serial console problem in RB500

kutty · Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:13 am

hi everybody,

i have RB500 MT board, recently purchased one.when i connect the board to the PC , i am not able to see any ip or mac address config in neighbor discovery.then i started connecting with special null modem cable (DB9) i am not able to see any bootup in the hyperterminal.please help in this situation.

advance thanks,

Kutty

Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:24 pm

does the router turn on the LEDs when booting? what settings did you enter when connecting with serial console?

kutty · Fri Nov 11, 2005 6:48 am

does the router turn on the LEDs when booting? what settings did you enter when connecting with serial console?

yes the router turn on the LED's,i did the power up using POE (ether1), i did this setup for the serial console in the hyper terminal

115200
8 data bits
1 stop bits
no parity(none)
hardware flow control

i made special null modem cable as per the mikrotik refernce manual

again i cant find any boot up from the board.

kutty · Mon Nov 14, 2005 6:44 am

please any one can help me out from this problem.

wildbill442 · Mon Nov 14, 2005 7:08 am

I had problems connecting via the serial cable and found that the cable I was using was bad or had an incorrect pin-out..

Get a hold of a known good cable and try connecting again.

kutty · Mon Nov 14, 2005 10:30 am

I had problems connecting via the serial cable and found that the cable I was using was bad or had an incorrect pin-out..

Get a hold of a known good cable and try connecting again.

thanks for quick reply,
let me know one thing, when connecting thru serial cable, in which way i should power up the board either thru POE or direct power supply,

kutty,

Mon Nov 14, 2005 10:38 am

There is not any differentce between power options.

Try baud-rate=9600.
Have you tried to access Router via Mac-Winbox ?

kutty · Mon Nov 14, 2005 12:49 pm

There is not any differentce between power options.

Try baud-rate=9600.
Have you tried to access Router via Mac-Winbox ?

yes i have tried using mac address of ether1 , when i am connecting using neighbour discovery , it is asking for login name
login ---> admin
enter
pwd ----> enter

then it showing

connection time out

Mon Nov 14, 2005 12:54 pm

Have you tried with Winbox program ? (MAC-Winbox)

kutty · Mon Nov 14, 2005 1:02 pm

Have you tried with Winbox program ? (MAC-Winbox)

yes i have tried mac-winbox, same result i am getting
please tell me any other alternative to get the board workin

kutty,

Mon Nov 14, 2005 1:14 pm

Try baud-rate=9600 for HyperTerminal program.

Change Ethernet cable, connect RouterBOARD to one switch with PC, check leds after switching on BOARD for Neighbor Viewer or MAC-Winbox accessing.