Mikrotik How To

Prerequisites:

Make sure that the WRAP board has the latest BIOS.

Notes: The WRAP board and Router OS take different com port settings in HyperTerminal. If you want to see the actual boot text from the WRAP board, not router OS, you have to change your setting to:

Configure your terminal emulator for 38400 8N1 (default baud rate), no handshake. To enter
setup, type S during the memory test. You should see somethink like the following:
PC Engines WRAP platform

tinyBIOS V1.4a (C)1997-2003 PC Engines
640 KB Base Memory
64512 KB Extended Memory
01F0 Master 848A HYPERSTONE FLASH DISK
Phys C/H/S 497/4/32 Log C/H/S 31/32/63
WRAP setup
(9) 9600 baud *3* 38400 baud
(C) CHS mode *L* LBA mode
(X) Xmodem upload (Q) Quit

What you can expect to see from time to time is something that looks like misc characters on HyperTerminal. When you have it set to the RouterOS settings, the misc garbage is the WRAP board information. When you have HyperTerminal configure for the WRAP board com port settings, the misc garbage is the RouterOS software.

The default setting for the RouterOS software is: 9600 8-N-1, with no flow control.

Note: Be absolutely positive that you are installing to the correct removable media.

This screen actually takes quite a bit to do anything, so be patient. After a while you will see the following:


Once it gets to this point, it will reboot. Again, the time for this process can vary, so give it some time. It may actually hang at this point, though. If it does, pull the power and let it recycle. Even with a reboot, though, it may actually take a little longer to boot then you think it would. After it boots, you will see the following:


At this point, you can either work from the command line, or swap to Winbox. If you choose Winbox, just use the appropriate Ethernet cable and plug into your computer, or plug your RouterOS box into the same switch your computer is using. You don't even have to know the IP address, since Winbox will pull up the AP by MAC address:
(q4)