Okay, so I'm finally into one of these routers without resetting it. The 
problem is that only a single interface allows me to log into them. I'm not 
super familiar with these CCRs, and I've been pulling teeth trying to figure 
out how to open it up so I can manage it from any interface. Can anyone point 
me to a tutorial or give me instruction on how to accomplish that?

Thank you,
Brett A Mansfield

> On Nov 9, 2016, at 12:05 PM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Tried serial console?
>  
>  
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Josh Reynolds" <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: 11/9/2016 2:05:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Password reset for inherited network
>  
>> Wonder if its only listening on certain IPs or IP ranges...
>> 
>> 
>>> On Nov 9, 2016 1:01 PM, "Brett A Mansfield" <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> Port scan only gave me a single open port, 5678.
>>> 
>>> Thank you,
>>> Brett A Mansfield
>>> 
>>>> On Nov 9, 2016, at 11:20 AM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Run a port scan on them. Try the web too.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Nov 9, 2016 11:39 AM, "Brett A Mansfield" 
>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> All the romon ports and all other normal ports used for management aside 
>>>>> from the discovery are either closed or blocked by an internal firewall.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>> Brett A Mansfield
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Nov 9, 2016, at 10:18 AM, That One Guy /sarcasm 
>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> wrong username/password
>>>>>> you should be able to romon or mac connect regardless, hopefully he had 
>>>>>> romon on and once youre into one you can get into the rest
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 11:16 AM, Brett A Mansfield 
>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> So I think I have the correct password, but no matter what I get an 
>>>>>>> error when connecting. I think he may have changed the management 
>>>>>>> ports. I should be able to log in via console and change all of that 
>>>>>>> there, correct? 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> If so I'll google the guide. My biggest question is if I try to log in 
>>>>>>> and the password is wrong will it tell my username and or password is 
>>>>>>> wrong or will it just say "error, cannot connect"?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>>> Brett A Mansfield
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Nov 9, 2016, at 10:07 AM, That One Guy /sarcasm 
>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> man, ive been hiding that shame for some time, im glad to know someone 
>>>>>>>> else out there is equally as guilty
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> OK, I am lazy, which means I use Winbox, and it has the password 
>>>>>>>>> stored for every Mikrotik I manage.  Plus I use Winbox on several 
>>>>>>>>> computers - laptops, desktops, and computers I remote into.  I take 
>>>>>>>>> it this guy was not similarly lazy?  If I was the fired ex-admin, all 
>>>>>>>>> you would need is to find one of the computers I used Winbox on.  
>>>>>>>>> Even if it's not possible to decrypt the stored passwords, you could 
>>>>>>>>> Winbox into every Mikrotik and change the password.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I guess real men use SSH and the CLI.  Oh, and don't store the 
>>>>>>>>> credentials in their SSH client.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Note, it appears Winbox 3 stores the passwords as cleartext in 
>>>>>>>>> settings.cfg.viw.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>> From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Butch Evans
>>>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2016 9:10 AM
>>>>>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Password reset for inherited network
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 2016-11-09 at 00:24 +0000, Brett A Mansfield wrote:
>>>>>>>>> > I was able to find the backups. Sadly they are running v6.36.
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > If I default it can I restore its config and change the password or
>>>>>>>>> > will it apply the old one?
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Google for "mtpass".  That will find the passwords in the backup file.
>>>>>>>>>  If these backups contain the "old" OR the "new" password, when you 
>>>>>>>>> default/restore the backup, the password will be whatever is in that 
>>>>>>>>> file.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Butch Evans
>>>>>>>>> Training and Support for WISPs
>>>>>>>>> 702-537-0979
>>>>>>>>> http://store.wispgear.net/
>>>>>>>>> http://www.butchevans.com/
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>> team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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