Qotom PC with RouterOS?

RouterOS General
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Hi,
I have Qotom Q555G6 box which I use as a router. It is running OpenWRT, unfortunately it’s unstable and crashing.
I tried to install RouterOS on it (I have a couple of Mikrotik boxes too, just in case you are curious).
I have got as far as running booted RouterOS on it (burn CD, boot CD in another PC, install RouterOS on HDD, then put that HDD in Qotom box, all because RouterOS CD boots in Qotom, but doesn’t recognize USB DVD drive).
The issue is that when I boot Qotom with RouterOS, I get prompted for login, but I have only USB keyboard attached and it is not recognized. So I cannot get past this point.
I also tried to connect to Qotom ethernet interfaces (it has 5), but none gives me DHCP address. Qotom has Intel ethernet adapters.

Any ideas or opinions if this is worth trying?
Ultimately I have much higher opinion of RouterOS than of OpenWRT and I can spend another $ 50 on license if I get it working.
I cannot use pfSense/OpnSense either, because I need wifi in this box. I have WLE900VX card which is not supported by FreeBSD 11 at all.
Thank for your time,
Ivars

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If network interfaces are UP, they should respond to MAC telnet/MAC connection from winbox, even with no IP address on them.
I had similar situation, but network interfaces were not up and I had no console or keyboard… solution was to use USB to lan adapter. After I plugged it in and ROS booted up, it was accessible using MAC winbox over it and I could configure everything. Cheap AX8817X usb to lan was all that was needed.
More about usb to lan adapters that do work with ROS: http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/problems-using-ax8817x-based-usb-ethernet-adapters/100410/1