Comments on: Mikrotik http://blog.cactiusers.org/2009/03/30/mikrotik/ Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:45:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Recek http://blog.cactiusers.org/2009/03/30/mikrotik/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Mark Recek Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:18:43 +0000 http://blog.cactiusers.org/?p=30#comment-79 Nice to find others who understand and like Mikrotik brand. I've been using them for my computer business, home, and clients for many years. They started out big in the WISP business, but I think they're great all around routers. It's just so easy to get new software, and their hardware is so inexpensive! Nice work on the Cacti distro. I got re-interested in Cacti recently and I'm going to be using this distro as to start building a new monitoring server for my business. Keep up the good work! Nice to find others who understand and like Mikrotik brand. I’ve been using them for my computer business, home, and clients for many years. They started out big in the WISP business, but I think they’re great all around routers. It’s just so easy to get new software, and their hardware is so inexpensive!

Nice work on the Cacti distro. I got re-interested in Cacti recently and I’m going to be using this distro as to start building a new monitoring server for my business.

Keep up the good work!

]]> By: Jimmy http://blog.cactiusers.org/2009/03/30/mikrotik/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Jimmy Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:42:54 +0000 http://blog.cactiusers.org/?p=30#comment-13 With my hosting provider, I am rate limited at a set amount of bandwidth (no bursting). So I am able to put strict hard coded limits on everything, unlike your situation. The priorities will only come into play if I happen to be utilizing 100% of the connection, which with the limits, I haven't done just yet. While I am on the subject. I have moved from using priority queues and connection marking for people using download managers, to just plain ole blocking of anyone using more than 3 connections. On your 4 simultaneous connection, you are added to a Address List for 10 minutes, that drops multiple connections (meaning you get knocked down to just 1). The reason for this move, was I actually had someone open 100 connections at once the other day, and the connection marking, etc... worked perfectly and didn't give him any more bandwidth. But each active connection still took up a HTTP thread. Granted, I only do this to the downloads portion of the site (otherwise multiple image loading from other portions would easily hit that) but I may implement something like this on the main pages just as a sort of "flood prevention". Set it high, like 50 or something. With my hosting provider, I am rate limited at a set amount of bandwidth (no bursting). So I am able to put strict hard coded limits on everything, unlike your situation. The priorities will only come into play if I happen to be utilizing 100% of the connection, which with the limits, I haven’t done just yet.

While I am on the subject. I have moved from using priority queues and connection marking for people using download managers, to just plain ole blocking of anyone using more than 3 connections. On your 4 simultaneous connection, you are added to a Address List for 10 minutes, that drops multiple connections (meaning you get knocked down to just 1).

The reason for this move, was I actually had someone open 100 connections at once the other day, and the connection marking, etc… worked perfectly and didn’t give him any more bandwidth. But each active connection still took up a HTTP thread. Granted, I only do this to the downloads portion of the site (otherwise multiple image loading from other portions would easily hit that) but I may implement something like this on the main pages just as a sort of “flood prevention”. Set it high, like 50 or something.

]]> By: Marcel Grandemange http://blog.cactiusers.org/2009/03/30/mikrotik/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Marcel Grandemange Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:14:28 +0000 http://blog.cactiusers.org/?p=30#comment-12 I would like too see how you are accomplishing the QOS, i have had unsuccessful results with priorities in mikrotik, it seems the only way i can configure it would be too rate limit my entire line at the given speed and then apply QOS at the different levels, however this will effectively cause me too have less speed as that doesnt account for bursts from my ISP and lax restrictions at times. See "http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=27501" for reference! :> Thanks! I would like too see how you are accomplishing the QOS, i have had unsuccessful results with priorities in mikrotik, it seems the only way i can configure it would be too rate limit my entire line at the given speed and then apply QOS at the different levels, however this will effectively cause me too have less speed as that doesnt account for bursts from my ISP and lax restrictions at times.

See “http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=27501″ for reference!

:> Thanks!

]]> By: Sac http://blog.cactiusers.org/2009/03/30/mikrotik/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Sac Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:34:42 +0000 http://blog.cactiusers.org/?p=30#comment-6 I am still starting to explore my new 433AH routerboard and I can not tell you how I am impressed by your wonderful insight into security I specially like the port knocking technique. I would be forever grateful if you could share more experiences with us along with in depth how-to. I am still starting to explore my new 433AH routerboard and I can not tell you how I am impressed by your wonderful insight into security I specially like the port knocking technique. I would be forever grateful if you could share more experiences with us along with in depth how-to.

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