Table ‘conntrack.tabidx’ doesn’t exist
Short reference: While accessing RM users section , received “Table ‘conntrack.tabidx‘ doesn’t exist” error. As showed in the image below … This is how I fixed it. On your RM box, create a file in...
View ArticleMikrotik: WAN Data Monitoring via Scripting
As requested by few , specially from PK who are using PTCL DSL links and on few packages, PTCL have embossed Quota limit of 300GB (or likewise) and if the user exceed this limit, some penalty or extra...
View ArticleExtending Linux Partition in VMWARE ESXI
Reference Guide to extend partition size in Linux hosted on vmware TASK: Linux (Centos) is hosted in Vmware , Current size of disk is 10 GB, and we want to expand it to 15 GB. First turn off the...
View ArticleWindows 7 WEATHER GADGET ‘not working’ workaround!
From past few days, clients reported that Weather gadget stopped working with error “cannot connect to service …” After doing some googling, it was revealed that dueto some security concerns...
View ArticlePlaying with the Mikrotik’s PCC
Following post is an reference guide or scrapbook, which have working codes for following. Dual WAN PCC with 2 DSL modems [configured in bridge mode] and dialing is done via mikrotik Port forwarding...
View ArticleHowto display combined values of two interfaces in single MRTG graph
If you want to view combined value for two or more interfaces in single mrtg graph, here is the simple way to go… [thanks to MRTG which supports simple math formulas as well :) ] Example: On...
View ArticleShort Notes Series: Adding VPN (PPTP) Dialer in Linux
Assalam Va Alaykum, Following are short notes on How I added VPN [pptp] client in Linux [initially in centos, later I will add commands for Ubuntu as well] to a mikrotik base pptp vpn server....
View ArticleFun With SMS Management System [playSMS]
This post is a drafted version, You may miss many details in it. I will sanitize it and add more details with CHANGE-LOG later … Recently I installed playsms at a network [where Radius manager...
View ArticleSharing Ideas … Mikrotik with Kannel/playSMS
Just to share an old idea gathered in year 2008 … Scenario: Mikrotik is configured with User Manager. playSMS with Kannel is already configured and working in separate box (Ubuntu) Task: Renew...
View ArticleGive your hardware some freedom of Speech ;)
CHANGE LOG: 23-05-2015 – Added few functions in mt.sh to avoid SSH delay bug with mikrotik and to avoid false result Recently I was working on a SMS reporting system to somehow receive some...
View ArticleSharing Ideas … Renew Expired User Account via SMS in DMASOFTLAB Radius Manager
EXPANDING POSSIBILITIES DMASOFTLAB RADIUS MANAGER ACCOUNT RENEWAL VIA SMS USING REFILL CARD Sharing another theory which can actually work and can be modified to perform about any function which is...
View ArticleSharing Ideas … Get User Account Info via SMS in DMASOFTLAB Radius Manager
1- TASK The task was to provide user a method to inquire his/her account information via sending SMS in specific format to the Billing system. In this example, we are using DMASOFTLAB Radius Manager...
View ArticleModem Status and SIM Balance check with Mail Alert
Task: Requirement of daily reporting for the Modem status and SIM balance via email. In this example I had DLINK DWM-156 USB Modem attached with Linux base system [Ubuntu 12.4]. This system had...
View ArticleMikrotik with Cisco VLAN made easy
~!~ Mikrotik with Cisco VLAN made easy ~!~ ~!~ For Beginners ~!~ Virtual LANs (VLANs) are a solution to allow you to separate users into individual network segments for security and other reasons....
View ArticleGnuplot = The DADA ABBU (Grandfather) of Graphing done via CLI
Whatis Gnuplot: As defined the Wikipedia. … Gnuplot is a command-line program that can generate two- and three-dimensional plots of functions, data, and data fits. It is frequently used for...
View ArticleSend Expiry Alert via SMS/Email For Freeradius/Mysql Users
As some one asked me on howto send sms (or possibly email) to users whose expiry is after XX days in freeradius/mysql base billing system, Here is a simple script to do the task. It’s not very...
View ArticleSending Email on Router Reboot with Logs and LASTSEEN time !
Task: To send email when the router reboots because of any power or other issue, the email should include the time of router failure and its restore time in the email subject, [for quick viewing] ....
View ArticleFreeradius/mysql Account Expiry SMS notification Script using...
This post is somewhat very specific to PK base bulk sms provider API. Its a simple bash script made on someone’s request [who had a custom billing system based on freeeradius/mysql] and it can be used...
View ArticleRADIUS Redundancy by using MYSQL Master-Master Replication
In this Guide, I will show you howto create replica of your radius server so that in case of any server failure , you can instantly switch to backup server with the latest data available. In this...
View ArticleModifying MYSQL table to add hh:mm in date to facilitate Radius Manager SMS...
Personnel Notes: For future retrieval of the code Task: DMASOFTLAB Radius Manager have the limited facility to send sms on different events like account creation welcome msg, expiry, password...
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