Wrong Subnet being set

RouterOS General
1

ok here is my issue..

I have a static IP
XXX.XXX.245.134
and a gateway of
XXX.XXX.245.133

now my subnet is supposed to be
255.255.255.252 /30

the issue is that the router keeps defaulting to a wrong subnet if I manually force it the correct gateway of
255.0.0.0 /8

If I leave the gateway alone and force the subnet to the correct # it reprograms my gateway to
XXX.XXX.245.132

this of course breaks my internet.. any help would be great.

2

So what exactly are you entering into RouterOS? It should be:

/ip address
add address=xxx.xxx.245.134/30 interface=<WAN>
/ip route
add dst-address=0.0.0.0/0 gateway=xxx.xxx.245.133
3

I was using quickset in winbox to set the static ip

4

Quickset has plenty of limitations built-in … so that it sanitizes most of errors inexperienced users might do. Your case is non-trivial and you should use “regular” winbox section to configure things. And don’t use quickset on said router ever again.

5

ok so that being said what is the command list (string?) to program the IP / subnet / and gateway I need?

IP: XXX.XXX.245.134
SubNET: 255.255.255.252 /30
Gateway: XXX.XXX.245.133

6

See post by @Sob above.

7

Or if you’d enter it using WinBox/WebFig, it would be xxx.xxx.245.134/30 for Address (that’s all, you don’t put anything in Network) and xxx.xxx.245.133 as gateway.