MikroTik RouterOS is the operating system from MikroTik Router BOARD hardware. You can install it on a PC and will turn it into a router with all necessary features like routing, firewall, bandwidth management, wireless access point, backhaul link, VPN server, hotspot getaway and much more.

1. Understanding MikroTik
RouterOS and Its Features

3. MikroTik RouterOS is the operating
system from MikroTik Router BOARD
hardware. You can install it on a PC and
will turn it into a router with all
necessary features like routing, firewall,
bandwidth management, wireless access
point, backhaul link, VPN server, hotspot
getaway and much more. RouterOS is a
stand-alone operating system based on
the Linux v2.6 kernel and the main goal
of MikroTik is to provide all these
features with a fast and simple
installation as well as an easy-to-use user
interface.

5. Configuration MikroTik RouterOS supports
different configuration methods like local
accessibility with the keyboard and monitor,
serial console with a terminal application,
Telnet and secure SSH accessibility over
networks, a custom GUI configuration tool
known as Winbox, a simple web based
configuration interface and an API
programming interface to build your own
control application. If there is no local access
and a problem with IP level communications,
RouterOS supports a MAC level based
connection with custom-made Mac-Telnet and
Winbox tools.The RouterOS comes with a
powerful, easy-to-learn command-line
configuration interface with integrated
scripting abilities.

6. • Winbox GUI over IP and MAC CLI with Telnet, SSH, Local Console and Serial Console API
for your own tool programming Web interface
Firewall The firewall implements packet filtering and offers security functionality used for
data flow management to, from and through the router. Along with Network Address
Translation, it helps in preventing unauthorized accessibility to the directly connected
networks and the router itself as well as a filter for outgoing traffic. MikroTik RouterOS
features with a stateful firewall, which performs stateful packet inspection and keeps track of
the state of network connections traveling around it. The OS also supports Source and
Destination NAT (Network Address Translation). The firewall offers features to use internal
connection, routing and packet marks. It can filter by IP address, address range, port, port
range, DSCP, IP protocol and other parameters while supporting Static and Dynamic Address
Lists. It can match packets by pattern in their content, specified in Regular Expressions
known as Layer7 Matching. The RouterOS Firewall also supports IPv6.

8. Routing –The RouterOS supports static routing and a wide array of dynamic routing protocols.
•It supports RIP v1 and v2, OSPF v2, BGP v4 for IPv4. It supports RIPng, OSPFv3 and BGP for IPv6.
RouterOS supports Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF), interface based routing, policy based routing and
ECMP routing. You can use the Firewall filter to make specific connections with Routing marks and make the
marked traffic to use a different ISP.The Virtual Routing and Forwarding technology allows multiple
instances of routing table to co-exist within the same router simultaneously. The routine instances are
independent; the same or overlapping IP addresses can be useful without conflicting with each other. The
VRF increases network security and is often used in without limiting to MPLS networks. Bottom Line –Do
you want to learn MikroTik RouterOS? You should take MTCNA training in Cyprus through SCP Academy.
MTCNA stands for MikroTik Certified Network Associate. This course is applicable for network engineers
and technicians who want to deploy and support corporate networks and client CPEs (WISPs and ISPs). For
more information, please contact us today at 70008828.