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Connecting via Winbox

Once your VPN tunnel is connected, access your MikroTik router remotely using Winbox with the server address and your assigned port.

Before You Start

  • You need a MikRouter remote account with an active subscription.
  • Your VPN tunnel must already be connected— set it up first with the guide for your protocol (L2TP, SSTP, OVPN or PPTP).
  • Install Winbox on the computer you are connecting from.
  • Have the remote's Connect To and Assigned Port from your remotes in the dashboard, plus your router's own admin username and password — not the PPP credentials, which only build the tunnel.
1

Get Your Remote Address and Port

Open Remotes in your dashboard and pick the remote you want to reach. Its status must be Online— an expired or offline one has no tunnel behind it to carry the connection.
https://mikrouter.com/user/remotes

Accounts

Remote Accounts

Manage your remote access accounts. Drag to rearrange.

▦☰+ New Remote
Search remotes…
NameRemote accessVPNExpiresStatus
⠿🇵🇭MikroTik hEXtest.mikrouter.com:12345ovpn7d 0hOnline
⠿🇵🇭OLT — Barangay SiteExpiredtest.mikrouter.com:54321sstp-7d 0hOffline

Open it, and its detail page gives you both halves of the address:

FieldValue
Connect Totest.mikrouter.com
Assigned Port12345

Winbox wants the two joined, and the Remote URL further down that page already shows them that way — copy it from there rather than typing it out:

Remote URL

test.mikrouter.com:12345

Use this address to connect via Winbox, SSH, HTTP, or API.

Need a fresh port? Rotate to a new one for 2 credits. The current port stops working and is retired permanently.

Rotate Port
2

Open Winbox

Launch the Winbox application on your computer. You can download Winbox from the MikroTik website if you don't have it installed.
3

Enter the Connection Address

In the Winbox login window, enter the full address with port in the Connect To field:
WinBox 4.3

MMIKROTIK

Connect totest.mikrouter.com:12345
Loginadmin
Password••••
✓ Remember password
Workspace<own>▾
RoMON Agent ▾
ConnectConnect to RoMON
open in new
FieldValue
Connect Totest.mikrouter.com:12345
Loginadmin
Passwordyour-router-password

Important: The login credentials here are your router's admin credentials, not your MikRouter PPP username/password. The PPP credentials are used for the VPN tunnel, while the router credentials are for Winbox access.

4

Connect

Click Connect. Winbox will connect to your MikroTik router through the VPN tunnel using the assigned remote port. You should see the router's interface as if you were connected locally.
5

Verify Remote Access

Once connected, you have full access to your router. You can:
  • View and manage interfaces, firewall rules, and routing
  • Monitor bandwidth and connected clients
  • Update router configuration
  • Access the terminal for CLI commands

Other Management Protocols

Besides Winbox (port 8291), you can also access your router remotely using the same server address with your assigned port for:

  • HTTP/HTTPS — Web interface access via browser
  • SSH — Command-line access via terminal
  • API — RouterOS API for automation

Use the same server-address:port format for all protocols. The port forwarding is handled automatically by MikRouter.