RB750Gr3 default configuration has changed

New user here - so apologies if my search prior to post was inadequate.

I have a new RB750Gr3. When I first got the router, the default configuration was as per http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Default_Configurations, which indicates that the default configuration for 750G is: WAN ether1; LAN Switched ether2-ether5, etc. I was modifying the configuration, trying different settings, and reset the router several times, and recall that this config was restored properly after each reset.

In the last days, my router has been upgraded with RouterOS 6.38 and Firmware 3.35. I also changed the packages so now only the following are enabled (all others installed but disabled): advanced-tools, dhcp, hotspot, routing, security, system.

I just tried another reset of the configuration (“/system reset-configuration skip-backup=yes”) and got a different default configuration - it’s now with an IP address 192.168.88.1/24 on ether1 port as described in http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:First_time_startup

Other (persistent) changes that were done before the reset-configuration include:

  • a hotspot being setup and then disabled (so there are files in /flash)
  • a 512Mb sd flash card was installed, formatted and mounted as disk-sd
  • installation of 6.39rc12 (it was with this ROS that I first experienced the different default following a reset-configuration, not sure if the sd was mounted before or after the 6.39rc12 update)
  • rolling back to 6.38 (I tried another reset-configuration and the default config did not not go back to the original)

Can anyone tell me what I’ve done that would have changed the default configuration, and what I would need to do to get it back?

Also, an issue that I believe is a bug occurred. The sd flash card (disk-sd) was renamed disk1 following the configuration-reset, and then both /disk1 and /disk-sd were listed with “/file print”. The files on the card only appear under /disk1 (see below). I cannot remove file /disk-sd - the error is “action failed (6)”. I was able to rename disk1 to disk-sd, and this corrected the file listing.

Can anyone explain why (or confirm that it is a bug) after a reset-configuration both /disk1 and /disk-sd appear, when I only have one sd card installed?

Cheers,
Dave.

[admin@MikroTik] > /disk print
 # NAME                          LABEL                        TYPE    DISK                              FREE       SIZE
 0 disk1                         sd512                        ext3    SD                            459.9MiB   481.0MiB



[admin@MikroTik] > /file print
 # NAME                                       TYPE                                            SIZE CREATION-TIME
 0 disk-sd                                    disk                                                 dec/31/1969 19:00:03
 1 disk1                                      disk                                                 dec/31/1969 19:00:03
 2 flash                                      disk                                                 dec/31/1969 19:00:01
 3 flash/skins                                directory                                            dec/31/1969 19:00:02
 4 flash/hotspot                              directory                                            jan/14/2017 13:50:52
 5 flash/hotspot/alogin.html                  .html file                                      1293 jan/14/2017 13:50:52
 6 flash/hotspot/error.html                   .html file                                       898 jan/14/2017 13:50:53
 7 flash/hotspot/favicon.ico                  .ico file                                        903 jan/14/2017 13:50:53
 8 flash/hotspot/img                          directory                                            jan/14/2017 13:50:53
 9 flash/hotspot/img/logobottom.png           .png file                                       3925 jan/14/2017 13:50:53
10 flash/hotspot/login.html                   .html file                                      3455 jan/14/2017 13:50:53
11 flash/hotspot/logout.html                  .html file                                      1813 jan/14/2017 13:50:53
12 flash/hotspot/lv                           directory                                            jan/14/2017 13:50:53
13 flash/hotspot/lv/errors.txt                .txt file                                       3810 jan/14/2017 13:50:53
14 flash/hotspot/lv/login.html                .html file                                      3408 jan/14/2017 13:50:53
15 flash/hotspot/lv/radvert.html              .html file                                      1475 jan/14/2017 13:50:53
16 flash/hotspot/md5.js                       .js file                                      7.0KiB jan/14/2017 13:50:53
17 flash/hotspot/radvert.html                 .html file                                      1481 jan/14/2017 13:50:53
18 flash/hotspot/redirect.html                .html file                                       318 jan/14/2017 13:50:53
19 flash/hotspot/rlogin.html                  .html file                                       850 jan/14/2017 13:50:53
20 flash/hotspot/status.html                  .html file                                      3009 jan/14/2017 13:50:53
21 flash/hotspot/xml                          directory                                            jan/14/2017 13:50:53
22 flash/hotspot/xml/WISPAccessGatewayPara... .xsd file                                       4251 jan/14/2017 13:50:53
23 flash/hotspot/xml/alogin.html              .html file                                       821 jan/14/2017 13:50:53
24 flash/hotspot/xml/error.html               .html file                                       416 jan/14/2017 13:50:53
25 flash/hotspot/xml/flogout.html             .html file                                       361 jan/14/2017 13:50:53
26 flash/hotspot/xml/login.html               .html file                                       787 jan/14/2017 13:50:53
27 flash/hotspot/xml/logout.html              .html file                                       359 jan/14/2017 13:50:53
28 flash/hotspot/xml/rlogin.html              .html file                                       530 jan/14/2017 13:50:53
29 flash/hotspot/errors.txt                   .txt file                                       3615 jan/14/2017 13:50:53
30 flash/hotspot/lv/alogin.html               .html file                                      1303 jan/14/2017 13:50:53
31 flash/hotspot/lv/logout.html               .html file                                      1843 jan/14/2017 13:50:53
32 flash/hotspot/lv/status.html               .html file                                      2760 jan/14/2017 13:50:53
33 disk1/lost+found                           directory                                            jan/15/2017 11:56:46
34 disk1/log.1.txt                            .txt file                                   733.2KiB jan/15/2017 14:00:45
35 disk1/log.0.txt                            .txt file                                   491.5KiB jan/15/2017 14:44:33
36 disk1/export_verbose.rsc                   script                                       19.9KiB jan/15/2017 12:57:44
37 disk1/export.rsc                           script                                          4185 jan/15/2017 12:57:58
38 disk1/export_compact.rsc                   script                                          4185 jan/15/2017 12:58:38

After some investigating, I discovered the reason the default configuration changed.

With the wireless package disabled, the default configuration after a reset-configuration is:

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IP address 192.168.88.1/24 is on ether1
ether1 is enabled

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With the wireless package enabled, the default configuration after a reset-configuration is:

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RouterMode:
 * WAN port is protected by firewall and enabled DHCP client
 * IP address 192.168.88.1/24 is set on LAN port
LAN Configuration:
    switch group: ether2 (master), ether3, ether4, ether5
    DHCP Server: enabled;
    DNS: enabled;
WAN (gateway) Configuration:
    gateway:  ether1 ;
    firewall:  enabled;
    NAT:   enabled;

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Who knew that the “wireless” package would be so important on hardware that only contains wired interfaces. :slight_smile: It would be nice if the wiki articles Manual:Default_Configurations and Manual:First_time_startup could be updated with this information.

The wireless packages is for capsmanager for management mikrotik ap’s the routerboard becomes a ap controller.
somthing like that: http://www.wirelessinfo.be/index.php/mikrotik/pages/capcon
In dutch but follow the screenshots a made