https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/tags/mikrotik.htmlHugoen-ie2026 Tiernan OTooleFri, 10 Jul 2026 23:30:52 +0100https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/03/18/day-57-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlSat, 18 Mar 2023 00:27:11 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/03/18/day-57-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlDay 57 of #100daysofhomelab and its a link dump for today:https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/03/01/day-49-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlWed, 01 Mar 2023 09:36:27 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/03/01/day-49-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlDay 49 of #100daysofhomelab, and I missed this yesterday, but it’s only going to be a link dump… And todays link dump is mostly Mikrotik gear! Some of these are a little cringy (looking at your Solid Rack video) But hilarious nonetheless! Some of these are so new, they don’t even seem to have product pages, just videos announcing them…https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/02/27/day-48-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlMon, 27 Feb 2023 20:51:10 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/02/27/day-48-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlDay 48 of #100daysofhomelab and I have been out of commission for the last couple of days… Havnt been well… cold and flu-like symptoms, but luckily, not Covid… Haven’t done a major amount, so it’s mostly links for today, but I did try a few projects and installed them. Links for those are below.https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/02/19/day-46-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlSat, 18 Feb 2023 23:12:15 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/02/19/day-46-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlDay 46 of #100daysofhomelab and I haven’t had much time to work on the homelab this weekend, but have had some time using it, somewhat indirectly. Plex, Netflix and Disney Plus streaming, etc. Internet is more stable (but not 100%. more messing on that part soon) and the RB5009 is definitely more stable (IPv6 BGP is currently off, and only using 5 of my 14ish BGP sessions I could use. I think 1Gb RAM is struggling, or my filters are wrong. Hopefully, it’s a filter thing, that way I can sort it out without new hardware.https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/02/11/day-41-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlSat, 11 Feb 2023 22:55:33 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/02/11/day-41-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlGoing to be a very quick update here. Things are a little more stable at the moment. I figured out why my FTTH connection was acting up. the VM I moved it too had the default free 1Mb/s license for RouterOS. After moving my unlimited CHR license over, things have gotten better. screenshots over on my mastodon instance: So, today, not doing much other than monitoring. I am taking a day of rest and will be back tomorrow…https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/02/11/day-40-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlFri, 10 Feb 2023 23:03:57 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/02/11/day-40-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlDay 40 of #100daysofhomelab and the internet is a little more stable. Still not 100%, but “stable”. Speed test results have dropped, as you can see in the graph below, but weirdly, ping times are a little better… Download speeds. The swap over happened around the 8th Feb, 9th was pretty much a wash, 10th things got a bit better… Upload Speeds. less spikey upload speeds, but also less upload speed…https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/02/09/day-38-and-39-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlThu, 09 Feb 2023 22:31:52 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/02/09/day-38-and-39-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlthis post is for day 38 and 39 of #100daysofhomelab. and i have finally moved over to my #RB5009. and, well, it has not gone so well. It has rebooted a few times due to memory issues (too many BGP tables being held, so I shut a few down to start with. some cleanup needed there), then the internet connections are a little unstable, and, well, in the last 48 hours, I have spent more time on LTE than on proper internet. It does seem to be working (ish.) now, but not as fast as it was. I am just using the #Zerotier link, so the #Wireguard links are currently off. Anyway, below are some links. I hope to make things work better tomorrow. And i also hope to have a better write up soon too…https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/02/04/day-31-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlFri, 03 Feb 2023 23:55:03 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/02/04/day-31-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlDay 31 of #100daysofhomelab and I am going through the config from my CHR to bring over to my RB5009, and, well, I have no idea what I was doing when I built the original config… Now to try and figure out what the config did, since I want to document it here so I know what I was thinking, but to also possibly help someone else… Mind you, at this stage, it won’t be much help… I also need to figure out how to add my Zerotier Bridge into the mix.https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/02/03/day-30-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlThu, 02 Feb 2023 23:11:06 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/02/03/day-30-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlDay 30 of #100daysofhomelab and I tried to look into getting my RB5009 setup, and well… it has the wrong power supply! EU, not UK/Ireland… More messing is required! [Update] Found the right supply, but fell asleep watching TV… more messing tomorrow…https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/02/01/day-29-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlWed, 01 Feb 2023 19:02:12 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/02/01/day-29-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlDay 29 of #100daysofhomelab and my RB5009 finally arrived! The bad news is I am up to my eyes with some out-of-hours updates for my $DayJob… So, it will probably be tomorrow or Friday before I get to it… It’s been that kind of a day. I am OOF from Friday to next Wednesday, so I should have plenty of time to play with. I also started playing around with Tailscale Funnel. I got my hands on an invite, and it looks like I can invite other people to it… If you are interested, leave a comment. I have not actually done much with it, mostly reading the docs and testing it before i make it public… But should be interesting. Anyway, now for some links.https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/01/29/day-26-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlSun, 29 Jan 2023 21:25:25 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/01/29/day-26-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlDay 26 of #100daysofhomelab and I have been trying to figure out why my internet has been unstable today… it up and down a few times… well, parts of it are… Zerotier seems to be sorting out my main network, it’s smaller parts that are going wonky… I am half thinking of leaving it till next weekend since my RB5009 arrives next week… This should help me sort out my network…https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/01/26/day-22-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlWed, 25 Jan 2023 23:02:59 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/01/26/day-22-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlDay 22 of #100daysofhomelab and I have been planning out my network update for when my RB5009 arrives… Not ready to share, yet, but it should be here on the 2nd Feb, so I will have a plan (maybe) by the weekend… Other than that, it’s a link dump for today: Ok, I kind of got the following diagram, but it only makes sense in my head, and I’m not even sure it makes sense there… I’ll leave this here without further explanation, till maybe the weekend…https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/01/25/day-21-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlWed, 25 Jan 2023 08:03:31 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/01/25/day-21-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlDay 21 (slightly late, forgot to post this last night) of #100daysofhomelab and its a links day. on a more different note, my Mikrotik RB5009UG+S+IN is finally on its way! Hopefully will have it next week! Happy days!https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/01/22/day-19-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlSun, 22 Jan 2023 22:11:34 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/01/22/day-19-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlDay 19 of #100daysofhomelab and not done a lot today, so its mostly links…https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/01/20/day-17-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlFri, 20 Jan 2023 22:40:08 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/01/20/day-17-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlday 17 of #100daysofhomelab, and I haven’t done much, so its a link roundup today:https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/01/16/day-14-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlMon, 16 Jan 2023 20:29:38 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/01/16/day-14-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlDay 14 of #100daysofhomelab and I have been thinking about future upgrades if I had the money… So, I have my CloudShed in the back garden. Currently, I only have an HP Micro Server and a (not currently in production) Dell R720, along with a Ubiquiti Edge Switch 48 Lite. Between the Shed and the house is a fibre link purchased through FS.com, with 6 pairs. Currently, only 1 pair is in use, giving me a 10Gb/s between the house and shed, and with the easy option to upgrade to 20Gb. But I have been thinking bigger.https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2012/10/12/routeros-using-host-names-in-firewall-rules.htmlFri, 12 Oct 2012 07:43:17 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2012/10/12/routeros-using-host-names-in-firewall-rules.htmlAs a follow-up to yesterday’s post on RouterOS Blocking Machine access to all but one IP, I thought I would show how to add extra IPs to that list, without having a shedload of firewall filters. First things first, get your list of IPs you allow access to. In my case, I just did an NSLOOKUP on the name and got the IPs. Create an “Address List” in RouterOS. This can be done on the Web Interface by going to IP / Firewall / Address List and clicking Add. I had none previously, so I created a new rule, naming it ExpressVPN (the lads I use for VPN access) and added the first address. this is where things get interesting. for extra IP (for ExpressVPN, I have 4) you create a new address with the SAME name, but different IP. in your firewall rule, you should have either an src address or a dst address. in my case, I had both, but this was a change for the dst address. I removed the address from the rule, and I added it as a dst address list entry. If you have multiple address lists, you will see them here. to do this at the command prompt:https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2012/10/11/routeros-blocking-machine-access-to-all-but-one-ip.htmlThu, 11 Oct 2012 13:09:20 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2012/10/11/routeros-blocking-machine-access-to-all-but-one-ip.htmlSo, I have a machine on my network, which should be only connecting to the internet through a VPN. I needed to tell my RouterOS box to block all access, except to this said IP address. The following should do the trick. YMMV this will drop any packets from the srcaddress (IP address) that are not for the destination dstaddress (IP address). in my case, dstaddress is the VPN server I want to connect to. So, in theory, all packets should just go through the VPN and not leak out into the rest of the network. again, still testing this so be careful!