Routeros Virtual Machine

1. Routeros Virtual Machine Software
2. Routeros Virtual Machine Tutorial

• Create RouterOS CHR virtual machine on one of supported hypervisors. More detailed instructions about CHR specifically can be found in this article. Recommended starting specifications for VM setup vCPU: 2-4 cores (less will still be usable, if Hypervisor hardware does not recommended amount).
• This video explains how to make a running Virtual Machine with VirtualBox and the new RouterOS CHR disk images. More info about CHR can be found here: http:/.
• MikroTik is found both RouterBoard where RouterOS and License are prebuilt and RouterOS Application that can be installed on a Physical Machine or Virtual Machine. RouterOS installation on Physical or Virtual Machine has license limitations. Full RouterOS packages cannot be.
• RouterOS is the operating system of RouterBOARD. It can also be installed on a PC and will turn it into a router with all the necessary features - routing, firewall, bandwidth management, wireless access point, backhaul link, hotspot gateway, VPN server and more. You can compare the different license Level features on this page in our manual.

3) For Virtual RouterOS instances to have access to the Internet (or at least Windows host machine) a loopback interface has to be created and Internet Connection Sharing enabled. To do so, execute command: ' hdwwiz.exe ' (as Administrator) - Add Hardware Wizard will open.

Create a new virtual machine

Video instruction

Step by Step Instruction

• Step 1: Open VirtualBox management windows

• Step 2: Create new guest, select Other linux (64bit)

• Step 3: Select amount of RAM, minimal value that can be used is around 32MB

• Step 4: Select *.vdi image downloaded from the download server

• Step 5: The overview of the virtual guest configuration

Routeros Virtual Machine Software

• Step 6: CHR starting up after successful installation

• Step 7:CHR login prompt in virtual console.

Routeros Virtual Machine Tutorial

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