Netwatch II

RouterOS Scripting
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I was using this script http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Improved_Netwatch_II for a couple of years without a problem on my 2.9.xx Mikrotik.
I had bought a license for Mikrotik 3.x and the same script doesn’t work with 3.14
Can somebody adapt it to version 3.14? Without documentation on 3.x scripting host, I can’t figure out there the problem lies in the script :frowning:

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       :local i 0;
       
       {
       
            :do {
       
                    :set i ($i + 1);
       
            } while=(($i < 5) && ([/ping xx.xx.xx.xx interval=3 count=1]=0))
       
            :if ($i=5 && [/ip route get [find comment="Default Route"] distance]=1) do={
       
            :log info "Main Gateway down";
       
            /ip route set [find comment="Default Route"] distance=3;
       
       }
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mrz Thank you, but it just keeps saying:

For

:set i ($i + 1);

this error:
expected variable name (line 1 column 6)

For

:if ($i=5 && [/ip route get [find comment=“Default Route”]
distance]=1

this error:
syntax error (line 1 column 17)

Then I just launch the script by pressing Run Script, only silence I hear.

4

sorry, script edited. It is working on my router.

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Sorry to say, but I had tried to paste it with spaces, without spaces…all the ways i could invent :smiley:
Nothing! nothing! nothing! :imp:

Then I launch it, it’s not even pinging the host. I can judge this by looking at the counters of my icmp rule.
Then I create a simple script, that just pings(/ping xx.xx.xx.xx), the counters show that it’s working and in /ip firewall connections I clearly see this.

WTF i’m doing wrong?

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Run script manually from console, if there are any errors they will be shown in console output.

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mrz, I did test the script from console and it gives me the same errors as in my previous messages.

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  1. When you paste script directly in console then put it all in { }.
    otherwise first line where local i is defined will be treated as another script.

  2. You need route in routing table with comment “Default Route”

Script is working if both conditions above are met.

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I didn’t know that you have to put the script in { }. Thank you. I will try later.

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mrz your script is working ok with one more } at the end.

So the final script look like:

:local i 0;

{

:do {

:set i ($i + 1);

} while=(($i < 5) && ([/ping xx.xx.xx.xx interval=3 count=1]=0))

:if ($i=5 && [/ip route get [find comment=“Default Route”] distance]=1) do={

:log info “Main Gateway down”;

/ip route set [find comment=“Default Route”] distance=3;

}
}

Big thanks for your help.