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First access and the RouterOS command line

Log in to a brand-new RouterOS 7 router, learn the command line you will use in every other lab, give the router a name, a clock and a LAN address, then manage it from a browser with WebFig.

Run this lab

It needs Lite: its 3 nodes are set to 3 vCPU and 3,328 MB in total. That fits the free demo too.

In your workspace: Shared, then MikroTik MTCNA RouterOS v7 guided labs, then 01 - First access and the RouterOS command line

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Level
Beginner
Time
About 45 minutes
Nodes need
3 vCPU, 3,328 MB
Smallest plan
Lite

The scenario

Fernvale Networks looks after the IT for small businesses in the valley. A new customer, a bakery, has bought a MikroTik router, and your job today is the first visit: get into the router, find your way around RouterOS, give it a name and a LAN address, and prove you can manage it from the office PC.

The router is a Cloud Hosted Router (CHR), the virtual-machine edition of RouterOS. It runs exactly the same RouterOS 7 software as a hEX or a CCR, so everything you learn here applies to real hardware.

DeviceInterfaceAddressConnects to
R1ether1DHCP client (not connected today)–
R1ether2192.168.88.1/24Office LAN
Admin-PCeth0192.168.88.10/24, gateway 192.168.88.1Office LAN
PC1eth0192.168.88.20/24, gateway 192.168.88.1Office LAN

Topology: R1 ether2, Admin-PC and PC1 share the Office LAN switch.

What you’ll practise

  • Log in at the console and replace the empty admin password
  • Move around the RouterOS menu tree with /, .., Tab, ? and the command history
  • Read system information: version, licence level, packages and interfaces
  • Set the router identity, a login note and the time zone
  • Add an IP address to an interface and test it from a PC
  • Use WebFig from a browser and compare it with the CLI
  • Export the configuration, and undo a change

The tasks

  1. Log in for the first time
  2. Find your way around the command line
  3. Name the router and add a login note
  4. Set the clock and time zone
  5. Address the LAN port
  6. Manage the router from a browser with WebFig
  7. Test from the office PC
  8. Look at your configuration, save an export and undo a change

The Lab Tasks pane has the scenario, these tasks, the checks to run, hints and the full solution.

Topology and devices

The network as it opens in EVE-NG, drawn from the lab’s own canvas, and the image each node runs.

Topology of First access and the RouterOS command line3 nodes and 1 network, 3 links. Every link is listed as text below the diagram.R1Admin-PCPC1Office-LANeth0eth0ether2
3 nodes and 1 network, with the interface names each link uses.
Every link, as text
  • R1 ether2 to Office-LAN (network)
  • Admin-PC eth0 to Office-LAN (network)
  • PC1 eth0 to Office-LAN (network)
Nodes in First access and the RouterOS command line, with the image each runs and the vCPU and RAM it’s set to
NodeDeviceImage in Add NodeSet to
R1MikroTik RouterOSmikrotik-7.14.21 vCPU, 256 MB
Admin-PCEVE-NG GUI server (Docker)eve-gui-server:latest1 vCPU, 2,048 MB
PC1VPCS hostBuilt in to EVE-NGCounted as 1 vCPU, 1,024 MB

How to open this lab

  1. Sign in to your workspace at lab.cloudlabbox.com.

  2. In File Manager, open Shared, then the folder MikroTik MTCNA RouterOS v7 guided labs.

  3. Open 01 - First access and the RouterOS command line and start its nodes, then open Lab Tasks for the scenario and the steps.

The lab is read-only. You can start the nodes and configure the devices, but changes to the topology can’t be saved. To change it, rebuild it in your own folder.

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