How to download Winbox


If you are here and read this article, I assume you know what is Mikrotik and Winbox. If not, let me make basic explanation. Mikrotik is name of company, who makes network devices such as Router, Switch, Wireless devices. Winbox is software for working with Mikrotik devices. Of course, they have web or ssh based configuration, but with Winbox everything is much more easier and user friendly.
For download Winbox here is two way, of course there are much more ways but this are official ways, another are mirrors or something else.
First and easy way is access your Mikrotik device IP via web browser, default IP address for Mikrotik devices is – 192.168.88.1 If you already configured your device and changed default IP address, then access your new IP address. When you are there, you’ll see something like this (Pic 1). this is Mikrotik web interface. 
Mikrotik web interface
Pic 1

Here you will see Winbox logo (Pic 2), 
Winbox xdownload
Pic 2

click on it and download, open Winbox and configure you Mikrotik device.
This is good and simple, but here we have one situation, after few update of RouterOS there will be need to download new version of Winbox, because old version will not work. In this case, you need to access -https://mikrotik.com/download – find here Winbox and download it, that’s all (Pic 3).  
Winbox download
Pic 3

Mikrotik devices default IP address – 192.168.88.1
Mikrotik devices default admin user – admin
Mikrotik devices default admin password – no password.

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