cAP and wAP default config after reset

RouterOS General
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Hello,

Mikrotik wAP and cAP are out of the box preconfigured as router. They have ether1 with PoE IN as WAN and ether2 as LAN (IP 192.168.88.1/24 with enabled DHCP Server) and last but not least: wlan1 and wlan2 ist bridged with ether2 as LAN, activated and wide open. That’s a problem.

Usually we connect them only via PoE on ether1. If there’s any problem with one of these (can’t connect) we can’t simply reset them. We have to walk there, reset them, connect with a separate computer to ether2 (bonus: sometimes with power cord on the device itself and not PoE IN bc conflicts) and delete the factory configuration manually. Not a nice working solution.

Is there any external reset procedure which cleans the device and remove default factory config (makes them empty) or is there a solution to preconfigure the factory configuration to our preferred empty config?

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Not really empty, but almost - try to use the reset button to let them start in cAP mode (cAP as controlled AP, not as model name), where all Ethernet ports are bridged together, wireless interfaces are disabled, and there is a DHCP client attached to the brigde.

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You can use netinstall with defult installation configuration,
after netinstalled on this way, everytime the device is resetted by hardware or by /system reset-configuration,
your configuration is loaded instead of the default.

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Thank you both, cap mode for the (short) win, netinstall lasts longer.

Testet cap mode reset and full reset directly after: works perfect. Will try netinstall later, lasts longer and will work better for some customers.