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Manual:RouterOSfeatures
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Contents
1RouterOSfeatures
1.1HardwareSupport
1.2Installation
1.3Configuration
1.4Backup/Restore
1.5Firewall
1.6Routing
1.7MPLS
1.8VPN
1.9Wireless
1.10DHCP
1.11Hotspot
1.12QoS
1.13Proxy
1.14Tools
1.15Otherfeatures

RouterOSfeatures
RouterOSisMikroTik'sstandaloneoperatingsystembasedonlinuxv3.3.5
kernel.ThefollowinglistshowsfeaturesfoundinthelatestRouterOSrelease:

HardwareSupport
i386compatiblearchitecture
SMPmulticoreandmultiCPUcompatible
Minimum32MBofRAM(maximumsupported2GB,exceptonCloud
CoredevicesandCHRinstallations,wherethereisnomaximum)
IDE,SATA,USBandflashstoragemediumwithminimumof64MB
space
Networkcardssupportedbylinuxv3.3.5kernel(PCI,PCIX)
Partialhardwarecompatibilitylist(usermaintained)
Switchchipconfigurationsupport

Installation
M:Netinstall:FullnetworkbasedinstallationfromPXEorEtherBoot
enablednetworkcard
Netinstall:InstallationtoasecondarydrivemountedinWindows
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CDbasedinstallation

Configuration
MACbasedaccessforinitialconfiguration
WinBoxstandaloneWindowsGUIconfigurationtool
M:Webfigadvancedwebbasedconfigurationinterface
Powerfulcommandlineconfigurationinterfacewithintegratedscripting
capabilities,accessiblevialocalterminal,serialconsole,telnetandssh
APIthewaytocreateyourownconfigurationandmonitoring
applications.

Backup/Restore
Binaryconfigurationbackupsavingandloading
Configurationexportandimportinhumanreadabletextformat

Firewall
Statefullfiltering
SourceanddestinationNAT
NAThelpers(h323,pptp,quake3,sip,ftp,irc,tftp)
Internalconnection,routingandpacketmarks
FilteringbyIPaddressandaddressrange,portandportrange,IP
protocol,DSCPandmanymore
Addresslists
CustomLayer7matcher
IPv6support
PCCperconnectionclassifier,usedinloadbalancingconfigurations

Routing
Staticrouting
VirtualRoutingandForwarding(VRF)
Policybasedrouting
Interfacerouting
ECMProuting
IPv4dynamicroutingprotocols:RIPv1/v2,OSPFv2,BGPv4
IPv6dynamicroutingprotocols:RIPng,OSPFv3,BGP
BidirectionalForwardingDetection(BFD)

MPLS
StaticLabelbindingsforIPv4
LabelDistributionprotocolforIPv4
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RSVPTrafficEngineeringtunnels
VPLSMPBGPbasedautodiscoveryandsignaling
MPBGPbasedMPLSIPVPN
completelistofMPLSfeatures

VPN
Ipsectunnelandtransportmode,certificateorPSK,AHandESP
securityprotocols.HardwareencryptionsupportonRouterBOARD1000
(http://routerboard.com).
Pointtopointtunneling(OpenVPN,PPTP,PPPoE,L2TP,SSTP)
AdvancedPPPfeatures(MLPPP,BCP)
Simpletunnels(IPIP,EoIP)IPv4andIPv6support
6to4tunnelsupport(IPv6overIPv4network)
VLANIEEE802.1qVirtualLANsupport,QinQsupport
MPLSbasedVPNs

Wireless
IEEE802.11a/b/gwirelessclientandaccesspoint
FullIEEE802.11nsupport
NstremeandNstreme2proprietaryprotocols
NV2protocol
WirelessDistributionSystem(WDS)
VirtualAP
WEP,WPA,WPA2
Accesscontrollist
Wirelessclientroaming
WMM
HWMP+WirelessMESHprotocol
MMEwirelessroutingprotocol

DHCP
PerinterfaceDHCPserver
DHCPclientandrelay
StaticanddynamicDHCPleases
RADIUSsupport
CustomDHCPoptions
DHCPv6PrefixDelegation(DHCPv6PD)
DHCPv6Client

Hotspot
PlugnPlayaccesstotheNetwork
AuthenticationoflocalNetworkClients
UsersAccounting
RADIUSsupportforAuthenticationandAccounting
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QoS
HierarchicalTokenBucket(HTB)QoSsystemwithCIR,MIR,burstand
prioritysupport
SimpleandfastsolutionforbasicQoSimplementationSimplequeues
Dynamicclientrateequalization(PCQ)

Proxy
HTTPcachingproxyserver
TransparentHTTPproxy
SOCKSprotocolsupport
DNSstaticentries
Supportforcachingonaseparatedrive
Parentproxysupport
Accesscontrollist
Cachinglist

Tools
Ping,traceroute
Bandwidthtest,pingflood
Packetsniffer,torch
Telnet,ssh
EmailandSMSsendtools
Automatedscriptexecutiontools
CALEA
FileFetchtool
Advancedtrafficgenerator

Otherfeatures
Sambasupport
OpenFlowsupport
Bridgingspanningtreeprotocol(STP,RSTP),bridgefirewallandMAC
natting.
DynamicDNSupdatetool
NTPclient/serverandsynchronizationwithGPSsystem
VRRPv2andv3support
SNMP
M3PMikroTikPacketpackerprotocolforwirelesslinksandethernet
MNDPMikroTikneighbordiscoveryprotocol,supportsCDP(Cisco
discoveryprotocol)
RADIUSauthenticationandaccounting
TFTPserver
Synchronousinterfacesupport(Farsynccardsonly)(Removedinv5.x)
AsynchronousserialPPPdialin/dialout,dialondemand
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ISDNdialin/dialout,128Kbundlesupport,CiscoHDLC,x75i,x75ui,
x75builineprotocols,dialondemand

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