I am a beginner in using Mikrotik device, and I really need some opinions. I am using a Mikrotik RB433 for three radios: one is a Ubiquiti SR71A (connected to an omni antenna; mode: AP WDS), second is another SR71A (connected to a Patch antenna; mode: AP; intentionally disabled), and the last is a Ubiquiti Rocket M5 (with Rocket Dish; connected to eth03 port on RB433; mode: station). This Mikrotik serves as a AP-Repeater which is connected with another AP (using connection between omni antenna). Then, the Rocket M5 is connected with the end of the transmission which is in my office.
The IP adress for RB433 was 192.168.9.13 and for Rocket M5 is 192.168.9.15. The problem started when I was able to connect the AP of RB433 with another AP in my network, but I could not detect the Rocket M5 remotely. Then I thought of making a new IP adress for the wlan interface of Rocket M5, but then the WebFig somehow messed it up. Suddenly I have one IP address (192.168.9.13) on two different rows because it is assigned to two different interfaces (eth01 and Bridge). I tried to change the assigned interface from one of the IP address, but it seemed the damage has been done.
After this, I completely lost connection to the RB433. Not even a ping.
I attach the picture of the interface.
Would there be a severe damage to the RB433 from this incident?
Is it still possible to connect to the RB433 directly, or should I need to reset the config? I am really hoping that I could save the configuration first before resetting it.
No damage at all, this seems to be plain misconfiguration which will prevent you from managing it by IP.
Regarding other services, it may affect routing if you were using it; if everything was bridged or switched, service shouldn’t have been affected.
If you’re directly connected to the network, as it already seems, you just need to:
Use winbox
Go to neighbors tab
Connect to the 433 by double clicking on its MAC field.
You will be connecting by mac-winbox (no L3 addressing needed).
I have found it is fairly common for Rockets to suddenly start not responding to pings when their ethernet port gets damaged, or simply overtime as they get old.
Thanks for the answer. However, my only connection to the RB433 is cut off because there is no connection to the antenna which reroute their transmission to my office. So, I will have to check them on the field. I will post here on how it goes.
I know it is silly to ask this, but, it should be possible for me to change IP address if I directly connect to RB433 (using Winbox), right?
This Rocket is around 3 years old. I think I will just bring a spare one in case the one on the field is unrepairable.
Of course, you will be able to set any parameters as you wish while using mac-winbox.
Another tip: use Safe mode.
To use it, click on the upper left [Safe Mode] button.
Once you enable it, if any of the changes yo do cuts you from the router (or you lose connectivity for any reason), everything will be rolled back as it was before enabling safe mode.
When you finish setting it up, and everything is to your liking, disable Safe Mode and all changes will be permanent.
Of course you can use it in an incremental way:
1 - Enable Safe Mode
2- Change a setting
3- Everything fine? disable Safe Mode
4- Back to #1
If you would have used it, while you were changing that IP, it would have reverted that change and allowed you to reconnect back, saving you from a trip.
The problem started when I was able to connect the AP of RB433 with another AP in my network, but I could not detect the Rocket M5 remotely.
Unless all the Rocket links are in WDS mode, you won’t be able to “detect” it using the ubnt discovery tool if that’s what you mean. UBNT needs WDS in their links for true L2, and ubnt discovery works at L2 level.
