The first few Winbox 3.x's were total crap. 3.11 which is the latest
works fine for me. Can't think of any recent issues with it.
The winbox application is the loader. When you connect to a router, the
loader downloads the plugins (DLLs) from the router and then starts your
session, assuming login creds are correct. Most likely something is
corrupt in your cached plugins.
Open up your winbox 3.x. Tools > Check for updates. Get the latest. When
it restarts, click Tools > Clear cache. And try connecting to your 493
router again. I bet you'll be fine.
Winbox 3 is great because you can more easily group things. I have a
group for core routers, misc routers, switches, APs (not many), etc.
On 5/9/2017 5:10 PM, Chris Wright wrote:
Winbox v3 came out almost three years ago…
What happens if you try to use the older Winbox version?
Chris Wright
Network Administrator
*From:*Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Philip Rankin
*Sent:* Tuesday, May 09, 2017 2:58 PM
*To:* af
*Subject:* [AFMUG] winbox 3
I have recently downloaded a new version of Winbox, Winbox 3, I
think. It has a different gui than the old winbox software that I
have always used. anyway, it picked up all of my router informations
that I had stored in my old Winbox and it worked perfectly for a few days.
Then one day, it failed to log into one of my RB493AH router. It
gives me an Error: "corrupted gzip". I'm first to admit that I really
don't understand how Winbox really works, but didn't think it had
anything to do with gzip since I'm running it on a W7 machine. So, I
figured the error was something to do with the router, not Winbox.
But, my old Winbox gets right into the 493 with no issues.
Can anyone tell me what's up? Any ideas on how to fix the error? I
searched the MT wiki and didn't find any leads. I also searched
Google for just 'corrupted gzip' and I wasn't at all excited about
what Google was saying.
Lookin' for an easy fix!
--
Philip J. Rankin
Wireless Telecommunications Services
PO Box 24
Pittsburg, KS 66762
