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In this video I show you how to install routeros on your computer
Your computer needs to have at least 2 network interfaces
Because my computer has only one network interface by default, I need an extra network adapter
Let us begin with
First you go to the routeros homepage and download the x86 version
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You scroll down and download the file called Install Image
After downloading you get a zip file and you unzip it
Here is the file after it is unzipped
So how to burn image files to your hard drive
You follow these steps
You prepare a conversion cable between USB and SATA
This cable helps you to connect the hard drive to your computer using the USB port
Here I use a 240 GB solid state drive
With routerOS you only need an 8 GB hard drive
You connect the solid-state drive to your Windows computer using an adapter cable
The software used to write the image file to the hard drive is called Rufus
You go to rufus.ie and download the latest version of this software
By default you do not see the hard drive in the list
So you enable the display of the list of hard drives connected to the computer using the USB port
You should now see your hard drive in the drop-down list
After selecting the hard drive, browse to the extracted image file in the previous section
Rufus will erase the data on your hard drive and write an image file on it
It only takes a while to finish burning the image file to your hard drive
Before connecting the hard drive, I connect the network adapter to make sure the target computer has at least two network interfaces.
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Next you connect the hard drive to the target computer using a SATA cable
After connecting the network adapter and the hard drive, power on the computer and access the BIOS
In the BIOS make sure the computer has detected the hard drive and set it to boot from this hard drive
The target computer boots from the hard drive and you start to install routeros
You press the i key to install routeros on your hard drive
After pressing the i key, wait 2 to 3 minutes to complete the installation
Your computer will automatically restart
Successfully booting routeros for the first time
Next I will connect this computer's network interfaces and do some basic configuration
I connect the cable to one of the two network interfaces and I choose this interface as WAN
Then I connect the cable to the other network interface and I choose this interface as LAN
On a Windows computer in the same local network I will connect to the target computer over the network
You go to the homepage and download the software called WinBox
You open WinBox and allow it to go through the Windows firewall
WinBox automatically searches for routeros devices in your local network
You connect to the target computer using the MAC address
You are asked to create a new password for the router pc because it does not have a password by default
You use this password to log in to the router pc next time
I will configure this router pc so it connects to the internet
I choose quick configuration and create a new PPPoE dial
You enter your PPPoE account provided by your internet service provider
Next you set up the ip address for the router pc
In order for devices on the local network to access the internet, don't forget to enable NAT
As you can see PPPoE connection is successful
Next I set up the DHCP server
The DHCP server will assign ip addresses to devices on your local network
Because ethernet interface 1 use to dial PPPoE so I set up DHCP on ethernet interface 2
You set the range of ip addresses for network devices, then set up DNS addresses
Now I will check the results on this Windows machine
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As you can see the router pc has assigned an ip address to this computer
Next I open any browser and check the internet connection
So I have completed the introduction of how to install routeros on the computer
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There is a note for you, after installing routeros on your computer you can only try it for 24 hours
If you want to continue using it, you can buy a license on Mikrotik's homepage
And here are the license levels of Mikrotik for your reference
Good luck