Mikrotik First time startup

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px; margin: 1.32em 0px 0.6em; padding: 0.35em 0.1em 0.3em 0px; position: relative;"> <span class="mw-headline" id="Overview">Overview</span></h2> <div style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"> After you have <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat !important; background-size: initial !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(103, 176, 69) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(103, 176, 69) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;">installed</span> the RouterOS software, or turned on the Router for the first time, there are various ways how to connect to it:</div> <ul style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; list-style-image: url(http://wiki.mikrotik.com/skins/gumax/arrow.gif); list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.1em 0.5em; padding: 0px;">Accessing Command Line <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD11" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat !important; background-size: initial !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(103, 176, 69) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(103, 176, 69) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;">Interface</span> (<a href="http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Console" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0080c0; text-decoration: none;" title="Manual:Console">CLI</a>) via Telnet, ssh, serial cable or even keyboard and monitor if router has VGA card.</li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.1em 0.5em; padding: 0px;">Accessing Web based GUI (<a href="http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Webfig" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0080c0; text-decoration: none;" title="Manual:Webfig">WebFig</a>)</li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.1em 0.5em; padding: 0px;">Using <a href="http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Winbox" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0080c0; text-decoration: none;" title="Manual:Winbox">WinBox</a> configuration utility</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"> Every router is factory pre-configured with <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat !important; background-size: initial !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(103, 176, 69) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(103, 176, 69) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;">IP address</span> 192.168.88.1/24 on ether1 port. Default username is <b>admin</b>with empty password.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"> Additional configuration may be set depending on RouterBoard model. For example, RB750 ether1 is configured as WAN port and any communication with the router through that port is not possible. List of RouterBOARD models and their default configurations can be found in <a href="http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Default_Configurations" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0080c0; text-decoration: none;" title="Manual:Default Configurations">this</a> article.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"> <h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px; margin: 1.32em 0px 0.6em; padding: 0.35em 0.1em 0.3em 0px; position: relative;"> <span class="mw-headline" id="Winbox">Winbox</span></h2> <div style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"> Winbox is configuration utility that can connect to the router via MAC or IP protocol. Latest winbox version can be downloaded from our <a class="external text" href="http://demo2.mt.lv/winbox/winbox.exe" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://wiki.mikrotik.com/skins/gumax/external.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #3366bb; padding-right: 13px; text-decoration: none;">demo router</a>.</div> <div style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"> Run Winbox utility, then click the <b>[...]</b> button and see if Winbox finds your Router and it's MAC address. Winbox neighbor discovery will <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD4" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat !important; background-size: initial !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(103, 176, 69) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(103, 176, 69) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;">discover</span> all <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD10" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat !important; background-size: initial !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(103, 176, 69) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(103, 176, 69) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;">routers</span> on the broadcast network. If you see routers on the list, connect to it by clicking on MAC address and <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD8" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat !important; background-size: initial !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(103, 176, 69) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(103, 176, 69) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;">pressing</span> <b>Connect</b> button.<a class="image" href="http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/File:Winbox-loader2.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0080c0; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Winbox-loader2.png" height="185" src="http://wiki.mikrotik.com/images/thumb/a/aa/Winbox-loader2.png/400px-Winbox-loader2.png" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle;" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"> Winbox will try <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD5" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat !important; background-size: initial !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(103, 176, 69) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(103, 176, 69) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;">download</span> plugins from the router, if it is connecting for the first time to the router with current version. Note that it may take about one minute to <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat !important; background-size: initial !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(103, 176, 69) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(103, 176, 69) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;">download all</span> plugins if winbox is connected with MAC protocol.</div> <div style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"> <i>This method <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD12" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat !important; background-size: initial !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(103, 176, 69) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(103, 176, 69) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;">works with</span> any device that runs RouterOS. Your PC needs to have MTU 1500</i></div> <div style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"> After winbox have successfully downloaded plugins and <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD7" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat !important; background-size: initial !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(103, 176, 69) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(103, 176, 69) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;">authenticated</span>, main window will be displayed:<a class="image" href="http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/File:Winbox-workarea.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0080c0; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Winbox-workarea.png" height="455" src="http://wiki.mikrotik.com/images/2/2f/Winbox-workarea.png" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle;" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"> If winbox cannot find any routers, make sure that your Windows computer is directly connected to the router with an Ethernet cable, or at least they both are connected to the same switch. As MAC connection works on Layer2, it is possible to connect to the router even without IP addressconfiguration. Due to the use of broadcasting MAC connection is not stable enough to use continuously, therefore it is not wise to use it on a real production / live network!. MAC connection should be used only for initial configuration.</div> <div style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"> <br />Follow <a href="http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Winbox" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0080c0; text-decoration: none;" title="Manual:Winbox">winbox manual</a> for more <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD9" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat !important; background-size: initial !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(103, 176, 69) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(103, 176, 69) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;">information</span>.</div> <div style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"> <br /></div> <div style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"> <h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px; margin: 1.32em 0px 0.6em; padding: 0.35em 0.1em 0.3em 0px; position: relative;"> <span class="mw-headline" id="WebFig">WebFig</span></h2> <div style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"> If you have router with default configuration, then IP address of the router can be used to connect to the Web interface. WebFig has almost the same configuration functionality as <a href="http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:First_time_startup#Winbox" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0080c0; text-decoration: none;">Winbox</a>.</div> <div class="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 16px; text-align: center; width: 745px;"> <div class="floatnone" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"> <a class="image" href="http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/File:Webfig-2.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0080c0; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Webfig-2.png" height="435" src="http://wiki.mikrotik.com/images/thumb/a/ae/Webfig-2.png/680px-Webfig-2.png" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 5px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle;" width="640" /></a></div> </div> <div style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"> Please see following articles to learn more about web interface configuration:</div> <ul style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.5em; list-style-image: url(http://wiki.mikrotik.com/skins/gumax/arrow.gif); list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.1em 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Initial_Configuration" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0080c0; text-decoration: none;" title="Manual:Initial Configuration">Initial Configuration with WebFig</a></li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.1em 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Webfig" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0080c0; text-decoration: none;" title="Manual:Webfig">General WebFig Manual</a></li> </ul> <h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px; margin: 1.32em 0px 0.6em; padding: 0.35em 0.1em 0.3em 0px; position: relative;"> <span class="mw-headline" id="CLI">CLI</span></h2> <div style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"> Command Line Interface (CLI) allows configuration of the router's settings using text commands. Since there is a lot of available commands, they are split into groups organized in a way of hierarchical menu levels. Follow <a href="http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Console" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0080c0; text-decoration: none;" title="Manual:Console">console manual</a> for CLI syntax and commands.</div> <div style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"> There are several ways how to access CLI:</div> <ul style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.5em; list-style-image: url(http://wiki.mikrotik.com/skins/gumax/arrow.gif); list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.1em 0.5em; padding: 0px;">winbox terminal</li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.1em 0.5em; padding: 0px;">telnet</li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.1em 0.5em; padding: 0px;">ssh</li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.1em 0.5em; padding: 0px;">serial cable etc.</li> </ul> <div style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"> <br /></div> <h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; color: #222222; font-size: 16px; line-height: 16px; margin: 1em 0px 0.3em; padding: 0.2em 0.1em 0.3em 0px; position: relative;"> <span class="mw-headline" id="Serial_Cable">Serial Cable</span></h3> <div style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"> If your device has a Serial port, you can use a console cable (or <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Null_modem_cable" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0080c0; text-decoration: none;" title="Null modem cable">Null modem cable</a>)</div> <div style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"> Plug one end of the serial cable into the console port (also known as a serial port or DB9 RS232C asynchronous serial port) of the RouterBOARD and the other end in your PC (which hopefully runs Windows or Linux). You can also use a USB-Serial adapter. Run a terminal program (HyperTerminal, or Putty on Windows) with the following parameters for All RouterBOARD models except 230:</div> </div> <div style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 16px;"><pre style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgb(192, 192, 192) 0px 0px 12px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 238, 0.701961); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; color: #444444; font-family: monospace, Courier, Arial; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 20px; margin-top: 12px; overflow-x: visible; padding: 10px; width: 685px;">115200bit/s, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity, flow control=none by default. </pre> </span><div style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"> RouterBOARD 230 parameters are:</div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 16px;"><pre style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgb(192, 192, 192) 0px 0px 12px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 238, 0.701961); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; color: #444444; font-family: monospace, Courier, Arial; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 20px; margin-top: 12px; overflow-x: visible; padding: 10px; width: 685px;">9600bit/s, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity, hardware (RTS/CTS) flow control by default. </pre> </span><div style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"> If parameters are set correctly you should be able to see login prompt. Now you can access router by entering username and password:</div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 16px;"><pre style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgb(192, 192, 192) 0px 0px 12px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 238, 0.701961); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; color: #444444; font-family: monospace, Courier, Arial; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 20px; margin-top: 12px; overflow-x: visible; padding: 10px; width: 685px;">MikroTik 4.15 MikroTik Login: MMM MMM KKK TTTTTTTTTTT KKK MMMM MMMM KKK TTTTTTTTTTT KKK MMM MMMM MMM III KKK KKK RRRRRR OOOOOO TTT III KKK KKK MMM MM MMM III KKKKK RRR RRR OOO OOO TTT III KKKKK MMM MMM III KKK KKK RRRRRR OOO OOO TTT III KKK KKK MMM MMM III KKK KKK RRR RRR OOOOOO TTT III KKK KKK MikroTik RouterOS 4.15 (c) 1999-2010 http://www.mikrotik.com/ [admin@MikroTik] > </pre> </span><div style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"> Detailed description of CLI login is in <a href="http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Console_login_process" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0080c0; text-decoration: none;" title="Manual:Console login process">login process section</a>.</div> <h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; color: #222222; font-size: 16px; line-height: 16px; margin: 1em 0px 0.3em; padding: 0.2em 0.1em 0.3em 0px; position: relative;"> <span class="mw-headline" id="Monitor_and_Keyboard">Monitor and Keyboard</span></h3> <div style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"> If your device has a graphics card (ie. regular PC) simply attach a monitor to the video card connector of the computer<i>(note: RouterBOARD products don't have this, so use Method 1 or 2)</i> and see what happens on the screen. You should see a login promt like this:</div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 16px;"><pre style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgb(192, 192, 192) 0px 0px 12px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 238, 0.701961); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; color: #444444; font-family: monospace, Courier, Arial; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 20px; margin-top: 12px; overflow-x: visible; padding: 10px; width: 685px;">MikroTik v3.16 Login: </pre> </span><div style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"> Enter <b>admin</b> as the login name, and hit <b>enter</b> twice (because there is no password yet), you will see this screen:</div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 16px;"><pre style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgb(192, 192, 192) 0px 0px 12px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 238, 0.701961); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; color: #444444; font-family: monospace, Courier, Arial; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 20px; margin-top: 12px; overflow-x: visible; padding: 10px; width: 685px;"> MMM MMM KKK TTTTTTTTTTT KKK MMMM MMMM KKK TTTTTTTTTTT KKK MMM MMMM MMM III KKK KKK RRRRRR OOOOOO TTT III KKK KKK MMM MM MMM III KKKKK RRR RRR OOO OOO TTT III KKKKK MMM MMM III KKK KKK RRRRRR OOO OOO TTT III KKK KKK MMM MMM III KKK KKK RRR RRR OOOOOO TTT III KKK KKK MikroTik RouterOS 3.16 (c) 2008 <a class="external free" href="http://www.mikrotik.com/" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://wiki.mikrotik.com/skins/gumax/external.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #3366bb; padding-right: 13px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.mikrotik.com/</a> Terminal ansi detected, using single line input mode [admin@router] > </pre> </span><div style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"> Now you can <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD6" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat !important; background-size: initial !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(103, 176, 69) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(103, 176, 69) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;">start</span> configuring the router, by issuing the <b>setup</b> command.</div> </div> </div> </div>

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