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Documentation updates - June 16, 2026

Summary of documentation changes made on June 16, 2026.

Wireless​

  • Wi-Fi 6 / 7 (802.11ax/be): Retitled the WiFi page from "Wi-Fi 6 / 6E" to "Wi-Fi 6 / 7 (802.11ax/be)" and restructured the "Is this the right section?" tip into a driver-package table, documenting the new wifi-qcom-be (Wi-Fi 7, e.g. hAP be3 media) and wifi-mediatek (e.g. hAP ax S, hAP be lite) packages alongside wifi-qcom. Updated the sidebar label and the cross-references pointing at the page to match.
  • Wireless overview: Added the upcoming Wi-Fi 7 driver types to the package-selection table — wifi-qcom-be and wifi-mediatek — and a WiFi 7 family entry, with hAP be lite added to the model-naming examples.
  • Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac): Clarified that wifi-qcom-ac replaces the wireless package rather than being installed alongside it, and softened the driver-compatibility warning.
  • Wireless station modes: Added a wifi-qcom column to the station-mode applicability matrix and clarified that available station modes depend on the installed driver and wireless protocol.
  • 802.11 a/b/g/n: Review-pass corrections across the legacy /interface/wireless, CAPsMAN, W60G, and WiFi configuration guides — including the CAPsMAN upgrade-policy and rates.basic descriptions and certificate validity examples.

Internet of Things​

  • ChirpStack: New guide covering how to register MikroTik LoRaWAN gateways with the open-source ChirpStack server.

Firewall & QoS​

  • Connection tracking: Review-pass corrections across the section — expanded the untracked connection-state and RAW-rule explanation, documented loose-tcp-tracking and udp-timeout, plus clarifications across NAT, filter rules, queues (CAKE, HTB, FIFO), and the DDoS-protection and port-knocking case studies.

User Guides​

  • Routing decision: Routing documentation review-pass corrections — clarified nexthop lookup and route redistribution via routing filters, plus fixes across BGP, OSPF, MPLS/VPLS, multicast, VRF, and the ROSv6→v7 migration pages.

Getting Started​

  • Backup: Documented the backup encryption property (aes-sha256 / rc4) and password-encryption behavior, with further review-pass clarifications across the installation/upgrade, networking-fundamentals (IPv6), and securing-your-router pages.
  • First time configuration: Restructured the guide with updated content and new WinBox4 screenshots — clearer step-by-step flow (physical connection, downloading WinBox, finding the router via Neighbor Discovery, securing it, and user-password management) and a wireless setup split into three generations: legacy /interface wireless, modern /interface wifi, and advanced MLD / multi-radio / WiFi 6E-style setups.

Hardware​

  • Disks: Review-pass corrections across hardware pages — added disk sharing properties (auto-media-sharing, SMB/NFS sharing) and supported formatting filesystems, plus wording fixes on grounding, LEDs, the LCD touchscreen, PoE-out, ports, product naming, and RouterBOOT.

Diagnostics & Monitoring​

  • Detect Internet: Review-pass corrections — clarified WAN reachability checks (cloud.mikrotik.com over UDP port 30000, checked every 2 minutes), plus fixes across logging, Netwatch, SNMP, traffic-flow, torch, and other diagnostic tools.

High Availability Solutions​

  • Bonding: Review-pass corrections to the bonding and load-balancing guides, including corrected EoIP tunnel examples.

Developer Guides​

  • API: Review-pass corrections — clarified API protocol length encoding (four-byte lengths up to 0xFFFFFFFF), updated the Python 3 TLS example, and fixed the REST API and scripting pages.

CLI Reference​

  • CLI Reference: Documented the m address flag (multicast address).

Other sections​

  • Second documentation review pass: Spelling, grammar, wording, and factual corrections across the remaining sections — System (Fetch, e-mail, clock, device-mode, IP packing), Storage (clearer NVMe-over-TCP setup, BTRFS, RAID, SMB, encrypted storage), Network Management (DHCP, DNS, Cloud Back To Home / file share, web/reverse proxy, SOCKS), Mobile Networking (LTE/5G, GPS, dual-SIM, SMS), Management Tools (TR-069, CLI, Quick Set, SSH, WinBox), Internet of Things (MQTT, Bluetooth, LoRa, GPIO, Wiliot), Wired Connections (Ethernet, interface compatibility, PWR-Line), and VPN (IPsec, L2TP, SSTP, OpenVPN, WireGuard, PPPoE, and the tunnel guides).
  • Wireless: Formatting fixes — warning messages inside tables now render correctly, and hardware model names such as hAP ac² use proper superscripts.