Metarouter reboot through Metarouter index button cause Winbox connectivity loss.
I need to reboot Router OS (mips on RB450G) to get back the Metarouter image working.
If not rebooting, Winbox disconnect every 20 seconds (approximately) or cannot connect at all.
I ask myself if metarouter should be droped from Router OS. Too much stability concerns. Is it really used by clients in the field ??
I’ve seen in the Forum that Router OS will stay closed source for stability, but what about Metarouter stability ??
I’ve read that the TOR image available on the wiki need reboots to work correctly ! :=) Seriously, Metarouter seems actually something like a toy.
Mikrotik shouldn’t loose time with this and work more actively on Ethernet access networks functions like 802.1ah, IPv6 and testing functions (EtherSAM and RFC2544).
Version 5 is a minor update regarding access networks and IPv6. I would have prefered that all the time spent for Metarouter implementation would have been used for more serious tasks, giving in the end a Major update with version 5.
Do you connect to your router bridge interface? The one which is used to
forward traffic to metarouters? If yes, simply setting static mac address for
bridge interface will help. Bridge interface always uses smallest mac address
from it’s ports. If your metarouter interface has smallest mac address,
enabling and disabling changes bridge mac address that makes you loose
connectivity till ARP on your computer times out.
Ok, i was connecting using mac address from Winbox. I think it was the Mac adress of the bridge.
Setting a static MAC on the bridge does not solve the problem. I still have disconnections after an Openwrt session reboot.
Rebooting a router OS Metarouter session does work, but rebooting an Openwrt one does not work.
Metarouter Status show “rebooting” endless.
I need to deactivate then reactivate the Metarouter session to get back the correct status.
It could have been interesting to have an Openwrt session on a routerboard, but i think i will drop definitively this idea. It’s more reliable to install Openwrt on a small dedicated box if needed.
I have Openwrt White Russian boxes running since two years without reboot (Linux 2.4). It seems to me that Linux 2.6 gaves a lot of problems to Openwrt developpers, specially for WIFI support.