Hi all, I somehow managed to get locked out of my hAP ac router and was wondering if there is a way to get back in without a factory reset? The only thing left running was FTP. 
We learn from our mistakes I guessâŚ
You will unfortunately have to reset it.
I hope you tried L2 access based on MAC address with Winbox or Telnet from a direct connection (ethernet or wifi).(same broadcast domain)
IP neighbors from another Mikrotik on the same broadcast domain shows something? You can âTelnet MACâ from a nearby Mikrotik.
Otherwise Mikrotik woobm-usb stick.
Well Win-box is disabled. I can use Telnet to get in but for some reason when I login it does not show the generic login and it reads ââFTP Telnetââ. I can use the USER and PASS to log in but not much changes. I am guessing that Telnet requires something other than FTP to be enabled in service.
I looks like I have to bite the bullet and reset.
FTP on port 23 ??? 21= FTP, 22 = SSH, 23 = Telnet
Tried Telnet to port 21 âŚon my hAP Lite device
220 MikroTik hAP BPWL FTP server (MikroTik 6.44.5) ready
help
500 âhelpâ: command not understood
pwd
530 Please login with USER and PASS
USER admin
331 Password required for admin
PASS correctpassword
230 User admin logged in
PWD
257 â/â is current directory
SYST
215 UNIX MikroTik 6.44.5
⌠useless ? Canât escape to shell ?? Canât give command like âbackupâ?
⌠can download backup or export if there is one
What else can be used ??? https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc959
https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:FTP_server