Posted by jpluimers on 2016/08/01
With en empty Group Name you get this:
No Group Name means no connection
The bad thing is: the Fritz!Box will not tell you this in any of the logs.
So don’t forget to set the Group Name to be the same as the Account Name in the ….:
Always enter the Group Name in the Authentication Settings
Then you can successfully connect:
VPN connection succeeded!
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/07/18
Windows has the built-in ability to function as VPN server, although this option is hidden. This trick works on both Windows 7 and Windows 8. The server uses the point-to-point tunneling protocol (PPTP.)
Source: How to Create a VPN Server on Your Windows Computer Without Installing Any Software
One day this might come in handy though I need to investigate a bit more on PPTP security issues first: might need to go for L2TP/IPsec instead.
Later: indeed, I should follow Don’t use PPTP, and don’t use IPSEC-PSK either (via: CloudCracker blog)
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/05/20
Mikrotik have statistics and way more features. Of the not so good features on the TP-LINK ER-5120 multi-WAN router (none of which are mentioned in their documentation), the worst 2 are:
Source: Gigabit Load Balance Broadband Router TL-ER5120 – Welcome to TP-LINK
Source: MikroTik – Forum – Tweakers
RouterBoard RB3011UiAS-RM description. The RB3011 is a new multi port device, our first to be running an ARM architecture CPU for higher performance than ever before. The RB3011 has ten Gigabit ports divided in two switch groups, an SFP cage and for the first time a SuperSpeed full size USB 3.
Source: RouterBoard.com : RB3011UiAS-RM (link has high res images)
Source: RB3011UiAS-RM – MikroTik RouterOS
The CCR1009 will always be faster, even passively cooled: Source: RB3011 Fan Notice compared to CCR 1009 – MikroTik RouterOS. The passively cooled versions run at a lower clock-speed which you can even make lower yourself:Source: CCR1009-8G-1S-1S+PC lower clock – MikroTik RouterOS. On the active cooled CCR1009, you can replace the fans to make them more quiet: Source: CCR1009-8G-1S-1S+ General info & Questions – Page 2 – MikroTik RouterOS
Note the ports in/out the switch groups on the CCR1009: Source: CCR 1009 switch chip menu – MikroTik RouterOS
RouterBoard CCR1009-8G-1S-1S+PC description. Our popular 9-core Cloud Core Router is now available in a new passive cooling enclosure. This CCR1009 unit is equipped with two heat-pipes and a specially designed heat-sink, so its completely silent.
Source: RouterBoard.com : CCR1009-8G-1S-1S+PC
RouterBoard CCR1009-8G-1S-PC description. Our popular 9-core Cloud Core Router is now available in a new passive cooling enclosure. This CCR1009 unit is equipped with two heat-pipes and a specially designed heat-sink, so its completely silent.
Source: RouterBoard.com : CCR1009-8G-1S-PC
Source: Advise: CCR1009-1S-PC – MikroTik RouterOS
Source: CCR1009-8G-1S-1S+ is a BEST ROUTER !!! – MikroTik RouterOS
When the power supply breaks: Source: CCR1009-8G question about part number – MikroTik RouterOS
The actively cooled CCR1009 with lots of pictures and screenshots: Source: CCR1009-8G-1S-1S+ General info & Questions – MikroTik RouterOS
Source: Eigen router achter een XS4ALL-VDSL-aansluiting (2) | Harold Schoemaker
Source: xs4all ftth en Mikrotik router – Google Groups
Heeft iemand van jullie ook ervaring met IPv6 van XS4all met een fritzbox? Ik wil namelijk achter deze fritzbox een mikrotik plaaten en IPv6 door routeert.
Source: IPv6 mikrotik router achter een fritzbox.
Source: [Ervaringen/discussie] MikroTik-apparatuur – Netwerken – GoT
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/05/13
Buffalo WLAE-AG300N is one of those buggy DHCP clients… Even running firmware Ver.1.85 (R1.05/B1.00)), it gets the length of the DHCP host name wrong so adds a bogus NULL byte to that name.
@Buffalo: please fix this.
The DHCP client options are of structure Type/Length/Value so a client is supposed to set the length of the hostname to exactly the number of characters.
However there exist buggy clients that either send a length of 1 more and a \00 at the end of the name, or send a fixed length and pad it with \00 as necessary.
Fromt a packet capture:
Buffalo WLAE-AG300N gets the length of the DHCP name wrong and inserts an extra NULL character.
This besides these devices also not automatically powering up when power goes out and comes back up…
Anyway: getting and displaying the packet capture was quite easy:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/05/06
In the absence of http://www.mikrotik.com/download/CHANGELOG_6 (somehow it’s unreachable where I live) here links that do work:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/05/02
Lantronix SpiderDuo Remote KVM Switch: Affordable KVM Over IP Switches.
Interesting KVM-over-IP solution.
–jeroen
via: A bunch of stuff broke this month, learned a lot fixing it all | TinkerTry IT @ Home.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/04/25
Now that pfSense 2.3 is out some videos:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/04/18
Interesting device: Our review of the MikroTik CRS226-24G-2S+RM a 1U rackmount 24 port gigabit switch with dual 10 gigabit Ethernet SFP+ ports and a slick management interface.
Source: MikroTik CRS226-24G-2S+RM Review – A super switch
It’s fanless, support SFP+ and many people seem to like it.
Pictures are at Just got my CRS226-24G-2s+RM! – MikroTik RouterOS.
There is also a desktop version of it called CRS226-24G-2S+IM.
–jeroen
Future reading:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/04/01
referring to: mjg59 | I stayed in a hotel with Android lightswitches and it was just as bad as you’d imagine
And then I noticed something. My room number is 714. The IP address I was communicating with was 172.16.207.14. They wouldn’t, would they?
Then you get this:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/03/28
Basically there are two opinions on Netflix and blocking:
I’m not a netflix user (or user of any form of DRM) as I really dislike the fact that DRM means for any reason your license can be ended. I’ve seen too many players going out of business or taking decisions turning.
So I buy CDs, DVDs, BlueRays or DRM-free media files. Now it’s my problem of making proper back-ups to ensure future access to them (:
The DRM walls and ladders war^w game has gone so far that in this case, Netflix is blocking even though the WiFi provider / proxy / VPN is in the same country like the below imgur image:
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