Write down this Software ID because it will be required when you want to purchase a license from MikroTik site. It will also show a Software ID in the login screen. So, type ‘ admin ‘ for MikroTik login and password left blank and then hit ‘ Enter ‘ key. MikroTik default username is ‘ admin ‘ and password is blank.

After rebooting, it will ask you to provide login credential.

Press ‘ y ‘ for continue installation. All selected packages will be installed and then it will ask you to hit ‘ Enter ‘ key to reboot the system. Press ‘ n‘, because it will be better to delete old configuration in your disk.

It will now ask you whether it will keep old configuration or not.

To install all packages, press ‘ a ‘ or press ‘M’ for minimal installation and then press ‘ i ‘ for starting installation.

After formatting the disk, it will ask you for selecting packages those will be installed.

If you use a large disk, it will take more time to format.

If everything is OK, MikroTik OS will be started to install and format the disk. Boot your PC or Server from your bootable media such as CD or DVD ROM.As MikroTik PC router is a better solution for a larger network, this article is designed to show you the necessary steps to install MikroTik OS on a PC or a Server. So, it will be better avoiding low configuration PC or Server). So, it will be easy and faster for maintaining a large network with this MikroTik PC router (Note: PC or Server processors are specially designed for working at layer 7 and working with application. On the other hand, if you install MikroTik OS on a PC or on a Server, you will get a faster processor with sufficient RAM. So, your network could be slow if you use a MikroTik Routerboard for maintaining a large network (Note: Sometimes it is better to use Routerboard like CCR1016-12G because it is specially designed for working at layer 3 and processing many millions of packets per second). If you buy a MikroTik Routerboard (like MikroTik Routerboard 450G, MikroTik Routerboard 1100 AH), you will find a machine where MikroTik OS is prebuilt but the machine contains limited processing resources such as limited RAM and limited processor core. MikroTik router can be found both Router Board and MikroTik OS. MikroTikis a popular and mostly used router because of having a lot of networking functionalities and cheap price.

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