RB711 OS from 4.11 to 3.30 - lost built-in wireless card?

Hardware MikroTik hardware general
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Just received a RB711-5Hn with OS 411, which is just powered up and saw as usual the wireless card disabled until activated,
so my first step was to export file=411backup which gave me a the rsc file, then i transfered the routeros-mipsbe-3.30.npk which i want to test the RB711 on,

[admin@MikroTik] /system package> print
Flags: X - disabled

NAME VERSION SCHEDULED

0 system 3.30
1 X ipv6 3.30
2 security 3.30
3 dhcp 3.30
4 X routing-test 3.30
5 routing 3.30
6 X wireless 3.30
7 routeros-mipsbe 3.30
8 routerboard 3.30
9 ppp 3.30
10 wireless-test 3.30
11 advanced-tools 3.30
12 hotspot 3.30

I then downgraded by reboot, and now the RB711-5Hn was 3.30 but then i discovered "NO" wireless interface/card

[admin@MikroTik] /interface> print
Flags: D - dynamic, X - disabled, R - running, S - slave

NAME TYPE MTU L2MTU

0 R ether1 ether 1500 1526

just ethernet only, so unless i have missed or omitted another package for 3.30 the wireless card was not installed,
Strange as i did post a question could 3.30 be used with RB711 and received a answer with a link 711 + V3.30+password reset

I could upgrade to 411 but that will only after a test period that 411 will not cause any issues with my network which running on 3.30 and is very stable,

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ROS v4 (or higher) is required for 802.11n radios, there is no support for those chips in v3.

I’m surprised 3.30 actually works on it at all.

–Eric

3

I’m surprised 3.30 actually works on it at all.

The CPU and general architecture will be the same, so all that is missing is the driver for the Atheros 9xxx chip.

Still, it is amazing that such complicated stuff works at all when randomly stuffed onto a board it was not designed for.

4

Once again unless i have misread the Mikrotik Information
http://www.mikrotik.com/download.html

RB Crossroads,

Stable = 4.11,

Legacy = 3.30,

Development = 5.0rc1

Would it not be more helpful if mikrotik just labelled or a caution that RB Crossroads as not fully compatible with V3.30?

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It works fine with all those versions, but some of the features (like N support) were only added later. Plus your device manual states that this device works only with v4.11 and above!

http://www.routerboard.com/pricelist.php?showProduct=104

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Not sure how the statement “It works fine with all those versions,..” when clearly when used on V3.30 the built-in wireless card was not installed but yes it works fine if you just use the ethernet connection?

Mikrotik needs to provide crosslinks for information on its products and not at present having to check, Wiki, routerboard, Mikrotik, forum, etc. For information?

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When you purchase this device, in it’s “First use” instructions it’s written that it supports RouterOS v4.11 and newer. What did you expect when you downgrade to a version more than a year old?

All our products (and generally all products of any company) are shipped with software that works with it, if you install something old, well …

RB Crossroads

Crossroads is a different product entirely

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Ok from your reply -
(1) first you purchase
(2) you read "first Instructions"
(3) more than a year is "old"

I have started running a business which is 100% Mikrotik and top priority for me is stability, I do not subscribe to the policy “newer is better” I would rather have a stable network with average performance than fast and unstable.

For me "old and realiable" is much better,

I now find another issue in trying to upgrade back to 4.11

Downloaded http://www.mikrotik.com/download/routeros-ALL-4.11.torrent
transfered to files of RB711, reboot but still V3.30 and files still displays some files left over?

NAME TYPE SIZE CREATION-TIME

0 user-manager-4.11-mipsle.npk package 521200 jan/02/1970 00:02:14
1 mpls-4.11-mipsle.npk package 275024 jan/02/1970 00:02:07
2 calea-4.11-mipsle.npk package 30008 jan/02/1970 00:02:01
3 gps-4.11-mipsle.npk package 15528 jan/02/1970 00:02:01
4 multicast-4.11-mipsle.npk package 261340 jan/02/1970 00:02:09
5 ntp-4.11-mipsle.npk package 170196 jan/02/1970 00:02:10
6 ups-4.11-mipsle.npk package 73857 jan/02/1970 00:02:11

Now without serial how do i upgrade?

[admin@MikroTik] /system license> print
software-id: "50MK-6QCN"
upgradable-to: v5.x
nlevel: 3
features:

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you must upload MIPSbe architecture NOT MIPSle
http://download.mikrotik.com/routeros-mipsbe-4.11.npk

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roadie you completely confuse the RB crossroads with the rb711!

you need mipsbe packages for the rb711 - and 4.11 or above to make it work right as it is a very new product.
be happy it works at all right now.

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roadie you completely confuse the RB crossroads with the rb711!

Ah yes I was confusing RB crossroads for RB711 and when i selected Crossroads it gave me mipsle files,
and no mipsbe files?

I would be very heplful if Mikrotik inserted a link from product page to software suitable for it?
http://www.routerboard.com/pricelist.php?showProduct=104

However you learn something everyday, many thanks sorted now, next to test the 4.11 to my “OLD” V3.30 totally stable network before i do a complete network upgrade?

12

If you already have a Stable network, why change it at all ?

Add to it by all means, but to upgrade everything seems a bit crazy.

13

From reading other posts OSPF maybe a issue across various ROS on a network , read about OSPF feedback loops being used to fix,
Also not sure how PPPoE will run, my opinion about Mikrotik is less issues happen (?) when only one OS is used for entire network but with a mix and match anything can happen?