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MikroTik Router Settings

Set your MikroTik router to DHCP and tag VLAN 10 – the steps and menu names for MikroTik firmware.

Before you start

Connect the router's WAN / internet port to the port on your fibre box (ONT) that we activated – it is in your activation email, and it is usually the one with the light on. Then open the router's settings page.

MikroTik settings page
Settings pageWinBox (recommended), or http://192.168.88.1
Sign in withadmin with no password on a factory-default router

1. Set the internet connection to DHCP

  1. Create the tagged interface first (next section), then go to IP > DHCP Client and click +.
  2. Set Interface to vlan10 (not ether1), tick Use Peer DNS and Add Default Route, then Apply.

2. Tag the internet VLAN (VLAN 10)

  1. Go to Interfaces > VLAN and click +.
  2. Set Name to vlan10, VLAN ID to 10, Interface to ether1 (the port plugged into the fibre box) and MTU to 1500.
  3. Add vlan10 to your WAN firewall list and NAT (masquerade) rule, the same way ether1 was used on the default config.

3. Check it works

Give the router a minute, then look at its status page: the WAN or internet section should show an IP address from us. Open a website to confirm. If the WAN stays blank, the VLAN or the DHCP setting has not taken – check both, then restart the router.

In terminal: /interface vlan add name=vlan10 vlan-id=10 interface=ether1 then /ip dhcp-client add interface=vlan10 use-peer-dns=yes add-default-route=yes. Remember to move the DHCP client and NAT from ether1 to vlan10.

MikroTik models

A settings page for each MikroTik model we have seen on New Zealand fibre. If yours is not here the steps above still apply – the menus are the same across the brand.

MikroTik hAP AC LiteSettings guideManufacturer’s page
MikroTik hEX routerSettings guideManufacturer’s page
MikroTik hEX SSettings guideManufacturer’s page

The ASH NET settings in full

ASH NET fibre settings
Connection typeDynamic IP / DHCP (also called IPoE or "obtain an IP automatically")
Username & passwordNone – ASH NET does not use PPPoE
VLAN ID10, tagged (802.1Q) on the internet connection
VLAN priority (802.1p)0
MTU1500
IPv6Optional – leave on automatic
Router portThe WAN / internet port, into the lit port on the fibre box (ONT)

Routers we recommend

These arrive set up for ASH NET – plug them into the fibre box and they work. On a 12-month plan you can rent one for $7.50 a month instead of buying.

TP-Link HX510 AX3000Wi-Fi 6, pre-configured for ASH NET$149.50 incl. GSTTP-Link VX230v AX1800Wi-Fi 6 with a phone port for your home line$149.50 incl. GSTMercusys Halo H47BEWi-Fi 7 mesh for Hyperfibre$299 incl. GST

Still stuck? Email [email protected] with the router make and model and a photo of the screen, or call 09 269 4000. We can also supply a pre-configured router – see the shop.

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