there seems to be some kind of bug with License check in v6.35, which causes our router Hardware to shutdown right after the installation of RouterOS (we’re using our own hardware together with ROS Licenses that we buy for it).
Before the shutdown, you can see RouterOS starting, then displaying 2 messages:
Demo version is expired. Please reinstall Router. (or something along those lines)
Soft used:
Netinstall v6.35
routeros-x86-6.35.npk
With ROS v6.34.4 and older, there are no issues during/after the installation process.
Can you guys check into it? For the time being we will be using v6.34.4.
Thanks!
Has this issue been resolved? I’ve tried a fresh install of ROS 6.36.4 on an x86 PC from both the ISO image and netinstall. In both cases, the router immediately reports “Demo License Expired. Please reinstall router” after the first reboot and then shuts down. I can make this happen literally seconds after a new install is completed (nowhere close to 24 hours).
In another thread, someone suggested installing 6.34.4. I did this via netinstall to a drive to which I had previously installed 6.36.4 both with and without keeping settings. I can install the license key, but routeros reports “A new key has been installed but requires a reboot to take effect, the router will reboot in a day.” A manual reboot produces the same message. After a day, 6.34.4 dies with the same “Demo License Expired. Please reinstall router” followed by a power off.
This is all just testing to get my feet wet with RouterOS. I was able to get the router up and passing traffic, but it’s difficult to do much if I can’t keep a system up for any time.
I’m going to try another drive with 6.34.4 and a different key. I’ve just been using a free level 1 demo key at this point. Any ideas would be appreciated.
I installed 6.34.4 to a different drive which generated a new software id. I requested another demo key and pasted it via SSH as I’ve done previously. The router accepts the new key and reboots. After the reboot and upon login the router still displays “A new key has been installed but a reboot is required for it to take effect. The router will reboot in a day.” The router is functional at this point, but never clears the above message regardless of the number of reboots.
The final kicker is that after 24 of running, the router powers off. Powering it back on results in the message “Demo key expired, please reinstall the router” followed by immediate power off. Surely not every compile of RouterOS x86 has had this major of a bug since 6.34.4…
I’m getting this same issue on a VM we used to serve The Dude. We have several years of work invested in this tool
and used it every day. I’d really love to get it back going. We can’t find any event that caused it to enter this state. It
has been working fine for years. I have purchased a new license for it, but can’t get into it to apply it. Any help would
be awesome.