Hi, i have many HAP & HEX in my office after replacing router on our client. Most client required quite lot service where HAP/HEX didn’t have enough space to accomodate all required extra packages we need. So, we replaced them with old RB951 or even upgrade them to 2011/3011 series. Then, i’m think…

Take a look at hAP AC3. More storage, more RAM and can be bolted to the wall. It’s an internal unit, though. https://mikrotik.com/product/hap_ac3

HAP AC3 currently out of stock at Indonesia when i bought AC2, until today only Pre-Ordered is available to purchase AC3 from local distributor. I looking for cheap solution for upgrading Flash on HEX or HAP series router i have in my office. Maybe i can make them useful by upgrading the Flash memor…

The license cost is bigger than the unit itself. Makes no sense upgrading the flash chip. It’s cheaper just to resell the unit and buy another one.

Hi, where does your stament that you loose the license from? i’m planning to do just the same as you are planning. just haven’t received the parts i ordered in china yet. i’m planning to first read out the flash chip, then flash the result in a new (bigger) chip, and then solder it to the board. …

The license key is kept on the flash. If You loose it, the license is gone. I don’t know how easy, or hard, would be to transfer this to another flash - but I would ask support first.

Edit: result: you can replace the flash chip with a bigger one. More space, is visible in winbox, but… the software ID changes, and because of this the licence is t valid any more, So, this is not working. you can boot openwrt and dump the flash beforehand. or use a SOP8 adaptor and dump th…

From W25Q128JV datasheet: Advanced Security Features – 64-Bit Unique ID for each device – 3X256-Bytes Security Registers with OTP locks So it’s likely these features are used for soft-id. Even if you dump and clone regular flash contents, you can’t clone chip Unique ID.

Did anybody succeed with this, for example replacing the factory 128 Mbit chip W25Q256JV with 256 Mbit one - W25Q256JV? If so, can you share more details about the process?

With a hotgun soldering station, it can be easy to replace the chip

Like the guys said - you’ll loose license. I was replacing flash on CRS326 with dead flash and lost license as well. Even though I dumped and copied old flash contents to new one. MikroTik support refused to give me replacement license key. (Though I had few spare L4 licenses received for MikroTik c…

Replace FLASH on HAP & HEX with larger capacity

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jaclaz March 17, 2025, 5:34pm 14

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Are you sure sure that it works if the chip (and its "unique" ID) is changed?