RB532 and Winbox

RouterOS General
1

I am using an old RB532 to run my Wifi hotspot on a separate network. I want to access the RB532 via internet from my PC, which is on a different network. On my PC network I am running a RB450G and access it easily via winbox via internet. However, the RB532 does not have the winbox service, so I can not do it like that. Is it possible to upgrade the RB532 to get this service? It is on v2.9.51 currently.

Or is there a different method available to monitor the users usage, do admin etc. on the RB532 via internet?

Also, if I reset counters on users, it resets all users to zero. I would like to reset individual users? Is that possible?

I see my license is upgradeable to 3.x

2

I see Winbox connects to the RB532 on port 8291. So does the RB450G. How do I change this port on either RB?

How do I differentiate between the two, when connecting from the internet.

I disabled the nat rule on the 450, so that I can not connect there. Response I get is ‘connection refused’. How do I know which RB refused?

3

OK, found where to change the port on the 450. It is under services, winbox. So the 450 is now on port 8292. When I try to connect to 8291, I get a ‘connection refused’. I am convinced it is the RB450 that is refusing and that I am not reaching the RB532. Nat rule on the 532 is set up for port 8291.

I connect just fine to the RB450 on port 8292.

4

Ok, discovered I can only connect to the RB450 over the internet from the PC that is on the same network as the RB450. When I try to connect from a PC on a different network, I get ‘connection refused’, with the same IP:port. Internal loop problem again?

My nat rule:
Chain: dstnat
Protocol: 6(tcp)
dstport: 8291
InInterface: ether2

action: dst-nat
ToAddress: 192.168.11.2
ToPorts: 8291

5

Simple workaround found.

My modem is on 192.168.11.1
RB450 on 192.168.0.1 ether1
RB532 on 192.168.11.2 ether2
RB532 on 192.168.3.1 ether1

Winbox does not pick up the RB532 when you scan for device, (probably because it is on ether2 ? ) but when you enter 192.168.11.2:8291, from 192.168.0.6, it brings it straight up.

Sorry for all the hanna hanna!