Winbox over Serial Port?

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Hello everybody,

Is it possible to connect Winbox over Serial connection?

Thanks.

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No this is no possible

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Actually, it is possible to run IP over serial but it’s quite an ugly hack:

  1. Disable console on the serial port so port is unused
  2. Setup PPP server on the serial port in null-modem mode, fully configure it
  3. On windows PC you add a null-modem, then set up the new dial up connection (number doesn’t matter)
    (google “Establishing a PPP connection under Windows 7” for actual steps required, there’s nice PDF explaining it)

If everything works, your PC will connect, get an IP from PPP server and then you can ping and connect using winbox. Over serial.