My apologies for the delay response, i had attempted to update my router's firmware and i messed it up so i had to reinstall the firmware back..anyways after doing i retested and it finally worked!!! I tried it both port 443 and 8728 and both worked, so i just returned to port 8728. One of the thing...

So i'm still unable to connect to this, i did what you suggested and while i am able to ping the router now i just can't access it via the API yet, still getting the same error and i've got the router directly connected to my modem. Could it b my ISP?

Okay..i think i might have found the issues. I changed the permissions on the file to 777 (not what i want to keep them at but for testing purposes this will do) and that seem to finally work. I do however have a few questions regarding the API so that would be great if you wouldn't mind helping me ...

I also got the following:

stream_socket_client() function is enabled, SHA-1 HASH (string)

It also gave me a few tips on troubleshooting so i'll look into those to make sure i can reach the router from winbox or ping

Could it be the web server?

Also, i did run phpinfo() from the web as well and the php version is 5.3.3

I executed the .phar file from the command line and got the following: PEAR2_Net_RouterOS-1.0.0b3.phar: line 1: ?php: No such file or directory PEAR2_Net_RouterOS-1.0.0b3.phar line 2: syntax error near unexpected token 'get_included_files' PEAR2_Net_RouterOS-1.0.0b3.phar line 2: 'if (count(get_inclu...

Well i did check it via the shell command line on the server and it shows as php 5.3.3

So i'm new to this ordeal here and i just happen to find this thread. My issues is probably the same..however i have done all the steps and tested the file but my php file keeps timing out.... I have enabled the API on the routerBoard and downloaded the .phar file which is in the same folder/directo...