Over the last year, I’ve noticed something happening more and more often while working on MikroTiks: I go to use a perfectly normal troubleshooting or operations tool — RoMON, Bandwidth Test, Ping Speed, Traffic Generator, maybe even something tied to…
We’ve gotten a lot of questions this week about the FCC announcement and MikroTik’s update on The Dude, so we wanted to share our take on both. FCC update on foreign-made consumer-grade routers This week, the FCC announced that it…
One of our recent on-premise Admiral customers told us something we hear a lot: Admiral is incredible at centralizing the health and status of hundreds of MikroTik routers and switches—but he wished he had the same visibility, alerts, and notifications…
As we built our MikroTik VXLAN class for Admiral Academy, one deliverable mattered as much as the curriculum itself: a lab environment that was powerful, safe, and frictionless for students anywhere in the world. To make the training truly hands-on,…
At Admiral, we’re always looking for ways to make your dashboard smarter, faster, and more complete. This month, we’re rolling out a brand-new feature inside the EXTRAS tab: Neighbors — your network visibility just got a whole lot clearer. Meet…
This weekend I decided to “level-up” my home Wi-Fi by mixing in some new MikroTik AX gear with my existing AC setup. I figured it would be a straightforward upgrade—newer radios, faster speeds, better everything. In reality? It turned into…
We’re excited to share that Admiral Platform will be attending WISPAPALOOZA 2025 in Las Vegas! 🎉 This annual gathering brings together ISPs, MSPs, network engineers, and industry innovators—and we can’t wait to connect with you in person. Visit Admiral at…
How Space-Vision Uses WhatsApp AI + Admiral API to Simplify Vessel Monitoring When your clients operate vessels across oceans with satellite-based connectivity, every byte of bandwidth matters—and every second counts. That’s exactly why Space-Vision BV - a leading maritime connectivity…
Recently we helped a new Admiral customer onboard a MikroTik that is configured to send all traffic through a tunnel to their data center so that they can provide remote services. They desired to send all traffic over the tunnel…
Did you know the /interface/lte/monitor command on MikroTik devices provides real-time, low-level diagnostic data about the LTE modem? This data is incredibly valuable for network engineers and administrators. Here's an example output and what I think about it from both…
It’s Earth Day — a perfect time to celebrate the technologies that help us reduce our footprint without sacrificing performance. And if you’re a network nerd (like us), there’s a silent hero in the sustainability story you should know about:…
About a year ago (March 7, 2024), some amazing gentlemen (Lorenzo Busatti - Italy, Jaromir Cihak - Czech Republic, and Ron Touw - United Kingdom) hosted the first MikroTik User Meeting that was NOT a MUM since COVID in 2020…
There's nothing better than getting together with a bunch of like minded MikroTik users to learn about cool new use cases and exciting ways to use your MikroTiks or technology you didn't know about. Years ago, there used to be…
One of the things we commonly get asked at Admiral for centralized MikroTik management is what security mechanisms do we have in place to protect access because, let's face it, giving full access to your MikroTiks to a 3rd party…
Recently we had a support question related to asking about FCS ERROR alerts in the Admiral Dashboard. In a MikroTik, each interface tracks tons of data about its link, traffic and errors, and if you've opted in to notifications the…
We've drastically improved our Firmware Manager tool and you may be wondering what's new and different about it
One of the most common questions we get here at Admiral is why a MikroTik is showing yellow or red in the dashboard and what that means, as well as what you should do about it
Hey guys - MikroTik Marc here and today I'm showing you how and why I built 100 MikroTiks in my lab for under $100 USD. It's pretty crazy awesome, so read on to find out how you too can get…
Unlocking the Power of MikroTik's RoMON feature: A Comprehensive Guide One of the things that can really suck as a network administrator is when you fat finger an IP address, subnet mask, CIDR or IP route. Another PITA can be…
Hey guys, recently we had to use the packet sniffer tool inside of a MikroTik to help us discover what was going on with a new feature we're working on and we wanted to share with you how you can…