I would like to put a call in and ask others to post their reasons if they want this as well.
We deploy various architectures around our network and have various versions in play (for various compatibility reasons mainly) and I use the all download torrent each release to have a full database so I can netinstall or upgrade to any of our field versions in play.
I know it isnt hard to click through multiple torrent files if that is the system in place however the old torrent files were great for an easy structure that is how my archive is arranged on my system and this replicates to our other engineers and the devices we have in the field to hold copies.
I would ask MikroTik to look at including the ALL torrent as an option at the bottom, built the same way as previously so that those of us who had a reason to use it can still go there and grab it.
We will include it, sorry about that, but why do you need it? We now host files in the amazon cloud, and it is much faster than waiting for people to seed the torrent. Also RouterOS now includes an auto-upgrade button which gets the file from our download page automatically.
Because it’s a damn-sight easier to download one file with everything you could possibly need in it than click through several links on a web page to get the files, then put them all in one folder hierarchy.
We now host files in the amazon cloud, and it is much faster than waiting for people to seed the torrent.
Speed has never been a problem, so I see no benefit to Amazon over torrent.
Also RouterOS now includes an auto-upgrade button which gets the file from our download page automatically.
I can not think of any one feature I would want less on a business-critical security device. Besides which, this doesn’t help with netinstalls or firmware downgrading.
Since we bought a whole jobload of miniRouters on eBay, yes we do!
Usually 90% of network consists of similar architecture.
Sounds about right. Ours is about 80% mipsbe, 10% ppc, 5% mipsle and 5% x86. However, just because something is rarely used doesn’t mean that it isn’t used. Having all firmwares for all architectures on a USB stick has proved its worth on more than one occasion.
Maybe we are odd but one of the Networks we manage has a bunch of wifi AP’s running on 500 series boards.
so maybe 10% of our network there
Then we have RB1000, 1100AH (and x2), and 1200 units. Maybe another 10% there
We have some x86 boxes probably <5% tho.
And the rest is mips-be gear.
So maybe we are unusual but we have need for that and auto upgrade is no use in boards that havent yet been upgraded that far.
Also those boards that we have in the field may require a reinstall of their current version, or a step up from an old version to current through netinstall.
My archive of images has saved my bacon in the field more times than I care to mention.
when using the dude to upgrade different hardware you need the complete package
so please put back the torrent for the complete download for all packages
Yeah, there is a small bug in the way this error is displayed, but what did you expect to upgrade to? This IS the latest version after all, of course it fails
I would expect the error to actually correctly identify the real error which is “you are already at the latest version” - feel free to add “you idiot”?
However, as with NAB I would NEVER use such a button! I use The Dude to upgrade devices however without the ALL file, I can’t do that anymore without a very large amount of extra clicking and downloading and more clicking and more downloading… yawn. If only I had the time to do this. But previously, it was so much easier…
In my opinion, this is a massively downward step. I mean massively!
Please… listen to your customers and simply add the files you used to deliver with the previous version. One small extra zip file from your end so you guys will have to ‘waste’ an extra minute doing that for us, but for us… the time saved will be very substantial!
the reason for this change, is that 90% of people downloaded each routerboard type separately, oblivious to the fact that the files for RB433 and RB750 are the same
However, as with NAB I would NEVER use such a button
