Factory reset a MikroTik hEX PoE RB960PGS using the reset button
Posted by jpluimers on 2021/08/02
[WayBack] Manual:Reset – MikroTik Wiki:
unplug the device from power
2) press and hold the button right after applying power
Note: hold the button for 5 seconds (USER LED will start flashing)
3) release the button to clear configuration.
Note: If you wait until LED stops flashing, and only then release the button – this will instead launch Netinstall mode, to reinstall RouterOS.
Initial configuration
(see also [WayBack] Manual:First time startup – MikroTik Wiki)
- Connect your machine to port 1 on the Mikrotik hEX PoE RB960PGS (after the reset, this port will have IPv4 address
192.168.88.2with netmask255.255.255.0) - Ensure your local machine to IPv4 address
192.168.88.2with netmask255.255.255.0(otherwise WinBox might not see the router, not even in discovery mode):
- Have WinBox auto discover it:
- Connect with user
adminand no password:
- Configure your Mikrotik hEX PoE RB960PGS as router or switch
For switch, I prefer a setting like this (the bold portions are different from the default configuration):
/interface bridge add admin-mac=64:D1:54:13:98:E6 auto-mac=no comment=defconf name=bridgeLocal /interface wireless security-profiles set [ find default=yes ] supplicant-identity=MikroTik /ip hotspot profile set [ find default=yes ] html-directory=flash/hotspot /interface bridge port add bridge=bridgeLocal comment=defconf interface=ether1 add bridge=bridgeLocal comment=defconf interface=ether2 add bridge=bridgeLocal comment=defconf interface=ether3 add bridge=bridgeLocal comment=defconf interface=ether4 add bridge=bridgeLocal comment=defconf interface=ether5 add bridge=bridgeLocal comment=defconf interface=sfp1 /ip dhcp-client add comment=defconf dhcp-options=hostname,clientid disabled=no interface=bridgeLocal /ip dns static add address=192.168.88.1 name=router.lan /system clock set time-zone-name=Europe/Amsterdam /system identity set name="RB960PGS <<location-name>>" /system ntp client set enabled=yes server-dns-names=0.pool.ntp.org,1.pool.ntp.org,2.pool.ntp.org,3.pool.ntp.org
–jeroen
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