How to Access Mikrotik Router

How to Access Mikrotik – Mikrotik devices can be accessed using a variety of media, and how to access its Mikrotik also vary. There are four ways to access the MikroTik Router, among others:

1. Via Console / Command Mikrotik

Mikrotik we can access directly via the console/shell and remote access using PuTTY (www.putty.nl). Do I just enter the IP address Host Name column MikroTik to his PuTTY?

Tips Command: “Take advantage of autocomplete” (like bash autocomplete in Linux) Press the TAB key on the keyboard to find out / complete the list next command. So long command does not need to type it again, simply type at the beginning of the command, and then press the TAB-TAB then automatically Shell will display/complete the list of commands we mean.

Example:

Download PuTTY here.

Just type Ip Fir and press TAB »> »> then automatically completes the shell will be the Ip Firewall. Then type “..” (two points) to go back to the top of the submenu, and type “/” to return to the root menu.

2. Via Web Browser

Mikrotik can also \ access via web/port 80 on your browser. Example: type in your browser we Mikrotik IP: 192.168.1.10.

3. Via Winbox

Mikrotik can also be accessed / remote use tool winbox (small windows utility which is very practical and fairly easy to use). Winbox is a tool to remotely Mikrotik most popular because apart easily can display menus on

Mikrotik in the GUI. The initial view enables winbox like this:

Winbox can detect mikrotik already installed origin is still in the network, namely by detecting the MAC address of ethernet installed in Mikrotik. To be able to access the proxy using winbox can use the IP Address or MAC Address Mikrotik her.

Download Winbox here.

4. Via Telnet

We are able to remote MikroTik use telnet over the application program “command prompt” (cmd) that exist on the windows which have enabled Telnet features. However, the use of telnet is not recommended in the network due to safety issues.

example:

That was four ways of accessing Mikrotik. For those of you who are learning Mikrotik can try using each way over to practice.