RoMON Features
Secure Layer2 access to MikroTik devices via:
- – Physical connection
- – Through a Layer2 tunnel
Discovery and Management of the Mikrotik devices via:
- – Ping
- – SSH
- – Winbox
Discovery of RoMON devices over multiple hops
Tunnel Winbox connection to a remote location for
- management of RoMON enabled devices at the remote location
RoMON connection
RoMON enabled devices establishes a independent MAC layer peer discovery and data forwarding protocol
RoMON network operates independent from L2 or L3 forwarding configuration
Communication is based on the RoMON ID which is taken from the first MAC address of the board
Supports only Wireless and Ethernet like interfaces
MikroTik Proprietary protocol
RoMON configuration
RoMON device ID can be changed
Secret – global passphrase for communicatinon to other RoMON devices
RoMON Ports
Interfaces on which RoMON can do communication
Different Cost Interfaces
- – Same Cost used for TX/RX
Override Secret for Interfaces
RoMON using Winbox
- Connect to RoMON enabled router using v3.x Winbox with IP or MAC address
RoMON using Winbox
- Select the routers RoMON ID to connect to
- RoMON Winbox Features
- Using a RoMON enabled network device connection it is possible to connect to any RoMON enabled device which is reachable from the host device
- Provides easy Winbox management withing remote networks like it would be a local network
- Drag-and-drop supported to upload files to the remote RoMON device
