This article will show a very quick overview for beginners on setting up a Wireless Access Point in RouterOS Winbox graphical configuration tool. Start by opening the Wireless Interface window in Winbox.
You will see some wireless cards listed here, they might be disabled - to turn them on, click on the blue Enable button. Make sure that the interface is configured and the antennas are connected before you enable an interface.
To configure an interface, double-click it's name , and the config window will appear. Remember, you can find out whether the interface is in WAN or LAN interface list with the command "interface list member print".
The most important rules are explained below. Input table : Rules: 1 - allows established connection that are invoked from the router itself 5 - allows to connect to router from LAN only.
Note : if you want to edit the rule just check the rule number. For instance, the rule number 3 allows ICMP traffic:. Update is crucial because it repairs vulnerabilities that have been discovered and fix or remove bugs. It also adds new features. Long term is a version mostly bug free, with new features added later "without" bugs and bug correction.
When a Stable release has been out for a while and seems to be stable enough, it gets promoted into the Long Term branch, replacing an older release. Stable is the current version of ROS that is good enough to use, with new features and older bugs corrected byt new bugs can be introduced.
It is released every few weeks, includes all tested features and fixes. Backup and Restore MikroTik Configuration. Finally, we backup MikrTik configuration. The export command prints a script that can be used to restore configuration. The export generates a file that is supposed to be applied to a "fresh" installation of RouterOS.
Download configuration script from remote location. Connect to MikroTik and enter the command below:. Note : The export generates a file that should be applied to a "fresh" installation of RouterOS. Subscribe to our newsletter below. Minim is a Made for MikroTik software partner and provides tools for easily configuring these routers.
C heck out the default configurations Minim provides for MikroTik router security. How to configure MikroTik router: start here. Samantha Albano on February 21, Router settings All MikroTik routers are preconfigured with the following IP address, as well as default username and password: IP address: Joe Chin September 3, at pm We used the Groove extensively while cruising. Getting internet onboard was never easy. Have to factory reset to get it back, but I am stuck. Erin October 6, at pm This article was a huge help.
I changed to 2Ghz and was able to connect. How will I know if I need to change? Carl G February 25, at pm Fantastic write up and excellent follow up here. Thanks for this and I will add my recent learning as well as ask a question. This required simply plugging into an available router to get an assignment and then a quick scan of the address space and I was in to work out the configuration. I had no luck finding the Groove default to Several settings tweaked in Webfig seem to create a conflict with QuickSet and results in hanging the Groove.
Consequently I have a double NAT situation and a noticeable degrade in throughput. As others have noted, the double NAT situation often causes trouble with captive or referred portals.
The challenge is getting back into the Groove to do a new survey without having to put it through a full RESET, switching cables, etc. An extra step but much much easier than the alternatives. I am wondering if there is a way to do the same in the Groove — define an IP alias address which can be accessed outside the WAN domain allowing a path back to the Groove configuration screen for new wireless surveys and connections. Will you provide a few more specifics to Step 4 in this article? I would really like to solve this.
Jim Holm May 21, at pm Is there a better antenna component to the Groove that might boost signal for my sailboat. Is the one that comes with it adequate in the marine setting. I cannot get any lights to light when i plug the ethernet cable and the power supply the green led on the adapter goes out, if i unplug the ethernet cable the light comes on. I tried the reset procedure as you mentioned and I cannot get any LEDS to blink or turn on Is this unit dead on arrival Hopefully I am doing something wrong I hope to hear from you thanks.
Chris H July 2, at pm Thanks for writing this great post. Based on your advice, I bought a Groove for my boat. I have it up and running per your instructions here. My home marina has a ton of APs of different names that all share the same password. Less frequently, an AP will go offline. The question I have is whether the Groove can be setup to switch between a small group of APs if for example the Signal to Noise or some other metric drops below a specific value or the connected AP drops offline?
Is there a way to set that up on the Groove? Basically find the strongest signal from the list of configured APs and connect to that one? I am not well versed in the networking acronyms and networking is definitely not my super power.
Any guidance is appreciated! I found Winbox4Mac to be stable and invaluable. Without resetting these you will not be able to switch to CPE mode.
The firewall settings were the trickiest for me to debug, as there are many sub-panels of config options. Matt July 27, at pm Hey Steve, I came across your article while researching for a similar setup, except onshore with a caravan. Is this something you have run into any issues with?
Scott August 16, at pm Hi Steve, Great article! We have gone through a few extenders on our boat. First we used a Ubiquiti Bullet M2HP that worked for 2 years until the antenna connector snapped off. Do you know if the MikroTik Groove or Metal is isolated or non-isolated? Specifically, is the metal antenna connector isolated or is it connected to either the positive or negative power lead? Once you setup the Metal or Groove using Winbox on a laptop, what do you do next?
Do you just plug it into the router and it works? Do you connect to it directly and select SSID and enter password, at which point the traffic will pass to the router?
How do you handle these? Thank you. Warren John Hammond January 31, at pm Hi Steve, Would you know how to install a level 4 license for the groove ghpacn. I have tried several times to install the license but was never successful in installing the software key or how to get to the right area to install it.
Do you have any information on doing this part of an install.
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