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Re:MikroTik RouterOS v7 stable released by izacus on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @12:15PM (#29475262)
Nope, it's really not for noobs. Basics things you can get via click on other SoHo routers like sane default firewall configuration, NAT loopback or simple VPN setup do not exist here. Setting up a Mikrotik is more akin to setting up a DSL connection on 1992 Linux - it's all "technically" available in the UI, but the UI is just a clickable version of all the CLI complexity and you need to know network terminology to get to capability of a default SoHo router configuration.

Having said that - if you know network setup very well, then Mikrotiks are very powerful and allow for network setups that are much more flexible than consumer equipment.

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Re:MikroTik RouterOS v7 stable released by groone on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @04:28PM (#29478450)
But once you know that you need a NAT loopback, you can quickly follow instructions on internet to create that rule.
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Re:MikroTik RouterOS v7 stable released by izacus on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @03:32AM (#29482387)
Well, I've been fighting this for two years now and it still doesn't work, sooooo :)

(Also configuring IPv6 correctly is also a special hell that's far away from clicking "enable IPv6" on my previous ASUS)

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Re:MikroTik RouterOS v7 stable released by Railander on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @07:44AM (#29484045)
Their firewall is iptables wrapped in a really nice GUI.

The criticism on their firewall might as well be a criticism on iptables (which IMO is completely valid, even after years I still have doubts about what a certain rules structure is going to do).

iptables itself is extremely unintuitive (although extremely powerful and flexible), but their GUI makes it more manageable.

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