First of all, as I’m new here, a small introduction. I’m Jeroen, I live in The Netherlands.
After lots of reading and googling I’ve settled for a hEX POE as my new router, with a cAP AC for wireless since my providers router/modem’s wireless is rubbish…
Upon receiving the hEX, the first thing I did was upgrade it to RouterOS v6.47.8.I have used the “files” feature to copy the (unzipped) full file from the download section and then used “system → routerboard” to upgrade and reboot the device.
After doing some minor configuration work (such as setting the name and time, as it’s not connected to the internet yet -the kids would go crazy when I put the ISP’s router/modem in bridge mode I noticed the settings are not saved.
I have been reading and googling quite a lot since I feel like a complete n00b, but all I can find is when I type a command either through an SSH session, use the Terminal from Winbox, or use Winbox itself, it should execute the command and save it at the same time.
Unfortunately I upgraded the device first of all, so I don’t know if it would saved settings with the original firmware.
Or am I being a complete dummy and miss the “write config”, “save” or other command somewhere? Or might the device itself or it’s flash memory be defective?
Another thing is that after the upgrade “capsman” is no longer in the menu or CLI structure. Does that need manual installation afterwards?
Ok, the missing Capsman triggered something in my mind; I found under “system-packages” that the wireless package is disabled and when I run the check it stops at 86% and tells me the wireless package is damged (6).
I also noticed when I re-uploaded the image files from the zip that there is 0% disk left.
I can’t delete anything, and uploading only wireless will not fix the problem.
When I click “downgrade” the route reboots but everything stays at 6.47.8.
When I just open “files” it still says 0% disk left so I can only assume there is no free space left for either upgrading/downgrading and/or saving the config, though these are (logical) assumptions on my part.
Is there something that can be removed to clean up space and see if that resolves the issue? Or is there a set of most useful packages? I have now copied all the files.
Ok, so I did some further digging and resolved the issue the…ehhm… not so neat way I suppose.
Honestly, it does feel a bit like getting that Garmin motorcycle navigation system with “all of Europe” on it, but then finding out that it does not fit on the memory.
Of course I’ve been quite dumb in simply extracting all the packages from the zip file and putting them on the 960 and not checking what was there and actually there before and required for what I intend to do with it. Mikrotik sure punishes that behaviour
Some more steps I took to resolve the “0% left” error, without success:
-downgrade from the packages menu
-disable unneeded packages
-uninstall unneeded packages
Since there wasn’t even room to save a setting like the identity I wasn’t really hopeful, and indeed, this did not work after a reboot.
Eventually there appeared to be only one thing left: https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/display/ROS/Netinstall
So I installed the 6.47.8 from new and restored the router to default config, now it’s running again and Wireless/Capsman is back since there is now room to actually enable it. Interestingly there is 12.7 of 16Mb in use now, so I’m not too optimistic I can easily install the next upgrade with so little space left. When I get a bit more comfortable with the router I can probably uninstall some of the packages to make room (like hotspot).
Anyway, my issue is resolved and I hope my experience helps out some other Mikrotik newbies!
Thanks, CZ-Fan, and apologies for not getting back sooner, it’s been really busy at work an at home, with the new Covid-Lockdown and home-schooling the kids (and prepare for it)
I did some more reading about that, and it also explains (and confirms) why I was able to put all the files on there, as there is more than enough RAM to upload them, but trouble starts when installing to flash memory after the reboot. Definately something to keep in mind!
Currently plodding along at configuring VLANs and DHCP, unfortunately my ISP won’t let me set my modem in bridge mode any more (this could be done in the past) and I have to call them to do so, and see if it all works. With the kids at home-schooling I’ll have to be careful messing up the Internet now!
Jeroen
PS My uncle had a CZ and also Bultaco off-road bikes
I noticed the settings are not saved.
