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Re: [MT-AU Public] POE Conversion help....
by Damien Gardner Jnr 21 Oct '14

21 Oct '14

Ahh, true, depends on which mode, and whether it's dedicated DC or mixed DC.. If it supports mixed DX, then you're in business :) Found an image a while back (not sure where from :( ) which gives a good rundown on the pinouts used for the various modes :) See http://echelon.pinegap.net/~damien/stuff/POECablePins.png On 21 October 2014 20:03, Damien Gardner Jnr <rendrag(a)rendrag.net> wrote: > Ahh, true, depends on which mode, and whether it's dedicated DC or mixed > DC.. If it supports mixed DX, then you're in business :) > > Don't know if the list allows attachments - hopefully, found an image a > while back (not sure where from :( ) which gives a good rundown on the > pinouts used for the various modes :) > > On 21 October 2014 19:58, Paul Julian <paul(a)oxygennetworks.com.au> wrote: > >> Thanks for the suggestion Damien, I only need 100M and did think about >> this option but wasn't sure about the pins/cables that the POE used for >> each type of POE, there seems to be two standards for 802.3af which use >> different pairs..... >> >> Regards >> Paul >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of >> Damien Gardner Jnr >> Sent: Tuesday, 21 October 2014 7:46 PM >> To: MikroTik Australia Public List >> Subject: Re: [MT-AU Public] POE Conversion help.... >> >> Do you require Gig on either? If not, turn it into two two-pair cables >> which are only able to do 100mbps? Green and orange on one, Blue and brown >> on another.. Used to be standard practice if you needed to put two devices >> on one cable.. You used to be able to be ready-made splitters to go on >> either end of the cable too, not sure if you still can.. >> >> On 21 October 2014 19:24, Paul Julian <paul(a)oxygennetworks.com.au> wrote: >> >> > Hi guys, we have a Mikroitk QRT on a mast running from a POE injector >> > down below in the building, it's all working fine. >> > We now need to add an IP camera on the mast which will use the same >> > cable and needs to run from POE as well. >> > The QRT only has one port and we need that radio, an omnitik with poe >> > out won't work, so we need to split the cable somehow with a hardened >> > switch or something, but the catch is that the Mikrotik passive POE >> > won't run the camera as it's 802.3af, I am looking for some quick to >> > implement and relatively cheap ways of making this happen and was >> > hoping somebody would have some simple suggestions ? >> > >> > There is no option to run a second cable so I have to make this work >> > somehow with one cable L >> > >> > Regards >> > Paul >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Public mailing list >> > Public(a)talk.mikrotik.com.au >> > http://talk.mikrotik.com.au/mailman/listinfo/public_talk.mikrotik.com. >> > au >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Damien Gardner Jnr >> VK2TDG. Dip EE. GradIEAust >> rendrag(a)rendrag.net - http://www.rendrag.net/ >> -- >> We rode on the winds of the rising storm, We ran to the sounds of >> thunder. >> We danced among the lightning bolts, >> and tore the world asunder >> _______________________________________________ >> Public mailing list >> Public(a)talk.mikrotik.com.au >> http://talk.mikrotik.com.au/mailman/listinfo/public_talk.mikrotik.com.au >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Public mailing list >> Public(a)talk.mikrotik.com.au >> http://talk.mikrotik.com.au/mailman/listinfo/public_talk.mikrotik.com.au >> > > > > -- > > Damien Gardner Jnr > VK2TDG. Dip EE. GradIEAust > rendrag(a)rendrag.net - http://www.rendrag.net/ > -- > We rode on the winds of the rising storm, > We ran to the sounds of thunder. > We danced among the lightning bolts, > and tore the world asunder > -- Damien Gardner Jnr VK2TDG. Dip EE. GradIEAust rendrag(a)rendrag.net - http://www.rendrag.net/ -- We rode on the winds of the rising storm, We ran to the sounds of thunder. We danced among the lightning bolts, and tore the world asunder

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Wireless gear stolen off roof in Sydney
by Paul Julian 07 Oct '14

07 Oct '14

Hi guys, if you are in Sydney and by any chance get offered a near new Mikrotik QRT 5Ghz Unit really cheap it could be ours. Unfortunately somebody decided to climb up onto a 8M high roof on Friday morning at one of our wireless POPs and stole our QRT, mast and guy wires. The incident has been reported to Police but I don't hold any faith in getting it back. The installation was in Gladesville, it's now got me thinking about GPS units in radio enclosures and IP cameras watching antennas, we really shouldn't have to do this sort of thing but just thought I would let people know to be wary, just because something is on a roof doesn't mean it's safe, solar panels and batteries are probably another good target to be careful of. Regards Paul

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LNS/LAC Functions
by Paul Julian 29 Sep '14

29 Sep '14

Hi guys, just wondering if anybody has successfully used a Mikrotik CCR or anything really for L2TP/PPPOE termination for stuff like DSL services ? We need to do the typical PPPOE session termination with AV-Pairs and Framed Routes, Framed-IP etc etc from radius, we currently use Cisco but the jump to something more beefy in Cisco world to handle the increase in NBN service speeds is big so was looking to smooth the transition costs a bit with a CCR if possible. I know a while back it couldn't be done for some reason but wasn't sure if it worked now in V6 now or not. Regards Paul

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CCR at 10G and FlowAccounting
by Daniel Hoffman 21 Sep '14

21 Sep '14

Hey All. I am wondering if anyone has put a CCR in a LAB and tried to route 10G via it. I know they say it will do it, and in fast path it should rock it. I am happy to have the routers in fastpath mode BUT I need to get netflow/flow data from it. Wondering if anyone has tested 10G in 10G out on a CCR with a full routing table. No Firewall. No Conn-track but with flow accounting on. I am guessing the answer is "no" but I also don't have enough gear to test it. Opinions? Daniel

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mAP and 802.3af
by Mike Everest 08 Sep '14

08 Sep '14

Hi Folks, Just a heads-up for anyone who hasn't already discovered, that despite marketing claims that mAP-2n supports 802.3af PoE input and passthrough, we have so far been unable to make it work like that. We've tried lots of different ways including reversal of the power pairs in case it is a polarity issue (i.e. 'type a'/'type b' deal) It *does* power up ok using a 48v power supply and standard injector, but that's not what the claims stated ;) If anyone else has done it successfully from an 802.3af or at switch, there will certainly be a lot of people interested to hear how it is done! In the meantime, MT official have been mute about it - if they have anything to say (that we are able to repeat) I'll be sure to rpat it here! :) Cheers, Mike

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Connecting MikroTik Wireless to a Hotspot
by Paul Azad 04 Sep '14

04 Sep '14

Hi Is there any way to connect a MikroTik Wireless AP in Station Mode to a Hot Spot that normally needs a user to press the OK? I have read http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Connect_to_an_Available_Wireless_Network that lets me connect the MikroTik to the other AP, but not sure if it's possible to get it to accept the agreement acceptance button. Thanks

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Wireless Around Wollongong NSW
by Paul Julian 29 Aug '14

29 Aug '14

Hi guys, does anybody on this list have any wireless networks around Wollongong in NSW ? We have a customer looking for up to 100M Please contact me off list if you can help Thanks Paul

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VLAN Injection.....
by Paul Julian 28 Aug '14

28 Aug '14

Hi guys, hoping somebody could suggest an option here. We have a customer that we are doing a trunk for which goes from their office to our DC and then to them in that DC. It looks like: Local Site Data Centre Ether1 -> bridge -> EOIP Tunnel -> bridge ->Ether1 This has been setup this way so that they can just push whatever they want through the tunnel, which is basically 4 vlans, so with this design they should be able to send and receive tagged traffic between the two Ethernet ports without an issue. The problem we have is that we now need to supply an additional vlan to the DC end of the link, but because it's a layer 2 trunk I am not sure of the best way to approach this. I have thought of putting a vlan on the physical interface and another on the bridge interface and setting up a /30 between those two vlan interfaces but to be honest I don't know if that will actually work, has anybody experienced this before and have any suggestions before I just try it ? Basically we need to provide them a layer 3 connection as well as the layer two connection but into the same physical interface at the DC. Thanks Paul

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Interception on Mikrotik
by Paul Julian 28 Aug '14

28 Aug '14

Hi guys, we were recently granted a carrier license for another business and we are using a lot of Mikrotik equipment in that business for LNS's and wireless links etc, I was just wondering what method people used on a Mikrotik to satisfy the interception capability requirements and if anybody had any comments on which options were better than others. Most people seem to intercept at the exit of their network, however in our case it's not that simple and we will probably need to provide interception points at each LNS and we have quite a few....so I am interested in what people's thoughts are on the options in this case. Regards Paul

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SMS send timeouts
by Thomas Jackson 27 Aug '14

27 Aug '14

Hi all, I'm trying to set up a Nagios box to send SMS alerts using an RB751U-2HnD which has a Telstra 4G USB device (Sierra Wireless 320U) connected to the USB port. At the moment, we use the SMSGlobal API (which was down for most of yesterday afternoon) to send notifications from Nagios, which has the major downside of relying on the internet connection from our Nagios box being alive and of course, relies on the API provider being online as well. The RB751U-2HnD is already in place (it is currently used to provide OOB access into the network - permanently connected to the telstra.extranet APN for a public IP with DynDNS set up so that it can be found), so I figured it would be easy to add this functionality in. So far, I've got a PHP script written that will (via a Mikrotik API call) send an SMS out about 60% of the time - the rest of the time, the API returns a timeout error (also logged to the Mikrotik log - eg "gsm,error sms send failed: timeout"). This happens completely randomly, sometimes I can send 10 messages in a row without a problem, then have another 10 that fail - other times, I can send 10 messages and have every second one fail. A basic solution would be to simply catch the error in the PHP script and try to send again, but I'd like to see if I am missing anything in the Mikrotik config first. Currently running version 6.10 and I can't see anything in the changelog since then that references SMS. Relevant config sections: /tool sms set channel=2 port=usb1 receive-enabled=yes secret=smspassword /port set 0 name=usb1 /port firmware set ignore-directip-modem=yes /interface ppp-client info 0 modem-status: call in progress pin-status: no password required functionality: full manufacturer: Sierra Wireless, Incorporated model: AirCard 320U revision: X1_2_2_0AP R2839 CNSZXD00000128 2011/08/05 15:52:41 serial-number: redacted current-operator: Telstra (cellid redacted) access-technology: Evolved 3G (LTE) signal-strengh: -85 dBm frame-error-rate: n/a Has anyone come against this problem before? Cheers, Thomas

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