Schedule below script after changing the first few lines

### Set local variables. Change the value between "" to reflect your environment. Do not delete quotation marks. 
:local ftpserver "ftpserver"
:local username "ftpuser"
:local password "ftppass"
:local ftppath "mikrotik/hapac2"

:local hostname [/system identity get name]
:local localfilename "$hostname-Backup-Daily";
:global thisdate [/system clock get date]
:global thistime [/system clock get time]
:global date ([:pick $thisdate 0 10])
:local remotebackup ([/system identity get name]."-".$date.".backup")
:local remotersc ([/system identity get name]."-".$date.".rsc")

### Create backup file and export the config.
export compact file="$localfilename"
/system backup save name="$localfilename"
:log info "Backup Created Successfully"

### Upload config file to FTP server.
/tool fetch address=$ftpserver src-path="$localfilename.backup" \
user=$username mode=ftp password=$password \
dst-path=($ftppath."/".$remotebackup) upload=yes
:log info "Config Uploaded Successfully"

### Upload backup file to FTP server.
/tool fetch address=$ftpserver src-path="$localfilename.rsc" \
user=$username mode=ftp password=$password \
dst-path=($ftppath."/".$remotersc) upload=yes
:log info "Backup Uploaded Successfully"

Files are written on the FTP server like this:

MikroTikHAP1-2024-03-14.backup
MikroTikHAP1-2024-03-14.rsc

Mikrotik is in netboot mode only, not accessible using winbox/web or IP.
(This is one of my smaller AP’s)

Below the log from my DHCP server

Mar 12 23:30:43 shibari dhcpd[3559351]: BOOTREQUEST from c4:ad:34:aa:aa:39 via p1p1.10
Mar 12 23:30:43 shibari dhcpd[3559351]: BOOTREPLY on to c4:ad:34:aa:aa:39 via p1p1.10

Download netinstall (linux cli) from here:

https://mikrotik.com/download

Also the latest routeros, and in my case also wireless package for HAP2.
(There was a change in packaging, due to the limited size of the Hap2.)

Steps to take: Use a UTP cable to connect the hap to a pc or laptop.

config your ethernet to 192.168.88.2/24 and make sure you change the default gateway to 192.168.1.1 !
(Disable wifi)

Start below command

./netinstall -r -a 192.168.88.1 routeros-7.14.1-arm.npk

Disconnect/connect power and uploading should start.

Here is the text from my console

root@zspot:/home/henri/Downloads/mt# route add default gw 192.168.88.1
root@zspot:/home/henri/Downloads/mt# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
0.0.0.0         192.168.88.1    0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 enp0s31f6
192.168.88.0    0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 enp0s31f6
192.168.122.0   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 virbr0
root@zspot:/home/henri/Downloads/mt# ip a s
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: enp0s31f6: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether e0:70:ea:53:b3:6e brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.88.2/24 brd 192.168.88.255 scope global enp0s31f6
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: wlp0s20f3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether f4:4e:e3:91:27:24 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
4: virbr0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 52:54:00:b1:16:1a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.122.1/24 brd 192.168.122.255 scope global virbr0
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
root@zspot:/home/henri/Downloads/mt# ./netinstall -r -a 192.168.88.1 routeros-7.14.1-arm.npk 
Will reset config
Using server IP: 192.168.88.2
Starting PXE server
Waiting for RouterBOARD...
PXE client: C4:AD:34:AA:AA:39
Sending image: arm
Discovered RouterBOARD...
Formatting...
Sending package routeros-7.14.1-arm.npk ...
Ready for reboot...
Sent reboot command

Moving dhcp from isc-dhcp-server to Mikrotik.
And playing with theDude and speedtesting.

I got an old linux gateway which only runs a dhcp server.
Time to move this to a Mikrotik router.

The config on this isc-dhcp-server is huge!
So i was planning to migrate some one by one by hand.
Maybe writing a script to do this automatically later on.

I’ve got loads of static configured hosts, so I change these

• Change static entry in dhcp to a deny booting entry
• Add a static lease to the Mikrotik
• Restart dhcp service

Example host

#                # kodiserver
#                host kodi.example.com {
#                fixed-address 10.11.12.13;
#                hardware ethernet ae:ae:ae:ae:ae:ea;
#                }

host movekodito4011 {
   hardware ethernet ae:ae:ae:ae:ae:ea;
   deny booting;
}

Mikrotik config (static single entry config)
See other post about dhcp config

/ip dhcp-server lease
add address=10.11.12.13 mac-address=EA:EA:EA:EA:EA:EA:EA

The Dude

The dude is a cool tool which connects to your MT and generates all kinds of cool info.
I was trying to get the frequency spectral scan working.
But it generates a nice network map also.

Easy to install under linux

• Install wine
• Download thedude from the MT website
• start “wine dude_install.exe”
• cd ” /home/$USER/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Dude”
• wine dude.exe

While moving a lot from my gateway to Mikrotik, I still have to come up with a plan to migrate my netboot.xyz PXE server to TFTP/ipxe using a migrated dhcpd server.
I probably end up using a separate dhcp instance which handles only the PXE requests.