MikroTik How-To Guides

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wireless security

How to Secure MikroTik Wi-Fi with WPA3

Move a MikroTik wireless network from WPA2 to WPA3 (or a safe mixed mode), and understand the client compatibility trade-off before you switch.

Valentina Moreno · Sep 20, 2026
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How to Enable and Use the RouterOS Container Feature

Run a lightweight Linux container directly on a MikroTik router using RouterOS 7's container package, from enabling it to pulling your first image.

Valentina Moreno · Sep 18, 2026
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How to Set Up Queue Tree for Advanced Traffic Shaping on MikroTik

Go beyond simple queues with mangle marks and queue tree to fairly share bandwidth across many clients on a MikroTik router.

Valentina Moreno · Sep 16, 2026
vrrp failover routing

How to Set Up VRRP for Gateway Redundancy on MikroTik

Configure two MikroTik routers to share a virtual gateway IP with VRRP, so your LAN keeps a default gateway even if one router goes down.

Valentina Moreno · Sep 13, 2026
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How to Set Up Port Forwarding (DST-NAT) on MikroTik

Expose a single service behind your MikroTik router safely, using dst-nat instead of opening your whole network to the internet.

Santiago Rivas · Sep 11, 2026
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How to Set Up an SSTP VPN Tunnel on MikroTik

Configure an SSTP VPN server and client on MikroTik, and why running the VPN over TCP 443 gets through firewalls other VPN protocols can't.

Valentina Moreno · Sep 9, 2026
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