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 This **sponsored** podcast has us talking to Vladimir Kelman(CTO Kwikbit), Travis Carter(CEO US Internet), and Justin Miller about Kwikbit’s new 60Ghz radios! This week we talk about: This cast we talk about: Outdoor – 90 horizontal/40 vertical beam 128 antenna elements 1500′ range Adaptive resource allocation? RSTP Why RESTful API Kwikbit tools? k60x $499 … Continue reading The Brothers WISP – NEW Kwikbit 60Ghz Radios →

Greg talks to Tony Owens a lifelong technical sales leader. This week we talk about: Technical sales Consultitave selling Learning to be a manager Learning to be a leader Age = respect Pattern interrupt Showing vulnerability in your job People will rescue you, they want to save you Upfront contracts 3 seconds of guts Sandler … Continue reading Greg Talks 15 – Technical Sales, Vulnerability In Selling, Selling Techniques →

 This week Greg, Mike, Thomas, Tommy, and Andrew Cox talk for 2 HOURS about all sorts of things. This week we talk about: **Cambium Deal Link** Ole made a great first ansible playbook – it updates his unimus version! Greg has ansible playbooks for updating catalyst switch IOSs Greg has a playbook that connects … Continue reading The Brothers WISP 112 – UBNT Payment Gateway, Automation Layering, MTK netPower16P →

While there are existing ways (SNMP/SMS) to run scripts on RouterOS via external means, I’ve been meaning to show off a system I built based around Telegram Messenger – as it’s a relatively common one, and has a flexible API for interfacing with. I began this with the older MikroTik 4096 character variable limit in … Continue reading Making your router talk – MikroTik and Telegram Bot Scripting →

 Bob Beck shares his experience of participating in the OpenBSD project. He patiently discusses aspects of the project he likes and enlightens us about the some of the methodologies OpenBSD use to root out bugs in the OS / general Eco System. Thanks Bob. Join the patron only slack at http://patreon.com/thebrotherswisp Here’s the video:(if … Continue reading Bob Beck Interview on OpenBSD, libTLS, LibreSSL with Tom Smyth at EuroBSDCon 2018 →

I was fortunate enough to get my hands on a pair of MikroTik Audience devices to put through their paces. The Audience is a new device from MikroTik, and perhaps one of the first I’ve seen that is specifically targeted to a home environment, with the stylish exterior designed not just to be a wireless … Continue reading MikroTik Audience – review and teardown →

 This week Greg, Mikey, and Tomas do a lot with a little, and at the end we get a patented Mike rant in place of the normal Tomas one LOL This week we talk about: Warshipping WISPAPALOOZA 2019 Mikoritk trolled us with the “new hardware found in new NPK file”…thanks Obama ROS v7 alpha … Continue reading The Brothers WISP 98 – Warshipping, LACP Hashing, Switch Port Security →

 Greg Sowell, Justin Miller, and Justin Wilson get a live demo of 6 BGP peers loading on a CCR1016 running a build version of router OS version 7. We give all the details we have on the inner workings of the new engine. 3.5 million routes in around 3 minutes and the UI didn’t … Continue reading Mikrotik ROS V7 BGP CCR Performance – Leaked Video! →

We will be doing a panel surrounding routing with Mikrotik. It’s an open forum so if you don’t give us questions, then it’s going to get pretty boring, pretty fast. If you have questions, and won’t be able to attend, or are to shy to ask out loud, send them to us on facebook.com/thebrotherswisp or … Continue reading TBW Goes To MUM – Denver 2017 →

 This cast Greg is out of town so forgive the barking dogs please(I’m not just talking about Mike). We have Greg, Mike, and Tomas catching up on a LOT of hardware…like a lot a lot. This cast we talk about: FS.com’s CWDM/DWDM education FS free shipping/no tax from North American warehouses Inmates build PCs … Continue reading TheBrothersWISP 44 – Mikrotik EU MUM Announcements, Unifi In-wall, News →

 This cast we have Tomas, Miller, Mike, and Greg chatting it up. Greg is rocking his old robo mic, so let us know if the quality improved. I know my “P”s were a little harsh, I’ll put my pop filter back on. This cast we talk about: Upgrade your Cnpilots if they are running … Continue reading TheBrothersWISP 43 – UBNT/Mikrotik Exploits, UBNT Airmax AC Gen2, WISPAmerica Wrapup →

Tomas and Greg shoot the poop in a quick and dirty episode. We talk about : Licensed backhaul comparrison Upcoming Licensed Link show Unimus adds Telnet – “I told you so” Jimmy puts an AP on his drone for site surveys Anyone use Radwin PTMP? DWDM cheaper than CWDM at fs.com – CWDM 80km 10G … Continue reading TheBrothersWISP 40 – Licensed Backhaul List, DWDM vs CWDM Pricing, Fiberstore Switches →

This week has Greg, Mike, and Tomas(just before he caught a flight), doing a little news updating. We spoke a lot about telecom providers acquiring each other, and why we think it may be happening(spoiler alert, we complain about it hehe). We also talk a little about hardware and security. Topics include: Trango hidden root … Continue reading TheBrothersWISP 36 – Telecom Mergers, Hidden System Accounts, Brocade, hEX →

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***Warning*** Greg has mic issues, so please forgive the quality. It will be repaired for the next show Greg, Alex, Tomas, Mike(only for a moment unfortunately), and guest Quincy talk today about: Purchasing old towers Mikrotik changes(the good and the bad) Mikrotik CapsMan Here’s the video:(if you don’t see it, hit refresh)

Mike, Miller, and Tomas(how sad, no Greg) talk about staples, wireless headsets, new Mikrotik ROS releases, New Mimosa, new IgniteNet, and SSL certificates via Let’s Encrypt. Here’s the video:(if you don’t see it, hit refresh)

My good friend Greg was asking about how to store data to files onboard a MikroTik device so I thought I’d elaborate here with some information and examples. Before we get started, some things to note: While you can fetch and read the contents of any file, you are limited to working with 4096 character … Continue reading The basics of reading and writing files in RouterOS →

We are back peeps! Greg, Mike, Justin Miller, Justin Wilson, Alex, Tomas, and Tom chat about a few important things, and a lot of everything else. We gave a shout out to a few new people we’ve met, but please forgive me for forgetting a few(looking at you forestry service guys and Costa Ricans). Topics … Continue reading TheBrothersWISP 27 – US MUM 2016, Switches, Upcoming Events →

Spoiler alert, Mike has some new recording equipment, so let’s see what he does with it. Mike, Wilson and Miller went to WISPAmerica 2016 in Louisville, KY last week. We came out with six interviews that are of far better quality than last fall in Vegas. The show just started a week ago and we … Continue reading TheBrothersWISP – The Guys Go To WISPAmerica 2016 →

Mike(Mom), Tom, Tomas, Justin Miller, and Alex talk about how much they wish Greg was no this cast…but alas, he is not. Some of the things discussed: WISPAPalooza video interviews WISPAPalooza in general Cambium ePMP ICANN Mimosa B11 AirFiber NxN Docker NetXMS The Dude SDN\OpenFlow\Performant Networks\Bonding\ etc. New TBW formats Other stuff I probably forgot … Continue reading TheBrothersWISP 25 – Wireless Gear, Monitoring, SDN →

Andrew Cox, Mike(Mom), Tom, Tomas, Justin Miller, and Greg talk about the meaning of life and how routing makes it just a little bit better. I point out in the video that MTK donated money to, yet another, children’s hospital. I know they did this quietly, but people doing good things for a good reason … Continue reading TheBrothersWISP 26 – Mikrotik Newsletter 70, Switches, upcoming conferences →

Quote the Mike Hammett: “I apologize for the mess. It took us an hour to get started due to hangups on Greg’s end… enough to where he used up all of his time. Then I realized I had to manually control the camera (maybe at my own direction?). Tom Smyth, Justin Miller, Alex Hart and … Continue reading TheBrothersWISP 24 – The lame one without Greg →

Mike(Mom), Tom, Tomas(over achiever brother), Andrew Thrift(good looking brother), JJ(mad scientist brother), Alex(the normal one), and Greg(so bald it hurts) talk about life, love, and routers…mostly routers. Some of the things discussed: CCR1072 Mikrotik bugs Mikrotik new revision system with incremental bug fixes AirfiberX Unifi AC Mikrotik Cloud Hosted Router Here’s the video:(if you don’t … Continue reading TheBrothersWISP 23 – CCR1072, airfiberx, UBNT Gear, Mikrotik →

Mike, Miller, Tom and Greg went to the US MUM(well, Mike didn’t) and we have a little chat about it. Some of the things discussed: New MUM Hardware. Greg’s thoughts on said hardware. Mike’s IX midwest-ix Miller’s IX rva-ix OpenBGPd – openbsd bgp routing. BIRD – linux routing. FastTrack – fastpath with connection tracking. Greg’s … Continue reading TheBrothersWISP 22 – 2015 MUMs →

Mike and Wilson went to WISPAmerica 2015 and did a quick live event talking about everything new they saw. Quick input from Scott. Some of the things discussed: Telrad Mimosa Mike is giving away SFPs lulz. Lots-o-random things inbetween. Here’s the video:(if you don’t see it, hit refresh)

Mike and Wilson went to Wispapalooza and did a quick live event talking about everything new they saw. Joining in on the call was myself(Greg), Miller, Tom and JJ. Some of the things discussed: RF Elements Antennas New Unifi Controlling everything Ubiquiti Rocket X5 Lots-o-random things inbetween. Here’s the video:(if you don’t see it, hit … Continue reading TheBrothersWISP 20 – 2014 Wispapalooza →

It’s been ages since we’ve gotten together, but we had a pretty good showing. Greg Sowell, Tom Smyth, Justin Miller, Mike Hammet, and JJ Boyd talk shop. Some of the things discussed: GPON airFiber/New Ubiquiti Gear New Mikrotik gear – Thanks for assembling everything Andrew Cox! New Mimosa gear Observium monitoring tools Cacti monitoring tools … Continue reading TheBrothersWISP 18 – GPON, GAON, AirFiber, New Mikrotik, New Ubiquiti, Mimosa →

This one was somewhat spur of the moment, so we didn’t have the whole crew. JJ, Tom Smyth(obviously Irish), and myself(Greg). Some of the things discussed: New MTK Gear(CCR109, mAP, CCR1016-12S-1S+, CCR1072, CAPs Manager) AirFiber5 RIPE ARIN Here’s the video:(if you don’t see it, hit refresh)

We had the whole crew! JJ, Justin, Andrew, myself(Greg), and a special guest Bryon Jeffers from Missouri. Bryon did radio work for years, and now owns and operates a WISP. He is also heavy into Ham(I prefer bacon). Some of the things discussed: School E-Rate Program JJ’s Software Defined Radio (SDR) Codec2 FDMDV FreeDV BGP … Continue reading TheBrothersWISP 16 – Ham Radio, WISP Business Ideas, SDRs →

I’ve been wanting to pickup one of the Apple USB to Ethernet adapters for a while now, and as well as trying it with a bunch of mobile devices I had a change to plug it in and give it a try with my RB751G. As you can see the device is detected instantly (Tested … Continue reading Apple USB Ethernet Adaptor + RouterOS = Success →

In this one we have Greg(I have to apologize for my extreme tiredness in this one. I was on the tail end of a looooong sleepless week hehehe), JJ, Justin Wilson, and a new guest Justin Miller. I met Miller at the Vegas MUM and he’s been kicking around with us ever since. He is … Continue reading TheBrothersWISP 14 – Airfiber Installs With Miller →

As more and more people switch to netbooks; the ability to provision Operating Systems and boot iso’s over the network becomes highly useful. It has become quite common to see CD/DVD ROM drives removed altogether in mobile and even some desktop machines. Installing and booting machines using RouterOS as the bootp/tftp server is quite a … Continue reading RouterOS as a PXE (Net Boot) server →

Looks like they have a decent lineup scheduled…any of you guys going?

This is an email conversation between JJ, Greg, Mike, Andrew Cox, Andrew Thrift, Justin, Tom, and others. I thought you guys might find this interesting. We have been working on a mast site ( revisiting it since ) our Work on spacing out the Antennas last year, I was wondering about your opinions.. on Sectors… … Continue reading Antenna Recommendations For Mikrotik →

In this episode we have Myself(Greg Sowell), Justin Wilson, and special guest Tom Smyth. Tom is a trainer/consultant from Ireland. He is, quite frankly, insane. Inspite of, or more likely because of, his insanity he is also a lot of fun. Even though it was 3AM for him he stuck it out and had a … Continue reading TheBrothersWISP 13 – Meet Tom →

This is Justin and Greg just having a quick chat about nothing in particular…just the way I like it 😉 We talk a little about: Elastix MagicJack CCRs A little about the AU MUM…I need my ANDREWS! BFD MTK cable diagnostics Here’s the video:(if you don’t see it, hit refresh)

I don’t know if the followup is intended to be to the submitter via email or a reply in the forum thread however it seems a good idea to allow quick submission of confirmed issues. Can’t see any official post on the forum noting when it came about, but if you have any experience using … Continue reading MikroTik forum adds bug reporting →

Andrew was out sick for this one so it was just JJ, Justin and Greg. We tried out google huddle this go around and I have to say it was a success 🙂 We talked about: JJ read the airfiber manual…why would any self respecting man read a manual? We talk briefly about the Latvian … Continue reading TheBrothersWISP 7 – Airfiber – Latvian Mikrotik Videos – Mikrotik Basics →

I found this to be a very interesting read/listen (depending on your language you may want to enable the subtitles) to some of the history of MikroTik Also if you follow the video you’ll find the official MikroTik YouTube channel.

It’s been out over 2 months now and I’ve been running it on a test home router for 79 days personally so I figure it’s about time to make you all aware of just some of the new features in RouterOS v6.0beta1 Certificate upgrades: The built in certificate functions now allow creation of self signed … Continue reading RouterOS v6.0beta1 new feature review →

Disclaimer: I am not responsible for what you choose to do with this script and/or what damage you incur. It uses features of RouterOS in ways I have to assume they were not intended so user beware. I wrote a little script today that allows very simple load/bandwidth testing. Some suggested uses: – basic testing … Continue reading Simple RouterOS http load/bandwidth tester →

I’ve been following the progress of an online contact (http://twitter.com/slampt) who’s currently working on converting his house, car and bike to all support access via an RFID chip he had implanted in his hand. It’s not specifically network related but incredibly cool (IMHO) nonetheless. Click through to see a video of him having the RFID … Continue reading Crosspost – RFID enabling your life. →

This is my ongoing work at using multiple ADSL services and the Mikrotik PCC rules along with some inbound mangling to allow a single router to load balance traffic across as many non bonded links as required.

I am the user known as omega-00 on the mikrotik forums (see here) and as always am happy to be of assistance in all mikrotik related matters. I can be contacted via the email address listed in my forum profile or alternatively send an email to: admin at this domain dot com (if you can’t … Continue reading Consultant for hire →

If you are a regular listener or visitor to everything TBW, you already know about WISPAPALOOZA 2017. If not, go learn about it here. I thought a good topic to throw out some tips and tricks for first-time visitors as well as regular attendees. WISPAPALOOZA is held at the Rio in Las Vegas. Unlike many other … Continue reading Vegas tips for WISPAPALOOZA →