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VPN on Mikrotik
GLC webinar, 03 January 2015
Achmad Mardiansyah
achmad@glcnetworks.com
GLC Networks, Indonesia
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Agenda
• Introduction
• VPN on mikrotik
• Q & A
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INTRODUCTION
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What is GLC?
• Garda Lintas Cakrawala
• An Indonesian company
• Located in Bandung
• Areas: Training, IT Consulting
• Mikrotik Certified Training Partner
• Mikrotik Certified Consultant
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Trainer Introduction
• Name
• Company/university
• Networking experience
• Mikrotik experience/specialities
• Expectation for this course
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Who am I ?
• Name: Achmad Mardiansyah
• born: Malang, east java
• Lived in several cities in eastern
indonesia
• J High: Flores, NTT
• S High: Magelang, Central Java
• Bach.: IE STT Telkom (1999-2003)
• Work: jakarta, overseas
• MD: UNSW, Sydney, Australia
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Work experiences
• Core network engineer (SIEMENS – NSN)
• System & network administrator
• PHP programmer
• Lecturer
• Project manager
More details:
http://au.linkedin.com/in/achmadmardiansyah
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Please introduce yourself
• Your name
• Your company/university?
• Your networking experience?
• Your mikrotik experience?
• Your expectation from this course?
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What is Mikrotik?
• Name of a company
• A brand
• A program (e.g. mikrotik academy)
• Headquarter: Riga, Latvia
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What are mikrotik products?
• Router OS
– The OS. Specialized for networking
– www.mikrotik.com/download
• RouterBoard
– The hardware
– RouterOS installed
– www.routerboard.com
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What is RouterOS?
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What are Mikrotik training &
certifications?
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How mikrotik naming their product?
• Usually the product is coded like RBXYZ
– X (X00 series), Y(Y ethernet ports), Z (Z minipci)
• Other code:
– U (USB)
– A (advanced, higher license level, usually above level
4)
– H (high performance, higher processor)
– R (radio embedded)
– G (gigabit ethernet)
– 2nD (dual channel)
– P (high Power wireless)
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VPN (VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK)
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What is VPN?
• The name explains what is means
• is a private network that is built on top of
current network. Aka overlay network
Meaning:
• You must have an established existing
network
• And you built a VPN on top of it
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Public vs private network?
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HOME
2.168.1.0/24
OFFICE
172.18.1.0/24
1.1.1.0/24
cafe
192.168.1.0/24
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A new virtual network (VPN)
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HOME
2.168.1.0/24
OFFICE
172.18.1.0/24
1.1.1.0/24
cafe
192.168.1.0/24
VPN network
192.168.9.0/24
@VPN network:
server: 192.168.9.1
router: 192.168.9.11
laptop: 192.168.9.12
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VPN application
VPN is a client server application
• Server side
– Could be physical (server or router) / virtual
(installed on virtual machine)
– It recommended to use a good server hardware
• Client side
– Could be physical (laptop, router) / virtual
– Client will get additional network address (IP)
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Tunnel vs VPN?
They are talking similar thing: overlay network
• Tunnel usually:
– Handle 2 points, created manually, used to
connect layer 2, not provide encryption
– E.g. EoIP
• VPN usually
– Automated version of tunelling, point to multi
point, always encrypted
– E.g. PPTP, SSTP, LT2P/IPsec, OpenVPN, VPLS
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Why use VPN?
• Security
– Encryption. Accessing data in public environment
(wifi)
– Accessing internal resources (home surveilance)
– Remote access (teamviewer)
– By pass restriction
– Bridging
– For bussiness
Note: VPN server is required
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demo
• PPTP
• SSTP
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End of presentation
• Thank you
• Please put your feedback
• Stay tune with our schedule
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