MIKROTIK CLOUD MANAGEMENT FOR THE WHOLE FLEET
WinBox and SSH are excellent tools for one router. They stop scaling somewhere between ten routers and ten thousand. Starfleet Hub runs MikroTik routers as a fleet, with configuration templates, remote access behind CGNAT, live telemetry, and the customer and billing layer your business runs on.
THE CEILING ON PER-DEVICE TOOLING
RouterOS gives an operator deep control of one router. Central management of many RouterOS devices normally means per-device WinBox or SSH sessions, scripts, or self-hosted tooling you maintain yourself.
That model has a ceiling. Every change is a session. Every fleet-wide standard is a script somebody wrote, and config drift arrives the first time a site gets a manual fix that never makes it back into the script.
The tooling around it is thinning out too. The Dude, MikroTik's free monitoring tool, was discontinued in March 2026, and many operators now want a replacement for fleet monitoring. MikroTik itself publishes a Made For MikroTik directory of third-party management software. The vendor points fleet operators at platforms, because RouterOS central management at scale is a platform job.
The gaps compound in the field. Routers behind carrier-grade NAT, common on Starlink sites, cannot be reached without VPN plumbing at every site. RouterOS has no built-in concept of your partners and customers, and no billing layer. If you run MikroTik fleet management for a connectivity business, per-device tools leave the hardest parts to you.
MANAGE MULTIPLE MIKROTIK ROUTERS FROM ONE CONSOLE
RouterFleet is the multi-vendor router layer of the Starfleet Hub platform. See the full platform for everything around it.
Configuration Templates
Define router configuration once and push it to a single device or the whole fleet, with per-device overrides where a site needs an exception. Every push is queued, executed, and audited, so fleets stay consistent instead of drifting.
Remote Access Behind CGNAT
Managed routers connect outbound to the platform over an encrypted tunnel. No public IP, no inbound firewall rules, and no per-site VPN administration are required, so routers behind Starlink carrier-grade NAT stay reachable.
Live Telemetry and Actions
Interface throughput, health, and status are collected continuously and charted in the portal. Reboot a router remotely, push configuration, run diagnostics, or start a live speed test against the nearest test server.
One Mixed-Vendor Fleet
Manage MikroTik, Peplink, Teltonika, TP-Link, and Starlink routers through one interface, with new vendors added through the same adapter model. One console for every router in the field, next to the dishes they sit behind.
Multi-Tenant and White-Label
Strict partner and customer scoping is enforced at every layer. Partners present the portal, invoices, and notifications under their own brand, and each partner controls exactly what their customers can see and do.
The Business Layer
On the Starlink side, the platform adds hierarchical data pools, four plan types, throttling, top-ups, and reseller billing. The router fleet and the connectivity business it carries live in one place.
RouterFleet is an optional module, available on request. FleetMesh, the private site-to-site networking module that can give a fleet a fixed egress IP, is also an optional module, available on request.
PER-DEVICE TOOLS VS A FLEET PLATFORM
WinBox, SSH, and RouterOS scripts are excellent at what they were built for. The honest comparison is scale and the business layer, not quality.
| Capability | Per-device RouterOS tooling (WinBox, SSH, scripts) | Starfleet Hub |
|---|---|---|
| Central config templates | Per-device sessions, or scripts you write and maintain | Define once, push to one router or the fleet, per-device overrides, every push audited |
| Remote access behind CGNAT | Needs a public IP, port forwarding, or a VPN you build per site | Outbound encrypted tunnel from each router, no inbound rules at any site |
| Mixed-vendor fleet | RouterOS tools manage RouterOS devices | MikroTik, Peplink, Teltonika, TP-Link, and Starlink in one console |
| Fleet telemetry and alerts | Per-device graphs, or self-hosted monitoring you operate | Continuous telemetry charted in the portal, with alerts across the fleet |
| Customer and tenant separation | Not built in | Multi-tenant partner and customer hierarchy with white-label branding |
| Starlink accounts and data pools | Out of scope | Pools, plans, throttling, and top-ups across your Starlink contracts |
| Billing | Out of scope | Reseller invoicing, payments, and margin reporting |
A fair summary: per-device tools monitor and configure a router. Starfleet Hub runs the whole mixed fleet and the business around it.
MIKROTIK MANAGEMENT QUESTIONS, ANSWERED
Can I manage MikroTik and Starlink together?
Yes. Starfleet Hub manages MikroTik routers alongside Starlink terminals, and alongside Peplink, Teltonika, and TP-Link routers, from one console. The router that serves a site and the dish that connects it appear in the same portal, with telemetry, alerts, and remote actions for both. On the Starlink side the platform adds data pools, plans, and reseller billing, so the connectivity business lives in the same place as the hardware.
How do I reach a MikroTik router behind Starlink CGNAT?
Managed routers connect outbound to the platform over an encrypted tunnel. No public IP, no inbound firewall rules, and no per-site VPN administration are required at any site. That makes routers behind Starlink carrier-grade NAT reachable for configuration pushes, reboots, diagnostics, and live speed tests, with every command queued, executed, and audited.
Does Starfleet Hub replace The Dude?
The Dude was discontinued in March 2026, and many operators are looking for a replacement for fleet monitoring. Starfleet Hub covers fleet health, telemetry, alerts, and remote actions for the routers it manages: MikroTik, Peplink, Teltonika, TP-Link, and Starlink. It is not a generic SNMP monitor for arbitrary network devices. If your fleet is routers and Starlink terminals, it covers the day-to-day monitoring job. If you also monitor switches, servers, and printers, keep a general monitoring tool for those.
Can I apply one configuration to many MikroTik routers?
Yes. Configuration templates let you define a configuration once and push it to a single router or the whole fleet, with per-device overrides where a site needs an exception. Every push is queued, executed, and audited, which keeps large fleets consistent instead of drifting one session at a time.
Is my customers' data separated per tenant?
Yes. Starfleet Hub is multi-tenant, with strict partner and customer scoping enforced at every layer. Each partner controls what their customers can see and do, white-label branding presents the portal under the partner brand, and an append-only audit log records who did what, when, on which resource.
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