A new RB2011 user: basic questions

RouterOS Beginner Basics
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I finally got my hands on a RB2011UAS-2HnD-IN. My first experience with Mikrotik.

I have everything working (home situation) as it should:

  • wifi
  • guest wifi
  • firewall rules
  • pptp

But I do have some questions:

  • The position of the antennas seems different then the one I see on the web. I have one antenna on the right and one in the middle, instead of one on the right and one on the left. Seems odd?
  • Web proxy: Is the RB2011 capable of running web proxy? When enabling, where does it save the cache? External HDD?
  • I upgraded to 6.7. However: there is a menu with firmware information. Clicking on “upgrade” doesn’t do anything…
  • Are there some necessary tweaks that i should do?
  • one antenna isn’t attached like it should. Open up the RB2011?

thx!

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Web proxy: Is the RB2011 capable of running web proxy? When enabling, where does it save the cache? External HDD?
Yes you can saved the files on USB stick ore other storage devices.
http://www.wirelessinfo.be/index.php/mikrotik/pages/transparant-proxy

I upgraded to 6.7. However: there is a menu with firmware information. Clicking on “upgrade” doesn’t do anything…

Folow this procedure for ugrade routeros
http://www.wirelessinfo.be/index.php/mikrotik/pages/upgrade
For firmware see this
http://www.wirelessinfo.be/index.php/mikrotik/pages/rbupgrade

If the antenna is broken can you open this routerboard but think about garanty

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Plisken; are you the owner of wirelessinfo.be? Are you JP?
When yes: we mailed some time ago according wifi channels.
When no: never mind :slight_smile:


While it doens’t seem to be hard to upgrade the firmware, something goes wrong…
When clicking on “upgrade” nothing seems to happen. Will give it a try later today.

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Yes i am JP

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You have to restart the routerboard after click to complete the upgrade.