os10ru...@gmail.com wrote: > What frightens me about taking the leap into Mikrotik is it appears > the web interface is of no use in the advanced configuration and it > sounds like one must get heavily into the CLI and scripting. I don't > see an online repository of scripts for programming or even a highly > detailed help/wiki online.
The Web interface is kinda a joke, but the preferred GUI is probably "Winbox" anyway. Winbox is a small proprietary (and Windows-only) utility, that you can download via the Web interface, that exposes most functionality. The documentation on Mikrotik's Web site is actually pretty thorough, with the caveat that it's always about one version behind. The wiki isn't the best, but it has a few clever tricks here and there. Mikrotik RouterOS's greatest strength is that you can do just about anything with it - the same device can do routing, firewalling, traffic shaping, BGP, wireless access, wireless client, RADIUS, and about 873 other things. Its greatest weakness is that you can do just about anything with it ... Fortunately, just about everything is turned off by default, and you can usually just ignore the features you're not using. :) David Smith MVN.net -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
