
None of them is the solution to this type of error. If you received this winbox error message while trying to access your router, there is no need going over the three steps explained above. See how to reinstall a Mikrotik device via netinstall. When you can not access your router as a result of a currupt routerOS, simply reinstall your Mikrotik device using netinstall. (iii) Corrupt RouterOS: RouterOS could get corrupt when the router is rebooted remotely, when there is power fluctuation or when a RouterOS update did not perform correctly.

To access your router, it is recommended that you make use of the ether2, 3, 4, etc ports, depending on the model of your router. Ether1, having been provisioned as the WAN port, inherits these rules and consequently, denies all access to the router via it. Most Mikrotik routers have firewall rules preconfigured to deny access to the router via the WAN port.

To use it, simply connect your Mikrotik device to your PC, open the Winbox application, click on the displayed mac address and click on connect. Mac login is enabled by default on Mikrotik routers.

Alternative, if you do not want to change your IP, you can log in using the MAC address of the Mikrotik device. For you to be able to access the router using that IP, your PC MUST be configured with any IP on that subnet from 2 to 254 with a subnetmask of 255.255.255.0. This is done to enable you login and manage the device. Mikrotik routers come preconfigured with LAN IP. (i) Your PC is not on the same subnet as the Mikrotik device you are trying to access. When faced with this Winbox error message, do not freak out, there are a few reasons for this and we will go over them one after the other: We will look at them and what to do when faced with any of them. These two types of Winbox error messages are usually confusing. In addition to the Winbox error message received when a wrong username or password is entered, there are two other messages that can be received when trying to login to a Mikrotik device using Winbox.
