many advanced users suggested doing a configuration with WinBox,
followed this tut
Ethernet1 - Wan
Ethernet2 - Lan
Made LAN Gateway 192.168.1.1/24
DHCP Server on Ethernet2 (192.168.1.2-254)
NAT (Action Masquerade)
PPPOE Config

After falling further down the Mikrotik rabbit hole I even
Added essential FW Rules based on this tut

The only thing I haven't configured is WiFi which is where I need help,
wlan1 and wlan2(5ghz) interfaces are currently disabled
I have edited the default profile changed mode to Dynamic Keys, Checked WPA2/PSK
created a Pre-shared Key.
I just cant figure out How do I setup the wifi to assign IP Addresses?
 
Tech_ said:
Hi all
I'm fairly new to Mikrotik and got me a Hap ac2 to setup at home. Initially I tried the quickset route
(HomeAP Dual) and had issues with connectivity, did some research and many advanced users suggested doing a configuration with WinBox,
followed this tut
Ethernet1 - Wan
Ethernet2 - Lan
Made LAN Gateway 192.168.1.1/24
DHCP Server on Ethernet2 (192.168.1.2-254)
NAT (Action Masquerade)
PPPOE Config

After falling further down the Mikrotik rabbit hole I even
Added essential FW Rules based on this tut

The only thing I haven't configured is WiFi which is where I need help,
wlan1 and wlan2(5ghz) interfaces are currently disabled
I have edited the default profile changed mode to Dynamic Keys, Checked WPA2/PSK
created a Pre-shared Key.
I just cant figure out How do I setup the wifi to assign IP Addresses?
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Is ethernet2 connected to a bridge interface?

If yes, then add wifi to the bridge.

If no, then you need to create another ip range and dhcp server for the wifi. Not great if you want android phones to automatically pick up android tvs etc for casting and possibly similar for apple stuff.

So depends on how you want to do it. To have it similar to most home router setups, the bridge is the way to go.
 
Tinuva said:
Is ethernet2 connected to a bridge interface?

If yes, then add wifi to the bridge.

If no, then you need to create another ip range and dhcp server for the wifi. Not great if you want android phones to automatically pick up android tvs etc for casting and possibly similar for apple stuff.

So depends on how you want to do it. To have it similar to most home router setups, the bridge is the way to go.
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Don't have a bridge created
 
Tech_ said:
Don't have a bridge created
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I would recommend creating a bridge interface, move the dhcp configs to the bridge (usually bridge1).
Then attach ether2-5 and wifi interfaces to the bridge.

Also make sure the bridge interface is part of the LAN interfaces if you use the interface groups (recommended).
 
Tinuva said:
I would recommend creating a bridge interface, move the dhcp configs to the bridge (usually bridge1).
Then attach ether2-5 and wifi interfaces to the bridge.

Also make sure the bridge interface is part of the LAN interfaces if you use the interface groups (recommended).
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Bridge Interface created (Bridge1)
I changed the DHCP1 that was on Interface ether2-Lan to Bridge1
Didnt click on DHCP Setup as I assume theres nothing to change with regard to IP Addresses.

Please elaborate on this
Then attach ether2-5 and wifi interfaces to the bridge.
Also make sure the bridge interface is part of the LAN interfaces if you use the interface groups (recommended).
 
Tech_ said:
Bridge Interface created (Bridge1)
I changed the DHCP1 that was on Interface ether2-Lan to Bridge1
Didnt click on DHCP Setup as I assume theres nothing to change with regard to IP Addresses.

Please elaborate on this
Then attach ether2-5 and wifi interfaces to the bridge.
Also make sure the bridge interface is part of the LAN interfaces if you use the interface groups (recommended).
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On the left, go to the Bridge menu.
Go to the ports tab.
Make sure your interfaces are there.

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Tinuva said:
yup looks good. One more question, have you added a wireless ssid on the wifi interfaces? I unfortunately dont use wifi on mikrotik anymore, but thats possibly the last thing you need, but I suspect you have that sorted since you said you just not getting an ip
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Perfect, I just did a test now to connect to WIFI and got an IP Address from it
and checked PC on lan 2 and got an IP also.
Yes I have added 2 wireless ssids (2,4 and 5ghz), Any reason you dont use Wifi on a MikroTik?

Also is it normal for the IP address to always start from the last number going downwards as I set my pool to 192.168.1.2-192.168.1.254 but its giving from 254 downwards....
 
Tech_ said:
Perfect, I just did a test now to connect to WIFI and got an IP Address from it
and checked PC on lan 2 and got an IP also.
Yes I have added 2 wireless ssids (2,4 and 5ghz), Any reason you dont use Wifi on a MikroTik?

Also is it normal for the IP address to always start from the last number going downwards as I set my pool to 192.168.1.2-192.168.1.254 but its giving from 254 downwards....
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Yeah that's normal on mikrotiks
 
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