Setup guide
bridging between interfaces is used (starting from RouterOS version 2.8). In case of bridging, the IP
address can be assigned to any interface in the bridge, but actually the address will belong to the
bridge interface. You can use /ip address print detail to see to which interface the address belongs
to.
Wandy RouterOS has following types of addresses:
• Static - manually assigned to the interface by a user
• Dynamic - automatically assigned to the interface by estabilished ppp, ppptp, or pppoe
connections
Property Description
address (IP address) - IP address of the host
broadcast (IP address; default: 255.255.255.255) - broadcasting IP address, calculated by default
from an IP address and a network mask
disabled (yes | no; default: no) - specifies whether the address is disabled or not
interface (name) - interface name the IP address is assigned to
actual-interface (read-only: name) - only applicable to logical interfaces like bridges or tunnels.
Holds the name of the actual hardware interface the logical one is bound to.
netmask (IP address; default: 0.0.0.0) - specifies network address part of an IP address
network (IP address; default: 0.0.0.0) - IP address for the network. For point-to-point links it
should be the address of the remote end
Notes
You cannot have two different IP addresses from the same network assigned to the router. Exempli
gratia, the combination of IP address 10.0.0.1/24 on the ether1 interface and IP address
10.0.0.132/24 on the ether2 interface is invalid, because both addresses belong to the same network
10.0.0.0/24. Use addresses from different networks on different interfaces, or enable proxy-arp on
ether1 or ether2.
Example
[admin@Wandy] ip address> add address=10.10.10.1/24 interface=ether2
[admin@Wandy] ip address> print
Flags: X - disabled, I - invalid, D - dynamic
# ADDRESS NETWORK BROADCAST INTERFACE
0 2.2.2.1/24 2.2.2.0 2.2.2.255 ether2
1 10.5.7.244/24 10.5.7.0 10.5.7.255 ether1
2 10.10.10.1/24 10.10.10.0 10.10.10.255 ether2
[admin@Wandy] ip address>
Address Resolution Protocol
ip arp
Description
Even though IP packets are addressed using IP addresses, hardware addresses must be used to
actually transport data from one host to another. Address Resolution Protocol is used to map OSI
level 3 IP addreses to OSI level 2 MAC addreses. A router has a table of currently used ARP