pe1chi, I am in full agreement about Quick Set. I like all of your suggestions. I really like the warning message idea! If that was in there, I would not of locked myself out of 2 devices! Good news my devices had a serial console port. :) I have alerted those in my company about the problem. Thanks...

Hi pe1ch1, Thanks for your in-site. I will you add you to my list of experts that are telling me not to use Quick Set after initial setup. I think my previous statement However I will follow both of your advise and stay the hell away from Quick Set! shows that I have learned my lesson. With that bei...

Hi sob and wrkq, I have fixed my home router! Thanks wrkq for alerting me of the serial port on the back! Similar problems were cause by my use of Quick Set. I fixed it with the console enough to get back in via WinBox. Then cleaned things up from GUI. I did the same as the work device. I made Addre...

I have worked with many routers over my years. I will just say that I have never ever seen any other that even comes close to the Mikrotik product line. It is not just the OS but the hardware. They will run circles around Sonicwall devices for a fraction of the price. There is nothing that you canno...

Thanks guys! wrkq, I will be dipped in shit! You are correct! I have an RJ45 serial on the back of my device. Thanks for pointing that out! Now here is the super cool thing. I got the wrong cable on both of my client site units, but it is the correct Cisco style cable for my home unit. I will grab o...

Hi Sob and wrkq, I have good news! I have fixed the work router! The console port rules! So do you guys because without you, I would of never been able to fix the device. I should actually be calling work router, client site router. I am an IT tech. I should also mention that I have another client s...

Thanks sob. I understand. Your comments about CLI vs GUI makes perfect sense as well. If I cannot solve this problem tomorrow, I will export everything and post it. Excluding sensitive material of course.

Thanks wrkq, I really need to learn more about the CLI commands. All of the online manual pages are written with CLI examples. Also most folks that really know the RouterOS, seem to use the CLI exclusively. Will the /export hide-sensitive command export everything (i.e. routing table, address list, ...

Hi folks, I thought I would update this topic... dnordenberg - Thanks for your post. That is very interesting indeed. I am wondering if you can recall what changes you made to the 3 units that you were locked out of? Have you emailed support about this problem? sob - On the work unit, I tried the sa...

Hey guys, sob the firewall is not accessible via the LCD. I cannot access the device via mac address either. As I stated earlier the device does not even show up under the Neighbors tab in WinBox. It is looking like a reset is inevitable. Not a big deal because it is pretty much a stock box. As for ...

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Thanks for spending your time on this. My device has an RJ45 serial port for console access. With that being said. I wonder if I could use a crossover network cable with software. I found this https://www.virtual-serial-port.org/art ... net-tools/. What do you think?

Hi sob and wrkq, Sob, that did not work for me on my home unit. I did exactly as you said. New address 192.168.99.1/24 on spare ether4. Then set a static on my pc of 192.168.99.10 with subnet 255.255.255.0 and gateway 192.168.99.1. The connect the nic cable to ether4 and PC. ipconfig looks good but ...

Thanks SOB! That is just what I was looking for. I am not home now but I am on my way. I will use the LCD screen to add 192.168.99.1/24 on an unused port. The do a manual config on my pc as you suggest. I will let you know what happens...

Hi SOB, Thanks for your reply. The touch screen does allow me to add addresses to any interface except bridge. What I do not no is whether it will also create a route for an added address. https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:LCD_TouchScreen#Reboot_and_Reset_Configuration . Can you suggest a fix us...

Hi Everyone, Home - RB2011Ui - RouterOS 6.45.2 - WinBox 3.18 - IP 192.168.88.1 Work - CCR1016-12G - RouterOS 6.45.2 WinBox 3.18 - IP 192.168.0.1 I have managed to lock myself out of 2 routers. Both are fully functional. IP addresses are being assigned, Internet is working. Everything looks good when...

Hi Sob, Thanks for your help on this. Yes I did have Qbittorrent open when testing. This is really strange. All of the online testers fail. Yet the standalone tester succeeds. I am not sure why this is. I enable the log view in Qbittorrent, the log shows that it is successfully listening on 192.168....

Well I am feeling dumb about now. There is nothing wrong with my rules and the port is forwarding correctly. Testing with any of the available websites will fail. I am not sure why. However I found a nice utility that tells me the port is open. For those who are interested here is the link... http:/...

Thanks Sob for your reply. I decided to to add the postrouting rule. The rule does pass. So I am stumped here. I am using qbittorent as my client. It says that my port is not open. I have run the port forward test on multiple websites including grc.com which I have complete faith in. They all say th...

Hi Intermod and thanks for your reply. I tried removing the in interface and that did not make it work. I also tried adding a source IP but that did not work either. This is so strange. As I stated, I know the rule is being parsed because the bytes and packets increase with each test. It just fails ...

Hi everyone, I am running a RB2011iAS-2HnD with latest router OS version 6.41.2 with latest version of Winbox. I have performed a factory reset to get a fresh start. I am trying to forward a port TCP and UDP for Torrent inbound connections. I have followed port forwarding instructions from several w...