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MikroTik Backup and Restore Configuration using Winbox
Backup and Restore feature in MikroTik Router helps to recover router configuration when running router fails to operation due to hardware failure. If you have a backup copy of your failed router and purchase a new MikroTik Router and then upload and restore that backup file, you will get your running network without any hassle. MikroTik Backup file is also useful when you unfortunately forget your admin privilege user password. You can easily recover your forgotten password with backup file using MikroTik password recovery tools. So, taking regular backup of running MikroTik configuration is so useful to a network administrator. How to backup MikroTik configuration file automatically via email was discussed in my previous article and in this article I will show how to backup and restore MikroTik configuration file manually using Winbox. How to Backup MikroTik Configuration File It is easy to backup MikroTik configuration using Winbox GUI but you can use WebFig web interface that follows same procedure as Winbox. The following steps will show how to backup MikroTik configuration file using Winbox GUI. Login to your MikroTik Router using Winbox with admin privilege. Click on Files menu item. File List window will appear now. Click on Backup [...]
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MikroTik RouterOS Device Mode: Home, Basic, and Advanced – and Their Impact on Hotspot Setup | November 4, 2025
MikroTik RouterOS offers flexible configuration options for everything from home routers to ISP-grade hotspots. When setting up your MikroTik device, you’ll see a Device Mode option in Quick Set — allowing you to choose between Home, Basic, or Advanced modes. These modes define how much control you have over the router’s features and directly affect your ability to create and manage a Hotspot network. In this guide, we’ll explain each mode, show you how to check and change device mode [...]
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MikroTik VRRP Configuration with Load Sharing | November 19, 2018
MikroTik VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) ensures high availability internet network. If any organization requires uninterrupted internet connection, MikroTik VRRP implementation will be a vital solution for them. MikroTik VRRP creates a virtual router accumulating two or more physical routers and ensures uninterrupted internet connection keeping activate one physical router always. That means, if any physical router fails to operate due to any hardware failure, MikroTik VRRP uses another backup router for internet gateway until the running router comes back [...]
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MikroTik VRRP Configuration with DHCP Server | October 22, 2018
MikroTik VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) ensures high available internet network. If any organization requires uninterrupted internet connection, MikroTik VRRP implementation will be a vital solution for them. MikroTik VRRP creates a virtual router accumulating two or more physical routers and ensures uninterrupted internet connection keeping activate one physical router always. That means, if any physical router fails to operate due to any hardware failure, MikroTik VRRP uses another backup router for internet gateway until the running router comes back [...]
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MikroTik Hardware Redundancy with VRRP | October 8, 2018
MikroTik VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) ensures high availability internet network. If any organization requires uninterrupted internet connection, MikroTik VRRP implementation will be a vital solution for them. MikroTik VRRP creates a virtual router accumulating two or more physical routers and ensures uninterrupted internet connection keeping activate one physical router always. That means, if any physical router fails to operate due to any hardware failure, MikroTik VRRP uses another backup router for internet gateway until the running router comes back [...]
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How to Recover MikroTik User Password | August 9, 2018
MikroTik Wiki and Forum say that there is no way to recover MikroTik user password without losing MikroTik configuration. But if you have an unencrypted configuration file backup taken before, you will be able to recover your user password using MikroTik password recovery tools. How to Backup and Restore MikroTik configuration file manually was discussed in my previous article. I also discussed how to backup MikroTik configuration file automatically via Mail in another article and in this article I will [...]
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How to Clear Google Chrome History | August 20, 2015
Google Chrome is one of the most popular web browsers to online users. It provides a lot of features which help to use this browser smoothly and securely. Google Chrome history is one of the useful features in Google Chrome which helpfully caches or remembers a lot of browsing information specially username and password or login credential of your important web account when you visit various websites in internet. If you are the only user of your desktop or laptop, [...]
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MikroTik Dual WAN PCC Load Balancing with PPPoE Server | July 5, 2018
Hi geek, you are here because you are finding a complete MikroTik Dual WAN PCC Load balancing and Link Redundancy solution with PPPoE Server because you have managed two ISP connections and want to provide an uninterrupted internet connection to your clients. You also want to manage your LAN clients with PPPoE Server because it provides a hassle free network administration. MikroTik PCC provides 100% reliable Load Balancing and Link Redundancy network and in my previous article I discussed how [...]
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How to Bind Hotspot User to MAC and Static IP in MikroTik | November 6, 2020
MikroTik Hotspot is usually a user based Hotspot access controlling system. Internet access and bandwidth can easily be maintained with Hotspot user based system. But sometimes we may require more control on Hotspot system which is not possible only username based system. So, we may need to bind hotspot user to MAC and static IP address. If we can bind hotspot user to static IP address, it is easy to control Hotspot users with MikroTik Router and Firewall. So, in [...]
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MikroTik RouterOS 7 Quick Setup using Winbox 4 | October 6, 2024
MikroTik RouterBoard and MikroTik Wireless Router are popularly used now a days. MikroTik RouterBoard is used in ISP Network and MikroTik Wireless Router is specially used for home users. MikroTik RouterBoard requires custom configuration because it is used for large network. On the other hand, MikroTik Wireless Router is used in home for a small network. MikroTik Wireless Router requires quick setup because home users are so hurry and not so technical. So, MikroTik RouterOS 7 provides a quick setup [...]
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