I’m completelly new to the RouterOS and for now all I need is to be able to use the internet using my new RB750G.
This being said, I’ve accessed the web interface and selected the fixed IP option (interfaces tab, then click on the configuration field for ether 1 gateway.
However, I’m not able to find any DNS setting, so, obviously, can’t access the internet.
Can someone please tell me how I can set up the DNS’s using the web interface? Thanks a lot.
You can’t set up the internal DNS resolving cacher via the web interface, you can only use the DHCP tab to pass the client external DNS servers such as your ISP’s.
That said, the web interface is completely useless. Use winbox or the command line. The manual is linked in the forum header.
Thanks for the info (even it’s kinda bad news to me 
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Would you mind steering me trough the winbox settings needed to basically do the RB750G perform like a shop bought one, for a fixed IP WAN? I’m kinda scared I’ll mess something up and end up spending two days trough the various settings there.
The manual tends to be for the command line, but the sections translate 1:1 - if the CLI has you run “/ip address add address=1.2.3.4 interface=whatever” in Winbox you click the IP button, go to the Address section, click the + button to add and fill out the address and interface fields accordingly.
That said:
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:IP/Address - setting IP addresses
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:IP/Route#Default_route - setting a default route
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:IP/DNS - configuring the local DNS caching resolver
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:IP/Firewall/NAT#Source_NAT - configuring NAT to get the inside networks out to the Internet
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:IP/DHCP_Server#Basic_examples - setting up a DHCP server
Sorry if that feels overwhelming, but you bought a full fledged router. Because it has more capabilities than a D-Link or Linksys or whatever other consumer router you had before it is naturally more complicated to configure.
Also, keep some SOHO router like that on standby. You will probably at some point break stuff, but that’s the best way to learn.
Last link: http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Console#Safe_Mode - safe mode - making sure you don’t lock yourself out, or at least minimizing the chance that it happens. CLI only, use that when making important changes such as IP addressing on the router, routes on the router and firewall filters.
Thank a lot, hopefully I can figure it out from there 
I knew i didn’t bought a consumer router (actually I got it because I need to configure the router for dual wan with failover - not a very urgent task), but I was hoping that at least for a banal thing like fixed IP wan it would be configurable using the web interface.
Well, I was being over optimistic 
On the address list window, the + button opens a window with 4 fields:
IP is obviously the wan address , hut it’s followed by a /25 which I have no clue what it is or what it does
Network should probably be the gateway, but I’m not sure (please confirm)
Broadcast I have absolutelly no clue what it stands for
and interface selects the port I’m setting the IP for.
On the DNS window, I have only the router listed, with it’s default address. If I press the settings tab, I get to open another window, where I can input a primay and a secondary DNS, but somehow I doubt it’s for the WAN connection.
I probably should make here a new entry for the wan connection, add it’s address, and then use the settings tab to enter DNS’s for it, right?
And of course I can’t even find the NAT tab, [plus I can’t figure out what to write on the routing window.
You can leave the broadcast and network fields blank, they will be automatically calculated. To understand what the /25 means look up VLSM on wiki - it is a different way to write subnet masks. /25 is equivalent to 255.255.255.128.
Under DNS put your ISP name servers as primary and secondary.
In the route table, add an entry 0.0.0.0/0 and as the gateway set the gateway your ISP gave you (starts with the same numbers as static IP address)
The NAT tab is nude IP > Firewall. Add a rule in the srcnat chain that has an action of masquerade and an out-interface set to the interface that faces your ISP.
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Fond the NAT tab, figured that the srcnat chain is the list of the rules found there, but then you lost me. If I creat a new rule I can’t select masquerade on the actions tab and I don’t know how to set the interface.
I am not anywhere near a machine that can run Winbox so I cannot post screenshots. The actions tab should have an action drop down box you can select masquerade from. Some tab in the dialog when you add or edit a rule has a field for the outbound interface. If you cannot find that ignore it. It’ll work without it, but it’s not as clean.
I was just having a dumb moment, wasn’t on the NAT tab of the firewall menu
Added everything now and bam, it works.
Thanks a lot, you saved me
Not sure why Mikrotik isn’t adding a full featured web interface (that would allow this router to be also used as by the average home user)?
The upcoming version 5 will have that. However, that doesn’t mean it’s going to be easier to use. When there are a lot of options, configuring something is difficult.
Is it going to be possible to upgrade from 4.5 to 5?
As far as I’m concerned, having a web interface would be an enormous advantage. If the options are written in plain english, of course .
Yes, you will be able to upgrade.
Already looking forward to it. 
Do you happen to know if there’s any ETA?
“It’s ready when it’s ready”.