Networking

Final security checklist for a MikroTik network: baseline, VLANs, firewall, Wi-Fi, IPv6, VPN, DNS, monitoring, backups, and DR.

Disaster recovery for a MikroTik network: lockout recovery, hardware replacement, runbook, documentation, and restore checks.

Automated backups for MikroTik: binary backup, export, scheduler, external storage, retention, and restore testing.

Monitoring and alerts for MikroTik: WAN, VPN, CPU/RAM, DHCP pools, DNS, backups, logs, SNMP, and actionable alerts.

Logging strategy for MikroTik: security events, firewall prefixes, remote syslog, script logs, and noise control.

Dual WAN on MikroTik: route distance, recursive checks, NAT, DNS, WireGuard, failover/failback, and notifications.

QoS and traffic shaping on MikroTik: bottleneck shaping, queues, CAKE/FQ-CoDel, FastTrack, and latency testing.

How to use FastTrack on MikroTik without breaking QoS, mangle, policy routing, and observability.

DNS filtering per VLAN with AdGuard Home, Pi-hole, NextDNS, DHCP options, and firewall enforcement.

DNS policy on MikroTik: DNS cache, DoH upstream, enforcement by VLAN, and the limits of blocking client DoH.

Configuring WireGuard on MikroTik for road-warrior and site-to-site scenarios with limited VLAN access.

Enabling IPv6 on MikroTik deliberately: prefix delegation, RA/SLAAC, DNS, and a separate firewall for VLANs.

Centralized Wi-Fi through CAPsMAN in RouterOS 7: SSID, security profiles, VLAN per SSID, and management VLAN for APs.

How to design mDNS and service discovery between VLANs without undoing IoT, Guest, and LAN isolation.

Isolating IoT in a separate VLAN with DHCP/DNS, firewall policy, address-lists, and controlled access from trusted segments.

Guest Wi-Fi as a separate VLAN: SSID, DHCP/DNS, firewall internet-only policy, and blocking LAN access.

A look at srcnat, dstnat, port forwarding, hairpin NAT, and split DNS on MikroTik with a focus on minimal attack surface.

A baseline firewall hardening model for MikroTik: input, forward, WAN drop, management access, and rules between VLANs.

The L3 foundation for VLANs in RouterOS 7: gateway addresses, DHCP pools, DNS cache, routes, and interface lists.

Configuring bridge VLAN filtering in RouterOS 7: trunk, access, PVID, bridge VLAN table, and lockout protection.

Planning VLAN IDs, subnets, gateways, DHCP, trunk/access ports, and an access matrix before configuring MikroTik.

How to use MikroTik as the core router and security boundary between WAN, VLANs, VPN, and internal segments.

RouterOS 7 baseline setup: access, users, services, updates, time, backup/export, and minimal management protection.

Practical MikroTik router, switch, and Wi-Fi device selection for VLANs, firewall, WireGuard, and network growth.

Target architecture for a managed MikroTik RouterOS 7 network with VLANs, a Wi-Fi access layer, firewall, and VPN.