initial configuration

i have got a new routerboard 750 from a friend who wants me to learn how to configure it in a week, then return it.
i have got access to the router and downloaded winbox, got into the router.

plz help me; where do i go from here?
i need to know the following:

  1. configuring ip addresses statically and also configuring dhcp
  2. configuring route to internet
  3. configuring nat..on the interfaces
  4. configuring static routes
  5. configuring the hotspot
  6. configuring routing protocols; ripv2, ospf

i need to know hoe to use the winbox utility.

thanks alot

  1. http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:IP/Address, http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:IP/DHCP_Client, http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:IP/DHCP_Server
  2. “/ip route add dst-address=0.0.0.0/0 gateway=a.b.c.d”, http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:IP/Route
  3. http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:IP/Firewall/NAT
  4. See 2. - a default route to the Internet is a static route
  5. http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:IP/Hotspot
  6. http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Routing/OSPF, http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Routing/RIP

Winbox is equivalent to the CLI. “/ip address add interface=ether1 address=192.168.1.1/24” is achieved by clicking the IP button to fan out the menu, choosing the address button, clicking the + button to add, typing “192.168.1.1/24” in the field labeled “Address”, and choosing “ether1” from the drop down menu labeled “Interface”.

thank you for the help you gave me earlier.

i have read through the manuals, but have still failed to connect to the internet.

  1. i have an adsl modem.
    i have connected the adsl modem to the mikrotik on ether1(WAN port,right?); then connected an Ethernet cable to ether2 and my laptop. i put the public ip add from the service provider(196.0.32.206/30) on ether1.

i put my laptop in dhcp mode, picked ip add of gateway as 192.168.88.1. that’s how i got to the winbox menu and tried to do some configuration of ip addresses, a default route to the internet. i also configured NAT using the commands in the manual.

unfortunately, i have still failed to connect to the internet. i can’t ping my gateway at the service provider (196.0.32.205/30).

please help me out

You read this. http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/How_to_Connect_your_Home_Network_to_xDSL_Line