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ip/pool

Type: Directory

IP pools are used to define a range of IP addresses that can be used by various RouterOS utilities, for example, DHCP server, Point-to-Point servers and more. Separate lists for IPv4 and IPv6 are available. Whenever possible, the same IP address is given out to each client (OWNER/INFO pair).

ArgumentTypeDescription
namestringName of the pool.
ranges ( mandatory )multi { , , range: ipRange }IP address list of non-overlapping IP address ranges in the form of: from1-to1,from2-to2,...,fromN-toN. For example, 10.0.0.1-10.0.0.27,10.0.0.32-10.0.0.47.
next-poolenum (none)When IP address acquisition is performed from a pool that has no free addresses, and the next-pool property is set, then an IP address will be acquired from the next pool.
Read-only ArgumentTypeDescription
totalnum
usednum
availablenum