TzNog2

Held in Mwanza, 2014

With Mahina, one of the Instructors

Meet Patrick Okui from NSRC. one of the smartest IT guy and Instuctor

With Instructor Andy Linton and Hans Kuhn from NSRC

And this guy, He is my Supervisor. one of the coolest person you could work with. He is Bryson Justin

MikroTik: Wireless Repeater

A wireless repeater (also called wireless range extender) takes an existing signal from a wireless router or access point and rebroadcasts it to create a second network.

After you have configured your MikroTik router and you want to extend the wireless accessibility, here are few simple steps you need to follow to configure the other router as a repeater;

1.a) Let us say your wireless SSID of the first router is MainRouter.

On the Repeater go to wireless interface and scan to connect to the first router. If this is successful then on SSID you will see the name of the first router "MainRouter".

b) Configure the Wireless Distribution System.

While still in the Wireless Interface, Click on WDS and select Dynamic on WDS Mode. And WDS Default Bridge should be Bridge-Local, if you have configured your local IP Address on it.

2. a) Now add the Virtual Interface by clicking on the + sign and selecting VirtualAP. It should appear as Wlan2. Click the Interface to configure Wireless SSID. Let us call the SSID: To_Clients. Master interface should be wlan1.

b)Then, Configure the WDS of Wlan2 as you have configured the previous one.

3. Go to Bridge and add ports ; wlan2 and wds2 if they did not appear by default.

4. If the main router had 192.168.88.1, then give the repeater another IP, say 192.168.88.2 it should work fine without IP but put it anyway to avoid confusions.

5. Go to wireless Security Profile and make sure that it has the same keys as the main router.

And there you go! Enjoy the Looong range of your wireless network.

How to setup Website Filter on D-Link DIR series router DIR-655

To setup Website Filter on D-Link DIR-655 Router.

Step 1: Open your web browser and type in the IP address of the router (192.168.0.1 by default).

Step 2: Enter the username (admin) and password (blank by default), and then click Ok or Log In .

Step 3: Click the Advance Tab and Website Filter on the left hand side of the screen. Select the option “Deny computers access to ONLY these sites” under Configure Website Filter below. You will be indicating what websites should be blocked or restricted on this router. Once your done click Save Settings.

Step 4: Next go-to the Access Control Tab and check the box to Enable Access Control. On Access Control you will need to setup a policy on the router for the Website Filter. Click Add Policy and follow the wizard.

Step 5: Click Next.

Step 6: Name the policy and click Next.

Step 7: Select a schedule and click Next.

Step 8: Select the machine(s) to which this policy applies by IP or MAC address and click Next.

Step 9: Select Filtering Method and click Next.

Step 10: Enable or Disable Web Access Logging and click Next.

Step 11: You should now see the policy listed at the bottom under Policy Table. Click Save Settings.

Configuring MikroTik Router

Winbox or browser can be used to do this. The demonstration here below is by using Winbox.

1. Go to Wireless tab on the left hand-side. on the screen that appears, choose the interface that is there and go to WIRELESS on the screen that has appeared.

The Mode by default is AP-bridge, and that is what it should be.

On SSID is where you put the name of the wireless you prefer

Next go to WDS Tab

configure as the image below demonstrates

2. While you are still on Wireless

Go to SECURITY PROFILE and click on the default interface that is there

WPA and WPA2 Pre-shared key is where you put your wireless security key/password

3. To configure IP Addresses, go to IP on the left handside of the screen and then choose ADDRESSES

Configure the public IP on ether1-gateway interface and private IP on the bridge-local interface

4. To configure the GATEWAY, Go to IP then ROUTES

Click the + sign to add the gateway interface. on the screen appeared, type the gateway on the gateway space

5. To configure DNS, go to IP then DNS.

On the screen that appears, type the DNS on the Servers space.

6. To configure the DHCP, go to IP then DHCP Server.

On the screen that appears, choose DHCP Setup and click next, next,.... if you have no changes to make. make sure the DHCP interface is the one you configured the private IP address.

And you are done.

ENJOY THE INTERNET :-)