taking notes inside winbox

RouterOS General
1

this idea came to me today as i was supporting a remote router and i thought that it would be nice taking NOTES inside winbox.
for example taking notes of anything u are changing in the devices. it can be stored at device flash or at winbox folder %appdata% as a txt file.
i know about system-history but i am talking for private notes.

for example today’s notes at the site i support in the morning will be like…
15.11.16 added firewall rules for p2p block.
22.12.16 i change queue settings from sfq to pcq. check also bridge firewall settings for rogue dhcp.

2

I see where you are coming from. Rather than being able to make individual notes in different locations, how about a general ‘notepad’?

3

I know it’s not exactly what you are after, but you can make notes against a device in the dude with a time stamp.

4

You can also just add individual notes to each changed item.
screen 3.jpg

5

thankx for suggestions. i am not using dude for the moment. i just prefer winbox with his address book (in dropbox for everywhere access).
yes normis comments is a good idea for various notes.

6

What I do for this, is use a script. System => Scripts, and create a script called NOTES (whatever).
The upside being that it’s a freeform text entry field, that you can put whatever you like into, reasonably arbitrary long, and it’s part of the config, meaning that any backup system or export you might do will back it up as well.

Works great, and I go there first to lookup anything that might be specific to that device, as to what I was thinking the many moons ago..

W.

7

nice idea in script.
thats what i am talking about a generic “script like screen” just taking notes.

8

There is a Note editor available in console:

[admin@MikroTik] /system note> print
show-at-login: yes
note:

you can also even chat with other admins in console, just prefix your message with # :slight_smile:

9

i didnt know about theses functions.
there should be a menu or a button at the top side at winbox so we can open it easily!!!