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I Can Guarantee You Have Never Seen These Products Before
Truthfully, with the exception of the hard-to-find NB-5G25's we have in stock, I can make that statement with assurance because we just thought them up! Over the next few days, I will be posting information about some new products at ISP Supplies we have developed...
MikroTik Cloud Core Router performance upgrade
The Cloud Core Router series are MT's most powerful routers, because they are built using the specialized Tilera networking CPUs that allow us to give you never before seen speeds at very competitive prices. MikroTik has eight CCR models available, with three...
MikroTik Wireless adds Auto Frequency Feature
From RouterOS v6.12 you can now set your AP frequency to “auto”. This is a useful feature to avoid interference and increase your performance. Simply set “auto” as your frequency value, and RouterOS will check for other networks in the area, and choose a frequency as...
New MUM events and webpage
They have added several new MikroTik User Meetings to the schedule this year. MikroTik is coming to: • USA in September (Pittsburgh, PA) • Bolivia in November (Santa Cruz) • Brazil in November (Fortalez) • Indonesia in December (Yogyakarta) They have also launched a...
MikroTik is introducing CAPsMAN
This is a new feature in RouterOS, which allows to remotely manage your Access Point devices, without need to connect to each of them. Set a device to CAPs mode and it will be automatically discovered and provisioned. Simply change one setting, and all your CAPs...
MikroTIk Adds Power Cycling Feature for POE
In RouterOS v6.12 MikroTik has added a new feature, that allows your RouterBOARD PoE-out ports to reset the power for specified duration, for power cycling a connected device. This is useful if you want to powercycle a device that you are connecting from. This feature...
MikroTik RouterOS Virtualization and Bridging Issues – Solved!
It started out simple enough - install MikroTik RouterOS as a guest OS on ESXi and make the virtual router a VPN endpoint for a site to site VPN. Here is my setup. On the left is an MikroTik RB2011 and on the right is a virtual instance of MikroTik RouterOS. As you...
MikroTik RouterOS Packet and Connection Marking
Ever since I wrote the book, RouterOS by Example, I get a lot of emails asking me specific questions about this powerful routing system. I try and answer the questions, time allowing, as completely as possible. There is one question that seems to pop up from time to...
MikroTik, Ubiquiti and WISP Learning Center
This is an idea that has been long in the making, a single repository of technical information where you as a user can go to get the information you need quickly about MikroTik, Ubiquiti or other WISP topics. Yes, most manufacturers have wiki's but our is different...
Improved Ubiquiti airCam Mount From RFElements
If you have ever used Ubiquiti airCams, you know how powerful they are and how the low price point makes them perfect for almost any security application. One area where we have seen some weakness is the mounting system. I wrote about this briefly last month but now...
Ben Strahan Joins the ISP Supplies Team
I would like to welcome Ben Strahan, the newest member of our ISP team. Ben will be handling both inside and outside sales and has many years of experience working in and with WISPs. Like everyone on our team, he has built and operated a WISP and worked as a...
MikroTik Announces 10G Fiber Support
Just when you thought a great product could not get any better, MikroTik has added 10G support for the first time, but in the most obvious place, their CloudCore Router line. The CCR1036-8G-2S+EM is their fastest router, now even faster with two SFP+ ports for 10G...
MikroTik and the Heartbleed Exploit of OpenSSL
MikroTIk and Heartbleed, the official explanation: All RouterOS versions are secure against the Heartbleed issue. All versions prior to v6.12 used an unaffected, older version of OpenSSL, and since v6.12 the latest OpenSSL version will be used, where the heartbleed...
MikroTik RouterBoard Super High Power Links
If you had told me 5 years ago you had a link with more than 3 watts of power I would have assumed it was amped. Using power amplifiers with WiFi is an old idea, long since passed in today's age of high power wireless cards and high sensitivity receivers. So, when I...
Improved Ubiquiti airVision Camera Mount
Th problem is simple: High winds + Ubiquiti airVision airCam cameras = shaky video or sometimes worse! What's that a picture of you ask? Same thing I thought when I went to view one of the test cameras we had mounted at our cabin in Estes Park, Colorado. There the...
WISP Marketing 101
Marketing your WISP is the single most important thing you can do to grow your business. Ubiquiti has created a program that will kick start your marketing efforts by supply you with collateral materials customized for your company as well as investing in a marketing...
Upgrading Ubiquiti UniFi Controller On Linux
I have used the Ubiquiti UniFi product since it first came out and have watched the evolution with excitement because I believe the AP/Controller concept is the future of indoor wireless. Ubiquiti has done it in their usual fashion by making powerful products...
MikroTik Training And Certification In Houston, Texas
I just announced today a 3 day MikroTik Training class, Wednesday through Friday February 26-28, 2014. More info HERE. Whether you are a seasoned network professional or a new user, this class is for you. Don't try to cram 4 certifications into one week. Instead,...
Ubiquiti Unifi UAP-Pro – What 5GHz Channels Are Supported?
I recently was asked by a customer to assist with planning a Ubiquiti UniFi installation in a large church auditorium. The customer wanted to be able to support the maximum number of users in the large open area that seated 5,000 people. The challenge with this type...
Always a new adventure
I am always amazed at people who want to return things they buy, but only after they have basically used them up. For example, Walmart will let you return anything, even without a receipt. I suspect that if you show up with a box of used, stinking, dirty diapers, they...
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