I have a RB2011iLS-NI ethernet router
I cannot ping anything with the ping tool. I tried the 8.8.8.8 IP and the router IP but it never works, always says timeout or that the host is unreachable.
I left the default configuration.
My first question is in which port do I connect the cable from computer and in which one do I connect the cable from my wifi router. I read that the Eth1 port is the port for the wifi router (that provides me with connection), but the only time i can use the WinBox app is when I plug my computer in Eth1 and my wifi router somewhere else (Eth2). The light for wherewer I plug the wifi router turns green and that is the only one in adittion to the blue light for power.
I dont know a lot about computers so I will appreciate all the help.
The default configuration of most Mikrotik devices is:
ether1 the one and only, not modifiable, boot port (useful for netinstall) and categorized as WAN, running a DHCP client, i.e. expecting to receive an IP (and a route) from the device connected to it
all other ether ports together in abridge, categorized as LAN, with a static 192.168.88.x/24 address (mostly 192.168.88.1) and a DHCP server providing addresses in the same range to devices connected to them
the firewall and mac winbox server settings usually allow connection only from LAN ports (so everyone BUT ether1)
I don’t think that the default configuration of a RB2011 is different.
If your device doesn’t behave like that it should mean that its configuration is different from the default one.
If you are going to set it up in a new place/location the usual advice is to reset it so that you start fresh, either with a default configuration (suggested if you are not expert) or a completely blank one.
In any case, if you can now access the router via Winbox (even if - unusually - from ether1) you should create an export of the current configuration an post it on the forum for review, full instructions here: http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/forum-rules/173010/1
The default configuration of a Mikrotik device may change (slightly) depending on the RoS version, forum member Tangent has an online repository of default configurations that may be useful as reference or if - for any reason - your device resets to a blank configuration, this is one for a RB2011: https://tangentsoft.com/mikrotik/file?name=defconf/RB2011UiAS-2HnD.rsc&ci=trunk
You might need to login as anonymous here: https://tangentsoft.com/mikrotik/login
to actually read the code for login (which often is completely unreadable) just reduce zoom (Ctrl-) until it becomes readable.