ForestVPN on MikroTik and RouterOS
Step-by-step guides for running ForestVPN on a MikroTik router: containers, RouterOS settings, routing choices and what to check afterwards.
- October 29, 2026 · 14 minutes read
MikroTik WireGuard: native or container VPN
Two ways to run a VPN client on RouterOS 7, the built-in WireGuard interface or a container, with commands run on a virtual router and CPU cost on real boards.
- October 29, 2026 · 8 minutes read
MikroTik container RAM: a measured VPN budget
Measured RAM and storage for a VPN container on a MikroTik cAP ax and a virtual CHR: memory-current, router free memory, flash use and what memory-high does.
- October 29, 2026 · 9 minutes read
MikroTik FastTrack and tunnel traffic
What RouterOS FastTrack skips, why a mangle mark or tunnel route can stop seeing a flow, and the exemption rule that fixes it, with a CHR counter run.
- October 29, 2026 · 12 minutes read
MikroTik kill switch, tested with a leak probe
A RouterOS 7 kill switch in three rules, then a 100 ms probe on a CHR with the tunnel stopped: what leaked, what stayed silent and why rule order matters.
- October 16, 2026 · 13 minutes read
MikroTik vs OpenWrt as a VPN router
Two shipped ways to run one VPN client on a home router, a RouterOS 7 container or an OpenWrt package: what each needs, how it routes and what is unverified.
- October 16, 2026 · 9 minutes read
MikroTik WireGuard connected, no internet
A RouterOS 7 WireGuard tunnel can handshake and still carry nothing. Route tables from a CHR lab run show the three causes and the command that names each.