RouterOS Netinstall

What Netinstall Is

Netinstall is MikroTik's tool for installing and reinstalling RouterOS on hardware devices over a direct Ethernet connection. It uses BOOTP (port 68) and TFTP (port 69) to discover devices in "etherboot" mode and transfer packages to them.

Two variants:

• Netinstall for Windows — GUI application
• netinstall-cli — Linux command-line tool (x86 ELF binary only)

Both re-format the device's system drive. The license key and RouterBOOT settings are preserved.

netinstall-cli Command Syntax

netinstall-cli [-r] [-e] [-b] [-m [-o]] [-f] [-v] [-c]
               [-k <keyfile>] [-s <userscript>] [-sm <modescript>]
               [--mac <mac>] {-i <interface> | -a <client-ip>} [PACKAGES...]