MikroTik

KiwiBloke

I had the same issue but i think its related to capital letters in the shares name (havent tested it though)

Creating a new share without capital letters worked fine.

Thanks, I'll give it a go tomorrow.

Still a bug though if it doesn't recognise Caps the name though, right?

KiwiBloke

Agreed! Just tried to set a share up using MT's own YT video, and nope wouldn't work. Turns out you can not even name a share now. You can using terminal, but it is nowhere to be seen in winbox or even when you print /ip/smb/share in terminal. Whatever you did MT, please fix it ASAP. Cheers. Using r...

KiwiBloke

+1 for passthrough mode. I use a SXTLTE6 kit as a modem only (I've only added the bands i require), but the SXT is in Passthrough otherwise. I've then connected that to a hAP ac lite which then does all the routing and WiFi connectivity. It seems to work very well for my purposes. To put it in passt...

KiwiBloke

I always understood that if you put a LTE device in pasthrough mode, you effectively prevent any further configuration on that device. Meaning that the device merely passes through internet data to a WAN port of an external router which then handles all the config like VLANs, DHCP, DNS, etc... Am I ...

KiwiBloke

Client (CubePRO) 7.12.1 -> upgrade to 7.18. Client does not boot

I could be wrong, but I think you need to upgrade to 7.13 first, then to 7.18. There were some major changes to the way packages were handled requiring the step to 7.13 first. Maybe someone could correct me if I'm wrong.

KiwiBloke

I don't know how the Grandstream performs yet though, since I have not tested it, maybe my old UniFi AP will leave it in the dust as well, coverage wise. From experience, Grandstream APs are omnidirectional. They can be either wall or ceiling mounted and, though I can't speak for the AX models, the...

KiwiBloke

Yeah, that also means Winbox 4 won't run on anything older than Windows 10 (ie, no XP, Vista or Win 7/8). Another strike against Winbox! Not really. Anything prior to Win10 is well and truly EOL now, and with the inclusion of Linux (a free OS which can be installed in place of Windows EOS versions)...

KiwiBloke

Why not just use Winbox? No need for a browser of any type. v3 works fine using wine in Linux and v4 works natively in Linux.

KiwiBloke

I need to create a wireless cellular (ie. LTE) solution with these requirements : 1) Wireless-only solution (ie. 4G/LTE is sufficient for my needs). 2) Use of 2 (or even 3) wireless WAN uplinks to the Internet (ie. 2 or 3 SIMs). 3) The main traffic is routed depending on time of the day (for exampl...

KiwiBloke

I'm very unsatisfied with my "MikroTik hAP ax lite LTE6" ( https://mikrotik.com/product/hap_ax_lite_lte6 ), and I feel somehow "betrayed" since I had deliberately picked LTE6 over LTE4 as it promised twice the speed, but actually it has only half of the speed of LTE4 !!! So I wo...

KiwiBloke

So there are a few things to note here. In my limited experience, the hAP AX Lite LTE6 is useful only in a few scenarios: When close to your providers tower, preferably with no other towers nearby (less than 800m away) As a travel device I used one when I was living about 800m away from our provider...

KiwiBloke

Me personally, I'd rather MT focus on the under the hood issues before progressing UI issues. Not saying UI issues aren't as important, but many of us are still waiting for issues like LTE signal graphs to be added, among other things - stuff that's been waiting to be sorted since day one. Most of u...

KiwiBloke

Thanks again Conny.

I actually got the wireguard config from Proton, the VPN provider, for Mikrotik routers, here: https://protonvpn.com/support/wireguard ... ik-routers

Does this change anything to your changes above?

KiwiBloke

Thanks Conny, here it is... # 2025-01-29 14:57:39 by RouterOS 7.17 # software id = ZIP9-864Y # # model = RB952Ui-5ac2nD /interface bridge add admin-mac=xx:xx:xx:xx auto-mac=no comment=defconf name=bridge /interface wireless set [ find default-name=wlan1 ] band=2ghz-g/n channel-width=20/40mhz-eC \ co...

KiwiBloke

Alternatively, a better Solution could be to Identify the connections needed for your OnDemand-Services
and create an alternate Route that doesn`t go trough the VPN ...

That sounds far better! Thanks Conny.

Any chance you could help with that please?

KiwiBloke

Hi all, this evening I successfully configured Proton VPN to my router, however I quickly found a limitation when I wanted to watch ondemand TV from our location. Naturally, with the VPN active our local ondemand video outlets wouldn't work. I have since discovered that by simply disabling both the ...

KiwiBloke

Having just been through what you're going through, I can only suggest what worked for me.. Connect your cap via ether1 to your PC and power on the cap Press and hold down the reset button, power off the cap and power back on. Release the reset button, but only after the flashing LED flashes once or...

KiwiBloke

So ChatGPT has a reason to know that VLAN itf needs to be attached to ether1 ?

Thanks holvoetn, much appreciated. Something I forgot to add.

KiwiBloke

Perhaps in vernacular you may understand, unlike nz sheep we are able to say no! ;-) If you want to devolve into insults, fine. It shows the level of your intelligence is in the gutter. Whether you want to bury your head in the sand and deny the help that Ai can give is your loss. I can see why so ...

KiwiBloke

Thanks @nichky. I tried the link, but while that helped me understand vlans more it didn't really address my situation. So I asked ChatGPT for a suggestion to create a guest vlan on an already existing network, trunked from router to access point. Here's what it came up with... To configure a MikroT...

KiwiBloke

Daunting as it may seem in the beginning, once you grasp the concept and see the building blocks, VLANs are nothing to be afraid of. Thanks for your kind sentiment. It's more that there seems to be no workable tutorial out there that fits a simple "add guest vlan only" option with MT. Mos...

KiwiBloke

What if I told you that you don't *need* a VLAN? https://tangentsoft.com/mikrotik/wiki?name=Isolated%20Guest%20WiFi%20Sans%20VLANs Thanks for this! Just to be clear, this config only applies to the cAP? There's no additional config for the hEX? If not, the new firewall rules being added to the cAP ...

KiwiBloke

Hi all, I have a hEX that I'd love to create a guest network with. I also have a cAPac that would supply the existing home network and new guest network from the hEX on ether3. There are many tutorials out there, most deal with RoSv.6 which seem pretty hit and miss when it comes to v7. I've seen thi...

KiwiBloke

Thanks for the recommendations! I didn't even look at the Chateau line because well, "home all in one box" and relatively large box at that. Kind of funny how it's ready for external antennas straight from factory, while the more rugged stuff is not. It's not the worst choice cost wise, C...

KiwiBloke

Agreed, let DHCP server be your friend. I have found it much easier to assign static IP addresses at router level so devices are always assigned to a specific IP when on your network, but receive a dynamic IP when connected elsewhere. Also, unless I'm missing it, there isn't any masqerade stetting b...

KiwiBloke

I just want to say that I have never been able to get a useful environment using VLANs. I’ve read the always-recommend post here, reads tons of other articles, watched videos and there is nothing that explains it and instructs in their construction clearly enough. I don’t know why, and I can’t sugg...

KiwiBloke

Thanks for the reply guys. So, what if the LTE device is a Mikrotik along with a Mikrotik router? Would passthrough then be the best option? It would make sense to me to have only the main router do all the heavy lifting, as it were.

KiwiBloke

Hi all, First, let me apologise up front for posting this here. It's general in the sense that it is about Mikrotik, but maybe not in the sense it is intended, but as there is no chat section it seems to be the best place for this topic. Mods, please feel free to move it elsewhere. I recently closed...

KiwiBloke

It have been watching this thread with interest. Thanks to the OP and jaclaz for bringing it up. I have one question though. Is it better for the LTE device to be in passthrough mode so as not to duplicate settings between devices, merely passing the LTE signal only to the router and let the router ...

KiwiBloke

This one?
viewtopic.php?t=141603

Yes, but sadly it doesn't want to work under wine in Linux.

Thanks anyway.

KiwiBloke

Maybe try this as a test to see if you still get packet drops.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7o380Rbd0o

KiwiBloke

Hi all,
Could someone please point me to where to find the above plugin? I'm pretty sure it's a plugin, just can't remember what it was called (or where to find it).
Cheers.

KiwiBloke

Maybe an external DNS service like OpenDNS might help? There are video sites we have blocked successfully using OpenDNS across the network, so maybe give it a go. It would mean that no-one on your network would be able to access TikTok though, unless you manually allowed it.

KiwiBloke

EDIT: Interestingly, it appears to apply to the LTE device. When I tried to apply it to the hEX, I got the error below. The article, linked in post #3 above, says that mangling rule should go to chain= post routing ... Thanks for that, much appreciated. The config I ran for the hEX was a direct cut...

KiwiBloke

I'd say on hEX ... because SXT doesn't touch TTL value of passing packets if it's in passthrough mode. That was my impression too, just needed some confirmation. Many thanks! EDIT: Interestingly, it appears to apply to the LTE device. When I tried to apply it to the hEX, I got the error below. Ethe...

KiwiBloke

...please give us the option to stick with our old habits. Why not just create an "OLD Style" and a "New Style" option and let users choose? Why can't we have an adjustable interface/theme? ...And please, bring back the tabs! And there lies the problem. I don't know if any of yo...

KiwiBloke

Question... If my LTE device (SXTLTE6 Kit) is in passthrough mode, would I apply the mangle rule to the SXT or the hEX which manages the network?

Bump...

KiwiBloke

I have an SXT LTE6 that I use as a field test unit. I have 2 SIMs inserted to test the best coverage between ISPs from a clients location. Fortunately, both ISPs (OneNZ & Spark) use the same APN so all I need to do is manually switch between SIMs using Winbox. Seems to work fine. But as others h...

KiwiBloke

Maybe this? https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/spaces/R ... throttling

Yes, that's it. Thanks!

Question... If my LTE device (SXTLTE6 Kit) is in passthrough mode, would I apply the mangle rule to the SXT or the hEX which manages the network?

Cheers.

KiwiBloke

Over 2 weeks since the last Winbox update, gone very quiet.

KiwiBloke

Hi all, I was either reading about or watched a Youtube vid a few days ago that explained that some ISPs throttle their bandwidth allowing much slower speed when using "non-authorised" devices, like modems not supplied by them. Apparently there is a way to make Mikrotik appear that they ar...

KiwiBloke

Cannot comprehend the praises in this topic. Because, some of us are not stuck with an immovable mind set unable to change. I really like the way Winbox is evolving. Dark mode, and multi OS versions are winners and there will be more tweaks made to include missing features. If you don't like it, no...

KiwiBloke

Cannot comprehend the praises in this topic. Because, some of us are not stuck in an immovable mind set unable to change. I really like the way Winbox is evolving. Dark mode, and multi OS versions are winners and there will be more tweaks made to include missing features. If you don't like it, no o...

KiwiBloke

I1. I managed to import somehow my address-list with more than 500 devices. But WBX files don't work ? ( old format )

Normis addressed this in the release notes of beta9. Scroll back a bit, you'll see it there.

KiwiBloke

Where is the ability to segment the list, e.g. using separators like with old Winbox...

Yes. This!

While I'm incredibly thankful for the group's return, it seems unfinished without the v3 type separators. Please add separators to help define groupings.

Cheers.

KiwiBloke

@normis, it's so good to see Winbox v4 moving ahead at pace. I wonder whether you (MT) have considered creating a roadmap to show users which beta versions are expected to address bugs or issues that are still unresolved? The roadmap wouldn't have to have times associated with them, just an indicati...

KiwiBloke

There's one already waiting in Flathub queue: https://github.com/flathub/flathub/pull/5588 This PR is in. WinBox 4 is now on Flathub: https://flathub.org/apps/com.mikrotik.WinBox Nice! Two questions... "All WinBox interface functions are as close as possible mirroring the console functions&quo...

KiwiBloke

Thanks Mikrotik for building a Linux version of WinBox 4, but I getting the following error. "err: could not connect, Macconnection syn timeout" This error occurs with mac address logins it does not seem to occur when the router has default config ip address. Similar to what burnduck post...

KiwiBloke

Thanks Mikrotik for building a Linux version of WinBox 4, but I getting the following error. "err: could not connect, Macconnection syn timeout" This error occurs with mac address logins it does not seem to occur when the router has default config ip address. Similar to what burnduck post...

KiwiBloke

I don't get this right-hand side thing. It is taking away precious space or unnecessary hiding other windows. What was wrong with having those under the tab-bar? I disagree. I quite like the approach MT has taken here. It's easier to find the actions and configuration options at a glance and I can ...

KiwiBloke

Still no ESC key to close windows... Oh boy, I am getting soooo tired of this. It has been said many times now that MT has taken a global approach in terms of software development by using CTRL-W/CMD-W instead of ESC to close windows. IE: there will be no ESC in v4. Use CTRL-W or CMD-W instead. The...

KiwiBloke

Today was my first opportunity to put v.4.06 through it's paces, albeit LTE. Here's what I found in addition to previously reported bugs. Reboot from the GUI doesn't seem to work, at least not while in the LTE interface module. Or maybe it does work, but there was nothing to say that it was rebootin...

KiwiBloke

Probably more a question for our MT team...

Are there any plans to release the above modem as a separate item? This would be useful for LTE6 device upgrades and replacements for faulty devices.

Cheers.

KiwiBloke

Already v4 is shaping up to be a fantastic release and full marks to the MT devs for getting the beta this far! For me, there are only three things remaining (all have been mentioned before and acknowledged) that once resolved will allow me to move into field use: LTE signal graphs re-introduced Kee...

KiwiBloke

Just like that:

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+1, if possible. Great idea! Way more functional.

KiwiBloke

when WiFi links change frequency due to DFS... This! Is a pain in the proverbial. Not only does Winbox4 close but it doesn't stay connected while waiting for the network to reconnect. When the network restores, you have to manually restart Winbox to continue on. I agree with @pe1chl, please keep Wi...

KiwiBloke

@normis, sadly what you are suggesting is not as easy to see at a quick glance as per the image attached. What you are suggesting might work for a handful of clients, but when you might have many more clients (customers) you need a better system to see clients at a glance. Grouping also helps to sep...

KiwiBloke

Loving the new WinBox4 Beta with native Linux support! However, I agree that the current distribution method – manually extracting and running the binary – could be more convenient for Linux users. To help streamline the process until Mikrotik releases official packages, I’ve created the WinBox4 In...

KiwiBloke

This works out of the box on all operating systems. Closes the connection how, what do you see then? Winbox disappears? Mayebe it is crashing and closing Yes, like I said, if I make a change that requires the device to reboot (like, oddly enough, changing an AP frequency), once you hit apply WiFi t...

KiwiBloke

No auto reconnect or open in new window options. In v4 whenever the device needs to reboot, changing frequency in an AP for example, v4 closes and requires a manual restart. This is wastes time that most field techs don't have. Please re-instate. There is auto reconnect with a countdown and it work...

KiwiBloke

No auto reconnect or open in new window options.

In v4 whenever the device needs to reboot, changing frequency in an AP for example, v4 closes and requires a manual restart. This is wastes time that most field techs don't have. Please re-instate.

KiwiBloke

Hi @normis, here's the url path for copying address.cbd list to v4. You used another url at the top of this thread which doesn't work, at least not on my distro (LMDE6, which is based on Debian 12). This may also apply to other distros too. cp ~/.wine/drive_c/users/$USER/AppData/Roaming/Mikrotik/Win...

KiwiBloke

Under Linux, how do I import an address list (address.wbx) into the "select from: saved" category. I've been trying to work it out for a while, even moved the address list into the same folder the Winbox program resides, but still no go. There's no import option, like in v3 under tools, so...

KiwiBloke

What are the requirements for WinBox 4? Because on Debian 10, I'm getting an error: ./WinBox: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by ./WinBox) Because on Debian 10 + wine 7.0, I'm getting an error: ss.png Question... Why are tou using Wine for v4? Winbox4 works...

KiwiBloke

It's awesome to have a native Linux version now, huge thanks! Reading through the comments here and having a short tinker with the beta version, here are my thoughts... as a Linux user... 1/ The option to import saved addresses needs to be restored. If there is a workaround to import addresses into ...

KiwiBloke

Hi everyone, So I have one of these little beauties which works well at full speed over Ethernet, however it’s very poor over WiFi. For example, the device easily reaches 80/20 over Ethernet, however I’d be very lucky indeed to get 20/10 over WiFi. I have it set to 20/40Ce as that delivers the best ...

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