Something I just came across recently is I’ve had to switch to using “Machine” credentials with MikroTik RouterOS v7 devices instead of “network” credential types. I’m not 100% sure why this is yet, but something that will maybe help someone facing the same issue. Honestly I don’t have any v6 routers left to check this
Read MoreWhen using Palo Alto Prisma Access for users or Remote networks, Palo Alto will sometimes need to change/add/delete IP addresses from the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) backend. This normally happens during upgrades or when there is a large increase or decrease in the number of users/sites connected to your Prisma Environment. If using on-premise panorama
Read MoreI have created playbooks for Ansible Network Device Backups. It is important to keep your device configurations backed up in the event of a hardware failure. Check out my GitHub for these Ansible playbooks. Some folks are starting to use Git for device backups as it provides diffs and backup capability. For those who don’t
Read MoreThis post will discuss different ways of setting up a Managment VLAN on your MikroTik router or switch. Bridging RouterOS on different MikroTik gear has always been troublesome due to the different ways of going about it. This post isn’t to discuss these differences, but to look specifically at ways to add a management IP
Read MoreSetting up Azure Virtual WAN (VWAN) with Network Virtual Appliance (NVA) like a Palo Alto, Juniper SRX, etc is a not as straightforward as one would think. The documentation they provide isn’t quite explicit enough so my goal here is to fill some of the gaps I had to work through. This is the documentation
Read MoreJust a collection of changes/quirks I’m noticing so far in RouterOS v7 beta releases. I plan to keep this updated as I continue to play more with v7. When importing public keys you can now use password protected keys, but it deletes the key once it imports. This is a difference from v6 where you
Read MoreWhy VLANs? When I first started trying to setup my first MikroTik device, I very quickly ran into issues trying to configure VLANs. Using VLANs is so second-nature to me now coming from a Cisco background. In almost any network you should be using VLANs to segment devices off into logical groupings instead of having
Read MoreWhat is PoE? Power over Ethernet… the ability to power an endpoint device such as a phone, access point, or raspberry pi over the same cable that delivers its network connection. Quite a wonderful thing if you ask me. Less cords! But, there’s so many types, PoE, PoE+, 802.3af, 802.3at, active, passive, etc… PoE, Type
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