If you run into this again, just have them plug the cable into ports 2-5.. Then you can see it and remove the config.
On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 2:32 PM, Butch Evans <[email protected]> wrote: > On 01/18/2014 11:25 AM, Paul McCall wrote: > > Turns out the default config on the residential router totally blocks >> access to Port 1 by....1) not having that port in the MAC server list, by >> having a FW rule, and by something else (*which I am not sure what that is). >> >> Fixing those things above, I still had to remove the default config from >> the router (after a fresh /sys reset) and then all is find. >> >> I am kinda curious what third setting would need to have been adjusted to >> make MAC remote access available on Port 1 >> > > Personally, when I configure these routers, I always remove the default > configuration first. The firewall rules in the input chain disable all IP > access from the "wan" port (ether1). It is set up with a dhcp-client on > that port by default as well. Adding a static IP and gateway manually, and > removing the firewall will allow you to access the router by IP remotely > through ether1. For mac based access, there is a setting under: /tool > mac-server that disables the mac-telnet server for ether1 as well. You'd > need to remove that as well. I am not certain, but I think that one > requires a reboot to turn the server on, as simply changing the > configuration doesn't seem to make it visible again. > > > -- > Butch Evans > 702-537-0979 > Network Support and Engineering > http://store.wispgear.net/ > http://www.butchevans.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Mikrotik mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik > > Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik > RouterOS > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.butchevans.com/pipermail/mikrotik/attachments/20140118/ebef1a17/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list [email protected] http://mail.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS
