Resetting Admin password on CAP AX

RouterOS Wireless Networking
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I have seem to have configured myself out of the admin interface on CAP AX.

I have followed these instructions: https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/display/UM/cAP+ax

And by pressing the reset button, I was hoping the admin password would default to the one on the sticker behind product, but that was not the case.

After that I tried to set it to Netinstall mode wait for about 15 seconds after the solid green LED stops for the capsman server search mode.

As I am a linux user these are my settings.

# here you can see my usb<->eth adapter is specified to 192.168.88.2 address with netmask /24
67: enxd0374502a3ce: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether d0:37:45:02:a3:ce brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.88.2/24 brd 192.168.88.255 scope global noprefixroute enxd0374502a3ce
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::a9e:f99c:fa4d:56da/64 scope link tentative noprefixroute 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

Here is the netinstall-cli command i am using.

./netinstall-cli -r -a 192.168.88.3 ~/Downloads/mikrotik/ccr200/routeros-7.11.2-arm64.npk ~/Downloads/mikrotik/ccr200/wifiwave2-7.11.2-arm64.npk
Version: 7.11.2(2023-08-31 14:41:16)
Will reset to default config
Interface Mask: 255.255.255.0
Using Client IP: 192.168.88.3
Using Server IP: 192.168.88.2
Starting PXE server
Waiting for RouterBOARD...

I have done everything I can think of according to this: https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/display/ROS/Netinstall

I have installed previously installed RouterOS 7.11.2 and WifiWave 7.11.2 pkg on the AP.

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OK wow, you do have to disable all other interfaces.

After disabling wifi it worked.

Version: 7.11.2(2023-08-31 14:41:16)
Will reset to default config
Interface Mask: 255.255.255.0
Using Client IP: 192.168.88.3
Using Server IP: 192.168.88.2
Starting PXE server
Waiting for RouterBOARD...
client: XXX
Sending image: arm64
sendFile 3682096
Discovered RouterBOARD...
Formatting...
Sending package routeros-7.11.2-arm64.npk ...
Sending package wifiwave2-7.11.2-arm64.npk ...
Ready for reboot...
Sent reboot command
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Was about to make that remark :laughing: