RouterOS by Example, 1st Edition

RouterOS is an operating system that can turn a standard PC or X86 embedded board into a dedicated router, a bandwidth shaper, a transparent packet filter, or a wireless enabled device. It is also the operating system of the RouterBOARD, a hardware platform manufactured by MikroTik. The product can range from a very small home router to a carrier class access concentrator. If you need features and power on a budget, then read on. If you are new to MikroTik or RouterOS, this is going to astound you.

Stephen Discher is an entrepreneur and a1987 graduate of Texas A&M University. He makes his home in College Station, Texas where he lives with his wife and three children. A native of Texas, he has been in the technology field since 1983 when he worked part time as an electrical technician at a company that built offshore cable handling systems while he was attending college. Upon graduation, he started his first company, Deck Systems & Equipment, designing and building custom equipment for the offshore Geophysical industry. In 1999, he sold the company and began working as a consultant for numerous companies, all in the technology field. In 1993 he became involved with computers and networking and in 1999 joined as a partner in a telecommunications company American Cable Services placing, splicing and testing fiber optic cables for the telecommunications industry. In 2005, he sold his interest in ACS and began working as the Director of Operations for FIBERTOWN, a technology campus and Tier IV data center in Bryan, Texas. Simultaneously, he started Wickson Wireless, a WISP or Wireless Internet Service Provider in Bryan, Texas as well as obtaining all of the MikroTik certifications available as well as becoming a Certified MikroTik trainer. In 2010, he left FIBERTOWN to work full time at his WISP, teaching MikroTik classes and started a new company called ISP Supplies. In 2011, he sold Wickson Wireless to JAB Broadband and today works full time doing Mikrotik training, writing and running ISP Supplies. He is also a FAA certified instrument flight instructor and holds an Airline Transport Pilot license as well as a type rating in the Cessna Citation. In his spare time, he enjoys flying his 1941 Piper J3 Cub and camping with his family.