Admiral Proxy Guide
Connecting a Child MikroTik Behind a Parent MikroTik (No Direct Internet Access)
Admiral Platform Tips & Tricks 🚀
Here are some powerful features and shortcuts to help you get the most out of Admiral: Operations Tip: Spend time setting up your Admin Settings, Tags, and Groups early - it pays huge dividends as your deployment grows! 🔍 Quick…
Blank Backups in Admiral Platform?
Blank Backups in Admiral Platform? Your MikroTik SSH Host Key May Be Corrupt If your MikroTik backups are showing up blank in Admiral Platform, one possible cause is a corrupt SSH host key on the MikroTik itself. We recently helped…
The SSH Protocol, Not Just For Shells
Recently Admiral added support for Dell switch backups in WatchTower, which faced unexpected difficulties. This, however, is not entirely unexpected. As the Admiral team has continued adding support for different devices, we’ve found plenty of situations where devices don’t necessarily…
RouterOS Script to Validate Connectivity
NETWORK ENGINEER TIP As part of building the VXLAN class, one of our engineers put together a useful helper script to streamline the process. It’s worth noting that this script is intended for transport links that use a /29 addressing scheme…
Scaling MikroTik Labs Worldwide with RoMON
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,…
Admiral Adds Neighbors — in Prep for Hydra! ⚓️
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…
Admiral Endpoints Helps Streamline Work Flows and Automations with Managing & Monitoring
How Internet Service Providers use Admiral Endpoints to Monitor Linux Servers and Ubiquiti Wave LR When networks fail, it’s rarely an instant collapse — it starts with slow-growing issues like a disk creeping toward full capacity, CPU usage spiking under…
🚀 Space-Vision Leverages Admiral Platform API to Launch AI-Driven Vessel Monitoring Over WhatsApp
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…
Default route over a tunnel – help!
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…
MikroTik LTE monitoring is AMAZING!
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…
MikroTik Advisory – Brute Force WinBox Vulnerability
Different routers have different feature sets and management interfaces, though security remains paramount. Brute Force attacks are one of the most common router vulnerabilities. This is very relevant to MikroTik users, since by default a MikroTik router will allow all…
Admiral Updates – November 2024
Over the past month, our development team has been hard at work delivering a host of improvements, bug fixes, and exciting new features to make Admiral even better for our users. Here’s a quick rundown of the highlights from November:…
Tips4Tiks – What are FCS errors?
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…
Brute Force Login Protection Tips
Every public IP address is vulnerable to attacks. One of the most common attacks is the SSH brute force attacks, a hacking technique where automated tools try thousands of different usernames and passwords in an attempt to gain access. Defense…
What do the colors in RemoteWinBox Admiral mean?
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
Tips4Tiks – Port Forwarding Streamlined with Admiral
Port forwarding allows a private network to be accessed by specific remote servers and devices on the internet. A port is a virtualized point where networks connect and end, both internal and external. Each port is associated with a number…
MikroTik WoL – Wake on Lan Magic Packet
Hey guys, if you've never heard of WoL, or Wake on LAN, it's a very cool protocol that allows you to turn on - or wake up - a computer from sleep mode over the network with a special packet,…
Setting up Tenancy & Custom Branding on Admiral Platform
A quick guide to setting up Tenancy and Custom Branding for Admiral Platform Dedicated deployments. Whether you're managing multiple companies or wanting to personalize your platform's appearance, here's a few simple steps to get started. https://youtu.be/3wYSU6SvkEM 1. Tenancy Setup: If…
Remote File Transfer to MikroTik
This post shares a step-by-step guide to transferring files to a MikroTik using the Admiral Platform dashboard. This can be achieved efficiently using a combination of SSH and SCP. In this post, we'll walk through the steps to set up…