When setting up a network device, there is always a chance to lose a communication with it due to applying an incorrect configuration.
If you are far away from the device, this can be especially bad 😱.
Lucky owners of MikroTik routers can minimize such risks by using a safe mode feature.
From this note you will find out what is the MikroTik safe mode feature, how to use it and how to change the default timeout. (more…)
MikroTik RouterOS has a very powerful firewall implementation and for ones who are not very familiar with networking it may be complex to figure out how to configure it properly.
In this note you will find a basic information that can help you to understand better how MikroTik firewall works.
Also, on the example of the default MikroTik firewall config, I will explain each of the rules. (more…)
A MikroTik router’s WiFi password can be found in the “Wireless” menu of the WinBox/WinFig interface.
If you look for the WiFi password there, you may see that it is hidden behind asterisks and it seems the only you can do is to changed it.
This short note shows how to unhide the MikroTik router’s WiFi password in the WinBox/WinFig interface and how to display it through a command line interface (terminal). (more…)
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…)
MikroTik RouterOS has a very powerful firewall implementation.
It is enabled by default and contains that rules that allow to ping to your MikroTik router from outside, access it from LAN and drop everything from WAN.
This short note shows how to list firewall rules on a MikroTik router through the WinBox/WinFig interface or from the command line. (more…)
The very common usage of a MikroTik WiFi router is to create a password protected wireless access point (WAP).
In this post I will show a very quick overview for beginners on setting up the WAP on the MikroTik router with the WiFi.
To start configuring the WiFi on the MikroTik router is is required to connect to it using a WinBox/WinFig (RouterOS graphical configuration tools) or over SSH, for once who prefer working in a command line. (more…)