control MK with API

RouterOS Beginner Basics
1

Hi
I want to change route distance with API in VB.net .
i use a function that send command to MK like this :
mikrotik.Send(“/ip/route/set”)
mikrotik.Send(“=disabled=no”)
mikrotik.Send(“=.id=*1E” )
mikrotik.Send(“.tag=1”, True)
how can i change route distance like this?

2 
/ip/route/set
=.id=*1E
=distance=100
3

hi and thanks
i used this commands but this way not work and any distance don’t change. :question:

4

/ip/route/set
=.id=*1E
=distance=100

this command don’t change route Distance’s .
could we change distance of route from API?

5

Works for me with the latest version. Which version you are using? Also try API client from our wiki, it could be bug in your API client.

[admin@dzeltenais_burkaans] /ip route> print 
Flags: X - disabled, A - active, D - dynamic, 
C - connect, S - static, r - rip, b - bgp, o - ospf, m - mme, 
B - blackhole, U - unreachable, P - prohibit 
 #      DST-ADDRESS        PREF-SRC        GATEWAY            DISTANCE
 0   S  0.0.0.0/0                          l2tp-hm            1




/ip/route/set
=.id=*5
=distance=100




[admin@dzeltenais_burkaans] /ip route> print 
Flags: X - disabled, A - active, D - dynamic, 
C - connect, S - static, r - rip, b - bgp, o - ospf, m - mme, 
B - blackhole, U - unreachable, P - prohibit 
 #      DST-ADDRESS        PREF-SRC        GATEWAY            DISTANCE
 0   S  0.0.0.0/0                          l2tp-hm            100
6

note that this part

 =.id=*1E

can and will change. Since you most probably have different .id fields for routes.

7

my winbox version is 3.30. :confused:

8

Are you connecting and logging in with the VB script? You received “!done” from the API port?
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/API
Note it is a different port than Winbox.

ADD: For Mikrotik’s help (Maris in particular) with my MD5 troubleshooting, I promised to start a wiki article on the MD5 part of the login. Just as soon as I get my code key from RIM so my MD5 routine will work in my Blackberry, and I get it logging in.

Hey! MT crew!!! Can I give Maris karma for that? I just looked at the profile. “Just joined”? Really? Might want to update that before I add karma.

9

Yes I get “!done” from API port bur distance not change .

10

When you send the command, are you appending a zero character? The router doesn’t do anything unless you send that. With any luck at all, the router will respond with “!done”.

11

Hi & thx
with this way i can change Disabled(yes/no) fields routes but i don’t know that any zero word send to MK or not .
when i use this way to change distance i get “!done” from MK but distance of routes doesn’t change.