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RouterBOARD Groove 

User's Manual 

The RouterBOARD 

Groove 

comes preinstalled in an outdoor enclosure, with built‐in wireless, an N‐Male 

antenna connector, and one 10/100 Ethernet connector which supports MDI‐X auto detection. The device is 

packaged with a 24V power adapter, a PoE injector and two mounting loops. Groove is available in four 

versions: CPE and AP models of both 2GHz and 5GHz variants.  

 

Copyright and Warranty Information 

Copyright and Trademarks. Copyright MikroTikls SIA. This manual contains information protected by copyright 

law. No part of it may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without prior written permission from the 

copyright holder. RouterBOARD, RouterOS, RouterBOOT and MikroTik are trademarks of MikroTikls SIA. All 

trademarks and registered trademarks appearing in this manual are the property of their respective holders. 

Hardware

. MikroTik warrants all RouterBOARD series equipment for the term of fifteen (15) months from the 

shipping date to be free of defects in materials and workmanship under normal use and service, except in case 

of damage caused by mechanical, electrical or other accidental or intended damages caused by improper use 

or due to wind, rain, fire or other acts of nature. 

To return failed units to MikroTik, you must perform the following RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization) 

procedure. Follow the instructions below to save time, efforts, avoid costs, and improve the speed of the RMA 

process. 

1.

 

If you have purchased your product from a MikroTik Reseller, please contact the Reseller company 

regarding all warranty and repair issues, the following instructions apply ONLY if you purchased your 

equipment directly from MikroTik in Latvia. 

2.

 

We do not offer repairs for products that are not covered by warranty. Exceptions can be made for 

RB1000, RB1100, RB1200. 

3.

 

Out‐of‐warranty devices and devices not covered by warranty sent to Mikrotikls will be returned to 

the sender at sender's cost. 

RMA Instructions are located on our webpage here: 

http://rma.mikrotik.com

 

Manual

. This manual is provided “as is” without a warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including, but 

not limited to, the implied warranty of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The manufacturer 

has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the contents of this manual; however, it is possible that it may 

contain technical inaccuracies, typographical or other errors. No liability is assumed for any inaccuracy found 

in this publication, nor for direct or indirect, incidental, consequential or other damages that may result from 

such an inaccuracy, including, but not limited to, loss of data or profits. Please report any inaccuracies found to 

[email protected]

 

Summary of Contents for Groove 2Hn

Page 1: ...s to MikroTik you must perform the following RMA Return Merchandise Authorization procedure Follow the instructions below to save time efforts avoid costs and improve the speed of the RMA process 1 If you have purchased your product from a MikroTik Reseller please contact the Reseller company regarding all warranty and repair issues the following instructions apply ONLY if you purchased your equip...

Page 2: ...EDS 4 USER S GUIDE 4 MOUNTING 4 FIRST USE 4 GROUNDING 4 POWERING 4 EXPANSION SLOTS AND PORTS 5 BUTTONS AND JUMPERS 5 BOOTING OPTIONS 5 Onboard NAND Storage Device 5 Booting from network 5 Operating System Support 6 ROUTEROS FUNCTIONS 6 HEALTH MONITOR 6 FIRMWARE INFORMATION 6 FIRMWARE SETTINGS 6 APPENDIX 7 ETHERNET CABLES 7 SYSTEM BOARD VIEW AND LAYOUT 7 ...

Page 3: ...ointing down 177x44x44mm 193g Must be mounted with ethernet pointing down 177x44x44mm 193g Must be mounted with ethernet pointing down 177x44x44mm 193g Must be mounted with ethernet pointing down Operational Temperature 30C to 70C 30C to 70C 30C to 70C 30C to 70C Power consumption Up to 0 19A at 24V 4 56W Up to 0 19A at 24V 4 56W Up to 0 19A at 24V 4 56W Up to 0 19A at 24V 4 56W RouterOS V5 Licens...

Page 4: ...led and ready for deployment You must mount the antenna on the built in N male connector before turning on the device via PoE 1 Mount an antenna on the built in N connector Any antenna can be used which works in the frequencies supported by the chosen Groove model 2 Plug the supplied PSU into a power socket and connect it to the supplied PoE injector 3 Connect the DATA end of the injector to a swi...

Page 5: ... Netinstall servers Booting options In case you wish to boot the device from network for example to use MikroTik Netinstall hold the RESET button of the device when starting it until the LED light turns off and Groove will start to look for Netinstall servers Onboard NAND Storage Device The RouterBOARD may be started from the onboard NAND storage chip As there is no partition table on the device t...

Page 6: ... RouterBOOT menu through the serial console Health monitor This menu shows the current voltage and temperature status There are two temperature sensors on the device admin MikroTik system health print voltage 12 4V temperature 40C admin MikroTik Firmware information This menu displays RouterBOARD model number serial number the current boot loader version and the version available in the current so...

Page 7: ...or Crossover cable MDI X EIA TIA568B 1 Green TX Data Data A 1 3 2 Green White TX Data Data A 2 6 3 Orange RX Data Data B 3 1 4 Blue Data C 4 4 5 Blue White Data C 5 5 6 Orange White RX Data Data B 6 2 7 Brown Data D 7 7 8 Brown White Data D 8 8 System Board View and Layout You can download the board dimensions and case design files PDF and DXF from www routerboard com ...

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