Mikrotik has one proprietory tool called "Winbox" to manage its configurations. Winbox provides us a user-friendly interface to easily manage the router configurations. Winbox uses one TCP port to access the Mikrotik router. The Winbox default port number is 8291.
If we are concern about our router security, then we have to change this default Winbox port number. Using this port, an attacker can try to break our router credential by conducting a brute-force attack. That's why it is the best practice to change the Winbox default port number for security reasons.
In this tutorial, we are going to learn, how to change the Winbox default port number.
From the below path we can change the Winbox port number.
IP -> Services
Below is discussing the whole process graphically.
Just login to your router using Winbox and click on "IP" and then click on "Services".
Now you will be displayed by the "Services" interface. There you will find one entry for the winbox service. You will be noticed that the winbox service port number is 8291. We have to change this to strengthen our router security.
Now double click on it and change this default port number.
Suppose we will use 6666 as our Winbox port number. Then we have to write it here.
Since our default Winbox port number has changed, then we have to specify our customized port number during Winbox login. Just like below:-
Please notice that here we are specifying our customized Winbox port number to connect our router.
That's all.
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