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If you are new here - welcome! For your first question, please provide a clear description of your setup, make sure you are running the latest RouterOS version and include the configuration output. You can censor out passwords and such, but posting the config is important. Do respect the forum regulars, this is not an official support platform, but a forum that is run by volunteers on their own free time. Posting large setups “for evaluation” might not get you any answers, so start with the core issue and ask a specific question. And check which section you are posting in :slight_smile:

If you are a regular - be polite, be nice, do not nitpick or ask to follow arbitrary rules on formatting posts. If a question is badly formed or formatted, it will naturally not get many answers, but it is not your role to play the police. There is no such thing as a stupid question, all questions are welcome here.

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By adhearing to the rules, I have progressed into becoming better and better at Mikrotik each day. I realy do appreciate all the help I have recieved in this forum.

Mistake. I tried to clean offtopic posts that are not related. Your post guide came with it. Can you post again?

Here is ok

Hello and welcome to the Mikrotik forum :smiley: For all new users that uses RouterOS for the first time and have some questions regarding their config here is short tutorial on how to access RouterOS configuration using "WinBox" and how to export their configuration and posting it properly in their topic.

So after you unpack your new device and connect it to the power supply you need to connect it to the PC.

Be careful when connecting because to access your new router you need to use one of the LAN ports and not the WAN port as default network can only be accessed on ports that are LAN members.

WAN port is used to provide internet access to our device and doesn't have any DHCP server and also firewall rules prevents us to access the router. By default DHCP client is running on the Internet port .

Usually WAN port is labelled as "Internet" on your device and it's in most if not in all cases Port 1 (ether1).

After you successfully connected your device and PC you should get IP in 192.168.88.X range.

Now it's time to open Winbox. When you open program you will be met with the screen show on the first image. To connect to your device you need to select it in winbox marked as "Step 1" on the picture. After that you need to input your credentials and that can be find on the sticker at the bottom of your device.

You input your credentials according to the step 2. After that you click connect.


If you entered your credentials right will be met with the following screen:


Now we need to export our configuration so it can be edited and posted on the forum. To do that first we need to open terminal by clicking on "New Terminal" tab on the left side of the Winbox as shown ih Step 3:


When we did that a new terminal window should open and then we input the following command:

export file=anynameyouwish

And here is how it should look like in terminal window (Step 4)

NOTICE: FOR USERS WHICH USE ROUTEROS V6 YOU CAN USE THIS COMMAND TO EXPORT CONFIGURATION WITHOUT SENSITIVE DATA:

/export file=anynameyouwish hide-sensitive=yes

When that is done we need to export that newly created file to our desktop. To do that we need to open new window named "Files" as shown in Step 5:


After we done that a new window "Files" is open and here we select our newly created file as marked in step 6 and then we simply press "Copy" icon as indicated in step 7:


Then we right click on desktop or any folder where we want to save our configuration file and press paste (Or ctrl+V for windows users). Then we get our configuration file on our PC. Step 8 is to open our file with Notepad or Notepad++.


When file is opened we get our exported configuration and now it's time to redact sensitive information like MAC addresses, serial numbers, software id's, public IPs if we have one, public keys or any other information we found sensitive:


After we redacted our sensitive information it's time to copy it to our post in forum. For that we will use "Code" function in fourm:

After clicking on the "CODE" function we will get this:

Here we have a window where we write our question and where we can paste our code into our code function. Also there is a preview so we can see how will our post look.

We select our configuration from our file, copy it and then click on "Code" function and paste it with ctrl+V or with mouse between brackets. We should get something like this:

After we check everything again to avoid exposing sensitive informations we post our topic and wait for the response.

AND REMEMBER: MEMBERS OF THIS FORUM ARE NOT PART OF THE MIKROTIK STAFF SO PLEASE BE PATIENT WHILE WAITING FOR THE RESPONSE. THEY COULD BE IN DIFFERENT TIME ZONE, AT WORK ETC.

TO GET THE BEST POSSIBLE RESPONSE FROM MEMBERS REMEMBER: TELL US WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, DRAW A SMALL NETWORK DIAGRAM WHERE YOU EXPLAIN WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO ACHIEVE AND EXPORT CONFIGURATION. NOT PART OF IT, WHOLE CONFIGURATION WITHOUT SENSITIVE INFORMATION. EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED AND WITHOUT WHOLE CONFIGURATION YOU ARE WASTING YOUR AND OUR TIME.

If there is any information you need don't hesitate to ask :smiley:

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Help and Thanks in Advance

Thank you, gigabyte091.
However the forum (at least here) looks very different, though slowly hovering over buttons shows the function, the “[ code ][/ code]” button is “ugly”, attaching a screenshot for reference.
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Good write up. I just that think that content like “How to safely save your configuration for public posting?” belongs in the help.mikrotik.com. Or, better still, some “Download config” in winbox UI to avoid a terminal for newbies.

On the specific post, perhaps a note that the default 192.168.88.x network is NOT on the “Internet/WAN” port (or, generally, any ether1) be worthwhile, as a default “WAN” port doesn’t have dhcp.

More generally I just think “beginners” should be steered toward to mobile app. That has “modern” UI for a beginner to setup/customize, similar any generic home router. And has some graphs and simple wizard for port forwarding, etc. And with the new BTH, even a VPN is pretty simple. All without needing config. I just don’t think Mikrotik gets enough credit for trying to make these easier & I think the forum overly encourages complex sometimes.

So the idea that someone posting a config is the most critical thing masks the real problem: better help will be offered if the problem is well described, while in most case that does mean a config. I just hate reading the newbies having to go through hoops to get a config, when they may not even know what winbox is. QuickSet does cover a lot of common use cases yet unnecessarily lambasted on the forum is part of the toxicity of the forum to newcomers who feel overwhelmed.

Hey @jaclaz, I don’t have this version of the forum when I login so thank you for providing screenshot of another version.

Thank you, I modified that section to make it more clear.

Agree to some degree and I understand your POV. What I had in mind when i decided to do that is to help them in advance to prepare configuration when they are asked for one (And you and I know that they will be asked to provide config) or to post config in the first post and avoid potential toxicity here on the forum.

I know how they feel, I was in their position once (talking about some newbie that never had any experience with networks) and I know how it is when you need and wait for help.

The setting is in:

Home
Forum index
User Control Panel
Board preferences
Edit global settings

There is an option to choose “My board style:” where you can choose between “prosilver” (which is what you are using) and “canvas” (which is I believe the default).

New users should get automatically the “canvas” AFAIK.

Dont like the canvas at all. With ProSilver, its easy to see new post and where I have posted. (star)
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Not clear to me from the text that sending a config file has no use if the router is still in the default config, only if changes have been made. Post starts with taking the router out of the box, but than says to enter credentials and not use the default (admin/none). I have to assume something happened in between.

That’s because new routers ships with admin password, it’s not blank anymore.

Spotting a problem is way easier with a config… Importantly, not all routers have the same default config. Or defaults may just be different. In general, it’s easier for someone to help with some known config. e.g. someone helping may not remember if ether1 is LAN or WAN on a LtAP (answer: it depends if bought with LTE or not), etc.

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Also here you can find excellent post from our member @tangent

https://tangentsoft.com/mikrotik/wiki?name=Default%20Router%20Configuration

This should be your first step after connecting to your new device if you are new to networking and Mikrotik environment.

Just for records according to forum rules http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/i-have-routeros-7-13-4-how-do-i-set-up-mac-address-filtering-for-wifi/173754/3

Greetings!

I have read the rules and it’s mentioned to contact a board administrator if there’s any issues or questions, but as a new user I don’t have access to send private message, what’s the best way to reach a board admin please?

Thank you.

Depends on the question.
You can already try here.

True. But private messages aren’t allowed for anyone since I’ve been, so it’s not a new user restriction.

The idea of the forum is its for asking the community a question, so if a thread switches to PMs, the solution may be lost & forum become a catalog of broken configs without answers/discussion. Users can list contact info in their profile, if they’d like to be reached directly.

BTW, I have not see a lot of spam recently, so good work mods!

It has been a bit difficult the past period but somewhere last week Normis made some changes under the hood and it effectively seems spam levels have dropped drastically. Definitely not complaining about that !

Until they find a new way …
It’s a never-ending battle, unfortunately.

With my MikroTik for Splunk I sometimes need help and talk to users directly (screen sharing) to resolve a problem. You can to make other contact you by posting your private email, some that I do not like to do, since its can get spammed, or you can use a service like temp email, that gives you an temporary email.
https://temp-mail.org/en/