Is the rb450 reset button defective by design?

RouterOS General
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I grabbed a spare off the shelf.
Never been used except for perhaps some config testing - which is what I was going to do this morning.

Password set to who-knows-what.

This is one of the updated models apparently, one which actually has a reset switch.

Too bad it doesn’t work.

The usual broken MT reset - both lights stay on until power cycle, and at that point it has not reset anything.

Yes I have a null modem cable somewhere - but most of out pc’s don’t have serial ports anymore, my laptop that I would take onsite in a situation where I really need to reset the device certainly does not.

So, I’m now supposed to either search out an old pc, or cobble together a usb-serial adapter, combined will a null modem cable, and hope it works.

Given my time screwing around with a BROKEN FEATURE, it would be just as cheap to smash it with a hammer and buy another one.

It’s stupid crap like this that is grossly unprofessional which has caused me to seek out alternatives to Mikrotik gear.

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http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Password_reset
that button is not for reset and the fact you are not able to google it says a lot about you :laughing:

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Well, now I feel like a little bit of a jackass.

I’m still not happy with MT though.

If a router needs a complete reset, I really don’t want to have to pop it open in the data center and screw around. If I needed that much security, the router would be under lock and key - which it is.

Kudos to you though for shoving the answer in my nose - more that I’ve ever received from the MT drones.

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I do recall that an indoor case for RB433 does have written “Reset” on the hole
corresponding to that button. I do not remember how is for a RB450.
But in fact that button is used for backup bootloader.