MikroTik hardware questions • RB800 + RB816 No traffic on switch ports
I've exhumed an old RB800 with its daughter board RB816 running 6.49.18 for lab purposes.The additional 16 ports of the two IC Plus 178C switch chips are seen Any port with a connected ethernet cable...
View ArticleBeginner Basics • winbox, managing TWO mikrotik routers in cascade
Hello, I've got 2 mikrotik routers, the second attached to the first and I would like to make it work as a (completely passive) switch + wifi access point. I can always see and manage the main router...
View ArticleAnnouncements • Re: SwOS Lite version 2.19 released!
Netpower 15FR unfortunately has only 100Mbps copper ports (including the single PoE-out port, serious bottleneck if used for 60GHz radio uplink). Possible workaround: take power from the 100Mb PoE-out...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: add dst to address list swapped with add src to address list?
WHY?Layer7 was the way to block facebook and that is now gone considering the ways that traffic is directed by such Apps.Unless the router has DPI that can reach into encrypted packets you are wasting...
View ArticleBeginner Basics • Re: winbox, managing TWO mikrotik routers in cascade
First of all, assuming you are using vlans please read this reference: viewtopic.php?t=143620One bridge for each device.Second device gets its IP from the management vlanOnly the management vlan need...
View ArticleUseful user articles • Re: Using RouterOS to VLAN your network
To the first question:Depends, on the surface yes. If one has multiple ports, all the same and tagged and all going to the same VLAN-ID, they can be combined on the router or Switch.Discussion: If...
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General • Re: internal error: login failed: failed to add queue: already have...
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View ArticleGeneral • Re: How to monitor Mikrotik data in Home Assistant
Or use MQTT: here in this forum you can find some examplse (one is mine).With MQTT approach it's the router that sends data, with the other it's HA that calls for data. NicStatistics: Posted by...
View ArticleBeginner Basics • Re: mikrotik hap ac
So the router in the basement is working fine. Do I need to reconfigure anything on that? And the video just says how to reconfigure the second one. It doesn’t say how to connect the second one. So my...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: hap ax3 random wireless disconnects
I can confirm that the issue has been fixed after upgrade to 7.21 !!! At last!No more disconnections on the 5 GHz wifi on my router hap ax2.Statistics: Posted by leiz4r — Tue Jun 10, 2025 7:21 pm
View ArticleAnnouncements • Re: v7.20beta [testing] is released!
I had some containers working (including a faucet container, see posting* above)... Not anymore.I downgraded to 7.19.1 to test something, and the upgraded back to 7.20beta2 — however my containers all...
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Forwarding Protocols • Re: Dual wan connexion from winbox
Why would you encourage someone to come in clear text to the router for management purposes, me thinks your dehydrated. ( or lost a bounce in your step )Statistics: Posted by anav — Tue Jun 10, 2025...
View ArticleVirtualization • Re: CHR license for Air Gap virtual infrastructure
I apologize for my latest post: I probably gave the impression I have no respect for the the people in this forum and for their help and patience.I just wanted to highlight that I need a Mikrotik rock...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: lease-hostname lease script variable not working
Hello,I have this script setup to email us when something gets an IP address from the router. I'd like to add the DHCP pool's total size and how many IP's are used, but I am having a hard time finding...
View ArticleBeginner Basics • Re: LTE Passthrough enabled, but still NAT'd
The Mikrotik LTE device creates a dynamic synthetic subnet based on the address from the ISP so that it can provide a gateway address for the default route on the passthrough device.There is a brief...
View ArticleGeneral • [6.49.18] DHCP relay don't fowrard NAK response from DHCP server
there is a network configured in Mikrotik and configured a DHCP relay for that network. The DHCP server is a openwrt dnsmasq.The problem is very trivial and simple to reproduce:1. DHCP leased an IP...
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Beginner Basics • Re: is it me, or is it the wAP ax?
So..... NetMetal AX is here.BIG yellow sticker over the ethernet port, saying "do not power on without antenna connected".... is that true?I have seen this before, in the past, on unrelated devices,...
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Beginner Basics • CHR Cloud Routing to peers
Hello guys. I've got CHR Hosting Mikrotik Router ver 7.19.1 on my OVH Cloud VPS and one public IP.Already i configured two mikrotics from my 2 destinations. They are connected to Cloud server. For...
View ArticleBeginner Basics • Re: CHR Cloud Routing to peers
First of all how are you connecting to the two Mikrotik routers on the ground.Its very unclear, what you have done so far and that is because no requirements have been stated etc..Statistics: Posted...
View ArticleAnnouncements • Re: v7.19.1 [stable] is released!
I have a CRS320-8P-8B-4S+ that is reporting all sort of problems with the new firmware. 2025-06-10 15:40:16 health,warning PSU1 removed from the slot 2025-06-10 15:40:16 health,warning PSU2 removed...
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