You will loose the license as soon as you format the onboard storage with/for your own linux distribution. RouterOS can be re-installed, but you will need a new license.

If you want to use the vpn interface in your routing entry: Take a look at static pptp interfaces: http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Interface/PPTP#PPTP_Server This will create a static pptp interface "vpn1-interface" for the user "vpn1": /interface pptp-server add name=vpn1-i...

Hi Robert. Just to be sure. Are you useing the newest version of RouterOS and Usermanager? I'm asking because of: What's new in 2.9.48: *) user manager - fixed bug for credit extension using PayPal payments; (see http://www.mikrotik.com/download/CHANGELOG_full) Maybe it's helpful for you. Insel

it's empty for a reason ... I understand: It's empty because of "evolution". (Survival of the most used. The forum survived.) it's not like we took it down. Never thought that, because talk.mikrotik.com is online. So, reader in the future: If you find a completely empty talk.mikrotik.com ...

Hello. I think, it would be nice to have an irc channel or chat for mikrotik. (I know, it's not the right thing for everyone, but maybe usefull for some people, who are using mikrotik.) Solutions or remaining problems could go into the forum or wiki. (IRC shouldn't be a replacement for the forum, bu...

[...] You just can hope you have some kind of remote-controlled powerstrip over there

I assumed (and feared) an answer like this . Thank you anyway. (After all I know, that I'm not blind and there is no trivial solution.)

Maybe this router will have to reboot once a week or so...

Insel

Hi. Is it possible to monitor services like ssh or winbox? Can I restart ssh/winbox (without reboot), if the service is gone down for some reason? We had one router, where dhcp stopped working. Unfortunately "everything" else stopped working - but networking/routing was ok. I was able to r...

As promised my Nstreme2 configuration: Two Mikrotik systems: 10.10.0.120 and 10.10.0.121 Step by step (networking/connection have to work after each step) Configured Nstreme2 between the two systems. IP-Adresses for the nstreme-interfaces: 172.16.0.120 (on 10.10.0.120) and 172.16.0.121 (on 10.10.0.1...

Hello. I try to setup access to a Mikrotik router, which will be behind a(ny) NAT router - without changeing anything on that NAT router (like portforwarding or services like changeip.com or dyndns for keeping the dynamic ip address.) What I have done, what is working and what fails: I've configured...

Hello. I got similar results (but not with bandwidth test i have to admit): Signal strength: about -70 (was a test situation) Two RB532, running at 266 MHz (can be increased to 333 MHz within RB Bios) Wireless cards: CM9 Configuration: Laptop (Win) <==> RB532 <--> RB532 <==> linux webserver AP-Stati...

First: Thanks for your fast replies. I was quite busy developing and testing some solutions and don't have comparable bandwidth results right now. What I have now: - One configuration with Nstreme2, PPTP and EoIP - An other configuration (ap-station) with WPA2 and EoIP. I'll write a little bit more ...

Hello. It is possible to encrypt a nstreme2-connection with WPA or anything else, which is not demanding for "much" cpu power? I can't use security profiles for wlan interfaces, because "Many parameters from /interface wireless menu are ignored, using the nstreme2" (documentation...

do not forget information about upgrading from 2.8 to 2.9 in download site. Just a question: What's wrong with routeros-x86 for updating from 2.8 or older to 2.9? Strange effects like spontaneous reboots, missing features or just "you can become unexpected problems with feature x"? To rev...

Just for the record / problem (and solution) searching people: Upgraded that station from 2.8.27 to 2.9.14 on site and inserted desired mac-address to the connection list. It connected without problems or more configuration necessary.

I suppose the easiest/quickest way would be to enable default-authentication just before the upgrade, then upgrade and lock down the system again with the new connect-list feature (if desired)... This way becomes more difficult, if you try this remote and you know, that there is more that the one A...

Hi Christian. For wireless clients you don't use the access-list, but the connect-list to specify which APs the client may associate to. Thanks for your information. The problem seems to be, that the connect list does not exist within 2.8, but does exist in 2.9. So with 2.8 I have to register the ma...

The MAC of the AP, to which the station should connect, was within the access list. But with disabled default authentication the station didn't connect to that AP. Is there a new option in 2.9, which does not exist in 2.8, which is set to a to much secure default value if you upgrade? (Security prof...

Hi. We have a problem with an upgrade of a mikrotik router (configured as wireless station) from 2.8.27 to 2.9.14 and "default authentication" (wireless interface): Version 2.8.27: Router is only allowed to connect to one single AP ("default authentication" is disabled and the on...