RouterBOARD Bootloader upgrade

RouterBOARD bootloader can also be upgraded. There are multiple ways to do it.

From within RouterOS

If you have a RouterBoard, upgrade the BIOS firmware

1. At first, check if you have a routerboard package installed:

[admin@MikroTik] > system package print
# NAME               VERSION    BUILD-TIME            UNINSTALL
0 routeros-rb500     2.9.8     nov/15/2005 12:37:04   no
1 system             2.9.8     nov/15/2005 12:29:08   no
2 advanced-tools     2.9.8     nov/15/2005 12:29:18   no
3 ntp                2.9.8     nov/15/2005 12:35:50   no
4 hotspot            2.9.8     nov/15/2005 12:30:39   no
5 routing            2.9.8     nov/15/2005 12:30:24   no
6 dhcp               2.9.8     nov/15/2005 12:29:47   no
7 security           2.9.8     nov/15/2005 12:29:44   no
8 ppp                2.9.8     nov/15/2005 12:30:19   no
9 wireless           2.9.8     nov/15/2005 12:32:26   no
10 routerboard       2.9.8     nov/15/2005 12:36:07   no
[admin@MikroTik] >

2. Check your RouterBoard BIOS version. If newer BIOS firmware version is available you should see that you can upgrade it to a newer version (1.5):

[admin@MikroTik] > system routerboard pr
      routerboard: yes
            model: "532A"
    serial-number: "0B8301D92D6C"
 current-firmware: "1.4"
 upgrade-firmware: "1.5"
[admin@MikroTik] >

3. You can upgrade the BIOS version, using the upgrade command:

[admin@MikroTik] > system routerboard upgrade
Do you really want to upgrade firmware? [y/n]   

Choose y and the software will upgrade BIOS, don't restart the router manually - it will be done automatically! When router has rebooted, check the new BIOS version:

[admin@MikroTik] > system routerboard pr
      routerboard: yes
            model: "532A"
    serial-number: "0B8301D92D6C"
 current-firmware: "1.5"
 upgrade-firmware: "1.5"
[admin@MikroTik] >

If RouterOS is not upgraded

You can also manually upload the FWF Bootloader upgrade via FTP and issue the same command as described above. The Bootloader files are available on http://www.routerboard.com

From within the Bootloader configuration menu

If RouterOS cannot be booted, or is not used at all, you can upgrade via the Xmodem protocol. Connect to the router with a serial cable, and use a program that supports the Xmodem file protofol. In this case it's Hyperterminal. All that is needed, is to download the latest Bootloader version for this specific device model from http://www.routerboard.com and upload it with this dialog box:

See also

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