Updates
You only need to download Winbox once. After your first install, use Winbox ⇢ Tools ⇢ Check For Updates to upgrade to new versions. This works on both Windows, macOS and Linux, and is fast as it only downloads about 1.5 MB.
Mikrotik Win Box For Mac
As many MAC OS users we were fighting with installing Winbox to our MACs. Winbox is a very nice tool, probably one of the best for network management and configuration. The safest way is to run Wine HQ and run native Winbox for windows on it. Here are the steps how to install Mikrotik Winbox on MAC OS Catalina 10.15.4. Passthrough-mac (MAC; Default: auto) If set to auto, then will learn MAC from first packet: password (string; Default: ) Password used if any of the authentication protocols are active: use-network-apn (yes no; Default: yes) Parameter is available starting from RouterOS v7 and used only for MBIM modems. If set to yes, uses network provided APN. To see active MAC Telnet sessions: admin@MikroTik tool mac-server sessions print # INTERFACE SRC-ADDRESS UPTIME 0 wlan1 00:0B:6B:31:08:22 00:03:01 admin@MikroTik tool mac-server sessions MAC Scan. Command name: /tool mac-scan; This command discovers all devices, which support MAC telnet protocol on the given network. Download MikroTik RouterOS ARM64 Firmware 6.47.4 (Router / Switch / AP) What's new in 6.47.4: - bridge - fixed STP alternate and backup port states for devices with switch chip (introduced in v6.47). Various ways to restrict internet access based on MAC address in MikroTik router has been discussed in this article. I hope, you are now able to prevent any unauthorized access in your network by filtering MAC address with MikroTik router. However, if you face any problem to design a MAC address filtering network with MikroTik router, feel free to discuss in comment or contact with me from.
Winbox on Mac is packaged and running inside a small license-free virtual Windows installation. This means it has it's own filesystem, so if you download and install a new version, remember first to export your address list from the old app, before you might overwrite the app and all adresses with the new version. Import and export with Winbox ⇢ Tools ⇢ Export/Import. If you overwrite your old Mac app without doing this, you will loose your routerlist. Off course it's much easier always to use Check for updates instead, as this preserves the address list.
Sessions
Winbox stores all sessions on your client in one session file per router connection. This means that the next time you connect to the router with Winbox, the size and placement of the windows, the columns you have chosen to show for each window etc. are all preserved until next time you connect. Sessions are stored per IP/MAC, so you will connect to different sessions, if you connect to the same router using different IPs/MAC.
With the top menu bar item Tools ⇢ Move Sessions Folder..., you can relocate the path where Winbox stores these small session files. By moving them to a shared/synced folder, you can share session files between several installations or even between different users. Also for a Mac it is always smart to move them outside of the virtual file system, so you preserve them, if you should choose to download a new Winbox version.
First time usage
Mikrotik Software For Mac
Winbox have the menus in nearly the same 'paths' as ssh/terminal, so if you read a script, you will in most situations find the same menus in the same nested hierarchy in Winbox. Winbox also show changes live. If you are 2 persons logged into the same MikroTik unit from separate computers, any changes done from the other client, will live change in your Winbox interface.
Mikrotik Winbox For Mac
Winbox also have undo/redo buttons and a very convenient safe mode button. If you press safe mode, and loose the connection to the device, it will drop all your changes since you pressed safe mode and ensure you have access again. This means that you can not accidentally lock yourself out during firewall changes, as long as you have safe mode on.
You can do almost everything from Winbox, and Winbox also have extra tools available, especially useful is right clicking any interface and pressing Torch, which will show all active connections live for that interface. A few rarely needed configuration changes are only available from the terminal. An example: you can change the MAC address for a bridge with Winbox, but if you want to change MAC on an interface you need to use a command. You can use the menu item New terminal, to open a console window inside Winbox for these changes.
Winbox and MAC / Layer 2 connections
Apart from the usual IP connections, there is a tab at the top of the address table named Neighbors. This shows MAC addresses for all MikroTik devices on the same LAN (layer 2). Double-clicking the MAC address in the table, will connect to the MAC address, even without any IP addresses on the device. If you enable the RoMON service on a MikroTik, you can even Connect to RoMON, and then the neighbors tab will change to show MikroTik devices on the remote RoMON connected MikroTiks LAN.
Use the Add/Set button to store the device in the address list. This works for both IP-addresses, MAC adresses and even a MAC connected MikroTik through a MikroTik RoMON (Winbox will then first connect to RoMON on the outer device, and then MAC connect inside it's LAN).
Using the neighbours tab is the fastest way to configure your new MikroTik, just put a cable in port 2, click the neighbours tab and double click the MAC address, then your are connected without needing to change any IPs.
Links
FAQ
- Are there other ways on macOS to trust the app?
Apart from right-clicking and pressing open, you can also press top left of your screen: ⇢ System... ⇢ Security... ⇢ General ⇢ Open anyway