Hi, I have a CCR1036-8G-2S+ that I am setting up for a 10GB WAN installation with the 10 gigabit feed coming straight into the router on the first SFP+ port while the rest act as LAN ports. After getting all of that working (or at least I hope that’s working correctly) with the router default presets not really offering much in the way of help I found out that not only were those preset fields not very helpful, but the firewall and NAT rules were completely empty.
I need some assistance on getting some basic routing rules implemented that will allow for simple port forwarding. Any direction and help would be very appreciated. This is an area in the US that offers 10 gigabit to the home, so the router, for all purposes, really just needs to act as a regular home router.
I would start with some reading in the Wiki. Essentially all your answers are there. Although people will give you some specific rules to add, the Mikrotik routers are NOT a consumer grade router that assume you are an idiot - they assume you know what you are doing. It is highly recommended that even if people give you specific rules, you look those rules up in the Wiki so you can understand what that rule does. You also need to understand the difference between the input and forward (at the very least) chains in your firewall rules. https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Main_Page
Select Mikrotic RouteOS and start reading the various sections. Part way down the page will be firewall rules.
In really short setup, you will want a masquerade NAT rule so that you can get out to the internet, and you will need to secure your router from attack from the internet.
BTW, although most of the time that people will give you rules, they will give them in command line format. That does NOT generally mean that you need to use a command line (although you can). You can also use WebFig (a web interface) or WinBox (a GUI application). WinBox is the easiest to use - especially for someone new.