Jan 25, 2012. To use a USB drive with your Mikrotik you need to: insert it, format itand that's about it. /system store - drive inserted. Highlight it and click format.this is getting difficult. There it is in the files menu. Jun 13, 2016. If you interested to install MikroTik OS on a physical machine, download MikroTik OS ISO and burn the ISO in a blank CD or DVD or in a USB flash drive and then follow my below steps to install MikroTik OS ISP on your physical machine. Boot your PC or Server from your bootable media such as CD or DVD ROM. Do you know that nowadays, we can easily install Linux (and any other operating systems like Windows and Mac OS X) from USB flash memory stick? Yeah installing Linux from USB stick is much faster than from CD/DVD-ROM. Other than that we don't need to buy a lot of CD/DVD-ROM as an installation.

Mapfactor Navigator 12 Keygenguru. Is a popular and mostly used router because of having a lot of networking functionalities and cheap price. MikroTik router can be found both Router Board and MikroTik OS. If you buy a MikroTik Routerboard (like MikroTik Routerboard 450G, MikroTik Routerboard 1100 AH), you will find a machine where MikroTik OS is prebuilt but the machine contains limited processing resources such as limited RAM and limited processor core. So, your network could be slow if you use a MikroTik Routerboard for maintaining a large network (Note: Sometimes it is better to use Routerboard like CCR1016-12G because it is specially designed for working at layer 3 and processing many millions of packets per second). On the other hand, if you install MikroTik OS on a PC or on a Server, you will get a faster processor with sufficient RAM.

So, it will be easy and faster for maintaining a large network with this MikroTik PC router (Note: PC or Server processors are specially designed for working at layer 7 and working with application. So, it will be better avoiding low configuration PC or Server). As MikroTik PC router is a better solution for a larger network, this article is designed to show you the necessary steps to install MikroTik OS on a PC or a Server.

MikroTik PC Router Installation MikroTik OS can be installed on a virtual machine or on a physical machine. If you interested to install MikroTik OS on a virtual machine, download to create a virtual machine and then follow my video tutorial about. If you interested to install MikroTik OS on a physical machine, download and burn the ISO in a blank CD or DVD or in a USB flash drive and then follow my below steps to install MikroTik OS ISP on your physical machine. • Boot your PC or Server from your bootable media such as CD or DVD ROM.

If everything is OK, MikroTik OS will be started to install and format the disk. If you use a large disk, it will take more time to format. So, be patient to wait.

After formatting the disk, it will ask you for selecting packages those will be installed. • To install all packages, press ‘ a ‘ or press ‘M’ for minimal installation and then press ‘ i ‘ for starting installation. • It will now ask you whether it will keep old configuration or not. Press ‘ n‘, because it will be better to delete old configuration in your disk. It will now show a warning message. Press ‘ y ‘ for continue installation. All selected packages will be installed and then it will ask you to hit ‘ Enter ‘ key to reboot the system. Hit ‘ Enter ‘ key now.

• After rebooting, it will ask you to provide login credential. MikroTik default username is ‘ admin ‘ and password is blank. So, type ‘ admin ‘ for MikroTik login and password left blank and then hit ‘ Enter ‘ key.

• MikroTik CLI will appear now. It will also show a Software ID in the login screen. Write down this Software ID because it will be required when you want to purchase a license from. Your MikroTik PC Router is ready now. You can type MikroTik command in CLI to configure MikroTik Router or you can use. You should follow the above steps carefully to install MikroTik OS on your PC.

If you face any problem to do above steps, please follow my below video tutorial about. ABOUT ME I, Md. Abu Sayeed, am a system administrator. I like to share knowledge that I am learning from my daily experience. As a system administrator, I like to play with computer networking, Redhat Linux, Windows server, physical server and storage, virtual technology and other system related topics. I hope, my daily experiences that I am sharing in this website will be beneficial for you.