I bought this 951g-2hnd to evaluate RouterOS before investing in more expensive hardware. so far the eval is not going well. I don’t mind if there’s a “trick” to performing reset correctly, but I need to know what it is!
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after playing around with 951g-2hnd for a few minutes, the webUI stopped working. it is entirely possible I clicked on the wrong thing, I’m new to RouterOS.
The problem is, I can’t get this thing to reset to a working configuration. I’ve tried resetting at least a dozen times (both methods, front panel button and bridging the metal donut underneath)
it no longer serves DHCP addresses, so I set my machine to an IP in the 192.168.88.0 network, it doesn’t respond to pings and I can’t connect to any web or telnet server (tried ports 1,3,5 multiple times each)
few more notes: when I power it up it beeps.. first one beep, then two shorter ones. when I plug into a port, the corresponding led lights up on the 951, and if I ping or try to connect to HTTP the light blinks, so the packets are at least hitting the hardware.
the instructions here are not clear to me: http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Reset
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Using: unplug the device power, hold the button, apply power and wait until the USER LED starts flashing. Now release the button to clear configuration.
Note: If you wait until LED stops flashing, and only then release the button - this will instead launch Netinstall mode, to reinstall RouterOS.
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my unit doesn’t have a “USER LED,” and neither does the picture on that page! none of the LEDS “blink” per se. The ACT led turns on and off maybe twice. I really want to like this thing, I was excited by all the cool features I saw in the few minutes I used it.
I really don’t want to give up and return it, but if I can’t even reset the config I don’t have much choice. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
~ blu
