Basics proxy setup for beginners

Normally you connect to the router by IP addresses with any telnet or SSH

client software (a simple text-mode telnet client is usually called telnet and

is distributed together with almost any OS). You can also use graphical

configuration tool for Windows (also can be run in Linux using Wine) called

Winbox. To get Winbox, connect to the router's IP address with a web

browser, and follow the link to download winbox.exe from the router.







MAC-telnet is used to connect to a router when there is no other way to

connect to it remotely if the router has no IP address or in case of

misconfigured firewall. MAC-telnet can only be used from the same

broadcast domain (so there should be no routers in between) as any of the

router's enabled interfaces (you can not connect to a disabled interface).

MAC-telnet program is a part of the Neighbor Viewer. Download it from

www.mikrotik.com, unpack both files contained in the archive to the same

directory, and run NeighborViewer.exe. A list of MikroTik routers working in

the same broadcast domain will be showed double-click the one you need to

connect to. Note that Winbox is also able to connect to routers by their MAC

addresses, and has the discovery tool built-in.





You can also connect to the router using a standard DB9 serial null-modem

cable from any PC. Default settings of the router's serial port are 9600 bits/s

(for RouterBOARD 500 series - 115200 bits/s), 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no

parity, hardware (RTS/CTS) flow control. Use terminal emulation program

(like HyperTerminal or SecureCRT in Windows, or minicom in UNIX/Linux) to

connect to the router. The router will beep twice when booted up, and you

should see the login prompt shortly before that (check cabling and serial

port settings if you do not see anything in the terminal window).




log/ -- System logs

quit -- Quit console

radius/ -- Radius client settings

certificate/ -- Certificate management

special-login/ -- Special login users

redo -- Redo previously undone action

driver/ -- Driver management

ping -- Send ICMP Echo packets

setup -- Do basic setup of system

interface/ -- Interface configuration

password -- Change password

undo -- Undo previous action

port/ -- Serial ports

import -- Run exported configuration script

snmp/ -- SNMP settings

user/ -- User management

file/ -- Local router file storage.

system/ -- System information and utilities

queue/ -- Bandwidth management

ip/ -- IP options

tool/ -- Diagnostics tools

ppp/ -- Point to Point Protocol

routing/ -- Various routing protocol settings

export  --

[admin@MikroTik] ip>

 

.. -- go up to root

service/ -- IP services

socks/ -- SOCKS version 4 proxy

arp/ -- ARP entries management

upnp/ -- Universal Plug and Play

dns/ -- DNS settings

address/ -- Address management

accounting/ -- Traffic accounting

the-proxy/ --

vrrp/ -- Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol

pool/ -- IP address pools

packing/ -- Packet packing settings

neighbor/ -- Neighbors

route/ -- Route management

firewall/ -- Firewall management

dhcp-client/ -- DHCP client settings

dhcp-relay/ -- DHCP relay settings

dhcp-server/ -- DHCP server settings

hotspot/ -- HotSpot management

ipsec/ -- IP security

web-proxy/ -- HTTP proxy

export --

[admin@MikroTik] ip>





MAC-telnet is used to connect to a router when there is no other way to

connect to it remotely if the router has no IP address or in case of

misconfigured firewall. MAC-telnet can only be used from the same

broadcast domain (so there should be no routers in between) as any of the

router's enabled interfaces (you can not connect to a disabled interface).

MAC-telnet program is a part of the Neighbor Viewer. Download it from

www.mikrotik.com, unpack both files contained in the archive to the same

directory, and run NeighborViewer.exe. A list of MikroTik routers working in

the same broadcast domain will be showed double-click the one you need to

connect to. Note that Winbox is also able to connect to routers by their MAC

addresses, and has the discovery tool built-in.

You can also connect to the router using a standard DB9 serial null-modem

cable from any PC. Default settings of the router's serial port are 9600 bits/s

(for RouterBOARD 500 series - 115200 bits/s), 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no

parity, hardware (RTS/CTS) flow control. Use terminal emulation program

(like HyperTerminal or SecureCRT in Windows, or minicom in UNIX/Linux) to

connect to the router. The router will beep twice when booted up, and you

should see the login prompt shortly before that (check cabling and serial port settings if you do not see anything in the terminal window).