I’m installing around 20 RB112’s a week on our network. I preconfigure every mikrotik with the same settings before I assemble entire CPE units for our installers to bring into the field..
Currently, I have a 2 part script file that I just paste into a mikrotik terminal on every new RB112 that comes in. The first part sets some basic settings and mainly enables the DHCP and NTP packages and reboots the rb112. The second part of the script downloads the latest mikrotik version and sets all of my default settings like DNS, timezone, SNMP, LAN ip’s, dhcp server, NAT, enable wlan1, etc..
It is a fairly time consuming process for me to plug each mikrotik into a POE injector, wait for it to power up with the default config, then log into the unit and paste the first script.. Wait for it to reboot then paste the second script.. Wait for that to download the new version and then wait for it to reboot again.
It takes me at least 5 minutes to configure each routerboard (it would take more but I do 5+ at a time). Is there any easier possibly automated way of doing this?
I remember seeing a post a while back describing something like I’m doing but I cannot seem to find it now.
I’ve thought about using netinstall to upgrade, and load a configuration script however on the RB112’s they boot from NAND first and I would have to serial into each one to change it to boot from Ethernet first.
How do you configure your RB’s? One at a time? or is there an automated process that I’m missing?
Thanks,
Gerard Dupont III
Shelby Wireless