How To Reset Mikrotik router

The video is in the Indonesian language. (Watch from the 3 minute forwards)

https://youtu.be/kR5h8cO38JY

In-text:

  1. Unplugged the power cable
  2. Press and hold the reset button
  3. Plugin the power cable
  4. Wait until the light blinking
  5. Release the reset button

export/import

(File > Backup will produce a binary file.backup. It includes MAC address etc, so it is often used to restore on the same router.)

export

We use export. Tool Winbox or Mikrotik Pro Android app.

/export compact file=myfilename

/ means root, so the above command export everything, compact will export non-default value Newer RouterOS version can just use /export file=myfilename It will auto append .rsc

Starting from v6rc1 “export compact” is the default behaviour. To do old-style export use export verbose Read more: https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Configuration_Management

import

/import verbose myfilename.rsc