Well, yes... once I discovered the situation, that's what I did :) Paul
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 3:14 PM To: Mikrotik discussions Subject: Re: [Mikrotik] Thank you to Butch and I will pass along a helpful hint. 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 _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list [email protected] http://mail.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS
