Anyone know the user ID + password for telnet session to the STB? Trying to check connectivity from the stb, configuring my RB750G midway, and still figuring out the Vlan600 with IPTV. The rest works like a charm. Vlan500 is required for pppoe connection.

Anyone using Mikrotik RB750G with successful iptv?

Alex, you had yours setup on RB750G?

My RB750G is running fine with PPPoE over vlan500 with internet. However, the can't figure out the vlan600 for IPTV as there are many way to work on vlan with this unit (bridging, native chip switch..etc). My Dlink is dead, so i couldn't sniff the iptv packet that dlink is sending for me to figure out how the IPTV network should look like.

There is actually a GUI call webbox which is one of the better router config tool i've seen for RB750B. Infact, the web GUI allows you to download it straight off from the router itself (not internet).

RB750B is for those who would like a better control over their firewall rules. Indeed it is one helluva router, but no WiFi.

That telnet command meant for masquerade. That was already done. I was more into the setup of ethernet, vlan (or bridging). Need to resolve that one first. Masquerade works fine and my network can reach outside to internet, just the IPTV.

Yes, i've got it from landasan $310.

Not yet bro, still trying to figure out how to bridge it. You've got a working setup?

Finally have my Unifi working on Mikrotik RB750B router with IPTV. Now i can junk the dlink for good. Manage to configure the router accordingly after TM came to replace my dead Dlink which allows me to sniff the iptv packet.

I was harping on the wrong setup all the while. IPTV packets doesn't go through PPPoE but rather just directly to TM server. If you disconnect PPPoE, your IPTV will still work. All the while i was configuring my router to be Q-in-Q thinking it is the PPPoE also trunking vlan600 frame.

The STB box will make direct DHCP call to get IP from TM, without your PPPoE. From then on, it is between STB and TM. So even if your Unifi account is locked or password changed, your STB can still work. I believe the MAC address of STB is registered with TM. Stupid me of setting up internal DHCP server distributing IP for STB and trying to NAT + Masq it earlier.

The setup is just to bridge the physical ethernet (link to stb) against vlan600 setup on the wlan ethernet for IPTV. Ensure no firewall is placed on bridge.

For PPPoE, just create vlan500 under the physical ethernet link to wlan. Confugre PPPoE under this vlan500.

Sorry bro, typo. It is RB750G (gigabit version). Landasan is selling it at $310. They were telling me it was selling well for resolving Unifi, so i guess many folks who made the purchase knew that they are able to configure this thing. Not sure how many they have left. I'll drop in a quick setup screenshot (and maybe some terminal commands) later in the evening.

One thing for sure, i've not have any jitters or lagging IPTV. Been running it for few days now without any glitch. You can see from the switch a constant 8mbps just for the IPTV alone and about 5-10% CPU utilisation (even if i've blasted it with huge download via VIP5).

IPTV STB -> HDMI -> LCD TV

nothing in between (at least for now, until i get an AV receiver that supports HDMI)

Joeaggas,

I am using Mikrotik RB750G with successful connection. You'll need to do this:

1) remove any bridge you have right now (so it won't interfere with what you are going to start with). Bridge will be needed later for IPTV setup, but get on with your PPPoE first.

2) Setup vlan with ID 500 (under interface->vlan) and attach it to Ethernet1 (assuming you are using Ethernet1 to connect to the BTU). So under winbox you'll see
Ether1
+-- vlan1.500

3) Create a PPPoE interface and have it attached to the vlan ID 500 that you've created above. Ensure that the Enable service tag is unchecked.
4) Immediately, you'll see it get connected.
5) ensure you create a NAT to masq the srcnat.

i am working out a longer set of instructions to get the pppoe + iptv setup for RB750G. Juggling between work and this...stay tuned.

For IPTV,

1) use ether5 (my choice)
2) setup ether5 to be neither master nor slave. That means bound to "none". So this will not enable the switching function under this physical port (cos we want to bridge it)
3) setup vlan ID 600 under ether1 (yes, that wan port to btu). You probably have a vlan ID 500 under this ehter1 as well for PPPoE.
4) Create a bridge, call it bridge.iptv.
5) Put the vlan ID 600 interface created above and ether5 under this bridge->port . That mean you are bridging vlan 600 (under ether1) + ether5 physical port itself. Traffic going out via port1 will have vlan ID 600 tagged.
6) still in the bridge window, you'll see a button "bridge setup" (i think), uncheck Bridge for firwall, vlan and pppoe (yes, all 3 unchecked)
7) hook up the STB to ether5 port and power up the box. Have fun.

* as for your DHCP bit, i don't think it is the dhcp server. Disconnection here could be other stuff, check if you have mis configure any other interface with bridge. Your management port (probably ether2) should only hold dhcp and an IP address. nothing else.

Congrats for getting it running


1. we are not using the switch function based on my instruction (we've disabled it by putting neither on master nor slave). So switch->vlan will not do anything here. The bridge is just between physical port 5 and vlan600 of port 1.
2. Just plug in to any slave port (3 or 4 in your case). Ensure you disable the dhcp server in the wifi AP, get the router to be the dhcp server so it can do the NAT for you.

I've used the bridge method rather than switch since i've yet to get switch config to work. This will be my eventual aim (provided if i have the time). Hardware switch chip built onto the router board is faster than the software bridge. But i am not going to complain since it barely sweat the CPU with bridge and everything works like a charm.

* you can address me as Mister ...heh.

Don't forget to beef up the router with firewall rules, but don't implement all rules in one go. Test out your connections after the rules. You'll be surprised with the amount of crap we are getting from internet. Set firewall rules to "drop" them.

RB750G is not for everyone. It is just a pure router without Wifi. It is only for folks who would like more flexible options that the RouterOS can offer. Stuff like QoS, fine grain control of firewall, integrated L2TP for VPN within the router, flexibility of setting up your options, monitoring of traffic, connecting to other routers and of course a solid hardware + router OS which is supported by many. For many, the RB250GS should be sufficient for resolving the Unifi issue in conjunction with out-of-the box router+wifi meant for mass users.

RB750G is RM $310, you can get it from Landasan. Not sure if they still have stock.

This post has been edited by oreomambo: Sep 25 2010, 05:33 PM

Billytong,

Exactly. If one doesn't have any other purpose for a full fledge router other than using it for internet + iptv, then a RB250GS will suffice. For my case, i want to trunk home network to office with another router, but only allowing certain type of traffic through

You can safely ignore the webbox. Web interface administration for RouterOS is quite minimal and you can't really do much. WInbox is the way to go. Check out their terminal window from winbox. One of the better command line tool around that does real time check (with color code) as you type.

Sorry for the late reply.

Reach out fo this URL below and scroll down. There is a sample firewall rule which is more generic.

http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:IP/Firewall/Filter

No point putting virus firewall by port. You'll never be able to chase everything. Let the AV software do the job instead.

I've not been doing torrent for a very long time, so kinda lost touch. You could assign a fix port in your torrent software and configure port forwarding on Mikrotic via that port forwarding. Try this one..

http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Forwarding_a..._an_internal_IP

klseet,

Just saw this (been away) You are welcomed. Thanks for putting up the instructions which will help out the rest with RB750/RB750G. The setup is indeed straightforward, but i've spent quite sometime figuring out the IPTV at first because i had a faulty Dlink and without a sample to sniff the dlink packet for IPTV on how it behaves. Once i had that replaced, only know that IPTV packet doesn't go through PPPoE at all.
That is why some people may be having problem with internet connection, but still watching IPTV without problem.
Anyway, good luck with firewall

I am using my TP Link wireless AP (TD-W8960N) to connect to the RB750G.