GrooveA 52HPn Failed after v6.24 Update

RouterOS General
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So my GrooveA 52HPn stopped passing traffic today and initially I thought it was a configuration issue as I had been tweaking a WISP CPE configuration all day.

After hours of troubleshooting and backtracking my configuration I finally decided to reset the devices configuration (both via reset and system reset-configuration). To my surprise, the problem exists after a reset to factory defaults.

Here’s what I did after wiping the device:
Connected to the ethernet side of the GrooveA 52HPn to my home router
Connected my laptop/phone/desktop wirelessly to the default SSID of the GrooveA 52HPn (MikroTik-XXXXXX)

I can obtain a DHCP address from my home router on the end points, but I can’t ping the gateway nor can I get access to the internet.

The only thing I can trace this problem to is my update to v6.24… Help :confused:

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How do I downgrade?

I tried dumping the v6.23 packages on the file structure and rebooting. .. No luck.

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Copy the files in and go to system packages and press downgrade. But your problem looks more like misconfuguration than other problem.

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I will try the downgrade later today when I get home.

Misconfig even after I restore factory default? :confused:

So the same home router switch port I tested with after the factory reset was tested with a PC and it worked. This I thought would have ruled out a misconfiguration on the home router. The GrooveA 52HPn is just a bridge…

I found it odd that I get an IP via DHCP when I use it, but I can’t pass traffic or ping the DHCP server from the end point.

I will let you know how my downgrade goes later.

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Reset with config removal is the only reset you can rely on. In this case the radio is usually off and there is no bridge in device. In this case you have to make your configuration. If you make it well it will work. If not, paste the export here, someone will point you to the place that needs correction.

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I don’t know what to say.. It just started working again.

I tried the downgrade but it wouldn’t downgrade… I did the reset without default configuration and I was not able to access the device at all.. I thought I brick’d it. I then did a reset with the reset button to get back in and I was able to build a configuration again.

This is weird…

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Config removal also removes all addresses. You have to login via mac for the first time. Nothing strange what you described.

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When you say “Config Removal”, do you mean reset without default configuration?

system reset-configuration no-defaults=yes

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Exactly. Check with export command before and after. By the way, this is much better way how to set your device instead of using default settings.

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Point well taken! :slight_smile:

I think I’m gonna make this a building block for all of my future configurations.

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That’s how I do it always. Remove the configuration and set only and only what I need. And not using quickset of course.