WinBox - Connect To: MAC addrerss

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1

I can not connect to my MikroTik devices by MAC address if I have firewall enabled on any of my PC.

I have enabled the following ports in my Laptops firewall:
5678/udp Mikrotik Neighbor Discovery Protocol
20561/udp MAC winbox
8291/tcp Winbox

A I can see in Neighbors my MikroTik devices, and can connect via IP address, but would get “ERROR: could not connect to MAC address” if I tried connecting with MAC address.

What other port/ports do I need to open up in my PC firewall to be able to connect to MikroTik using MAC address?

2

Make sure you do not have such access disabled on your neighbor devices. I have noticed that several articles and guides for securing up MikroTik devices recommend disabling MAC access. This is what is in mine:
/tool mac-server
set allowed-interface-list=none
/tool mac-server mac-winbox
set allowed-interface-list=none
/tool mac-server ping
set enabled=no

3

Give the networkcard on your PC a static IP-adres like 192.168.40.2 and subnet 255.255.255.0
I know it is layer3 but try than to connect via MAC-adres