Netinstall on RB411R and RB750

Caci99 · Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:07 pm

It looks like there is no way to do netinstall on the new RB411R
and RB750, since both of them don't have Serial Port, right?

InoX · Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:34 am

in the picture RB411R have serial port

Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:31 am

which picture? no it doesn't. wait for the newsletter

InoX · Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:38 am

this one

Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:53 am

it's not the RB411R

Caci99 · Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:12 pm

So Normis, what about netinstall?

Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:18 pm

holding the small little button during boot will run the network booting option.

janisk · Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:57 pm

to be exact, push button, and plug in power, wait till router beeps and light goes off on the router. after that router will boot up from your netinstall. You should run netinstall before operation because wait time is rather short to start booting

Caci99 · Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:06 pm

Is this button visible in any of the published pictures?
I haven't acquired any of these routerboards yet, so I can
only see the pictures

Thank you

Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:09 pm

all routerboards have this button. pick up any you have

Caci99 · Thu Jul 09, 2009 5:40 pm

I guess you're talking about what I long beleived was the
non working "reset hardware button" ha ha.

Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:06 am

before it loaded the backup bootloader. now it has an additional function.

Caci99 · Wed Sep 09, 2009 5:12 pm

to be exact, push button, and plug in power, wait till router beeps and light goes off on the router. after that router will boot up from your netinstall. You should run netinstall before operation because wait time is rather short to start booting

Sorry to bring this topic back, but I just tried netinstall on RB750 as described
but didn't succeeded. Netinstall version 3.28 and RB750 with RouterOS 3.29

And looks like RB750 doesn't have any beep during boot
Any help?

changeip · Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:28 am

u using port 1 ?

Krusty · Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:32 am

same here, I got RB750 (bought for tests) and need to reinstall, no serial connector, netinstall dont see it and dont work, Im trying port 1 and port 5, no beep while booting, cause it dont have any speaker...

I tried to power off, push reset, and while holding reset turn power on, it seems to boot normaly, no change, but default configuration is loaded

I cant use default config, cause something on that RB is corrupted, while Im able to connect via telnet, run check installation, then I got plenty of error messages that I have to contact support

Wingox dont work, it says "could not get index: missing file"

so how can I reinstall this RB ?

Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:34 am

please look at the quick guide:
http://www.routerboard.com/pricelist/do ... ile_id=106

it says there:

Hold this button during boot time longer, until LED turns off,
then release it to make RB750 look for Netinstall servers.

Krusty · Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:56 am

please look at the quick guide:
http://www.routerboard.com/pricelist/do ... ile_id=106

it says there:
Hold this button during boot time longer, until LED turns off,
then release it to make RB750 look for Netinstall servers.

I try this before, 1st and 5th port, netinstall dont see that RB

Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:30 pm

why do you need to netinstall anyway? did you try to reset it first?

Krusty · Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:01 pm

why do you need to netinstall anyway? did you try to reset it first?

as I say, my installation of MT is corrupted, Im not able co connect via winbox, because it says "index missing" if I try to connect via telnet and run "check-install" than I got plenty of errors, that some files are missing. Yes I have tried to reset configuration, many times

I already tried to upload new package through FTP, it says no enought space... I realy thint I got defective piece and I will try to make reclamation on this...

BTW: I realy hate this default configurations

especialy when RB dont have serial port and dont like my ethernet card so Im not able to connect to MAC address

I think I will stay with RB450

Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:06 pm

1. RB450 also has default configuration, exactly the same as RB750. Strange that you didn't notice
2. at first startup, RouterOS asks you if you want to remove it, this is an option
3. Index Missing is not a RouterOS issue, but a Windows issue. Try to connect from another PC and make sure you use port 2-5

I really recommend you to read the simple steps on the cardboard box

Krusty · Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:11 pm

1. RB450 also has default configuration, exactly the same as RB750. Strange that you didn't notice
2. at first startup, RouterOS asks you if you want to remove it, this is an option
3. Index Missing is not a RouterOS issue, but a Windows issue. Try to connect from another PC and make sure you use port 2-5

I really recommend you to read the simple steps on the cardboard box

1. yes I noticed it, but RB450 got serial port so Im able to revert this default config via serial and make my own, no need to change IP on computer and make a lot of annoying stuf around

2. yes, true, Im using serial for this first start, witch RB750 dont have
3. I already tried this, If i try to connect to second RB750 that it works, but this one dont work....

Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:18 pm

you must use Winbox on the first startup, it will ask you about config, and you will have the ability to push the "remove config" button. NO configuration needs to be added in your laptop. Use Winbox over MAC address if you wish

Krusty · Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:26 pm

you must use Winbox on the first startup, it will ask you about config, and you will have the ability to push the "remove config" button. NO configuration needs to be added in your laptop. Use Winbox over MAC address if you wish

I think you dont read what I wrote up there

and dont like my ethernet card so Im not able to connect to MAC address

now its pointless I will send it to my reseller, cause it seems to be broken piece

I've bought a lot of routerboards, but none behaved like this one... grrr

Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:34 pm

As I said, you need to change the PC first

and dont like my ethernet card

Like I said, it's a windows driver issue

Krusty · Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:39 pm

As I said, you need to change the PC first
and dont like my ethernet card
Like I said, it's a windows driver issue

I tried to connect to MAC from one PC, where It works, same error "index missing"....

Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:41 pm

OK, do the following:

1. connect a simple ethernet cable from this pc to the first port of the RB750
2. turn off ALL firewall and antivirus programs on this PC, try to do this on a non-Vista machine

you can even right-click and run Netinstall as administrator
3. Run netinstall and enable PXE in the settings
4. Turn on the RB750 while holding the button, hold the button until the LED turns off, then release button
5. wait until it appears in Netinstall window of devices

Krusty · Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:48 pm

OK, do the following:

1. connect a simple ethernet cable from this pc to the first port of the RB750
2. turn off ALL firewall and antivirus programs on this PC, try to do this on a non-Vista machine you can even right-click and run Netinstall as administrator
3. Run netinstall and enable PXE in the settings
4. Turn on the RB750 while holding the button, hold the button until the LED turns off, then release button
5. wait until it appears in Netinstall window of devices

1. done
2. done, hate vista, so there is no problem

3. done - Ip set to 172.30.183.222
4. done
5. no result, RB dont appear I only see my own HDD drives

I was so desperate that I tried to boot simple PC to netinstal, only to see it work, yes, PC boot to netinstall PXE, got the IP I set, but RB dont....

Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:53 pm

ok, in that case, contact the seller, sorry

Krusty · Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:56 pm

ok, in that case, contact the seller, sorry

no need to apologize, I am glad that you try to help me

thanks for help

GuJack20 · Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:24 pm

Tried with different Netinstall versions with no success in RB750 until i found MikroTik Router Installer 3.29 (the new way of naming Netinstall i think) and everything run smoothly as described in the previous posts, so you MUST use MikroTik Router Installer 3.29.

Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:32 pm

MikroTik Router Installer

Interesting. That will be changed to Netinstall, thanks for noticing

gowifi · Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:31 am

Hi There, I just had a RB/411R that seems to have a corrupt OS so I thought I would Netinstall using the info above and it does not see the Netinstall program. Unfortunately I do not have a copy of Netinstaller 3.29. I have used Netinstall for years with the standard method using the serial port so am sure it is set up correctly. Any thoughts?

Thanks Dale.

Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:41 am

try Netinstall 4.2, and do what the Quick Guide tells you to - hold the button, turn on the router, when the LED goes off - release the button. Then it will start looking for netinstall servers.

http://www.routerboard.com/pricelist/do ... ile_id=124

winet · Thu May 13, 2010 2:59 pm

i've gotten the same problem, after trying to upgrade to 4.9, the OS got corrupted. but then, reading this thread and following normis instructions, i've successfully netinstall-ed the RB750, thanks

lukkes · Sun May 23, 2010 7:08 am

Hi, it works for me with netinstall 4.9, holding the reset button near the power plug, until the ACT led stop blink, and wait a few seconds the netinstall detect the RB750...

adriavidal · Tue Sep 27, 2011 1:42 am

My router board 750 seems totally bricked.
Booted with the reset button pressed do nothing, none beep, no blink, all the leds get on, only act is off.

Any suggestion is welcome, thanks.

boardman · Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:07 pm

My router board 750 seems totally bricked.
Booted with the reset button pressed do nothing, none beep, no blink, all the leds get on, only act is off.

Any suggestion is welcome, thanks.

Our's too, was fine, upladed 5.13 .npk file, reboot ... then bricked ... connected port LED is ON, then all LED turn ON the unit reboot PWR and ACT LED always on ...

Netinstall do not work.

Any ideas?

Regards

Caci99 · Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:28 pm

from the user guide document on RB750 (http://routerboard.com/pdf/356/rb750gl-ug.pdf):

Hold this button during boot time longer, until LED turns off, then release it to make the RouterBOARD look for Netinstall servers.

Try it once more before giving up.

boardman · Thu Feb 16, 2012 6:48 pm

My router board 750 seems totally bricked.
Booted with the reset button pressed do nothing, none beep, no blink, all the leds get on, only act is off.

Any suggestion is welcome, thanks.
Our's too, was fine, upladed 5.13 .npk file, reboot ... then bricked ... connected port LED is ON, then all LED turn ON the unit reboot PWR and ACT LED always on ...

Netinstall do not work.

Any ideas?

Regards

Will do, thanks

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