Hi,
I have brand new RB850x2 on my desk and I noticed following problem. I use WinBox 3rc16 running in Wine and it's interface is very lagy and data missing (see attachment). There are no interface, addresses, uptime, cpu load ... simply nothing. Time to time a managed to connect and data are there so I was able to upgrade to the latest routeros and firmware, clear configuration etc... but it didn't solved this problem.

I can successfully manage any other RB without this issue so it is not a problem of my OS or Wine.

Any advices ? Thanks.

Hi Marsark,

I've had similar issues with the 850 as have others. It seems to be related to connection via Mac Address vs IP.

See this thread for thoughts / comments / complaints / workarounds.
But the short version and what worked for me. Between disconnects, I was able to get enough of a config in so I could connect via IP instead of mac. Once I had an IP connection, all was fine.


http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php ... connection

I have regular problems with MAC-winbox. Between my conputer and the MT device, there is a switch (Dell) which might interfere for some reason.
So if you want to use MAC-winbox, be sure to have a direct cable connection
or
use IP as stated in previous post.

Also, try with winbox 2, much more stable and resilient that Winbox3 "rc".

Thanks. Yes. Assignment of the IP address did the trick, but configuring DHCP client with broken gui took me 30 minutes at least. Everything is OK when connecting WinBOX to the IP address.

There is always RS232 LOL