I'm trying to setup the brand new router according to the setup guide, but so far absolutely nothing works!

I'm on a Linux laptop, so when I connect the router to the laptop via LAN cable I get this configuration - which is probably what it should be:



And when I run `ipconfig` I see that I have 192.168.88.254. But still - I can do nothing with it ...

1. I can't connect to 192.168.88.1. Tried on different browsers, just in case.
2. I can't connect to any of the two WiFi networks. Why do they have password ??? The quick setup guide says nothing about that !!!
3. I tried to power off and on the router so many times - you can guess the result was none!
4. I tried the reset button. At first - it did something weird and the two Mikrotik WiFi networks disappeared. After a lot of struggle I figured out that I had to keep the reset button for a bit longer in order to actually reset the router.

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Totally disappointed by this brick so far ... but still - am I doing something wrong here? ... Am I missing something from the quick setup guide? (Which ended up being just a bunch of lies and false statements!)

What does

I can't connect to 192.168.88.1. Tried on different browsers, just in case.

mean? And have you tried with SSH?
Is there a password sticker on the RB?

Don't get disappointed, RoutersOS does have a steap learning curve. But once figured out...

Thanks for the reply and for the positive vibe as well.

What I meant is that when I connect my laptop to the router with LAN cable and then try to open 192.168.88.1 - I get a page for connection refused.

Also - I indeed found a sticker on the router, but the letters were sooo little ... I have actually mistaken the password ...

And I know that because I managed to make it work. I think the problem was that the router was not connected to the Internet. And it wasn't because my ISP has limitation on MAC address and I wanted to setup all the WiFi stuff before I connect the router and call the ISP to update their configuration.

So ... I ended up with linking the AX2 router with LAN cable to the current WiFi router, and then with another LAN cable I connected my laptop to the AX2 router. Then several minutes passed by until I was able to open 192.168.88.1 - and then update the OS, configure stuff ... and also see that I've mistaken the password from the sticker.

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So - is this really a requirement for the router to start up - to be connected to the Internet ??? Cause this is super dumb! ... If I didn't have 2 LAN cables - then I was super screwed ... ...

And all of this just to setup a WiFi router ... ... but still - I hope that the horrible struggle to set it up will pay back in the future, as you implied

Why your desktop got an IP address, but cannot connect to "webfig" at 192.168.88.1 is a mystery here – that should have just worked & should be no need for a WAN connection. I've never see that just not work on a new unit. My only thought is you may need have needed to http://192.168.88.1 explicitly, since things assume HTTPS your browser may been stuck trying that. But just a guess.

Now the Wi-Fi... The password is tiny...and new "feature" - they used have no initial password and you set it after you connected. So Wi-Fi being password issue make sense. You may have to set your country for Wi-Fi – which would been on the "QuickSet" page on 192.168.88.1. And the Wi-Fi password would have been on that same page to set, too. But the ethernet to webfig admin page problem really did get you on the wrong track here.

I think you may want to upgrade to v7.8. You can do that in System > Packages > Check for Updates. Make sure "stable", and hit "Download&Install". It will reboot. After that reboot, you can check System > RouterBOARD > Settings and make sure "Check for Updates" is checked – this the "firmware" (like BIOS). The reboot once more using System > Reboot.

They are a new device, and even the version 7 OS is still relevantly new... Why the upgrade is so important, they are fixing bugs still –and may have run into on with the initial connection. They do have a TON of features, but that comes at the cost of some usability. And it seems a takes a bit of time for new devices to get all kinks in RouterOS worked out for new hardware.

Good news is once they are stable/working, they do generally stay that way. Getting there is sometimes a struggle.