Mikrotik hEX lite manual

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    R ou ter BOA RD 75 0 / GL User's Manual Copyright an d Warranty Information Copyright and Trade marks. Copyright MikroTikls SIA . This manual contains inf ormation pro tected by c opyright law. No part of it may be r eproduced or tran smitted in any f orm without prior written permissi on from the c opyright holder. RouterBOARD , RouterOS, Rou[...]

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    2 USER'S MANUAL ............................................................................................................................................................... 1 COPYRIGHT AND W ARRANTY INFORMATION ................................................................................................................... 1 SYSTEM BOARD [...]

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    RouterBOARD 750 Series User's Manual 3 System Board View and Layout You can download th e board dimensions and cas e design files ( PDF and DXF) from www.routerboard.com Specifications CPU RB750: AR7240 400M Hz RB750GL: AR7242 4 00MHz Memory RB750: 32MB DDR SDRAM onboar d RB750GL: 64MB SDR AM onboard Boot loader RouterBOO T Data storage 64 MB [...]

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    4 Hardware Gui de Memory and Stora ge Devices Memory The RB750 has 32MB of built-in mem ory, RB750GL ha s 64MB. There are n o memory upgrad e options. Input/Output P orts Ethernet por ts There are five individual Ethernet p orts. Ports 2-5 are connected to a switch and can be switched tog ether by an option in the Rou terOS software. All cables mad[...]

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    RouterBOARD 750 Series User's Manual 5 An alternative config uration option is the MikroTik Winbo x utility (Windows onl y). Winbox can be used to connect to the default I P address of 1 92.168.88.1 with the userna me admin and no password. In case you wish t o boot the device fr om network, for exa mple to use Mi kroTik Netinstall, h o ld the[...]

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    6 o Hold this button durin g boot time l onger, until LED tu rns o ff, then release it to make th e RouterBOARD l ook for Netinstall ser vers. RouterBOOT The RouterBOOT firmware (also referred as B ootloader here) pr ovides the basic functionality t o boot an Operating Syste m. It supports serial console via the onboard serial po rt at the boot tim[...]

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    RouterBOARD 750 Series User's Manual 7 Th e Software R eset jumper , which resets both bo ot loader setting s and RouterOS setting s by default, can b e disabled in this menu (it will still res et the boot lo ader settings). Appendix Connector Index Ether1-5 RJ45 (Gigabit for RB750GL) Fast Ethernet 100B ase-T ports, Ether 1 accepts passi ve Po[...]