Thought I'd report a problem I occasionally have in winbox, in case anyone else has experienced it, and maybe log it as a bug?

Not always, but every now and then, when opening an existing Firewall rule to edit, I find it no longer responds to mouse clicks, and appears semi-frozen. It's quite frustrating.

I discovered a work around to be:

1. Minimise Winbox.
2. Unminimise Winbox.
3. Close the rule I had opened by the "X" (nothing else works).
4. Reopen the rule I was trying to edit, it will now let me edit it.


As I said, doesn't happen every time, but when you're doing a lot of configuration, trial and error... it can happen alot.

huh, I thought, it's my hallucinations %)

I had similar problem that you described with other programs not necessarily the winbox. The problem was within Windows itself. Wiped and reloaded WIndows, and never had that problem again.

i know what you mean, ive had the same problem. it is winbox. if you minimize or close the window your on and go back its okay. hard to explain thats for sure.

itchibahn, interesting, but I've not experienced this in any other application, and it happens on multiple Windows computers that I winbox from.

changeip, ok, thanks, so I'm not the only one then at least.

Hope I don't get shot for bringing up an old topic, but just wanted to say I've not experienced this in quite sometime, probably since the new winbox icon version.

Hopefully no one still suffers this.

no,this is related to you using the MAC address to connect. Use IP and there will be no freezes.

I also experienced this symptom, when being connected by IP, not MAC, with the newest Winbox. It happens mostly when copying firewall rules. Even the closing of the copied firewall rule doesn't work, the X in the corner is not clickable. Changing to another running app and back to winbox makes the X clickable, but no other boxes are editable until closing the firewall rule and opening it again.

hmmm never seen this. try from the same winbox to another router, or from another PC to the same router. see if the problem is in the router, or in the PC.

I had this issue from several computers, and with several routers. IMHO it is a problem with winbox. I cannot reproduce it on purpose though, seems to be completely random, but every now and then when copying lots of firewall/nat/mangle rules, I bump into this.

how do you copy them, please describe the process so we can try to repeat it

I've had winbox freeze while removing large address lists (2000+ entries), and after a few mins it sometimes comes back. If not, it usually takes few minutes to reconnect and log back in.

how do you copy them, please describe the process so we can try to repeat it

Double click on the firewall rule, then click the Copy button. Make some adjustments in the new rule and click OK. When the problem appears, the new rule is not editable after clicking Copy. Also I have to add, there are not too many firewall rules on our routers, on average 10-20. So it's probably not about the size.

how do you copy them, please describe the process so we can try to repeat it

Double click on the firewall rule, then click the Copy button. Make some adjustments in the new rule and click OK. When the problem appears, the new rule is not editable after clicking Copy. Also I have to add, there are not too many firewall rules on our routers, on average 10-20. So it's probably not about the size.

I've had this same exact issue as well. If I copy a rule, and can't click Ok, I press ESC, copy the rule again, and it seems to work the 2nd time.

yes you need to press ESC to make it work when it freezes. Happens here too...

Ya Ive seen this several times, even running winbox under wine, or on windows. Always connected with IP address at the time.

Seems to only come up after using it for a while or doing lots of configuration changes under the same session.

Double click on the firewall rule, then click the Copy button. Make some adjustments in the new rule and click OK. When the problem appears, the new rule is not editable after clicking Copy. Also I have to add, there are not too many firewall rules on our routers, on average 10-20. So it's probably not about the size.

exact same problem, so far failed to solve it

i took a video of this problem a while back, i will see if i can find it. it happens rarely so i just put winbox in the background and move a few things around until it lets me use it again. its more of a MDI interface problem in winbox, nothing to do with the actual communication to the router or anything else.

I have had this issue.

It seems the cursor gets stuck into the top panel. ( With no way to exit it )

All you do to resolve the issue is press "enter" which will close the pane.

Then just re-open it.

Is there a resolution for this issue yet?

I run into this pretty frequently. I have only ever seen it when copying firewall rules, and it appears to be an issue with Winbox, as the routerOS version doesn't seem to matter, and the router continues to function properly throughout.

Sometimes closing the copied rule window and re-copying fixes the issue, but other times I have to generate new rules from scratch because I simply can't copy old rules without winbox freezing.