MikroTik RouterOS v2.9 Reference Manual page 17

• RAM - minimum 32 MiB
• Non-volatile storage medium - onboard NAND device, minimum 64Mb
Hardware needed for installation time only
• Floppy-based installation - standard AT floppy controller and 3.5'' disk drive connected as the
first floppy disk drive (A); AT, PS/2 or USB keyboard; VGA-compatible video controller card
and monitor
• CD-based installation - standard ATA/ATAPI interface controller and CD drive supporting
"El Torito" bootable CDs (you might need also to check if the router's BIOS supports booting
from this type of media; if El Torito is not supported by the BIOS, you can still boot up from
the CD using Smart Boot Manager Floppy); AT, PS/2 or USB keyboard; VGA-compatible
video controller card and monitor
• Floppy-based network installation - standard AT floppy controller and 3.5'' disk drive
connected as the first floppy disk drive (A); PCI Ethernet network interface card supported by
MikroTik RouterOS (see the Device Driver List for the list)
• Full network-based installation - PCI Ethernet network interface card supported by MikroTik
RouterOS (see the Device Driver List for the list) with PXE or EtherBoot extension booting
ROM (you might need also to check if the router's BIOS supports booting from network)
Depending on installation method chosen the router must have the following hardware:
Configuration possibilities
RouterOS provides powerful command-line configuration interface. You can also manage the
router through WinBox - the easy-to-use remote configuration GUI for Windows -, which provides
all the benefits of the command-line interface, without the actual "command-line", which may scare
novice users. Web-based configuration is provided for some most popular functionality. Major
features:
• Clean and consistent user interface
• Runtime configuration and monitoring
• Multiple connections
• User policies
• Action history, undo/redo actions
• safe mode operation
• Scripts can be scheduled for executing at certain times, periodically, or on events. All
command-line commands are supported in scripts
• Local teminal console - AT, PS/2 or USB keyboard and VGA-compatible video controller card
with monitor
• Serial console - any (you may choose any one; the first, also known as COM1, is used by
default) RS232 asynchronous serial port, which is by default set to 9600bit/s, 8 data bits, 1 stop
bit, no parity, hardware (RTS/CTS) flow control
• Telnet - telnet server is running on 23 TCP port by default
• SSH - SSH (secure shell) server is running on 22 TCP port by default (available only if security
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