system reset -> all eth ports disabled?

RouterOS General
1

Hi!

Is it true that after a ‘/system reset’ all ethernet ports are disabled, and that the ONLY way of access is via the serial port?


Greetings,
Evert

2

Yes, it is so!
However, there is an additional setting ‘keep-user-config’ which saves the entries in ‘/user’ list.

3

Try to make a simple starting config (with interfaces configured and addresses set) and save it, then use it instead of /system reset (like this: /system backup load name=start )

4

Problem with any of these is that the interface MAC address is hard coded into the backup so if you change NIC cards or hardware you still have non-working interfaces upon a restore on another machine.