Wed Nov 03, 2021 6:23 pm
What I normally do is use ether2, as a NON-bridge emergency access.
If the CAPAC is physically accessible easily, no more needs to be done.
IF the CAPAC will not be easily physically accessible, run an ethernet cable from ether 2, to a location you can reasonably access.
Then do the following steps.
1. Ensure ether2 is not on the bridge
2. Assign ether2 a unique name : ether2emerg-access
3. Assign an IP address to ether2 192.168.5.2 (network 192.168.5.0)
4. Ensure ether2emerg-access is part of the LAN or MGMT interface (whatever interface you have set for winboxmacserver!!
5. Ensure ether2emerg-access has access to the router (as per the admin setup on the input chain).
Then whenever you run into configuration problems you can always access the router separate from the bridge by plugging a laptop into ether2 and assigning the laptop an IP address of
lets say 192.168.5.5