I added the firewall filters to help prevent bruteforce logins on ssh per the instruction at:

http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Bruteforc ... %26_SSH%29

I see continual attempts that trace back to China trying to ssh in, but when I go to: /ip firewall address-list and issue print command, nothing is ever there.
Is there something else I need to do?

Since posting this I also found the following suggestion and changed everything accordingly
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http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php ... te#p439986

So, the latter in my understanding of what it should do is not working. I'm watching right now attempted ssh logins, dozens in a row from the same ip all for root. But the rules never applied. Any ideas what's going on?

I could never get this working either

Check the rules order and if address lists are filled.