New CCR1009 - Can't connect

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Hi all :slight_smile:
I am a proud new owner of a CCR1009-7G-1C-1S+PC. (yay!)

Powered up out of the box.

I am not getting a DHCP Server response from any port.
Tried all ports: combo1, ether1-7 - no luck.

My macbook’s thunderbolt ether adapter shows connected (green light) but no ip address is ever assigned.
Eventually, macbook self-assigns an ip address and unable to ping 192.168.88.1.

Looking at the online docs the port labeled ether1 should work:
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Default_Configurations

Any advice?

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Maybe there is blank configuration. Connect by winbox with mac address.

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Thank you @jarda that was it. Got in through winbox using MAC address from neighbors tab. I setup my own DHCP on ether1 and working as expected.

:smiley:

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That’s standard and expected behaviour.

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Indeed. Unlike most other MikroTik routers the CCR comes up with a blank configuration.
Very convenient, as you don’t need to delete all that “default configuration” crap.
But of course you have to know it…

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Ha, yes! Knowing is half the battle.
Thanks for the help.

Super friendly suggestion to help new users (like me!):
Update the “CCR series” entry in the Default Configurations wiki:
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Default_Configurations

From:
Default IP → “192.168.88.1/24 on ether1”

To something like:
“Blank configuration. Connect via MAC Winbox.”

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You can also use a serial cable and enter some basic commands to make it part of your network.
(set a fixed address, or set a dhcp client)
That is in fact how I did it, I don’t like Winbox so much because I rarely have Windows systems
available and I mostly use the WebFig.