Can I manually add drivers to Router OS

berry2012 · January 28, 2014, 2:07pm

In case my Ethernet card is not recognized and it is a driver issue, Can I manually add drivers to Router OS?

normis · January 28, 2014, 2:20pm

no, it’s not possible. RouterOS for x86 only supports the drivers from the linux kernel. we don’t support adding extra drivers.

rickfrey · February 14, 2014, 4:32pm

I noticed that the newer ROS version refer to a “firmware” folder (system → ports → Firmware). How is this used?

Chupaka · February 15, 2014, 3:13pm

it’s since v5, but not much info in manuat: http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Port#Firmware

rickfrey · February 16, 2014, 3:24am

Thanks for the answer. Have you tried this yourself? I would like to learn more about it. For instance, would I be correct in assuming that the drivers should be compiled on Debian and then copied over? If anyone has done this, I would be very interested in learning more

ditonet · February 16, 2014, 2:30pm

This question is answered here:
http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/ports-firmware-type-of-firmware-files/64460/1

Regards,

rickfrey · February 16, 2014, 8:42pm

Thank you for finding that for me