I use CRS326. Port 1 is connected to my master router ( let name master router as X - this router runs the DHCP using default generic private ip 192.168.x.x - nothing fancy ). port 2 is connected to my laptop.
CRS326
port 1 → X
port 2 → laptop (winbox)
From my laptop i connect using winbox. Connection has no problem at all. I then do some basic steps :
- I removed dafault configuration from menu system/reset configuration then check the ‘no default configuration’ option.
- Add user and disable admin and reboot
- reconnect
- create new bridge : bridge-WAN and add port eth1 as member of bridge-WAN
- add ip using dhcp and use bridge-WAN as interface. it works and status is bound
- check ip in ip/adresses, i got new ip 192.168.1.123. it works.
- disconnect
The problem :
with my laptop connected to eth2 or eth3 etc (of CRS326). in winbox the mikrotik is listed with ip address of 0.0.0.0.
i do ipconfig command to check that my laptop got ip address 169.254.x.x , not 192.168.x.x . why ? and where this 169.254 coming from ?
The problem is fixed if i connect my laptop to my master router (X) either wireless (wifi) or via ethernet. Now in winbox , the crs326 will be listed using correct ip of 192.168.1.123 and my laptop ip is also correct 192.168.x.x so i can ping to crs326. everything works as i expected.
If i switch back the laptop connection to eth2,3,… of crs 326, then i got 0.0.0.0 again.
So my questions , why when i connect my laptop to crs326 (port 2,3 etc) , my laptop got that 169.254.x.x ??? and so my mikrotik also listed as using ip 0.0.0.0 in winbox device list.