BGP route flaps and slow convergence can turn a brief link failure into packet loss, asymmetric routing, and customer-facing service disruption. This article explains a practical MikroTik RouterOS approach to faster BGP failure detection, stable route origination, monitoring, and staged testing—helping ISPs, WISPs, municipalities, and enterprise networks improve routing resilience without creating unnecessary instability.
Manual MikroTik backups often fail when they are needed most, leaving networks exposed to extended outages, configuration loss, and costly recovery efforts. Learn how Link Technologies, Inc. helps organizations automate router backups, version control, and management with Admiral, CloudV3, and custom network engineering services.
Choosing a network consulting partner is about more than technical skill, it requires responsiveness, accountability, documentation, and the ability to scale when your organization needs help most. This article explains how Link Technologies, Inc. combines more than 20 years of practical engineering experience, a staffed support team, a structured help desk process, and an established MikroTik relationship to deliver dependable long-term network consulting. See why customers trust Link Technologies, Inc. for urgent troubleshooting, major infrastructure projects, and ongoing technical guidance.
MikroTik has released critical RouterOS security updates addressing six vulnerabilities, including two rated CVSS 9.2 and vulnerabilities now being actively exploited. MikroTik administrators should upgrade immediately, secure all management access, and review Internet-facing devices for possible compromise.
This project demonstrates how a MikroTik ROSE Data Server (RDS) can run Zabbix directly on RouterOS to monitor a production network with more than 500 devices. Using six 1TB NVMe drives in RAID5, the system is processing approximately 355 monitoring values per second while using only 2GB of RAM and 1.2–2% CPU, showing just how capable the RDS can be as an all-in-one network monitoring and storage platform.
Dennis Burgess is the Chief Technical Officer and a shareholder of Link Technologies, Inc., with more than 20 years of experience designing, building, and optimizing enterprise, ISP, and WISP networks. As a MikroTik Certified Trainer and industry-recognized network engineer, he has helped thousands of organizations solve complex routing, switching, wireless, and RF planning challenges while contributing to the growth of the broadband industry through leadership, consulting, and the development of TowerCoverage.com.
This article examines the growing threat of DDoS extortion campaigns targeting Internet Service Providers (ISPs), drawing on real-world incidents investigated by Link Technologies, Inc. It explains how these attacks differ from ransomware, outlines three practical levels of DDoS defense, and provides actionable strategies that ISPs and network operators can implement to improve resilience against modern large-scale attacks.
Merging two OSPF networks is far more complex than simply establishing a neighbor relationship. Without proper planning, issues such as duplicate Router IDs, overlapping IP address space, improper area design, redistribution loops, and excessive LSA flooding can lead to routing instability and network outages. This article explores the most common challenges, recommended migration strategies, and industry best practices to help ensure a successful OSPF integration.
Traceroute is one of the most valuable network troubleshooting tools available, but it is also one of the most misunderstood. This article explains why routers from Cisco, Juniper, MikroTik, and other vendors intentionally deprioritize ICMP responses generated by their control plane, often causing apparent packet loss on intermediate hops while forwarding production traffic without issue. By understanding how traceroute, ICMP, and modern router architectures work together, network engineers can accurately distinguish between harmless diagnostic behavior and genuine forwarding problems.
This article explains how recent router compromises, highlighted by national security advisories, are typically the result of outdated software and misconfiguration rather than vendor-specific flaws. It outlines how proper firmware management, firewall design, and lifecycle awareness significantly reduce risk. It also emphasizes the role of proactive support, such as services from LinkTechs, in maintaining secure and reliable network infrastructure.
