I have uploaded the OS packages to Dude following instructions on the wiki http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Th ... t#RouterOS but the packages are not listed in the "Upgrade" or "Force Upgrade" menu also in Devices I highlight device and select OS that i want to upgrade to but there is no "Progress Status" and some of the clients I have updated hours before still have the old version listed.

rather use the following menu to upgrade, under the tree view => devices => router os
then there is a status bar showing what its doing.

if i remember even if you right click then the details will be displayed here.

rather use the following menu to upgrade, under the tree view => devices => router os
then there is a status bar showing what its doing.

if i remember even if you right click then the details will be displayed here.

I tried upgrading by using "under the tree view => Devices => RouterOS" but almost all have red X status is "failed" is listed for almost all except for a few devices?

That red x means it's not connected, right click say reconnect, then see that it changes to an check mark before upgrading, it just means that there is no winbox connection available from the Dude server.

That red x means it's not connected, right click say reconnect, then see that it changes to an check mark before upgrading, it just means that there is no winbox connection available from the Dude server.

No problem with connecting to devices with Winbox and when I tried "reconnect" I get red X and "failed"?

well, the issue is that the dude is not connected to the devices via the winbox port. When the device is connected u will see the ver at the right, if dude cant decide what system it is aka x86/misbe/mipsle then it cant know what software to push. if that makes sence, when u in the device can you see the routeros details come back?

well, the issue is that the dude is not connected to the devices via the winbox port. When the device is connected u will see the ver at the right, if dude cant decide what system it is aka x86/misbe/mipsle then it cant know what software to push. if that makes sence, when u in the device can you see the routeros details come back?

All of the devices have port 8291 enabled and as mentioned when I select from the Dude the device opens in Winbox,
Strange as some report version 5.9 when they have been upgraded to 5.17

when you reconnect to them, then they will show the right ver.

I'm just talking from my experiences.

Found part of the problem, had disabled in most MT devices port 8728 (Ip > services > API 8728) now I have in (Devices > RouterOS) the details of each device but another issue is now when I try to upgrade Status says in most but not all "No Packages Availabe"

ok so you will see the difference as you go along, but for the problem that you have its because you running different packages,


so when you download the "full package" the single package then it will be better, once everything is standard it will go easier, you dont need all the different packages anymore.

so what you need to know is.

1 there are 4 main type of systems available
mipsle/mipsbe/swos/x86

and each has 2 types of packages available
1) the combined package
2) the individual packages.

I use all the combined packages. aka the 1 npk file. works like a charm for me, and is easy to upgrade, only use the "single packages if you going to use something really out of the ordinary, like the "lcd" or something like that.

if that makes sense.

you can get the all standard manually over time as well, i always have an 85% upgrade on all my devices when i roll out, then i just fix up the ones that are left behind.

its a repeat of

upgrade:
make coffee:
reconnect:

but it is a lot faster than doing it manual.

I have also played with the auto update function and that works ok. i just have to write a script for it so that it automatically checks and updates over time, but that can of tine cause untimely updates in a network.

Let me know if you came right, and if this helps, Don't for get the karma

I finally pin-pointed my issue and it was in the way i was manually upgrading each device and I would open the npk file and drag and drop contents into the device files and reboot but this did not have in System » Pacakages » routeros-mipsbe was not listed, so when I tried to update from Dude I got "no package available", had to drag & drop the npk folder and not individual files into the the files of each device , rebooted and now I can upgrade with Dude.

@ CyberT
I increased your karma, you deserve it for the effort, you mentioned having a script for upgrading using dude can you post it here.