General Interface Settings
Document revision 1.2 (15-Apr-2003)
This document applies to the MikroTik RouterOS V2.7
MikroTik RouterOS supports a variety of Network Interface Cards as well as some
virtual interfaces (like VLAN, Bridge, etc.). Each of them has its own submenu,
but there is also a list of all interfaces where some common properties can be
configured.
Atheros 5GHz Wireless Interface
Bridge
Interfaces
CISCO/Aironet
2.4GHz 11Mbps Wireless Interface
Cyclades PC300 PCI Adapters
Ethernet Interfaces
EoIP (Ethernet over IP) Tunnel Interface
FarSync X.21 Interface
FrameRelay (PVC, Private Virtual Circuit) Interface
IPIP (IP over IP) Tunnel Interfaces
ISDN Interface
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunnel Protocol) Interface
MOXA C101 Synchronous Interface
MOXA C502 Dual-port Synchronous Interface
PPP (Point to Point Protocol) and Asynchronous Interfaces
PPPoE (Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet) Interface
PPTP (Point to Point Tunnel Protocol) Interface
PrismII Wireless Interface
RadioLAN 5.8GHz Wireless Interface
VLAN (Virtual LAN) Interface
Xpeed SDSL (Single-line Digital Subscriber Line) Interface
The Manual describes general settings for MikroTik RouterOS interfaces.
Submenu level : /interface
status (read-only) - shows the interface status.
name (string) - descriptive name of interface
type (read-only: arlan | atheros | bridge | cyclades | eoip-tunnel |
ether | farsync | ipip | isdn-in | isdn-out | l2tp-in | l2tp-out | moxa-c101- |
moxa-c502- | pc | ppp-in | ppp-out | pppoe-in | pppoe-out | pptp-in | pptp-out |
prism | pvc | radiolan | vlan | wlan | xpeed) - interface type
mtu (integer) - maximum transmit unit for the interface in bytes
In order to use the interface, its status must be 'Running'.
To see the list of all available interfaces:
[admin@MikroTik] interface> print
Flags: X - disabled, D - dynamic, R - running
# NAME TYPE MTU
0 R ether1 ether 1500
1 R prism1 prism 1500
[admin@MikroTik] interface>
Submenu level : /interface monitor-traffic
The traffic passing through any interface can be monitored.
One or more interfaces can be monitored at the same time.
In the example below ether1 interface will be monitored:
[admin@MikroTik] interface> monitor-traffic ether1
received-packets-per-second: 271
received-bytes-per-second: 148.4kbps
sent-packets-per-second: 600
sent-bytes-per-second: 6.72Mbps
[admin@MikroTik] interface>
In the next example we will monitor two interfaces at a time:
[admin@MikroTik] interface> monitor-traffic ether1,prism1
received-packets-per-second: 2 0
received-bits-per-second: 960.00bps 0.00bps
sent-packets-per-second: 2 0
sent-bits-per-second: 2.57kbps 0.00bps
[admin@MikroTik] interface>
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