This post will take a look at MikroTik's logging functionality and share a few simple tweaks to get the best bang for your buck in the logs with just a couple of easy steps. The system logging facility in MikroTik…
Scripting and automation are perhaps the best time-saving joys of any programming language. See how MikroTik RouterOS scripting can save you time!
Tips for using MikroTik's Safe Mode and how using Terminal in place of WinBox can give you some more power that WinBox alone can't do. Be sure to keep your Tiks in Admiral for easy disaster recovery!
A step-by-step guide on how to set up a MikroTik Cloud Hosted Router in a Proxmox hypervisor. https://youtu.be/F2cPJsphkbY?si=cxlC9Ysa-kXmgdqC First off, we have to get the VM image from MikroTik’s website onto your Proxmox server. Click on Open SHELL on the…
You just purchased a fresh batch of those sweet ax MikroTiks that come with RouterOS 7 by default. You couldn’t help but notice that there’s a variety of firmware versions on these Tiks, and if you’re like me, you’d like…
One of the cool use cases our customers have brought to our attention is the ability to use Admiral to know if a remote Access Point (AP) is working as expected or not. Imagine being able to get an alert…
Fleet Commander Tips Fleet Commander has been my favorite RemoteWinBox/Admiral feature since we released it back a few years ago! While I’m sure there are many people that use it regularly and have their processes down, I wanted to share…
If a MikroTik is not connected to the RemoteWinBox services when you delete it from our dashboard, or if you've accidentally copy + pasted the same configuration on multiple MikroTiks, RWB will not behave as expected and you'll want to…
Several RemoteWinBox customers have asked us to create some documentation on how to create a wireless backhaul network between 2 MikroTiks so that you can boost the coverage area of access points without the need to run wires. This guide…
Here's some highlights of what's new to the RemoteWinBox dashboard in June 2023. You can watch a video overview here, where Candice walks through what's been added to the dashboard this month: https://youtu.be/7n8PtPmObM8 Candice walks through new features to the…
I sometimes consult with Service Operators to help them better architect their networks. In this capacity, I was asked if I had experience working with a MikroTik competitor for an upcoming fiber project. He claimed that in the industry, it…
Here's how to use RemoteWinBox to restore a MikroTik backup after disaster strikes. Get back up and running in moments, and save the hassle of a truck roll or service call.
You just got set up with your RemoteWinBox Admiral, things are looking great, and the online/offline graph is green! The only thing that’s left is to remove the old configuration to off-board the routers from Minim. It could be a…
From Mario Dujmovic, CTO at RemoteWinBox: Last Christmas I had a chance to go to Croatia and visit my family. While I was busy gaining 10lbs and hanging out with my family, some thieves were apparently busy jumping the fence…
Our first meeting A long time ago, in a galaxy (er, state) far, far away, I'd never heard of this thing called MikroTik. The year was 2007 and I was a Cisco certified network engineer poring over forums trying to…
MikroTik's 6th generation WiFi routers are on the market and we're finally seeing them hit shelves and in stock. MikroTik has always been a rock star at routing protocols, stability and bang for the buck -- and now they're also…
If you know any parents of school-aged kids, you probably have heard about their struggle with their kids over screen time. For most households, the pandemic changed the amount of time kids were allowed to access the internet. With remote-based school…
What’s the problem? Cybercriminals will make use of every trick in the book to accomplish their goals. When the bad guys want to do bad things on computer networks, they have to send data over the network. Often times in…
Exciting news from the team here at RemoteWinBox - We have officially launched our Parental Controls on our Cloud platform End User View. You can now invite your subscribers to manage and control their home networks. They can add users,…
Our team is very excited to announce a new feature coming to our End-User View dashboard - Parental Controls! Give your subscribers full control of their home network. Using Parental controls in the dashboard, end-users will be able to assign…