Setup guide

ISDN - ISDN dial-in / dial-out; PAP, CHAP, MSCHAPv1 and MSCHAPv2 authentication
protocols; RADIUS authentication and accounting; 128K bundle support; Cisco HDLC, x75i,
x75ui, x75bui line protocols; dial on demand
SDSL - Single-line DSL support; line termination and network termination modes
Layer 2 connectivity
Hardware requirements
CPU and motherboard - advanced 4th generation (core frequency 100MHz or more), 5th
generation (Intel Pentium, Cyrix 6X86, AMD K5 or comparable) or newer uniprocessor Intel
IA-32 (i386) compatible (multiple processors are not supported)
RAM - minimum 48 MB, maximum 1 GB; 64 MB or more recommended
Hard Drive/Flash - standard ATA interface controller and drive (SCSI and USB controllers
and drives are not supported; RAID controllers that require additional drivers are not supported)
with minimum of 64 MB space
Hardware needed for installation time only
Floppy-based installation - standard AT floppy controller and 3.5'' disk drive connected as the
first floppy disk drive (A); AT, PS/2 or USB keyboard; VGA-compatible video controller card
and monitor
CD-based installation - standard ATA/ATAPI interface controller and CD drive supporting
"El Torito" bootable CDs (you might need also to check if the router's BIOS supports booting
from this type of media); AT, PS/2 or USB keyboard; VGA-compatible video controller card
and monitor
Floppy-based network installation - standard AT floppy controller and 3.5'' disk drive
connected as the first floppy disk drive (A); PCI Ethernet network interface card supported by
Wandy RouterOS (see the Device Driver List for the list)
Full network-based installation - PCI Ethernet network interface card supported by Wandy
RouterOS (see the Device Driver List for the list) with PXE or EtherBoot extension booting
ROM (you might need also to check if the router's BIOS supports booting from network)
Depending on installation method chosen the router must have the following hardware:
Configuration possibilities
RouterOS provides powerful command-line configuration interface. You can also manage the
router through WinBox - the easy-to-use remote configuration GUI for Windows -, which provides
all the benefits of the command-line interface, without the actual "command-line", which may scare
novice users. Major features:
• Clean and consistent user interface
• Runtime configuration and monitoring
• Multiple connections
• User policies
• Action history, undo/redo actions
• safe mode operation
• Scripts can be scheduled for executing at certain times, periodically, or on events. All
command-line commands are supported in scripts
Local terminal console - AT, PS/2 or USB keyboard and VGA-compatible video controller