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General Information

Summary

The MikroTik RouterOS can be configured remotely, using Telnet, SSH, WinBox Console or Webbox. In this manual we will discuss how to use the interactive WinBox console.

Description

The Winbox console is used for accessing the MikroTik Router configuration and management features, using graphical user interface (GUI).

All Winbox interface functions are as close as possible to Cons

ole fun

ctions: all Winbox functions are exactly in the same hierarchy in Terminal Console and vice versa (except functions that are not implemented in Winbox). That is w

hy there are no Winbox sec

tions in the manual.

The Winbox Console plugin loader, the winbox.exe program, can

be retrieved from the MikroTik router, the URL is http

://router_address/winbox/winbox.exe Use any web browser on Windows 95/98/ME/NT4.0/2000/XP or Linux to retrieve the winbox.exe executa

ble file from Router. If your rout

er is not specifically configured, you can also type in the web-browser just http://router_address

The Winbox plugins are cached on the local disk for each Mikr

oTik RouterOS version. The plugins are not downloaded, if they

are in the cache, and the ro

uter has not been upgraded since the last time it has been accessed.

Starting the Winbox Console

When connecting to the MikroTik router via http (TCP port 80 by default), the router's Welcome Page is displayed in the web browser:

By clicking on the Winbox link you can start the winbox.exe down

load. Choose Open to start the Winbox loader program (you can

also save this program to your local d

isk, and run it from there)

The winbox.exe program opens the Winbox login window.

where:

discovers and shows MNDP (MikroTik Neighbor Discovery Protocol) or CDP (Cisco Discovery Protocol) devices.

• 

  logs on to the router by specified IP address (and the port number if you have changed it from the default value of 80) or MAC Address (if the router is in the same subnet), user name, and password.

• 

  saves the current sessions to the list (to run them, just double-click on an item).

• 

  removes selected item from the list.

• 

  removes all items from the list, clears cache on the local disk, imports addresses from wbx file or exports them to wbx file.

• Secure Mode

  provides privacy and data integrity between WinBox and RouterOS by means of TLS (Transport Layer Security) protocol.

• Keep Password

  Saves password as a plain text on a local hard drive. Warning

  : storing passwords in plain text allows anybody with access to your files to read the password from there.

The Winbox Console of the router:

The Winbox Console uses TCP port 8291. After logging onto the router you can work with the MikroTik router's configuration through the Winbox console and perform the same tasks as using the regular console.

Overview of Common Functions

You can use the menu bar to navigate through the router's configuration menus, open configuration windows. By double clicking on some list items in the windows you can open configuration windows for the specific items, and so on.

There are some hints for using the Winbox Console: