What's new in 4.2 (2026-Jul-08 10:31): app: auto decrypt Saved address file in new window if parent window already provided it; form: add option to open linked objects for some read-only optional fields; form: add support for dynamic column re-layout when resizing window; form: allow mouse select …

It could certainly be arch dependent. However I don't think that a limit can really be set that everyone would be happy with - e.g. I really don't want Winbox to download a whole lot of data just because a tab was selected. But: does everything work correctly if you press the button? If yes, well t…

No... Not CHR! Real devices! [image] This is the example of on small scenario of one of our customers. Most of then with pretty recent version of RoutesOS. Most of then ARM64, a few ARM and other few Tilera. This mix is very similar of what you will get on several other customers. And every t…

The real hard part is when you are accessing a connections tables, you have already filtered to an specific src ip address (or somethin like that), and time-to-time this damned "Too many entries!" keeps apearing.

[image] fischerdouglas: This is the example of on small scenario of one of our customers. Probably you are managing the devices via a VPN that has the similar ~1MBps (~8 Mbps) bandwidth as the CHR has. Indeed it is a pity that the index file is not cached anymore. Maybe they can bring that …

[image] EdPa: If needed, we can consider increasing the current 10,000-entry threshold on the RouterOS side Are there alternatives to just stupidly increasing the threshold? Optimized reading, paged reading, ROS-side filtering instead of Winbox-side filtering of whole dataset, etc?

I can understand that for various reasons the result of the command is entirely put in memory before doing the transmission to winbox. That means a large dataset occupies a lot of memory. However, contrary to Flash space, Memory space is usually not in short supply on MikroTik routers. There are …

[image] infabo: Optimized reading, paged reading, ROS-side filtering :two_hearts: [image] infabo: instead of Winbox-side filtering of whole dataset, etc? This is akin to those PHP newbies who used to call themselves "web interface innovators" back in the early 2000s—the ones who would…

Yes! Our standard operating procedure is to restrict management access exclusively to VPN connections. However, this "Reading Index File" issue is such a nuisance... It causes so much frustration for both us and our clients that we’ve resorted to accessing the boxes via their public IPs. I persona…

What strikes me most is that it is possible (via CLI, API, or REST API) to filter the data you're looking for. And—even if it’s not perfect yet—that approach works far better than retrieving everything and filtering it afterward. To give an example: I frequently have to troubleshoot connections—es…

My theory for quite some time: MikroTik developers mostly use the CLI themselves, while WinBox is mainly made for users or for demonstrations in YouTube videos.

WinBox 4.2 is released!

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