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*Also see: [[Router - RouterOS and Routerboard bonding]]
*[irc://irc.z.je/routerboard irc://irc.z.je/routerboard] - which is hosted on the Z.JE IRC server and contains (among others) lots of AAISP customers using Mikrotik. You might also find some users in the main [[IRC]] channel.
 
= Overview =
Here we will build a basic configuration for RouterOS. The examples are relevant for ADSL (Be and BT) as well as FTTC/FTTP through AAISP.
 
*Page created by Nicholas Barnes - [http://www.vitell.co.uk/ Vitell] - [http://www.vitell.co.uk/ RouterOS Consultants].
With the exception of IPv6, the examples shown should work on any stable release. IPv6 requires versions prior to and including 3.17 or version 5.xbeta onwards.
*Additions by Nick Shore [http://linitx.com/ LinITX.com] - [http://linitx.com/category/166 MikroTik Sales, Consultancy and Training].
 
 
Here we will build a basic configuration for RouterOS/Routerboard. The examples are relevant for ADSL (Be and BT) as well as FTTC/FTTP through AAISP.
 
With the exception of IPv6, the examples shown should work on any stable release. IPv6 requires versions prior to andor including 3.17 or version 5.xbeta0rc7 onwards.
 
We have an AAISP ADSL line with the following details:
 
*Username= abc@a.1
*Password=secret
*Routed IPv4 block = 192.0.2.0/28 (we will allocate 192.0.2.1 to the router)
*Routed IPv6 block = 2001:DB8::/48 (we will allocate 2001:DB8::1/64 to the router)
 
Note that the IPv4 block 192.0.2.0/24 and the IPv6 block 2001:DB8::/32 are special blocks reserved for documentation (rfc5737RFC5737 and rfc3849RFC3849). Also note that A&A supplysupplies a /48 block of IPv6sIPv6 addresses by default and this example will only use the first /64 in this block.
 
= Default ConfigConfiguration =
Note that the IPv4 block 192.0.2.0/24 and the IPv6 block 2001:DB8::/32 are special blocks reserved for documentation (rfc5737 and rfc3849). Also note that A&A supply a /48 block of IPv6s by default and this example will only use the first /64 in this block.
 
This example assumes that the router is at its default configuration with any example/demo/supplied settings removed. FurtherFurthermore, it is assumed that your WAN (ADSL/VDSL/whatever modem) is plugged into interface 'ether1' and LAN into 'ether2'. The following snippet changes the default interface names so that the examples below won't depend as closely on your hardware setup.
= Default Config =
 
<pre>
This example assumes that the router is at its default configuration with any example/demo/supplied settings removed. Further, it is assumed that your WAN (ADSL/VDSL/whatever modem) is plugged into interface 'ether1' and LAN into 'ether2'.
/interface ethernet
set [ find default-name=ether1 ] name=uplink-wan
set [ find default-name=ether2 ] name=lan
</pre>
 
= Configuring Initial Basic Settings =
 
Set a password for the admin user:
<pre>/user set admin password=NEWPASSWORD</pre>
Define which services we want to run:
<pre>/ip service
set telnet disabled=yes
set ftp disabled=yes
set www disabled=yes
set ssh disabled=no port=22
set www-ssl disabled=yes
set api disabled=yes
set winbox disabled=no port=8291</pre>
And then which helpers we want. Usually you want none as they tend to get in the way!
<pre>/ip firewall service-port
set ftp disabled=yes
set tftp disabled=yes
set irc disabled=yes
set h323 disabled=yes
set sip disabled=yes
set pptp disabled=yes</pre>
Set IP addresses on LAN
<pre>/ip address add \
address=192.0.2.1/28 \
broadcast=192.0.2.15 \
disabled=no \
interface=ether2lan \
network=192.0.2.0
/ipv6 address add \
address=2001:db8::1/64 \
advertise=yes \
disabled=no \
eui-64=no \
interface=ether2</pre>lan
</pre>
Set basic firewalling (all out, none in!)
 
Set basic firewalling (all out, none in!)
<pre>/ip firewall filter
add action=accept chain=forward comment="LAN traffic can go anywhere" disabled=no in-interface=ether2lan
add action=accept chain=forward comment="Established traffic" connection-state=established disabled=no
add action=accept chain=forward comment="Related traffic" connection-state=related disabled=no
add action=drop chain=forward comment="Drop the rest" disabled=no
add action=accept chain=output disabled=no
add action=accept chain=input comment="LAN traffic can go anywhere" disabled=no in-interface=ether2lan
add action=accept chain=input comment="Established traffic" connection-state=established disabled=no
add action=accept chain=input comment="Related traffic" connection-state=related disabled=no
 
/ipv6 firewall filter
add action=accept chain=forward comment="LAN traffic can go anywhere" disabled=no in-interface=ether2lan
add action=accept chain=forward comment="LAN traffic can go anywhere" disabled=no in-interface=ether2
add action=accept chain=forward comment="Established traffic" connection-state=established disabled=no
add action=accept chain=forward comment="Related traffic" connection-state=related disabled=no
add action=drop chain=forward comment="Drop the rest" disabled=no
add action=accept chain=output disabled=no
add action=accept chain=input comment="LAN traffic can go anywhere" disabled=no in-interface=ether2lan
add action=accept chain=input comment="Established traffic" connection-state=established disabled=no
add action=accept chain=input comment="Related traffic" connection-state=related disabled=no
add action=accept chain=input comment=ICMP disabled=no protocol=icmpv6
add action=drop chain=input comment="Drop the rest" disabled=no</pre>
Then create the profile to use for PPPoE.
<pre>/ppp profile add \
change-tcp-mss=yes \
use-ipv6=yes \
use-mpls=no \
use-vj-compression=default</pre>
Create the PPP interface.
<pre>/interface pppoe-client add \
ac-name="" \
dial-on-demand=no \
disabled=no \
interface=ether1uplink-wan \
max-mru=1492 \
max-mtu=1492 \
service-name="" \
use-peer-dns=no \
user=abc@a.1</pre>
This should create and bring up the PPPoE interface. Check the logs to make sure it does! However, you still won't have connectivity... Configure DNS:
<pre>/ip dns set \
allow-remote-requests=yes \
cache-size=2048KiB \
max-udp-packet-size=512 \
servers=217.169.20.20,217.169.20.21,2001:8b0::2020,2001:8b0::2021</pre>
And then configure routing:
<pre>/ipv6 route add \
disabled=no \
gateway=AAISP \
scope=30 \
target-scope=10</pre>
Which should give you full connectivity. Note that you could skip the add routes bit by changing 'add-default-route' to 'yes' in the PPPoE interface definition. Adding routes manually is more flexible, but for a basic configuration probably isn't required.
 
Now add any firewall filter and mangle rules required followed by any queue entries.
Then, make sure IPv6 neighbour detection is configured properly.
 
Then, make sure IPv6 neighbour detection is configured properly.
<pre>/ipv6 nd remove [find]
/ipv6 nd add \
disabled=no \
hop-limit=64 \
interface=ether2lan \
managed-address-configuration=no \
mtu=1492 \
ra-lifetime=30m \
reachable-time=unspecified \
retransmit-interval=unspecified</pre>
Set the time:
<pre>/system ntp client set \
enabled=yes \
mode=unicast \
primary-ntp=90.155.53.32
/system clock set time-zone-name=Europe/London</pre>
= Next Steps, Bonding a Second, Lineor multiple Lines =
 
See: [[Router - RouterOS and Routerboard bonding]]
or, the original at: [http://0hq.net/RB/ros.txt] for hints
 
= QoS =
 
One of many ways of avoiding a saturated upstream, is using Queue trees.
 
<pre>
/queue tree add max-limit=YOUR_UPLOAD_SPEED name=Upload parent=AAISP queue=default
</pre>
 
To determine YOUR_UPLOAD_SPEED, you could query your line details, like so:
 
<pre>
curl -s -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST \
-d '{"control_login": "YOUR_LOGIN@a","control_password":"CONTROL_PASSWORD", "service": "YOUR_NUMBER"}' https://chaos2.aa.net.uk/broadband/info |
jq .info[].rx_rate
</pre>
 
More details on this configuration, including how to optimise for Apple Facetime (UDP) can be found at https://natalian.org/2017/08/20/Choosing_Mikrotik_over_Ubiquiti/
 
= Native IPv6 over PPPoE =
 
Once you have enabled the IPv6 package in RouterOS, and have an IPv6 range assigned on clueless, the PPPoE client will automatically create an IPv6 link.
 
To be able to use your address assignment add the address to a local interface or bridge:
<pre>/ipv6 address
add address=2001:8b0:XXX::1/64 advertise=yes comment="advertise on lan" disabled=no eui-64=no \
interface=lan
</pre>
 
To route your traffic add a static route, or check Add Default Route on the PPPoE client:
<pre>/ipv6 route
add comment="" disabled=no distance=1 dst-address=::/0 gateway=pppoe-out scope=255 \
target-scope=10
</pre>
 
= 1500 MTU over PPPoE using baby jumbo frames =
 
PPPoE requires an 8 byte header to be added to each packet. This causes the payload to be restricted to a 1492 MTU if the underlying medium is regular Ethernet. The BT VDSL2 modem supports using baby jumbo frames of 1508 bytes so the PPP payload is now 1500 bytes which is the same as regular Ethernet.
 
A 1500 MTU is important because there are many networks and hosts out on the internet which are poorly configured and block all ICMP packets in an attempt to gain extra security but inadvertently breaking Path MTU Discovery.
 
Assuming the first Ethernet interface is used for PPPoE, set the MTU:
<pre>
/interface ethernet
set 0 comment="WAN Interface" disabled=no l2mtu=1526 mtu=1508 name=WAN
</pre>
 
Now add the pppoe-client ensuring MRU is set correctly:
<pre>/interface pppoe-client add-default-route=yes allow=chap comment="A&A" dial-on-demand=no disabled=no interface=WAN \ max-mru=1500 max-mtu=1500 name=PPPoE password=xxx profile=pppoe-client-default use-peer-dns=no user=xxx@xxx
</pre>
The LCPFix option needs to be enabled, and the MTU set to 1500 for this FTTC line on the Clueless configuration pages. RouterOS doesn't support RFC4638 so needs these options enabled.
 
Once all these changes have been made and the LCPFix option is enabled, the PPPoE connection should be restarted.
 
= WebFig and PPPoE =
 
Configuration via WebFig is possible, though this does not always do what it looks like it will do. Specifically, if you do not specify 'Keepalive timeout' on the PPPoE client it does *not* default to the default value of 10 seconds, but actually creates a config including 'keepalive-timeout=disabled' which disables keepalive LCP probes altogether, and consequently if the PPPoE goes or the line loses sync the router will not restart PPPoE and the line will just stay down.
 
Note: This is being documented for the benefit of anyone else who experiences this and spends as long as I have trying to fix it. This may be the wrong place for this information so please do move it if needed (and/or delete this comment!).
= Next Steps, Bonding a Second Line =
 
[[Category:3rd Party Routers|RouterOS]]
To be continued.....
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