
To upgrade firmware, we need to go to system and then to routerboard. Download RouterOS from Mikrotik Official Site Upgrade Firmware:
You download the package from internet and bring it to your router to upgrade routerOS. You will do this process if your router doesn’t have internet connectivity.
Now drag this package to your router files.Īfter you reboot it will install new version automatically. RouterOS Upgrade Offline Upgrade:Īnother way you can do is to go to their official website. But if you click on download and install, it will reboot router as soon your download is completed. If you click on ‘download’ it will download RouterOS version to your router but it will not install until you reboot it. It is highly recommended that you upgrade your router to latest release to fix with bugs and for security reason. You can compare here with latest version. You will see ‘installed version” and there is an update available other than the current installed version.Īnd below here is the information of what they have fixed as bug and what they have changed in the latest version. Make sure you have internet connection with your router. Click on ‘’check for updates” to see which version of RouterOS is available now. But if you need special package for your configuration, you may download that specific package. So when we upgrade our RouterOS, packages will install in our router. So, package you see here may differ from your router packages. You will need these packages for your own requirement. Every package has its particular feature in it.
From the left panel, go to ‘system’ and then to packages.įrom this new window of package list, you will see number of packages that are currently installed on router. It’s a graphical tool to manage router graphically.
In this tutorial we are going to learn how to upgrade RouterOS and firmware RouterOS Upgrade:įirst, we need to login into our Mikrotik router by winbox software.