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Identity

Setting the system identity provides a unique name for when the device identifies itself to other routers in the network and when accessing services such as DHCP, Neighbour Discovery, and the default wireless SSID. The default system identity is set to 'MikroTik'.

System identity has a maximum length of 64 characters.

The name parameter is documented in the /system/identity CLI reference.

Configuration​

To set the system identity:

[admin@MikroTik] > /system/identity/set name=New_Identity 
[admin@New_Identity] >

The current system identity is always displayed after the logged-in account name and with the print command:

[admin@New_Identity] /system/identity>print
name: New_Identity
[admin@New_Identity] /system/identity>

SNMP​

You can also change the system identity by an SNMP set command:

snmpset -c public -v 1 192.168.0.0 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.5.0 s New_Identity
  • snmpset - Linux-based SNMP application used for SNMP SET requests to set information on a network entity.
  • public - router's community name.
  • 192.168.0.0 - IP address of the router.
  • 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.5.0 - SNMP value for the router's identity.