Automate RouterOS with Desired State and Read-Back
A safer model for API-driven provisioning across many MikroTik routers.
Topic collection
MikroTik
Original, practical writing about subscriber operations, access networks, billing systems and the decisions behind a reliable ISP.
ResultsEvidence, configurations and operating decisions
Recover a MikroTik from More Than One Kind of Backup
Build a router recovery set that covers hardware loss, configuration error and credential failure.
Change a Production MikroTik Firewall Without Losing Control
Organize filtering around trust boundaries and deploy it with observable rollback.
Separate Hotspot Login from RADIUS Policy
A clean architecture for captive portal identity, authorization, accounting and billing.
Evaluate MikroTik Billing Software with Failure Tests
Choose a billing platform by testing reconciliation, isolation and recovery—not screenshots.
Design Hotspot Self-Service as a Transaction
Join OTP identity, payment, voucher issuance and RouterOS access without creating duplicate service.
Engineer a Queue Tree from a Capacity Contract
Translate a real shared-link constraint into a measurable RouterOS hierarchy.
Operate a MikroTik Security Baseline You Can Prove
A change-safe baseline for management exposure, identity, filtering, updates and recovery.
Choose a MikroTik Queue Model from the Bottleneck
A decision guide for selecting simple queues, queue trees and shaping boundaries in an ISP network.
Design PPPoE Around Failure Domains
A RouterOS PPPoE design guide focused on MTU, discovery boundaries, AAA dependency and safe rollout rather than a paste-and-hope configuration.