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Can you believe 2014 is almost here? Hard to believe but true.  I am blocking out my 2014 training calendar and have therefore posted a new Ubiquiti airMAX class for January 28-29.   Check it out here:  https://ubnt.mywisptraining.com/?page_id=463

The Ubiquiti Team newsletter hit boxes this morning with a link to sign up for the Ubiquiti World Network. I tried to sign up but got a 404 message.  hmmm

That was the teaser that got so many people out to Vegas for the World Conference and the WISPAPalooza conference.  I was personally unable to attend but instead sent two of my most trusted employees, Brad Smith and Logan Helms to endure a week of street vendors...

With caution I opened the box and winced when I saw the small physical size.  It appeared to be very similar to the Atom processor powered PC I was attempting to run 4 cameras on at my home. My home DVR hovers at 100% CPU while barely recording from 4 cameras so I was...

To Our Customers, Over the last few months, our friends and neighbors in Colorado have been plagued with fires and most recently devastated by floods.  Families have lost loved ones, their property and homes.  Businesses have vanished along with incomes and little of...

Having perfected my QOS setup at our office in version 5, I decided to upgrade to RouterOS Version 6 today.  Remember that the HTB's global-in, global-out and global-total are gone, replaced by "global".  This will obviously break my QOS so I was prepared for the...

Here is one that caught me by surprise and several of our customers as well. MikroTik's default configuration for devices with wireless has changed. There is now WPA/WPA2 security on the wireless connection. You will need to enter the serial number of the device as...

I used my wiki article today to trunk two RB260GS switches and that required a slight screenshot change. See it here: https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/SwOS/Router-On-A-Stick#Router-On-A-Stick_-_802.1Q_Trunking_With_MikroTik

If you haven't heard, the MikroTik Users Meeting is next month (September 19-20) in St. Louis, Mo.  As usual, I am holding the MTCNA training Monday-Wednesday at the MUM hotel.  There are a lot of reasons to attend this training compared to other venues: 1. You will...

Sitting in a hotel this week, Boone, North Carolina doing some MikroTik training for Samaritan's Purse, a world wide non-profit that does relief work and a lot more just about everywhere humans can go.  It has been great training with great people but the internet at...

Layer 7 pattern matching is one of the most powerful features of RouterOS. With it you can match almost any type of traffic and perform actions on it like QOS, blocking, etc.  The trick is writing a Regex expression that will match the type of traffic you are...

Ever wonder why a RB433 isn't called something more descriptive? Well, actually the name is VERY descriptive. I found thi article today. I already knew this but it does a great job of putting it all into words... https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Product_Naming

Unfortunately MikroTik has received faulty RB2011UAS-2HnD-IN enclosures from their supplier. Those cases have incorrect position of mounting holes for indoor antennas with very high risk of breaking off MMCX connector, situated on the board. Due to this, we had to...

I just added a playlist to our youTube channel with lots of Ubiquiti How To Videos. Check it out at https://www.youtube.com/user/ISPSupplies, click on the playlist "Ubiquiti".

The MikroTik Roadshow rolls again.  Get the details HERE.

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RF elements manufactures specialized wireless antennas and accessories compatible with several different wireless boards and radios, but the majority of their products are for MikroTik RouterBOARDS. RF elements products are all innovative and uniquely designed to fill...

I began the first day of MikroTik MTCNA class today at the Downtown Technology Center in Columbus, Ohio.  Class size is great and everyone is eager to learn. So far we have covered basic subnetting and the lab setup and are now enjoying pizza courtesy of Brescoe...

Fiber to the PeopleThat's the headline for MikroTik's announcement of their new switch, the RB260GS. The addition of an SFP cage for fiber connections is what makes this low cost managed switch special.  The original RB250G received some early bad reviews due to...