Winbox

Manual:Winbox
Summary
Winbox is a small utility that allows administration of Mikrotik RouterOS using a fast and simple GUI. It is a native
Win32 binary, but can be run on Linux and Mac OSX using Wine.
All Winbox interface functions are as close as possible to Console functions, that is why there are no Winbox
sections in the manual.
Some of advanced and system critical configurations are not possible from winbox, like MAC address change on an
interface.
Starting the Winbox
Winbox loader can be downloaded directly from the router.
Open your browser and enter router s IP address, RouterOS welcome page will be displayed. Click on the link to
download winbox.exe
To connect to the router enter IP or MAC address of the router, specify username and password (if any) and click on
Connect button. You can also enter the port number after the IP address, separating them with a colon, like this
192.168.88.1:9999. The port can be changed in RouterOS services menu.
Note: It is recommended to use IP address whenever possible. MAC session uses network broadcasts and is
not 100% reliable.
Connect - Connect to the router
• Save - Save address, login, password and note. Saved entries are listed at the bottom of loader window.
• Remove - Remove selected entry from saved list
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• Tools... - Allows to run various tools: removes all items from the list, clears cache on the local disk, imports
addresses from wbx file or exports them to wbx file.
• Connect To: - destination IP or MAC address of the router
• Login - username used for authentication
• Password - password used for authentication
• Keep Password - if unchecked, password is not saved to the list
• Secure Mode - if checked, winbox will use TLS encryption to secure session
• Load Previous Session - if checked, winbox will try to restore all previously opened windows.