(2) Initial Setup of a MikroTik Router

Video Series: cat5.tv/mikrotik
Welcome to our series on using a MikroTik router! Through the series, we'll learn some exciting and sophisticated network configurations we can create with our affordable MikroTik router. But we've got to start with the basics: We'll begin by bridging our ISP's modem (cable Internet) and connecting to our MikroTik router (default 192.168.88.1) in the web browser. We'll change the IP address (to 10.0.0.1) and the DHCP pool to 10.0.0.100-10.0.0.254, establish Internet connectivity to our network and setup basic 2GHz and 5GHz WiFi connections. We'll also glance around the RouterOS WebFig interface quickly, and talk about the optional MikroTik configuration client, WinBox.

[@drreality1]

I just love how enthusiastic you're about mikrotik 👍 Couldn't agree more with what you said sir. I find that the only factor that dragging them behind say ubiquiti is English speakers with excellent tutorials like yours

[@LinuxTechShow]

Thank you! I hope you enjoy the series. Be sure you subscribe if you haven't already done so, and click the bell to receive notifications. Thanks for watching!

[@sawanyo]

Couldn't agree more, even now, 8 months later, the first 20 results for "mikrotik" were Russian and Hungarian.

[@stuarthamilton679]

Shout out for the 10.0.0.1 crew, you just happen to use the same DHCP scope as me too though lol ;)

[@LinuxTechShow]

@@stuarthamilton679 my fridge is talking to your toaster!

[@Urbancorax2]

Looks like I'll start my own business on that devices. Please keep making your great videos! Very educating! Thank you

[@germas369]

i just found out about mikrotik and i love how in depth they are with everything. their specifications, documentation and sophisticated software. this is a big big plus for me. i bought one of their access points to extend my home network. very excited

[@tcc5750]

Glad to see someone giving Mikrotik some love!

[@wilky15]

Not much to love :P UI is horrible compared to edgemax

[@ngochuybk]

@@wilky15 not a big deal if you have knowledge about network

[@smileymattj]

@@wilky15 UI is responsive unlike slow edgemax

[@jozefsoucik3115]

Use winbox to connect to router via MAC address. Much effective, you dont have to change any your previous settings...just plug and connect (i think router has to be clean without any default configuration [system/restet configuration/*check no default configuration-> reset configuration])

[@MrSoulMonk]

Great video! I am considering upgrading my six-year-old Watchguard XTM. I have looked at Draytek, Untangle, and PfSense boxes but the Microtik has caught my attention, especially the pricing. The terminologies used in the GUI are very similar to the Watchguard and it will make the transition a lot easier. I need to look into the VLAN and DMZ implementations in Microtik and then ready to jump in. Thank you for making a detailed video. Here's to many more such videos

[@muharremaktas5828]

Thanks for your perfect and clear information all about MikroTik's world.

[@bigwade3303]

Excellent turorial sir! Thx for taking time to post!

[@viktorvukovicitcp5669]

Thank you for a nice Intro, very plain explanations, I love this device and the options that are in it. After using 2 of them, I purchased a 10GB unit for my DC Rack Servers.

[@almazabraha]

Great video very clear explanation.

[@andrewholmes8570]

Just started getting into MikroTik myself, and my favorite part of their business model is no need for licensing, and the consumer just has to essentially fill out a hardware feature checkbox. You need X ports with PoE, and a couple multigig SFPs? ok here's this one. You don't need PoE, but need a ridiculous amount of ports and throughput? Got just the thing. Webfig is the same every time; no need to relearn how to configure just because you found out your cameras need a 12v brick instead of inline power.

[@ShinobiXRevived]

Nice video. I'm no expert but, according to Mikrotik documentation, you're not supposed to use the Quick Set / WebFig / Terminal interchangeably. Their documentation says pick a mode and stick with that mode for all configurations. Now... there are some obvious implications to choosing to follow those instructions, but I'll leave that be.

[@BattousaiHBr]

you are correct. for people already somewhat familiar with networking, i'd recommend skipping quick set altogether, you will find that the full config page is very similar to linux, especially the firewall (as it is using the linux kernel and iptables).

[@Absolute.Virtue]

So if I buy this and use the quick set that's good enough for a simple home network? Seems almost too easy, even when compared to routers from the normal brands.

[@jonathanchevallier7046]

It's seems to be a really good router. Here in France, our ISPs provide us a modem/router/wifi-router/SIP(for phone). We call this thing, "box". If we want the sip functionality we have to use this box. Here, we often have triple or quadruple play. Which means it's a package with illimited bandwith internet, phone and even TV options. It's difficult to avoid this "boxes" because TV and home phone. But for those they don't need all this package, it's very interesting alternative. Thank's for sharing ;-)

[@deafno]

Some ISP-s in my location also provide router / box for TV + internet, but it is possible to get TV to work on mikrotik (TV network is on seperately tagged VLAN). My current ISP let me connect their fiber SFP module directly to my mikrotik SFP port so there is least clutter possible (no fiber media converter box / modem needed) and nice speeds. Best part is the router only cost 60€.

[@MladenMarinov]

@@deafno Good point though! By the way I will suggest more advanced approach even with such a cheap router and also protect your home network from lot of brute hack-probing, botnets and online advertisement. If you need any advice - just ask.

[@deafno]

@@MladenMarinov You mean something like Surricata integration or packet marking for building banlists? The MT home/office models defconf with ICMP disabled on WAN port should be pretty decent, no?

[@MladenMarinov]

@@deafno I think Suricata will be too high for the regular user. Of course using IDS is good. But default config is far from secure. A regular MT guy usually scrap it at start :-) As a second though a good firewall protects user just enough for regular daily crap...

[@MladenMarinov]

@@deafno Seems at least you know something more than the regular user and even the author of this channel :-)

[@robertjallah9473]

This Tutorial is very productive. Thank you for your knowledge

[@JustinEvanCastroCastrokIzaku96]

Thank you for your video

[@directorski]

Thanks for the video, just getting started with MikroTik SXT LTE6 kit and Hap AC Lite after nighmares with other tech, hope this tech works out better!

[@viteralex]

if you know about ipconfig command, you should know how to force your network adapter to get new settings. Simply ipconfig /release && ipconfig /renew

[@GameTechRefuge]

I'm considering getting a MikroTik router. One thing I'd like to know before pulling the trigger is can you manually configure a DNS IP and point to a pi-hole? Also looking at opensource firmware for some routers to achieve the same result but a feature rich bit of kit like this might be better.

[@AlexanderBelikov]

You can use ipconfig /release ipconfig /renew Instead of rebooting or turning off the nic

[@iviaverick52]

You should have wired directly into your modem to ensure it is in fact the connection that was slow and not the router bottlenecking somewhere.

[@thenanook]

bro you are a genius, so well explained many thanks

[@Kappi1997]

Thanks a lot for the video. I was afraid of buying the Mikrotik CCR2004-1G-12S+2XS since i thought it was completly console based. But i guess i'm good to go...

[@deafno]

A note on WinBox through MAC address: it will only work if it is enabled on the router under Tools/Mac Server/Mac WinBox Server. By default it is enabled on LAN interface list.

[@juliofreitas8308]

But I can still do it over wifi with my router recently reset.

[@clintonnyamukong8799]

Thank you

[@smileymattj]

The low speedtest is most likely due to the hAP AC performance. Gigabit interface ports doesn't mean you'll get gigabit throughput from WAN to LAN. The CPU has to be able to handle it. Honestly I'd expect more because a speedtest is less performance intensive than real Internet traffic. But regardless, I still wouldn't recommend an hAP AC for gigabit WAN connection. RB4011 is a safe recommendation, it can achieve 1 Gbps in practically any circumstances. Also there is some software licensing limitations. But generally on MikroTik branded hardware they include the correct license that for most uses cases of that hardware will hit hardware limits far sooner than the software license limit. You can upgrade if needed. And the licensing is more of a custom built issue, because you can run RouterOS on your own hardware if you choose to. Been a while since you've done a MikroTik video, are there more to come?

[@smileymattj]

@Nevermore Dhliwayo There are two variants of the 4011. One has wifi, the other doesn't. mikrotik.com/product/rb4011igs_rm mikrotik.com/product/rb4011igs_5hacq2hnd_in

[@mjducharme]

There is now also the option of the hap ac3 as a cheaper alternative to the RB4011 - you can get 1Gbps routing performance on it. I have an RB4011 but it doesn't have a USB port unfortunately, it is one thing I miss having on the device.

[@m.yogeshranjan7494]

Can I use Mikrotik hAP ac2 as a wifi router , I'm going to use 5 wireless devices , 2 wired devices , 300mbps down and up speed , for home purposes , i'm not a networker , so I'm just gonna use it for normal uses , is it good ?

[@smileymattj]

@@m.yogeshranjan7494 hAP AC2 is good. It can do over 300. As long as your wireless devices have wifi cards that can support 300 or more, it will do it.

[@m.yogeshranjan7494]

@@smileymattj 4 mobiles and a laptop in wifi , 1 pc and a tv with Lan cable! , And how to configure it as a router?

[@ClipTubepk]

great video sir

[@garyodell8302]

Great Video! I have a question . What is the wifi signal strength like?

[@LinuxTechShow]

Actually, it's excellent. Not sure if you're looking for real stats like signal strength in dB and so-on, but in real-world use, it is substantially better than what is built in to the modem provided by our ISP. Not only is the signal strength fantastic, but the programmability of the device allows us to create an unlimited number of SSIDs (useful for guest access, device isolation, etc.). The other nice thing about MikroTik is that if the signal is poor in areas, it is very easy to add access points to extend the signal beyond the natural reach of the radio.

[@hwy9nightkid]

I just ordered teh RB5009.. hoping to get into it once it arrives but if you have some chance to create a RouterOS 7 initial setup would be very appreciated!

[@vusimuzisibanyoni4273]

I need help, I have an hAP AC Lite in my apartment with fiber optic, I was wondering if I could get a Wi-Fi router but I don't know anything about this, I just know that I want Wi-Fi for the rest of my devices

[@stacksmasher]

Try asking on Reddit. www.reddit.com/r/HomeNetworking/

[@Blizl0x]

I wanna give MikroTik a try. The thing is that my modem/router provided by the ISP is locked' thus I can't use bridge mode. I may be able to surpass this issue by using DMZ but I don't know for sure. Any suggestions would be welcome. Thank you. Great video.

[@BattousaiHBr]

if your ISP modem doesn't have bridge mode, you are unfortunately stuck with it.

[@gonootropics2.065]

If you have cable internet you can usually get away with swapping in a DOCSIS 3.0 or 3.1 modem, allowing you to use your own router

[@blabbersoft]

This looks like it is a bit more convenient than PFsense for initial setup.

[@BattousaiHBr]

i can attest to that, set up pfsense for a client recently and first access is very inconvenient. do note that if you need to run VPN clients/servers pfsense has significantly more features/protocols than mikrotik, though their new software currently in beta has added wireguard support so keep an eye out.

[@fredgama2536]

So helpfull

[@hopejides]

Pandemic Internet Speed. that word is good. lol, thanks for sharing.

[@JuanCarbutt]

People and their first world problems....

[@Ressy66]

Great vid thanks, BTW, did you sort your bandwith out, did the Mikrotik handle the gb?

[@BattousaiHBr]

that board cant handle 1gbps, youd need a rb3011 or rb4011.

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

What a HUAWEI B331 4G router and a HUAWEI B331 Antenna if you want to go off grid and you can get the said router and antenna and DD-WRT firmware.

[@chrislane5670]

weird, im doing a direct connect making my PC .2 and i cannot even ping the .1.. Tried resetting the unit in the back but not working...I can console though so gonna learn CLI i suppose to figure out any help appreciated..

[@RizHail]

My house is 3 storeys (ground, 1st floor, 2nd floor, 3rd floor) each floor is 750 sq feet. I have 2 questions: 1. What is the WiFi range coverage of this HAP AC2 device on 5Ghz? Is it small range? because i don't see any antenna on this device by mikrotik. 2. Very important to me is USB port, i want to attached a Hard Disk HDD 2TB on it. And my family will upload our Mobile photos and videos on it from our Android and iPhone. So that we can watch it on our Android TV. And directly download videos movies from our laptops to HDD on router. Is this possible on this device? I have Asus DSL-ac56u, i want to upgrade to Asus RT-ac68u with Merlin Firmware. But now this brand mikrotik looks like a better and cheaper option.

[@yourpalfranc]

Robbie, do you find as a general rule that most ISP routers can be set up in bridge mode? I ask because I'd wanted to set up a DD-WRT router a while back, and I wasn't able to get the Arris wireless router provided by my ISP (Frontier Communications - terrible!!!!!) set up in bridge mode. Of course, Frontier would provide no help whatsoever, and for as much research as I was able to do, I couldn't find a way to do it. But, I'm just curious if bridge mode is a widely-applied feature available on most modems. I'd love to do this MikroTik project!!! Thanks!! ~Frank

[@MladenMarinov]

Hi, With Mikrotik its pretty straight forward to create bridge for your network, The bridge Is often used to pass the multicast traffic for IPTV by providers. Below example set of commands is how to set bridge to your Mikrotik: /interface ethernet set [ find default-name=ether1 ] comment=WAN speed=Auto /interface bridge add igmp-snooping=yes name=bridge-multicast add arp=proxy-arp name=bridge1 priority=0x2000 /interface bridge port add bridge=bridge-multicast interface=ether1 add bridge=bridge-multicast interface=ether2 add bridge=bridge-multicast interface=ether3 In this case your WAN port is ether1 and you have two more ports - ether2 and ether3 bridged with your WAN. I hope this to be helpful.

[@PRAMODKUMAR-hl5wt]

Hi, 1 of my team mate connected router board hex poe to 220v without its adapter and now it stopped working , can you suggest what to do now?

[@keratishvili]

Great videos, make also how to setup VPN on mikrotik L2TP/IPsec.

[@ashikdas3843]

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[@tomzbrah2006]

can i ask, how can i setup the 5ghz wifi, we got MikroTik at home its 2.4 - 5ghz and we got onlz 2.4ghz at home, i cant play games until i got 5gz

[@antoniocerasuolo757]

hi Robbie, i will be running a cable and set the Mikrotik router HAP ax2 downstream from my switch in a different section of the house and it will be getting the IP address through the ISP router DHCP through my switch in the kitchen from what i have seen on youtube there should not be any issues with this?

[@LinuxTechShow]

Assuming a good run of cable and proper termination, this is perfectly fine: Basically just a long Ethernet cable from your Cable modem to the MikroTik. Have fun!

[@Gokraut]

I am having an issue getting 1Gbps from one port I have 1gig down40 up. I can only get 580Mbps max on one port at a time. But I can get 550Gbps on another port simultaneously so I’m not sure why I can get aggregate 1Gbps but not on a single port not sure what’s wrong any suggestion.???? I should also include I am using a microtik rj45 sfp to my sb8200

[@mattl267]

Can I put this router in-line from another LAN router or does this need to be connected via WAN?

[@HippyScar]

when I put in the 192.168.... it takes me to a mikrotik login? what do i do then?

[@guyseide]

can I create a dmz through this ? when playing COD id like to get that option

[@mehdi_be]

12:07 pretty low speed? That's dream for us over here. At best we may get 10Mbps speed, usually it's 1 or 2Mbps...

[@Wawny050]

I'm down to kbps at times being on the Aussie wireless NBN shared with a small town

[@xcrisso]

Hi Sir.. Iam buying the RB4011iGS+5HacQ2HnD-IN and right now i have Fiber modem from The Energy supplyer and then The ISP Mandatory Router I was told by my ISP that i can do 2 things i can bridge the router to my own or i can Create Vlan Tag on WAN with Vlan Tagid 101 You mentioned that with bridge mode ISP can only see there is connected one unit (my own router) and nothing else But what if i use the VLan tag method (and remove isp router and only use my router from fiber modem to my own router via Vlan Tagging on Wan What would you Suggest ;)

[@LinuxTechShow]

Since you're using a MikroTik switch after the modem, there's no need to do VLAN tagging within the modem (you can do this in the MikroTik). I personally prefer my ISP modem to be "dumb" - just an Internet connection for my MikroTik to use. This (bridging) removes the ISP's ability to login to my modem (since the administration interface is disabled when bridged), and you'll want all your networking (including VLANs) to be done within RouterOS. Thanks for watching!

[@xcrisso]

@@LinuxTechShow Thanks For the Answer, glad i did watch your channel ;) iam setting up an awesome home/business network with over 15 periphials and an machine shop with 8 periphials ;)

[@LinuxTechShow]

@@xcrisso please be sure to subscribe if you haven't yet. Good luck with all the networking. Remember to have fun!

[@xcrisso]

Now i just bought the rb4011 And also cAP AC and an SFP+ rj45 1G

[@guyseide]

can i use my isp router modem /the mikro / and the google hub for wifi ?

[@sailendraadhikari8357]

sir help me to configure l2tp vpn i cant acess from outsidr sir please

[@PatrickMainabean]

how much do you pay for your internet?

[@svhuwagv2965]

Why are you using Windows when you channel is called LinuxTechShow? :P

[@samc1176]

You will never get a gig just because you have a 1 gb connection, the way it works you should be happy to get in the 900's

[@k4qdex]

you pay for gigabit and get only 150mbps? wat? i live in germany and you can get them to court if they dont provide gigabit to your house.

[@LinuxTechShow]

Here in Canada, gigabit Internet generally means it can spike up to that high. But you'd usually see between 100-250 Mb/sec in reality. The only time you'd generally see legitimate gigabit speeds (i.e., 1,000 Mb/s sustained) would be if you had dedicated fibre (which we do not).

[@Whatamachineaustralia]

Just jam it in mmm

[@jowdyboy]

ipconfig /release ipconfig /renew Watching you disable the adapter every time is cringy. 🙂

[@SolarityTechnology]

I was wondering this myself.

[@olegfromru]

A lot of water and repetitive information

[@itsmattaitken]

Mikrotik, not micro hehe

[@samc1176]

Telling people not to type "dumdum123"... sorry, but that's an insult to your audience to assume that they're really that clueless.

[@ceecrb1]

fuck that audio is bad.

[@bebopboppityboo9158]

In between some very helpful commentary, you insert asides that are not useful and which bog down your presentation. You digress where it is not needed or helpful. Example: did you really need to do a speed test after making us watch you fix a moment that should have been edited out of the video (not plugging in the cable correctly)? I have a suggestion. Map out what you want to show us and take us through it with screen actions ONLY and no commentary. None. Once you have that mapped out and have done a run through or two, then add back in your verbal commentary and please make it focused, on-point, and do not randomly digress. I don't care about your messy setup so why throw an aside about it in this training video? Your digressions make your videos very hard to watch. Hopefully, this will be read as being constructive. Thank you.