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MikroTik Script: Push Router Stats to dweet.io
In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a RouterOS script to push Router statistics up to dweet.io and then use that data to create a nice monitoring dashboard with slick gauges and graphs over...
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MikroTik Config: cAP Lite Wifi Router w/L2TP VPN & Guest Wifi
This is an example configuration file for the MikroTik cAP Lite. The cAP Lite is a tiny access point device w/ full RouterOS router functionality. The router features 1 10/100 ethernet interface and...
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How to disable & block SSH access to a MikroTik Router
In this article, we will look at several ways to limit or block SSH access to a MikroTik RouterOS device. How to disable the SSH service Launch Winbox and connect to the router Click IP | Services...
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MikroTik Backup and Restore Procedure
I know this topic has been covered elsewhere but I want to provide clear and concise steps on how to backup a MikroTik router. I will also publish a video that covers these steps. Config Backup...
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MikroTik RouterOS Upgrade Procedure
In this article, I cover the exact steps required to upgrade a MikroTik Router running RouterOS. I will also publish a video that covers these steps. Important: Always remember to backup your routers...
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MikroTik RouterOS Automation with NAPALM
In this tutorial, we will explore using the NAPALM python module to query data from a MikroTik Router. This tutorial was developed as a Jupyter Notebook, it’s available on github if you want to...
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How to configure a MikroTik IKEv2 VPN & connect iOS devices (iPhone/iPad)
So you want a better Remote Access VPN option for MikroTik? Lets look at what it takes to setup a IKEv2 VPN that works with iOS Devices. For the record, the configuration should also support Mac OSX...
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MikroTik Script: Authentication Logging w/ Email Reports
In this article I will show you how to configure a separate log file on a MikroTik router that will only contain authentication log entries. The log file will contain log entries for winbox, webfig,...
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MikroTik Tutorial: Firewall ruleset for IPsec whitelisting
This article will show you how to setup a firewall whitelist for IPsec peer associations on a MikorTik router. The firewall ruleset will make use of address-lists to allow UDP 500 traffic only from...
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MikroTik Script: Router Rebooted Script
This is a useful little RouterOS script that will email you a nice report when your router reboots. The emailed report contains recent critical log events that may point you to the cause for the...
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Mikrotik Tutorial: How to configure persistent logging
The default logging configuration on a MikroTik router is to only keep logs in memory. When the router reboots the logging history is erased. In this article I will show you the simple steps to...
View ArticleThe Perfect MikroTik Config Restore Script
Restoring config files on MikroTik routers have always been a pain. I set out to make the perfect config restore script for MikroTik routers. Have your every tried to paste configuration commands into...
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MikroTik Tutorial: show mac address table
Here are the commands to show the mac address table on a MikroTik Router. In addition to using the command line to show the mac address table, this tutorial I will also show you how to search for a...
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MikroTik Tutorial: How to recover RouterOS passwords from a backup file
These steps will help you recover a forgotten password from an unencrypted RouterOS backup file. To complete these step we will use a python tool called RouterOS-Backup-Tools written by Lorenzo Santina...
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MikroTik Tutorial: How to enable DNS over HTTPS (DoH)
In this MikroTik Tutorial I will show you how to configure DNS over HTTPS on your MikroTik router using either Cloudflare DNS servers or Google DNS servers. The latest stable version of RouterOS 6.47...
View ArticleMikroTik FAQ – Ask Me Anything
Ask me anything about MikroTik and help me build a FAQ. I have worked with MikroTik routers for many years and have written many MikroTik tutorials here on my blog jcutrer.com. Now, this page is a...
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