MikroTik Experience Overview - Wireless ISP Solutions

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MikroTik Experience Overview - Wireless ISP
Solutions

• Arnis Riekstins, Chief Technical Officer
• John Tully, Managing Director,
• MikroTik

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Wireless Presentation Program

• Overview of MikroTik experience
• Basics of Wireless ISP solutions
• Question and answer to clarify the most
  important topics for the attendees
• Wireless ISM issues interference
• Network infrastructure
• Traffic shaping
• AP setup and backbone routing
• Low cost wireless client setups with PPPoE

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Contents

• MikroTik Company Overview
• Whats new in MikroTik RouterOS V2.5
• PPPoE Overview and Applications
• PPTP Applications
• OSPF Routing and Backup Links
• Combining PPTP and OSPF for Backup Links

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MikroTik Mission

• We create Intel (PC) based network solutions,
  because
• Hardware cost can be adjusted to the clients
  needs contemporary or server-quality
• Intel is the most powerful and most price
  attractive platform
• Easy hardware upgrade
• RouterOS can be easily upgraded with new
  functionality

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MikroTik Mission (cont.)

• How do we do things?
• We are a small WISP ourselves, therefore we are
  able to develop solutions for our customers based
  on our own experience
• Our customers are
• Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
• Hardware wireless ISPs more than 45 countries
• Software RouterOS almost all countries (120)
• Organizations requiring IP network solutions for
  their own needs corporate networks (Intranets)

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MikroTiks History

• Active in WISP solutions since 1995
• Incorporated in 1996
• Wireless ISP Projects around the World
• Since 1996 Development of own Software for Intel
  (PC) based routing solutions
• 2002 20 employees (programmers, engineers,
  sales, technical support, administrative)

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MikroTik News

• New Hardware platforms
• Software V2.5 released
• MikroTik provides training on wireless
  installations and network setup next seminar in
  Prague, Czech Republic, June 26-28

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New Hardware platforms

• MikroTik Thin Router
• 333MHz Processor, 10/100Mbps Ethernet, one
  expansion slot for ISA or PCI
• 19 Rackmount
• 4U Silver Server style
• Gigabit Ethernet
• Prism II 200mW Wireless Interfaces

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MikroTik RouterOS V2.5

• PPPoE Access Concentrator
• 2.4GHz Access Point
• VPN (PPTP tunnels between routers)
• PPTP Access Concentrator (PPTP tunnels between
  the router and workstations)
• EoIP tunnels for transparent bridging of
  networks

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PPPoE Access Concentrator

• Usage
• For Ethernet LANs, to assign IP addresses to
  workstations, e.g.
• Multi-apartment buildings
• Offices, to provide user authentication and
  accounting
• Schools and universities, computer classes
• Connections to Wireless ISPs
• Connections to xDSL providers

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PPPoE Access Concentrator

• Advantages
• User authentication
• 128bit tunnel between the workstation and the
  PPPoE Access Concentrator
• Easy user management using RADIUS server

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VPN

• 128bit encrypted tunnels
• Applications
• Permanent tunnels between routers
• PPTP Access Concentrator for many clients
  (Windows workstations) and mobile clients (work
  from home and while traveling)

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Ethernet over IP (EoIP) Tunnels

• Application
• To bridge Ethernet LANs
• Can be used together with PPTP tunnels
• Bandwidth can be limited over the tunnels
• Providers can sell bandwidth to the corporate
  customers for their Intranet needs

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2.4GHz Access Point

• Can be used as IEEE 802.11b AP in several ways
• Simple Access Point
• Wireless AP and Ethernet router in one box
• Wireless AP and PPPoE Access Concentrator
• Can have several wireless interfaces
• Can be a wireless client and an AP
• Can be used to register other APs and bridge the
  networks

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Synchronous Adapters

• Cyclades PC300 V.35 Synchronous
• For leased lines with baseband modems, supports
  Frame Relay
• Cyclades PC300 E1/T1
• For leased lines
• MOXA C101 V.35 Synchronous

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Training

• Topics
• MikroTik RouterOS Installation and Configuration
• Wireless Network Planning and Developing
• LAN Development using PPPoE Protocol
• Contact us
• sales_at_mikrotik.com
• support_at_mikrotik.com

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PPTP Protocol

• Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
• Data Encryption over PPTP Links
• PPTP and Corporate Networks
• Bandwidth Management on PPTP Tunnels

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PPTP Applications
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Interconnecting Offices
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OSPF Backup
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OSPF Backup over PPTP
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Conclusions

• OSPF to be used for routing and connection backup
• VPNs (PPTP) to be used for secure (128bit
  encryption) tunnels
• EoIP for bridging the Ethernet LANs
• PPPoE Access Concentrator for secure access to IP
  networks