How to Exempt Specific Users or Groups from a Group Policy (GPO) in Active...
How to Exempt Specific Users or Groups from a Group Policy (GPO) in Active Directory Ever applied a GPO and suddenly your IT team starts calling you: “Bhai yeh browser kyun lock ho gaya?” Welcome to...
View ArticleHow to Enforce Browser Startup Page via GPO (Chrome & Edge) – Complete Guide...
Why This Matters In many enterprise environments, browser behavior is left unmanaged, leading to: Users bypassing internal portals Inconsistent access to business applications Increased support...
View ArticleDIY MikroTik Firewall Traffic Analytics / syslog-ng + MySQL + Python Log Parser
DIY MikroTik Firewall Traffic Analytics / syslog-ng + MySQL + Python Log Parser Author: Syed Jahanzaib ~A Humble Human being! nothing else Platform: aacable.wordpress.com Category: Linux / Security...
View ArticlePublish Legacy HTTP Applications Securely Using IIS Reverse Proxy (SSL...
Many enterprise environments still run legacy applications that only support HTTP and cannot natively handle SSL/TLS. Replacing these applications is not always immediately feasible, yet exposing them...
View ArticleOptimizing FreeRADIUS with Redis Authentication Cache (Complete Guide)
Author: Syed Jahanzaib ~A Humble Human being! nothing else Platform: aacable.wordpress.com Category: ISP Network Architecture Audience: ISP Network Engineers & System Administrators Disclaimer...
View ArticleDesigning NAS & BNG Architecture – MikroTik vs Carrier-Grade BNG (Juniper,...
Designing NAS & BNG Architecture for 50,000+ FTTH Subscribers (MikroTik vs Carrier-Grade BNG (Juniper, Cisco, Nokia, Huawei) Real-World ISP Engineering Perspective (MikroTik vs Carrier-Grade BNG)...
View ArticleHandling Stale PPPoE Sessions in MikroTik + FreeRADIUS
Handling Stale PPPoE Sessions in MikroTik + FreeRADIUS (Exact File Locations, unlag Placement, SQL Ownership, and Cron Responsibilities) Author: Syed Jahanzaib ~A Humble Human being! nothing else...
View ArticleImplementing Daily Quota-Based Speed Throttling in FreeRADIUS 3.2.x...
Author: Syed Jahanzaib ~A Humble Human being! nothing else Platform: aacable.wordpress.com Category: Corporate Offices / DHCP-DNS Engineering Audience: Systems Administrators, IT Support, NOC Teams,...
View ArticlePPPoE Connected but yellow icon/net not working at client
Author: Syed Jahanzaib ~A Humble Human being! nothing else Platform: aacable.wordpress.com Category: Corporate Offices / DHCP-DNS Engineering Audience: Systems Administrators, IT Support, NOC Teams,...
View ArticlePPPoE & Freeradius – ISP Guidelines
Author: Syed Jahanzaib ~A Humble Human being! nothing else Platform: aacable.wordpress.com Category: Corporate Offices / DHCP-DNS Engineering Audience: Systems Administrators, IT Support, NOC Teams,...
View ArticleQuick Notes – Mikrotik L2TP/IPSEC Server Configuration
In the past, at one of our remote office locations, we configured a PPTP VPN server to enable staff to work from home and perform their assigned tasks. However, since PPTP is less secure and is being...
View ArticleSYSPREP related notes
We use Sysprep to generalize a newly installed Windows system and prepare it for imaging with tools like WDS or Macrium. If Sysprep fails during execution, the first step in troubleshooting is to...
View ArticleMikrotik 7 Failover Script with ARP-PING and Source IP
Internet failover is essential to business health and resiliency. Failover prevents internet downtime that can cripple business operations. Automatic failover techniques automatically redirects...
View ArticleMikrotik IPSEC Tunel with SAP HEC !
Following post contains information on how we created IPSEC tunnel using our mikrotik router (CCR1036) with SAP HANA (High-performance ANalytic Appliance) HEC (Hana Enterprice [private] Cloud)....
View ArticleStory about Mass migration of SLD / VLAN’s / IP Pool / Wifi Mesh Loop /...
This post is a quick reference notes for myself on how I managed to rectify some of long pending IT related issues which were left by previous network team, including AD Domain S.L.D migration to FQDN...
View ArticleCallMeBot: Sending Alerts to Various Messaging Apps using APi
At multiple ISP’s or networks, I use either GSM Modems or 3rd party SMS API to send various information / alerts messages to admin or users , & it involves minor cost on a per sms basis or as...
View ArticleNAT types for console | a horror tale for gamers behind NAT
First of all, **What is NAT?** Network Address Translation (NAT) is designed for IP address conservation. It enables private IP networks that use unregistered IP addresses to connect to the Internet....
View ArticleRadius | Disconnect users after service change / user disable
Note for self In older version of radius manager, when OP disables any user account or change user service package , those changes doesnt take effect until the user disconnect/reconnect. Sometimes...
View ArticleModifying Expiration Time in Dmasoftlab Radius Manager
This post is published as a personal reference, It describes a method via which you can modify the user account expiration default time of 00:00:00 to some other time, so that middle night...
View ArticlePossibilities: Mikrotik PPP Disconnection/Yellow Sign Problems
Disclaimer! This is important! Every Network is different , so one solution cannot be fit/applied to all. Therefore try to understand logics & create or modify the solutions as per your network...
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