DOCS
Documentation.
Everything from a 10-minute paste-and-go to running mikrotikfilters across a fleet. Most of the content lives under /firewall (rule recipes) and /guide (admin walkthroughs); this page indexes both plus the project-policy surfaces.
For depth beyond what we ship, help.mikrotik.com is the upstream source of truth.
Getting started
- Quickstart Paste-and-go default firewall rules — about 10 minutes.
- First connection to a fresh router Cabling, default 192.168.88.1, secure-the-admin-account.
- Backup & restore Binary backups, text exports, off-router pull commands.
- Upgrades & rollback Channels, downgrade hazards, RouterBOARD firmware step.
Firewall recipes
- Firewall hub All chain topics in one place.
- Input chain Protect the router itself.
- Forward chain Protect what the router routes for.
- IPv6 IPv6-specific rules. Diverges between v6 and v7.
- Winbox / SSH hardening Restrict the management surfaces.
- Services hardening Disable / restrict / TLS-protect IP services.
- NAT SOHO masquerade, port forwarding, hairpin.
Lists & subscriptions
Admin operations
Project & transparency
- About / mission Who runs this and why.
- Funding & transparency Bucketed totals, supporter counts, what the money pays for.
- Become a supporter One-time donations + monthly / yearly supporter perks.
- Security disclosure Responsible disclosure policy, /.well-known/security.txt, scope.
- Threat model What we defend against, what we don’t, the trade-offs behind both.
- Privacy policy What we collect, what we don’t, retention windows.
- Terms of service Use restrictions + responsibility split.