MikroTik RouterOS v7.5 stable released

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MikroTik RouterOSv7

MikroTik RouterOS v7.5 stable released

The pace of development for MikroTik RouterOS version 7 has definitely sped up in 2022 and we are seeing the results in improved stability and features added.

As of August 31st, 2022, MikroTik moved ROS v7.5rc2 into v7.5 stable

MikroTik Routers and Wireless – Software

Noteworthy additions

dhcpv6-relay – not being able to relay a PD request from a delegating router for IPv6 has been a limitation of MikroTik routers for a while so getting this fixed has a big impact on scaling MikroTik IPv6 deployments

RTSP helper – The addition of a Real Time Streaming Protocol helper is a great addition to ROSv7 to make NAT traversal for realtime applications (IPTV, SIP and IP cameras) easier.

A good overview of the discussion leading up to the addition of RTSP is here: RTSP Helper – MikroTik

l3hw – fixed hw offloaded NAT – This feature still has some issues as IP ArchiTechs recently filed a bug (SUP-91389) where src-nat traffic that carries an H flag in the connection table will die after 1 hour with a 10G load on the router. Once this feature receives further bug fixes and testing, it’s going to be very useful for high capacity but low cost NAT44 gateways.

lte – this category got a significant amount of development work as there are numerous fixes with many relating to the Chateau devices.

wifiwave2 – There was also a significant amount of development in wifi wave 2 which included notable additions like 802.11k for roaming.

 vrrp – added “sync-connection-tracking” compatibility with preemption-mode – this is a long awaited feature that showed up early in ROSv7 but did not have pre-emption mode capabilities. The addition of connection synching between routers positions MikroTik routers much closer to traditional enterprise firewall vendors so that failover between devices can include connections.



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Networking CLI Rosetta Stone

Changing between network operating systems is one of the most challenging things for new engineers. Most people learned cisco cli due to their extensive training system or got on the job training for whatever their company runs.

We are hoping to make moving back and forth between network operating systems a little easier with some useful show and operational commands for Mikrotik, Juniper, Cisco, and IP Infusion. There are in detail usages of these commands on stubarea51.net.

OSPF Commands

MikroTikJuniperCiscoIP Infusion
routing ospf neighbor printshow ospf neighborshow ip ospf neighborshow ip ospf neighbor
routing ospf interface printshow ospf interfaceshow ip ospf interfaceshow ip ospf interface
routing ospf instance print detailshow ospf overview briefshow ip ospf 1show ip ospf 1
routing ospf lsa printshow ospf databaseshow ip ospf databaseshow ip ospf database
ip route print where ospf=yesshow route protocol ospfshow ip route ospfshow ip route ospf

routing ospf area-border-router print
show ospf route abrshow ip ospf border-routersshow ip ospf border-routers

routing ospf as-border-router print
show ospf route asbrshow ip ospf border-routersshow ip ospf border-routers

MPLS – LDP Commands

MikrotikJuniperCiscoIP Infusion
mpls ldp neighbor printshow ldp neighborshow mpls ldp neighborshow mpls ldp neighbor
mpls ldp interface printshow ldp interfaceshow mpls interfacesshow ldp interface
mpls forwarding-table printshow route forwarding-table family mplsshow mpls forwarding-tableshow mpls forwarding-table
mpls remote-bindings printshow ldp databaseshow mpls bindingshow mpls ilm-table
mpls local-bindings printshow ldp databasesh mpls ip binding localshow mpls ilm-table
mpls printshow mpls label usagesh mpls ldp parametersshow mpls label-space 0

BGP Commands

MikroTikJuniperCiscoIP Infusion
routing bgp peer print briefshow bgp summaryshow ip bgp summaryshow ip bgp summary
routing bgp peer print statusshow bgp neighborshow ip bgp neighborshow ip bgp neighbors
routing bgp advertisements print peer=peer_nameshow route advertising-protocol bgp 172.31.254.2show ip bgp neighbor 172.31.254.2 advertised-routesshow ip bgp neighbors 172.31.254.2 advertised-routes
ip route print where received-from=peer_nameshow route receive-protocol bgp 172.31.254.2show ip bgp neighbor 172.31.254.2 received-routesshow ip bgp neighbors 172.31.254.2 received-routes
ip route print where bgp=yesshow route protocol bgpshow ip route bgpshow ip route bgp
routing bgp peer refresh peer1clear bgp neighbor 172.31.254.2 soft-inboundclear ip bgp 172.31.254.2 soft inclear ip bgp 172.31.254.2 soft in
routing bgp peer resend peer1clear bgp neighbor 172.31.254.2 softclear ip bgp 172.31.254.2 soft outclear ip bgp 172.31.254.2 soft out

Let us know what other commands you would like to see in our rosetta stone to make switching network operating systems a breeze.