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Although Mikrotik equipment doesn’t offer any stacking features, using VLANs can give you much of the same functionality (making it function like a whole) except for central management. This also solves the problem that the CRS226 switches really can’t do any routing at all.

Yeah sure, for you, probably. But I do use all of these features for various purposes. If anything it gives me better control and easier troubleshooting.  As an example, I’ve really grown to dislike combined router/switch/wireless equipment and would much rather have it all separated! Using Mikrotik routerboards, it won’t even cost you more either!

Track availability of all network devices. All devices visible to Mikrotik device can be tracked, including: LAN connected devices and both Wireless and CAPsMAN from Mikrotik wireless package.

A new hacking technique used against vulnerable MikroTik routers gives attackers the ability to execute remote code on affected devices. The technique is yet another security blow against the MikroTik router family. Previous hacks have left the routers open to device failures, cyptojacking and network eavesdropping.

The hacking technique, found by Tenable Research and outlined on Sunday at DerbyCon 8.0 in Louisville, Kentucky, is tied to the existing directory traversal bug (CVE-2018-14847) found and patched in April. That vulnerability was rated medium in severity and impacted Winbox, which is a management component and a Windows GUI application for MikroTik’s RouterOS software.

While MikroTik patched CVE-2018-14847 in early August, a recent scan by Tenable Research revealed only approximately 30 percent of vulnerable modems have been patched, which leaves approximately 200,000 routers vulnerable to attack. MikroTik’s RouterOS powers the company’s business-grade RouterBOARD brand, as well as ISP/carrier-grade gear from the vendor.

“Based on Shodan analysis, there are hundreds of thousands of MikroTik deployments worldwide, with strong concentrations in Brazil, Indonesia, China, the Russian Federation and India. As of the October 3, 2018, approximately 35,000 – 40,000 devices display an updated, patched version,” Tenable Research wrote.

The read version of the vulnerability is currently being exploited by a number of different campaigns. In August, it was reported 3,700 MikroTik routers were being abused in a cyptojacking campaign. Last month, 360 Netlab reported that 7,500 MikroTik were forwarding their owners’ traffic to eavesdropping cybercriminals. MikroTik routers have also been targeted by threat actors behind the malware VPNFilter who also used CVE-2018-14847.

On Sunday, Tenable Research also announced it had discovered additional MikroTik RouterOS vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities include a stack buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2018-1156), a file upload memory exhaustion (CVE-2018-1157), a www memory corruption (CVE-2018-1159) and a recursive parsing stack exhaustion (CVE-2018-1158).

MikroTik Routers and Switches provide all the features necessary for network administrators to secure and monitor their networks and are suitable for companies of any size. The solution is ideal for creating Wi-Fi hotspots, connecting multiple servers, setting up firewalls and VPNs, and distributing bandwidth. MikroTik"s user-friendly dashboard helps you interact easily with your hardware. With MikroTik"s user interface, you can obtain real statistics by user or IP address and monitor bandwidth consumption.

Highly customizable: Flexible scripting policies and configuration options enable users to enhance the functionality of MikroTik"s various products. MikroTik routers also offer hotspot profiles, which allows admins to create different customizable guest user authentication profiles.

Built-in firewall: MikroTik offers a very powerful firewall implementation with multiple features, including state inspection, layer-7 protocol detection, and peer-to-peer protocols filtering.

MikroTik stands out among competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its reasonably priced products and its user-friendly user interface, which makes it easy to work and communicate with its hardware.

Parameshwar P., a director at Navyug Networks, writes, "I like MikroTik"s GUI. It"s completely handy andeasy to handle because of its GUI. Despite other brands like Cisco urging me to switch, I didn"t because they don"t have a GUI. This is the most comfortable thing in my project that anyone can use easily. It’s effortless to maintain MikroTik routers because both screens make it very easy in GUI mode. You can easily interact with your hardware.”