Hi guys,
I just updated to latest version of 3.12 and system fully freezes and keyboard doesn’t respond.
I have left with almost 150 users shouting at me.
Any help is appreciated on what to do with this.
we’re running level 5 license on x86 intel Pentium 4 HT cpu with 256Memory.
EDIT: I LITERALLY HATE MIKROTIK NOW… I JUST SET TO RE-INSTALLED WITH CD-ROM, IT ASKED TO SAVE CONFIG? YES… DELETED ALL OF MY SETTINGS AND USER RECORD
Thanks
Try it:
Thanks for the reply.
I didn’t get exactly how to disable users access ? like disable hotspot?
Same problem here. Router locks up hard on boot after upgrade to 3.12. Have power cycled several times and tried changing bios settings (Glad it’s not just me). I hear the 2 beeps after boot and it takes my username, then just locks up every time. It’s not pingable or anything. Intel P4 2.6Ghz single core (1M Cache) / 512MB RAM / Intel board.
What can we do? I’m going to really freak out if I lose my config! This is the replacement router for a 250+ user apartment complex and I just got everything working properly. Please Help!
I have same problem on 3.12. now I try Reinstall 3.12 (all clean instal format etc.)
reconfigure everything and 3-4 reboot later same freeze. This is big bug, I think.
I suspicion SSH connection. becouse when I install SSH key and connect with ssh system is crushed.
When will you fix it?
Lol, here is a hint from my many years of experience in the Telco and Enterprise sector. Never apply new firmware builds to a production environment without doing your own testing! and thats not just for Mikrotik it applies to all critical IT infrastructure.
Also always make backups BEFORE you upgrade.
Yes, yes, agreed - those are great rules to live by but it still does not change the fact that MT may have just introduced one of the biggest bugs in their history. The fault here lies (mainly) with MT - IMO.
Not following proper upgrade protocol doesn’t change the fact that MT widely distributed a horrendously faulty and completely broken update. We updated like we always do and this box is completely hosed now. This absolutely should have been tested by MT - PERIOD. I believe this does give us some right to vent.
BTW, this was a replacement box (not live - but supposed to go live tomorrow morning - thank god it wasn’t). So, I wasn’t applying in a production environment (this time). This will just delay our deployment deadline by a few days, cost us valuable time and further agitate the customer(s). I guess it could always be worse though.
This has me very hesitant to apply an upgrade to a pre-configured MT box ever again, which makes me very sad. I feel like we are now approaching the M$ update model. I have been known, once in a while, to upgrade a live production box in a pinch - never again! BTW2, not everyone has the time or money for a lab environment (e.g. people that buy extremely inexpensive routing software like MT). Luckily, we usually do. I guess we’re just so spoiled because all of the previous upgrades have gone so flawlessly.
I sincerely wish the best of luck to all affected by this. Good Luck!
I know you might say where is your backup? I was so desperate and frustrated with Mikrotik halts that I totally forgot about that. that is my mistake as well. however I have a bit of a old backup, before one full day of work which I have redo again.
I was just wondering if they actually test a new version or if there is any beta stage for a introduced version? there is no guarantee if these things happen or not when you upgrade, but mikrotik support will not answer if you’re not on latest version (which may be a total disaster like this case)
I guess they test but cannot test on every hardware in the world.
I normally wait a few days before upgrade on anything, a few montsh before a core router upgrade.
I have my days of hating the routerOS but at the end of the day is is still the best for me 
Guys - what configuration did you have on those routers??? Maybe it is related to specific configuration (user-manager, dude ,etc) - I for instance have no problems so far with upgrading
before the upgrade what packages you had? Did you have Xen package installed?
What packages you used for upgading?
today I install clean and keep old config.
MT seem workin good.(I used 5-10 min. under 70mbit traffic) When I install ssh-key and connect with ssh then MT crushed.
hardware info
Gigabyte Board ( g33 )
Q6600 CPU
1 GB DDR2 800 Kingston RAM
2 Allied Ethernet
80 GB SATA2 HDD
But I have backup 3.11. I’m going downgrade 3.11, will wait new version.
yeah! Xen package is evil! you can install it, but you cannot uninstall! if you remove Xen, the router still shows “Loading system with XEN”, not “… with initrd”. so I had to downgrade to 3.10 and then upgrade back to 3.11 w/o Xen =(
I didnt install xen pack.
just routerboard security usermanager dude, IPv6
Same problem here. I had to reinstall ver 3.11 from CD and revert from old backup.
Packages installed are:
/system package> pr
0 system 3.11
1 xen 3.11
2 wireless 3.11
3 user-manager 3.11
4 synchronous 3.11
5 security 3.11
6 routing 3.11
7 routerboard 3.11
8 radiolan 3.11
9 ppp 3.11
10 ntp 3.11
11 multicast 3.11
12 mpls 3.11
13 lcd 3.11
14 ipv6 3.11
15 hotspot 3.11
16 dhcp 3.11
17 calea 3.11
18 arlan 3.11
19 advanced-tools 3.11
/system resource> pr
uptime: 9h34m24s
version: "3.11"
free-memory: 133056kB
total-memory: 215572kB
cpu: "Intel(R)"
cpu-count: 2
cpu-frequency: 2992MHz
cpu-load: 0
free-hdd-space: 79956kB
total-hdd-space: 123951kB
write-sect-since-reboot: 34840
write-sect-total: 42259034
architecture-name: "x86"
board-name: "x86"
I used the all_packages-x86-3.12.zip package
With multicpu=no option I have no problem.
With multicpu=yes option RouterOS freeze after some pptp clients connections.
exactly, we have more than 300 pptp and many users killing me
3.12 RUINED MY LIFE!!!
Router just dies after 3.12 install.
In my case mutli cpu is not the cause.
I have got 3.11 working for some time.
I upgraded it to 3.12 BANG router goes Bye Bye
I reinstalled 3.12 formatting everytHing. I setup everything EXCEPT some simple Queues.
Working without problem for about 8 hours.
Later I just adD 1 simple queue!
BANG Router gone again. No response!
This time setup was painful, really really painful because it’s day time all my customer shouting at me. And my BGP session refuses to go online!
THANK YOU MIKROTIK! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
YOU RUINED MY BEAUTIFUL DAY WITH YOUR UNTESTED BUGGY UPDATE!
THANK YOU!
please look at this post:
http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/v3-12-crashing-on-x86/23022/1