MikroTik Failover Setup with LABS

Name: MikroTik Failover Setup with LABS
Rating: 4.8 (248 reviews)

Have a smooth failover setup using MikroTik and keep your users connected to the internet if any ISP failure happens

Created byMA ICT B.V

Last updated 5/2019

English

What you'll learn

Configure Failover between 3 ISP's links
Understand what is the distance in the route
Connecting your router to 3 ISPs
Use mangle rule to have the Failover working smoothly
Understand what is the job of Mark routing and where to use it
Be able to access your router from outside via any IP provided from the different ISPs
Understand the usage of torch while doing troubleshooting
Detect the ISP failure using recursive route
Understand what is the scope and target scope
Understand how to use Netwatch tool with scripting for the Failover

Course content

6 sections • 15 lectures • 2h 39m total length

Intro - Connect your router to 3 different ISPs1:20
This is an introduction of what we are going to do in the upcoming LAB.
Connecting your router to ISP1 (static) and ISP2 (DHCP) routers15:45
In this LAB, I am going to show you how you can configure your router to connect to ISP1 router via a static IP, and how you can configure to connect to ISP2 router via DHCP. I will show you that the internet service will work on both routes (ISP1 and ISP2)
Connecting your router to ISP3 via PPPoE and adjust the routes distance15:23
This is the 2nd part of the LAB and I am going to show you how you can connected to the 3rd ISP from your router and have internet service via the PPPoE, and I will show you how you can make priority for the routes of the 3 different ISPs. Finally I am going to see if everything will be working from my PC and check if I can get connected to the internet.

Introduction - Link Failover NAT problem1:38
Solve NAT problem with ISP’s link Failover - Part 114:47
When the main ISP link goes off then on again, this will cause the disconnection on the running connections. For this reason, there is a need to solve the problem on the router using the mange rules. In this lecture, I will explain why the ping stop working after the PPPoE ISP3 link is activated again after being off.
Solve NAT problem with ISP’s link Failover - Part 214:52
In this part, I am going to show you how to configure the mangle rule to solve the NAT problem when the an ISP link goes off and on again, then I will do a test to check that the problem is completely solved

Introduction to Dynamic IP problems2:25
Solve Dynamic IP problem on PPPoE and DHCP21:53
After having added 3 different routes manually in the previous LAB, It can happen that the ISP change the Gateway that he is providing to us via DHCP and PPPoE. This will cause a problem to the routes that I have created in the previous LAB to have the failover working properly. For this reason, we need a solution for that and this is what I am going to show you in this LAB.

Introduction - Reaching the Failover router from the internet2:04
This is an introduction video explaining the problem of reaching the Failover router from the internet.
Understanding the problem and the solution to reach the Failover router from14:36
In this lecture, I will explain what is the problem of reaching the Failover router on any of the IP's provided from the 3 ISP's and how to solve the problem using the mangle rules (Input and output chains)
Reaching the Failover router from the internet on any IP provided by the 3 ISP’s10:40
In this lecture, I will show you with a LAB what you need to make as a configuration on R1 in order to be able to reach it on any of its outside IP addresses provided by the 3 ISP's. We are going to use mangle rules for Input and Output chain, and use the Mark Routing that was created in the previous LAB so the solution works for us.

Requirements

Have a good knowledge on Mikrotik
Understand how DHCP, PPPoE work
Have a solid networking knowledge

Description

Failover setup using MikroTik is a very important topic and very required to be implemented in our network in case we are connected to the internet via 2 or more ISP's. However, if the Failover setup is not properly configured then this can lead to many problems to our users who wants to get connected to the internet.

In this course, I will explain to you why we need to have Failover and how to configure it so in case the main ISP goes offline then the backup will be working directly and this is seamless to the users. After configuring the Failover, I will dive into more LABS showing you what problems can encounter with the Failover configuration and how to solve those problems in a way that the Failover will be working all the time with no any problem.

The course will be based on real LABs scenarios with step-by-step so you are able to understand each topic and able to apply that in your real network.

If you need to configure Failover setup properly on MikroTik, this course will help you to do so.

Who this course is for:

MikroTik Engineers working in companies
Students who want to learn new skills

MikroTik Failover Setup with LABS

What you'll learn

Explore related topics

Course content

Connect your Router to 3 different ISP’s Routers3 lectures • 32min

NAT and Link Failover3 lectures • 31min

Dynamic IP problem with manual created routes2 lectures • 24min

Reaching the Failover router from the internet3 lectures • 27min

Failover with Recursive routes to be able to ping DNS Addresses on the internet2 lectures • 21min

Failover using Netwatch Tool and scripts2 lectures • 23min

Requirements

Description

Who this course is for: