System information

Manual:Special Login

# PORT TERM

0 X serial0 vt102

Next step is to add new user, in this case serial, and bind it to the serial port

[admin@MikroTik] > /user add name=serial group=full

[admin@MikroTik] > /special-login add user=serial port=serial0 disabled=no

[admin@MikroTik] > /special-login print

Flags: X - disabled

# USER PORT

0 serial serial0

Now we are ready to access R2 from our PC.

maris@bumba:/$ ssh serial@10.1.101.146

[Ctrl-A is the prefix key]

R2 4.0beta4

R2 Login:

[admin@R2] >

To exit special login mode press Ctrl+A and Q

[admin@MikroTik] >

[Q - quit connection] [B - send break]

[A - send Ctrl-A prefix] [R - autoconfigure rate]

Connection to 10.1.101.146 closed.

Warning: After router reboot and serial cable attached router may stuck at Bootloader main menu

To fix this problem you need to allow access bootloader main menu from <any> key to <delete>:

•• enter bootloader menu

•• press 'k' for boot key options

• press '2' to change key to <delete>

What do you want to configure?

d - boot delay

k - boot key

s - serial console

n - silent boot

o - boot device

u - cpu mode

f - cpu frequency

r - reset booter configuration

e - format nand

g - upgrade firmware

i - board info

p - boot protocol