Researched available documentation for days, one in wiki one one in help. Unclear and confusing.
unit: chateau 18LE
upgraded 7.7 firmware
unit used wired
RANT FIRST, QUESTIONS LATER.
I am at the point to trash this unit since I cannot use it. Contacted mikrotik consultants and, besides some not wanting to do the job since they do not return emails, they charge 10 hours in advance for a 2750 USD to configure this unit to go online. The unit gives all sorts of errors when trying to use QuickSet HomeAP and configure from there. For starters, router becomes inaccessible including in Winbox after using QuickSet HomeAP. Upgraded firmware from 7.5 (came with it) to 7.6 - HomeAp was missing in QuickSet. Then upgraded to 7.7, homeAp came back but still the unit becomes inaccessible after attempt to configure HomeAP.
It would not even accept a new subnet instead of 192.168.88.1 without becoming inaccessible.
mikrotik customer support is horrible, cannot get any further and they are patronizing for e.g., suggesting to use phone app (wireless) instead of wired - to add an additional variable that cannot be controlled. They do not provide any link to any competent guie. help.wiki... has ridiculous errors in their ROS documentation.
bought new unit, cannot get it online
1. in Terminal, multiple features do not work?
for e.g., interface ethernet
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typed interface # 0, then at value-name (ether1) Script error: action cancelled
same with get or set, after entering number (0), script exits no error
What gives?
2. for the love of God, please provide a competent guide to get this unit online.
Managed to get an IP from the ISP by being creative with the slave ether1 but it all ends there
Got to a point where I could ping a host but I could not get it online (could not resolve host). Created NAT rule with scrnat masquerade and out interface as ether1, but I get all kinds of errors including
in/out-interface matcher not possible when interface (ether1) is slave - use master instead (bridge).
This error is not documented anywhere.
3. Routes are added automatically to the list. Cannot configure a default route to the gateway. Documentation mentions something like dest 0.0.0.0/0 and then the subnet IP. That did not solve anything.
Any help would be appreciated. I would like to avoid a charge back to mikrotik for product not working.