[AusNOG] FW: Mikrotik Routerboard access

[James Symon]

Sorry just pulled one apart and the storage is on-board There is a micro SD spot but nothing in them by default.
I can confirm that a reset will not remove the file system - provided you have a backup.
The other option could be to boot from netinstall and then get your file.



-----Original Message-----
From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Alex Samad - Yieldbroker
Sent: Thursday, 7 November 2013 10:26 AM
To: Joseph Goldman; ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Mikrotik Routerboard access

Hi

What sort of disk system does it use, can you power down remove SD or hard drive and put in a linux box ? That should give you access to the underlying filesystem


Alex

> -----Original Message-----
> From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of 
> Joseph Goldman
> Sent: Wednesday, 6 November 2013 10:50 PM
> To: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Mikrotik Routerboard access
> 
> Hey Karl,
> 
>   This is what I am wanting to do - but unfortunately down time is an 
> issue, and there is a big risk that I could be wrong and there is no 
> .backup file there :( in which the router as it sits is currently 
> working, but should I remove the config and find no backup file then 
> it is offline until I can hap-hazardly rebuild it.
> 
> Argh the pain haha.
> 
> My plan at the moment is using replacement hardware build what I can 
> off the data i've collected, see if I can get it installed with core 
> services running at least - then attempt the hardware reset on the old 
> router if all is running 'okayish'. If not I can always revert back to 
> the currently working router, even though I don't have access to the stupid thing.
> 
> On 06/11/13 22:46, Karl Auer wrote:
> > On Wed, 2013-11-06 at 21:53 +1100, Joseph Goldman wrote:
> >>    I am trying to find a way to either access the device through 
> >> normal management means or pull a config or backup from it so I can 
> >> at least half attempt to rebuild it.
> > If you factory reset it, the file storage *should* remain untouched.
> > You will then be able to log in using the default password, and 
> > access the backup file. Copy it off to disk somewhere - this makes 
> > sure you have a safe copy.
> >
> > Now go to this site:
> >
> > http://mikrotikpasswordrecovery.com/default.aspx
> >
> > Click "Browse", upload your backup file, then click "Show passwords".
> > Now you know the password.
> >
> > Restore the device from the backup file, log in using the recovered 
> > password, and *change all passwords*. You should do this because the 
> > departed admin still knows the old password, and so does the owner 
> > of the above website...
> >
> > Finally, take a new backup, and take a copy of it to somewhere safe.
> > Oh, and document your new passwords :-)
> >
> > Regards, K.
> >
> 
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