1996 headquarters riga latvia key people john tully ceo and arnis riekstins cto products routers firewalls revenue 202.39 million euros 2015 1 net income 61.37 million euros 2015 1 number of employees 160 2 slogan routing the world website www.mikrotik.com hap lite mikrot kls sia known internationally as mikrotik is a latvian manufacturer of computer networking equipment . it sells wireless products and routers . the company was founded in 1996 3 with the intent to sell in the emerging wireless technology market . as of 2015 the company has more than 160 employees . 2 contents 1 routeros 1.1 features 1.2 release history 2 routerboard 3 cloud core router 4 mikrotik user meeting mum 5 use in developing it markets 6 vulnerabilities 7 references 8 external links routeros edit the main product of mikrotik is an operating system based on the linux kernel known as the mikrotik routeros . installed on the company s proprietary hardware routerboard series or on standard x86 based computers it turns a computer into a network router and implements various additional features such as firewalling virtual private network vpn service and client bandwidth shaping and quality of service wireless access point functions and other commonly used features when interconnecting networks . the system is also able to serve as a captive portal based hotspot system . the operating system is licensed in increasing service levels each releasing more of the available routeros features . a ms windows application called winbox provides a graphical user interface for the routeros configuration and monitoring but routeros also allows access via ftp telnet and secure shell ssh . an application programming interface is available for direct access from applications for management and monitoring . features edit routeros supports many applications used by internet service providers for example ospf bgp multiprotocol label switching vpls mpls openflow . the product is supported by mikrotik through a forum and a wiki providing assorted and thematic examples of configurations . routeros supports internet protocol version 4 ipv4 as well as internet protocol version 6 ipv6 . the software provides support for virtually all network interfaces that the linux kernel 3.3.5 supports except wireless where the atheros chipsets are the only supported hardware as of routeros version 6.33 . release history edit routeros version 6 may 2013 4 routeros version 5 march 2010 routeros version 4 october 2009 routeros version 3 january 2008 routerboard edit the company manufactures a series of integrated circuit boards marketed under the name routerboard as well as accessory components which implement a complete hardware operating platform for routeros . the routerboard line combined with routeros is marketed at small to medium sized wireless internet service providers typically providing broadband wireless access in remote areas . products include pre assembled small office home office soho routers wireless 802.11 a b g n ac mimo and tdma devices for indoor and outdoor use and also bare routers in form of printed circuit boards pcbs for integration into custom solutions . also the routerboard line includes a series of mini pci and mini pci express wireless adapters supporting a range of ieee 802.11 protocols and designed to be used together with the router boards lineup . some routerboard boards and their versions are supported by third party linux based firmware notably openwrt . 5 6 7 8 9 top side of a routerboard rb493g 680 mhz mips cpu 256 mb of ram 10 11 close up of a routerboard rb493g one rs 232 port nine gigabit ethernet ports bottom side of a routerboard rb493g one usb 2.0 port 128 mb of flash microsd slot top side of a routerboard r52n m mini pci type iiia dual band wireless nic 12 bottom side of a routerboard r52n m top side of a routerboard rb14e pcie 1 card with a pcie switch that allows up to mini pcie cards to be used in a single slot 13 bottom side of a routerboard rb14e cloud core router edit ccr1072 in november 2012 mikrotik released the cloud core router integrated unit which is based on the tilera cpu supporting nine to 72 cpu cores 8 sfp minigbic interfaces as well as fast path packet forwarding between interfaces with independently tested 119 million packets and 80 gbit s forwarding rate 14 . this unit targets the medium sized network providers as well as try to be a well priced alternative to the other more well known brands . mikrotik user meeting mum edit the mum is a conference and exhibition about networking more targeted at mikrotik device users . started as a regular gathering of forum users in january 2006 the events are now taking place every few weeks around the world gathering hundreds of people at every event . the biggest event as of november 2015 update was in yogyakarta indonesia gathering 2650 people . 15 use in developing it markets edit see also information and communication technologies for development in 2004 a project began to build low cost internet infrastructure in rural mali . mikrotik routers and their operating system were chosen because of their low cost flexibility the fact that the system already had a substantial user base in mali and had a user interface deemed superior to other products . 16 mikrotik routers were also preferred for a wlan project in burkina faso 17 and mikrotik s proprietary nstreme protocol performed better than ieee 802.11 under the project s conditions . 18 in 2008 the municipality of piripiri piau state brazil decided to use mikrotik routers exclusively to build the infrastructure for providing free internet access . 19 mikrotik routers are also popular in the czech republic and hungary where they enjoy a good reputation . 20 under olpc program uruguay deployed a nationwide wireless network in schools . probably the largest mikrotik deployment in a country with a total population of 3 million . citation needed approximately 200 000 students received a small laptop which connected to mikrotik access points . vulnerabilities edit on june 15 2015 brian krebs an online reporter reported that recently researchers at the fujitsu security operations center in warrington uk began tracking the upatre trojan software being served from hundreds of compromised home routers particularly routers powered by mikrotik and ubiquiti s airos . 21 references edit a b p rn mikrot kla pe a palielin jusies l dz 61 37 milj.eur . lursoft . 2016 . a b mikrotik user meeting canada 2015 pdf . mikrotik.com . 2015 . mikrotik routers and wireless about mikrotik . mikrotik.com . retrieved 19 november 2015 . mikrotik routeros what s new in 6.0 2013 may 17 14 04 openwrt mikrotik routerboard rb493g . openwrt . 2013 06 24 . retrieved 2013 09 27 . openwrt forum openwrt adapted to fully support rb493g including sd . openwrt . 2013 . retrieved 2013 09 27 . openwrt on mikrotik routerboard 411 750 . poettner.de . 2011 05 27 . retrieved 2013 09 27 . routerboard 450g and linux . nexlab.it . 2009 04 12 . retrieved 2013 10 16 . rb500 linux sdk . mikrotik.com . 2008 . retrieved 2013 10 16 . openwrt mikrotik routerboard rb493g june 2013 routerboard routerboard 493 ah g user s manual pdf september 2011 routerboard routerboard r52n m 802.11 a b g n dual band minipci card pdf routerboard rb14e adapter card pdf october 2013 stubarea blog . retrieved november 2015 . check date values in access date help mum webpage . mikrotik . 2015 . retrieved november 2015 . check date values in access date help flickenger rob ; et al. december 2007 . wireless networking in the developing world a practical guide to planning and building low cost telecommunications infrastructure pdf . wndw.net 2nd ed . . p. 321 . oclc 227819886 . retrieved 19 november 2008 . langobardi federico 2007 . boulsat project radio network implementation by low cost technology pdf . master s thesis politecnico di torino . p. 78 . bartalesi r. ; catusian s ; langobardi f. 8 august 2007 . radio network implementation by low cost technology a case of study pdf . pisa ingegneria senza frontiere university of pisa . pp. 3 4 . retrieved 19 november 2008 . filho paiva 16 october 2008 . secret rio fala da implanta o da internet gr tis . meionorte.com in portuguese . jornal meio norte . retrieved 19 november 2008 . diga se de passagem o que h de mais moderno em equipamentos para este seguimento onde utilizaremos os r dios da mikrotik . trauch adam 7 november 2008 . mikrotik sezn men s wi fi krabi kou . root.cz in czech . retrieved 19 november 2008 . mikrotiky jsou velmi popul rn u poskytovatel bezdr tov ho p ipojen a ohlasy od u ivatel jsou v t inu kladn . crooks use hacked routers to aid cyberheists . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to mikrotik . official website routerboard home page official user forum mikrotik wiki mikrotik user meeting mum official youtube channel want wireless broadband today try a wisp enabling openflow v1 .0 on mikrotik routerboard 750gl a tutorial 31 october 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