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2026-04-09
Every streamer has encountered “dropped frames”. Often the problem isn’t a weak PC, but that the home network doesn’t know which traffic is more important. If someone in the next room starts …
Read more2026-03-27
In real infrastructure, access to GitHub is not always direct. Somewhere outgoing 22/tcp is blocked, somewhere HTTPS is unstable, DPI is in place, or the corporate network allows outbound only through an intermediate …
Read more2026-01-02
OpenVPN is a reliable and time-tested VPN protocol that allows organizing secure remote access to a local network. MikroTik RouterOS supports OpenVPN in server mode starting from version 6.x (TCP), and from version 7+ — …
Read more2025-12-24
Mikrotik routers are rightly valued by system administrators for their incredible flexibility. A unique feature of this hardware is that a budget home hAP lite and a powerful enterprise router costing thousands of …
Read more2025-09-16
Introduction Up to this point, we’ve used simple utilities for specific tasks: ping checked connectivity, traceroute showed the path, ipconfig and arp helped with the local network, telnet and nc tested ports. That’s …
Read more2025-09-15
Introduction A server’s IP address is like the postal address of an apartment building. But to reach the right apartment, you need the door number. In networking, these doors are ports. HTTP runs on port 80. HTTPS — on …
Read more2025-09-14
Introduction You’ve gone through all the checks from the previous articles: The computer has the correct IP address (ipconfig). The router responds (ping 192.168.1.1). Ping to a public address (ping 8.8.8.8) works. Looks …
Read more2025-09-13
Introduction In the previous article, we learned how to reach out to remote servers using ping and trace the path of packets with traceroute. But what if ping google.com doesn’t work, and traceroute stops right at the …
Read more2025-08-25
OpenVPN: A Time-Tested Standard Introduction In a world where the speed and simplicity of WireGuard have become the new standard, OpenVPN remains one of the most reliable and flexible VPN protocols. It works both on …
Read more2025-08-23
When Control Matters Most Services like Tailscale and NetBird are convenient, but they rely on a third-party control server responsible for authentication, key distribution, and route exchange. For those who, for …
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