Configuring after reset

RouterOS Beginner Basics
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Hi

I bought a RB411 a little while ago, and was messing about with it to get to grips with the RouterOS software. I decided to reset it before actually setting it up, but found it reset everything, including the IP address I assigned it. I was stumped for a bit, until I found out about MAC telneting, so i downloaded winbox and tried to connect, but my device doesn’t show up on the list. Ive tried manually entering the MAC address as well, but no joy there. Can anyone see where im going wrong?

Thanks,
Jon

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Ok, I got it working by running another reset and getting the latest winbox from the mikrotik downloads page. I’m now connected and have set up an IP address for the router, and configured the wireless interface. My problem now is I cant get internet access. Here is what I have done so far:

  • Given my ether1 interface an IP, added a DHCP client and set up DNS servers for it. (this should now be receiving internet access)
  • Given my wlan1 interface an IP, added a DHCP server, and set up WPA encryption.

I can connect to the wireless interface, I get an IP address, default gateway, it all checks out fine, but I cant get internet access. I have set the DNS servers up on ether1, do I need to do the same for the wlan1 interface?

Thanks,
Jon

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Are you using Masquerade in NAT?
Did you input dns servers on wlan dhcp server?
If you are getting an IP address via dhcp, you should also be getting dns address.

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Im not sure what masquerade means, so I guess not. I should probably explain my setup. I get an ethernet port in my wall, which ordinarily you hook your computer up to, and get assigned an IP via DHCP. However, I want my mikrotik there as a wireless router, so I have set up ether1 as a DHCP client, and it gets the IP my computer would have had. I then want to share it over wireless (so I will need NAT), so my wireless interface has a DHCP server running and that works fine now. Just no net access. Il look into setting up NAT, that sounds like it could be the problem.

Thanks,
Jon

Edit – Ok, ive added the following line into /ip firewall nat:

chain=srcnat action=masquerade out-interface=ether1

ether1 is the public facing interface, the reference manual seemed to say this was what I needed, but it hasn’t fixed the problem.

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Ok, I started again using the setup wizard and worked from there, finally got it working, except for anything that doesnt run on port 80 doesnt work (mail on 25, steam). I assumed its a firewall thing so I temporarily set up accept all on input and output, but still didnt work. Seems odd to me.