Community discussions

MikroTik App
 
muelli
just joined
Topic Author
Posts: 20
Joined: Fri Sep 21, 2012 12:42 pm

Upgrade RouterOS 5.21 and 5.26 to 6.32.4?

Sun Jun 19, 2022 9:41 am

Hello forum,

is it possible to do a direct upgrade from RouterOS 5.21 and 5.26 to 6.32.4 without losing configuration/having to change anything after reboot?
The 5.21 RouterBoard 532 is at a remote location, that is why I hesititated so far....
Did someone try this already?

Thanks!
 
muelli
just joined
Topic Author
Posts: 20
Joined: Fri Sep 21, 2012 12:42 pm

Re: Upgrade RouterOS 5.21 and 5.26 to 6.32.4?  [SOLVED]

Sun Jun 19, 2022 1:10 pm

Two answer myself:
worked like a charm, local and remote.
 
holvoetn
Forum Guru
Forum Guru
Posts: 5403
Joined: Tue Apr 13, 2021 2:14 am
Location: Belgium

Re: Upgrade RouterOS 5.21 and 5.26 to 6.32.4?

Sun Jun 19, 2022 6:32 pm

Hats off for resisting upgrade this long :lol:

What made you do it at the end ?
 
User avatar
mkx
Forum Guru
Forum Guru
Posts: 11433
Joined: Thu Mar 03, 2016 10:23 pm

Re: Upgrade RouterOS 5.21 and 5.26 to 6.32.4?

Sun Jun 19, 2022 6:46 pm

Discussion in this topic might have had some influence ...
 
Sob
Forum Guru
Forum Guru
Posts: 9119
Joined: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:11 pm

Re: Upgrade RouterOS 5.21 and 5.26 to 6.32.4?

Sun Jun 19, 2022 8:17 pm

Too bad it's still hopelessly outdated. And with this wonderful security hole on top of it:

https://blog.mikrotik.com/security/winb ... ility.html

So make sure your WinBox (both using IP and MAC) is not exposed in any way, except e.g. VPN where you can be sure that only you and nobody else will be able to connect to it.
 
User avatar
Jotne
Forum Guru
Forum Guru
Posts: 3291
Joined: Sat Dec 24, 2016 11:17 am
Location: Magrathean

Re: Upgrade RouterOS 5.21 and 5.26 to 6.32.4?

Sun Jun 19, 2022 8:42 pm

You should upgrade to latest long term release. Older version has a flaw that make hacker can take control of your router.
 
Sob
Forum Guru
Forum Guru
Posts: 9119
Joined: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:11 pm

Re: Upgrade RouterOS 5.21 and 5.26 to 6.32.4?

Sun Jun 19, 2022 8:47 pm

RouterBoard 532 => mipsle => nothing new beyond 6.32.x
 
User avatar
Jotne
Forum Guru
Forum Guru
Posts: 3291
Joined: Sat Dec 24, 2016 11:17 am
Location: Magrathean

Re: Upgrade RouterOS 5.21 and 5.26 to 6.32.4?

Mon Jun 20, 2022 11:53 am

You are correct. Found this.
What's new in 6.34 (2016-Jan-29 10:25):

*) mipsle - architecture support dropped (last fully supported version 6.32.x);
Its time to upgrade some hardware.
 
holvoetn
Forum Guru
Forum Guru
Posts: 5403
Joined: Tue Apr 13, 2021 2:14 am
Location: Belgium

Re: Upgrade RouterOS 5.21 and 5.26 to 6.32.4?

Mon Jun 20, 2022 12:09 pm

Why ?
If firewall and services settings are ok, should it not prevent most ( if not all) problems ?

Usually most problems occur with incomplete or wrong firewall settings.
 
User avatar
Jotne
Forum Guru
Forum Guru
Posts: 3291
Joined: Sat Dec 24, 2016 11:17 am
Location: Magrathean

Re: Upgrade RouterOS 5.21 and 5.26 to 6.32.4?

Mon Jun 20, 2022 2:01 pm

True.

But if you use Winbox from internet, hacker can do as well. (due to bug)
So use VPN if you need remote admin.
 
User avatar
mkx
Forum Guru
Forum Guru
Posts: 11433
Joined: Thu Mar 03, 2016 10:23 pm

Re: Upgrade RouterOS 5.21 and 5.26 to 6.32.4?

Mon Jun 20, 2022 11:11 pm

On the other hand, if OP is using the pair of devices inside his LAN to bridge some physical gap, then he should be fine even with old ROS.

And ... who said anybody would want to run winbox (unsecured by other means) from internet? This one clearly falls into "proper firewall" category.

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: anav, Bing [Bot], gigabyte091, GoogleOther [Bot], loloski, thomassocz, tjr and 83 guests