MikroTik RouterOS™ v28 Reference Manual Table Of Contents Specifications Sheet........................................................................... 1 General Information ............................................................................................................... 1 Device Driver List................................................................................ 5 General Information ............................................................................................................... 6 Ethernet.................................................................................................................................. 6 Wireless................................................................................................................................ 13 Aironet Arlan........................................................................................................................ 15 RadioLAN............................................................................................................................ 16 Synchronous Serial............................................................................................................... 16 Asynchronous Serial............................................................................................................. 16 ISDN..................................................................................................................................... 17 VoIP...................................................................................................................................... 17 xDSL.................................................................................................................................... 17 HomePNA............................................................................................................................ 18 LCD...................................................................................................................................... 18 PCMCIA Adapters............................................................................................................... 18 GPRS Cards.......................................................................................................................... 18 License Management........................................................................ 19 General Information............................................................................................................. 19 License Management............................................................................................................ 21 Basic Setup Guide............................................................................ 24 General Information ............................................................................................................. 24 Setting up MikroTik RouterOS™........................................................................................ 25 Logging into the MikroTik Router....................................................................................... 28 Adding Software Packages................................................................................................... 28 Navigating The Terminal Console....................................................................................... 28 Basic Configuration Tasks................................................................................................... 31 Setup Command................................................................................................................... 32 Basic Examples.................................................................................................................... 33 Advanced Configuration Tasks............................................................................................ 36 Installing RouterOS with CD-Install................................................. 38 CD-Install............................................................................................................................. 38 Installing RouterOS with Floppies................................................... 43 Floppy Install........................................................................................................................ 43 Installing RouterOS with NetInstall................................................. 44 NetInstall.............................................................................................................................. 44 Configuration Management.............................................................. 47 General Information ............................................................................................................. 47 System Backup..................................................................................................................... 48 The Export Command.......................................................................................................... 48 The Import Command.......................................................................................................... 49 Configuration Reset.............................................................................................................. 50 FTP (File Transfer Protocol) Server................................................. 51 i General Information ............................................................................................................. 51 File Transfer Protocol Server............................................................................................... 51 MAC Telnet Server and Client.......................................................... 53 General Information ............................................................................................................. 53 MAC Telnet Server.............................................................................................................. 53 Monitoring Active Session List............................................................................................ 54 MAC Telnet Client............................................................................................................... 54 Serial Console and Terminal............................................................ 55 General Information ............................................................................................................. 55 Serial Console Configuration............................................................................................... 56 Setting Serial Console.......................................................................................................... 56 Using Serial Terminal.......................................................................................................... 57 Package Management....................................................................... 59 General Information ............................................................................................................. 59 Installation (Upgrade)........................................................................................................... 60 Uninstalling.......................................................................................................................... 61 Downgrading........................................................................................................................ 62 Software Package List.......................................................................................................... 62 System Upgrade................................................................................ 65 General Information ............................................................................................................. 65 System Upgrade................................................................................................................... 65 Adding Package Source........................................................................................................ 67 SSH (Secure Shell) Server and Client............................................. 68 General Information ............................................................................................................. 68 SSH Server........................................................................................................................... 69 SSH Client............................................................................................................................ 70 Telnet Server and Client................................................................... 71 General Information ............................................................................................................. 71 Telnet Server........................................................................................................................ 71 Telnet Client......................................................................................................................... 72 Terminal Console.............................................................................. 73 General Information ............................................................................................................. 73 Common Console Functions................................................................................................ 74 Lists and Item Names..........................................................................................................