ShellHacks

When you’re working in a command line interface you may sometimes have a desire to empty a terminal screen from messages and keyboard input.

Depending on an operating system there should be a command that can erase the contents of your terminal and display a prompt only (for example a clear command in Linux or a cls command in Windows).

Although a MikroTik RouterOS is based on Linux, there is no a command to clear the screen.

Nevertheless the terminal screen in the MikroTik RouterOS can be cleared using a keyboard shortcut. (more…)

MikroTik routers are very powerful, flexible and are widely used in all kinds of environments from a simple home to a large enterprise network.

For ones who are not familiar with networking and with the MikroTik routers particularly, it might be a bit challenging to connect to the new MikroTik router for the first time and access its management interface for the initial configuration.

From this article you will find out how to connect to the new MikroTik router for the first time using a direct connection via an Ethernet cable, connection over WiFi or through an ISP’s (internet service provider) router. (more…)

A MikroTik router reset, hard reset, factory reset and configuration reset are all synonyms for resetting the device to its original defaults.

If you reset your MikroTik router, you’ll clear its configuration and return it to the original state it was in when you purchased it.

For example, if you forget a password to the MikroTik router, you can reset it to the factory settings so it returns to the default password it originally came with.

Below you will find a short instructions of how to reset your MikroTik router. (more…)

To get access to any of MikroTik routers you need to know an IP address of the router and credentials, i.e. a username and password.

All the MikroTik routers are pre-configured with the default IP address as well as with the default username and password. (more…)