The client has a terrible, unreliable FTTC connection. So, this morning, I've been testing several devices and 4G carriers to find a reliable alternative when the FTTC is full/down.
The good, old LTE12 Chateau is the best for this task, giving a stable and reliable 220/50 Mbit/sec thanks to carrier aggregation.
The newer but smaller hAP ax lite LTE6 is still giving a good result, around 100/50 - expected, as it's "only" a LTE6. This will probably come to my office, while I'm waiting for the Chateau 5G (LTE20) to arrive - probably not before middle of November.

Now, I need to create proper queues and rules to manage the two connections - at the moment, I've implemented only the failover and some simple queues on the FTTC.

Lunch time.

#Mikrotik #IT #SysAdmin #MorningFun

New version! #MikroTik RouterOS 7.20.1 is available in the Stable channel https://mikrotik.com/download

New version! #MikroTik RouterOS 7.20.1 is available in the Stable channel https://mikrotik.com/download

forgive me @nuintari

for info, in their boxes since November 2024 🤦‍♂️

#mikrotik

forgive me @nuintari

for info, in their boxes since November 2024 🤦‍♂️

#mikrotik

Well, this was a surprise. Decided to run a simple LAN ping test between two of my access points, and the results were not what I expected.

Contender 1: The "mighty" Ubiquiti UniFi AC Lite
Contender 2: The tiny MikroTik mAP Lite

The winner? By a long shot, the MikroTik! It showed much better stability and lower latency.

The Stats:

- MikroTik: Avg 8.2ms / Jitter 10ms

- Ubiquiti: Avg 15.4ms / Jitter 32.1ms

Goes to show that size isn't everything in the world of networking.

#SysAdmin #NetworkGear #Ubiquiti #MikroTik #WiFi #HomeNetworking #IT #HomeLab

I don't own a device from MikroTik yet, but followed reports by tech people who swear by the price / performance / quality ratio of this devices.

My next Wi-Fi router will most definitely be MikroTik. Same with my next managed switch that will have 2.5 Gbit

#MikroTik #switch #equipment #network #managed

Well, this was a surprise. Decided to run a simple LAN ping test between two of my access points, and the results were not what I expected.

Contender 1: The "mighty" Ubiquiti UniFi AC Lite
Contender 2: The tiny MikroTik mAP Lite

The winner? By a long shot, the MikroTik! It showed much better stability and lower latency.

The Stats:

- MikroTik: Avg 8.2ms / Jitter 10ms

- Ubiquiti: Avg 15.4ms / Jitter 32.1ms

Goes to show that size isn't everything in the world of networking.

#SysAdmin #NetworkGear #Ubiquiti #MikroTik #WiFi #HomeNetworking #IT #HomeLab

Ever since I hung the Ruckus on the wall, all peripheral coverage issues disappeared. At that point, I decided to try re-hanging the old MikroTik cAP AC (with the wave2 drivers) in the same spot to compare.
All in all, it performs well there too, and all devices remain stably connected, albeit with a lower signal level. I imagine, however, that if there were 40 devices, I'd already see some differences.

Now I'm curious to test a cAP AX...🤣

#Ruckus#Mikrotik#Homelab

New version! #MikroTik RouterOS 7.19.3 is available in the Stable channel https://mikrotik.com/download

New version! #MikroTik RouterOS 7.20beta5 is available in the Testing channel https://mikrotik.com/download

New version! #MikroTik RouterOS 7.20beta5 is available in the Testing channel https://mikrotik.com/download

#Mikrotik Wish-List:

• Updated RB5009 with 1x SFP+, 1x 10gbaseT PoE, 7x 2.5GB PoE, higher speeds, multigig uplink port with PoE
• PoE version of the crs310-8G+2S+IN, ideally with the power on the back, but keeping the same size
• Maybe just a smaller version of the CRS309-1G-8S+IN, with half of the ports as 10gbaseT/PoE(?) for new generation access points, a little deeper but narrow enough to stack with other half-rack devices

@mikrotik@mikrotik.social 🥺👉👈

New blog post: A detailed look at the new network setup

https://blog.transitory.social/posts/2025-07-02-network-rebuild-project/

Almost everything was rebuilt, and multiple layers of complexity were eliminated
#Homelab #Networking #Kubernetes #Mikrotik

#Mikrotik Wish-List:

• Updated RB5009 with 1x SFP+, 1x 10gbaseT PoE, 7x 2.5GB PoE, higher speeds, multigig uplink port with PoE
• PoE version of the crs310-8G+2S+IN, ideally with the power on the back, but keeping the same size
• Maybe just a smaller version of the CRS309-1G-8S+IN, with half of the ports as 10gbaseT/PoE(?) for new generation access points, a little deeper but narrow enough to stack with other half-rack devices

@mikrotik@mikrotik.social 🥺👉👈

New blog post: A detailed look at the new network setup

https://blog.transitory.social/posts/2025-07-02-network-rebuild-project/

Almost everything was rebuilt, and multiple layers of complexity were eliminated
#Homelab #Networking #Kubernetes #Mikrotik

💻 HomeLab & Mikrotik RB5009 💻

Do you really need the missing serial console for remote out-of-band managemnt, like most of their devices?

Well, I had one and then returned it for that reason. I've been considering it again, but not without the serial connection... so a little digging around and I found some PCB images and quick info on the OpenWRT site.

Then decided to add those bits to a fork for personal tracking... for those interested in the PCB photos and quick-doc:

- https://github.com/em-winterschon/openwrt-rb5009/pull/1/files

Clearly still a WIP, and would need to re-purchase the device to test it out... so perhaps in the next few months that will happen.

Some light discussion: https://forum.openwrt.org/t/add-support-for-mikrotik-rb5009ug/104391/3

#mikrotik #networking #homelab #soldering #serial #linux