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Feb. 17, 2026

Mikrotik wireguard optimization

Most modern mikrotik can handle reasonable wireguard performance, but it is a CPU based encryption model, so there are some tweaks that can be made to improve performance. The following can be used to optimize for better wireguard behavior. However, it should be noted that unlike the IPSec capabilities that are measured and reported on the Mikrotik product pages for each platform, wireguard limits are not published for any mikrotik platform.