Component: routerboot

7.21 Stable 2026-Jan-12 (3 weeks ago)

• fixed boot MAC for CRS305-1G-4S+ and CRS328-4C-20S-4S+ switches ("/system routerboard upgrade" required);

7.20 Stable 2025-Sep-29 (4 months ago)

• fixed boot MAC for CRS212 switch ("/system routerboard upgrade" required);

7.19.6 Stable 2025-Sep-12 (4 months ago)

• fixed load of other kernels (e.g. OpenWrt) on NAND-less boards with MT762x, IPQ40xx, QCA955x and QCA953x CPUs ("/system routerboard upgrade" required);

7.18 Stable 2025-Feb-24 (11 months ago)

• disable packet switching during etherboot for hEX refresh ("/system routerboard upgrade" required);
• improved stability for IPQ8072 ("/system routerboard upgrade" required);

7.17 Stable 2025-Jan-16 (1 year ago)

• fixed boot MAC for devices with Alpine CPU ("/system routerboard upgrade" required);
• fixed boot MAC for MIPSBE CRS3xx and CRS5xx switches ("/system routerboard upgrade" required);
• improved stability for IPQ8072 and IPQ6010 when flash-boot is used ("/system routerboard upgrade" required);

7.16.2 Stable 2024-Nov-26 (1 year ago)

• improved stability for IPQ8072 and IPQ6010 when flash-boot is used ("/system routerboard upgrade" required);

7.16 Stable 2024-Sep-20 (1 year ago)

• improved boot process ("/system routerboard upgrade" required);

7.11 Stable 2023-Aug-15 (2 years ago)

• increased etherboot bootp timeout to 40s on MIPSBE and MMIPS devices ("/system routerboard upgrade" required);

7.10 Stable 2023-Jun-15 (2 years ago)

• increased "preboot-etherboot" maximum value to 30 seconds ("/system routerboard upgrade" required);

7.9 Stable 2023-May-02 (2 years ago)

• added "preboot-etherboot" and "preboot-etherboot-server" settings ("/system routerboard upgrade" required) (CLI only);

7.8 Stable 2023-Feb-24 (2 years ago)

• fixed format storage for RBM33G device ("/system routerboard upgrade" required);
• fixed protected routerboot for RBM33G device ("/system routerboard upgrade" required);

6.49.7 Stable 2022-Oct-11 (3 years ago)

• prevent enabling "protected-routerboot" on unsupported factory firmware versions;
• properly reset system configuration when protected bootloader is enabled and reset button used;

7.3 Stable 2022-Jun-06 (3 years ago)

• added extra shortcut information on how to boot into etherboot;
• prevent enabling "protected-routerboot" on unsupported factory firmware versions;
• properly reset system configuration when protected bootloader is enabled and reset button used;

6.49.6 Stable 2022-Apr-07 (3 years ago)

• fixed packet receiving in etherboot on Wireless Wire nRAY;

6.49.1 Stable 2021-Nov-17 (4 years ago)

• enabling "protected-routerboot" feature requires a press of a button;

6.46.7 Long-term 2020-Sep-07 (5 years ago)

• fixed etherboot FCS errors with 100Mbps rate for CRS305, CRS309 and CRS317 devices ("/system routerboard upgrade" required);

6.47.3 Stable 2020-Sep-01 (5 years ago)

• fixed etherboot FCS errors with 100Mbps rate for CRS305, CRS309 and CRS317 devices ("/system routerboard upgrade" required);

6.47.2 Stable 2020-Aug-13 (5 years ago)

• fixed memory test on CCR2004-1G-12S+2XS ("/system routerboard upgrade" required);

6.42.9 Long-term 2018-Sep-27 (7 years ago)

• fixed RouterOS booting on devices with particular NAND memory;

6.43.2 Stable 2018-Sep-18 (7 years ago)

• fixed RouterOS booting on devices with particular NAND memory (introduced in v6.43);

6.43 Stable 2018-Sep-06 (7 years ago)

• removed RAM test from TILE devices (routerboot upgrade required);

6.41.1 Stable 2018-Jan-30 (8 years ago)

• fixed missing upgrade firmware for "ar7240" devices;

6.38 Stable 2016-Dec-30 (9 years ago)

• show log message if router CPU/RAM is overclocked;

6.2 Stable 2013-Aug-02 (12 years ago)

• fixed upgrade from RouterOS (could fail on some units);