

Example: ether1-slave-crs-17 (ether1 is a slave port, and is cabled to your CRS switch on the CRS switch port 17). Rename the interfaces, so they represent your chosen setup and where they are connected to. Check your devices setup of master ports with: For devices including a switch chip, you will usually connect all ports to one master port, to gain full wire speed switching.

Since most RouterOS devices can perform either as layer 2 or layer 3, you need to choose your setup of switch chip and CPU. If you have several ports cabled on the network, then bridge the ports and add the address on the bridge. address "10.0.1.1/24", no network, and put the IP on the interface that is cabled to the network. If you need the router to be able to route/connect to internal networks, give the router an IP on each network, and it will create a dynamic route in the routing table and be able to connect. A MikroTik by default updates it's time use a MikroTik cloud, check Winbox: IP ⇢ Cloud: Update time is enabled. If you wish to setup a NTP/SNTP client to update from your own network, disable the cloud time. You will probably also want to setup the /Firewall, /Wireless and /IP DHCP server.Ī MikroTik has no time/date keeping battery, so it needs to update time+date on each boot.

7.9.13.1/24 - no network - choose the connected interface) Add a public IP: IP ⇢ Address list: Add (+) (ex.If you need to setup public IP yourself:.Enable a DHCP client: IP ⇢ DHCP Client: Add (+) ⇢ Interface: ether1.If your provider are servicing you DHCP:.Change the admin password: System ⇢ Password.Disable unneeded access services: Winbox: IP ⇢ Services (disable all other except Winbox).Factory reset config if needed: Winbox: System ⇢ Reset Configuration (check No Default Configuration to get a completely clean device, otherwise it will use factory default settings).In a virtual CHR environment or with console cable: /setup.Insert cable to your ISP in ether1 and a cable to your own system in ether2. For easy setup, you may:.
