If you are a networking enthusiast or a power user you probably have home network lab like me. Why not vitualize your Pfsense firewall and VyOS router? If you have a dedicated low power pc to be used as a router or firewall, the hardest choices we have to make is the choice of the… Read More »
BGP on Mikrotik ROSv7.1 is something that has changed drastically. With RouterOS v7.1 RC3 Mikrotik has made BGP stable enough for use with route filters finally working fine. The entire Routing Engine of RouterOS has been redesigned from scratch and this is the main cause of slow progress of the much anticipated RouterOS v7. I… Read More »
It’s September 2021 now, two years since the first Mikrotik ROSv7 beta was out. After two years now we have ROSv7.1 with a huge number of feature updates. With the latest RC i.e., v7.1 RC3 now we have some game changing features like: VxLAN. Zerotier for ARM and ARM64 based routers. Docker container support. Completely… Read More »
As the pandemic has forced more and more people to work from home, internet and Wi-fi routers have become no less important than utility power. A stable, no nonsense and heavy duty router is key to peace of mind while working from home. Recently I decided to change my Wi-Fi router Mikrotik HAP AC^2 with… Read More »
ALERT: THIS IS A RANT POST ABOUT MIKROTIK ROUTEROSv7 INCASE YOU ARE A FANBOY PLEASE IGNORE THIS POST.Router OS v7 was promised long back by Mikrotik. In the Mikrotik forum we can trace it back as long as 2011. It has been used used as a unicorn my Mikrotik for many of bugs in RouterOS… Read More »
Mikrotik RouterOS is a very popular platform of choice for many enthusiast and SMB networks. Though it is nowhere close to perfect and has a lot bugs you can always try VyOS for x86 deployments. You can read about this here. PCC or per connection classifier is a method of load balancing in Router OS… Read More »
VyOS is an open source network operating system with support for a wide range of network cards. It is based on Debian and can be your perfect choice for your next x86 router. However is VyOS the perfect RouterOS replacement? For network training labs it is the best fit as it can do almost anything… Read More »
Internet exchanges are a key internet infrastructure that boost network connectivity and reduce internet latency and bandwidth costs. OpenSwitch IX is India’s first virtual internet exchange. Internet exchanges help ISPs reduce bandwidth costs while customers experience lower latency while accessing content. Content providers get more eyeball traffic to their networks. It is a win-win situation… Read More »
On 5th July, suddenly some of my prefixes whose upstream used Asympto Networks (AS39533) as their upstream suddenly became unreachable from Hurricane Electric’s (AS6939) end. HE’s looking glass showed that my prefixes were reachable over via AS39533-AS34927-AS213326. However ping was unreachable and also traceroute showed that the traffic was being dropped after it was being… Read More »
For most of the network engineers, BGP is one of the routing technologies that you can find difficult to have real-world experience especially if you are a fresher! For me, BGP has always been on top of my interest list. However, for my home lab, I had used ipv6 using tunnel brokers like Hurricane Electric… Read More »