
Warning: We do not recommend using the E1000 network interface if better synthetic interface options are available on a specific Hypervisor! How to Install a virtual RouterOS system with CHR images Note: SCSI controller Hyper-V and ESX is usable just for secondary disks, system image must be used with IDE controller! Network: Virtio, E1000, vmxnet3 (optional).
Network: Network adapter, Legacy Network adapter.Disk: IDE, VMware paravirtual SCSI, LSI Logic SAS, LSI Logic Parallel.Usable Network and Disk interfaces on various hypervisors: Warning: Hypervisors that provide paravirtualization are not supported.
Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008r2, 2012 and Windows 10 (Only Generation 1 Hyper-V virtual machine is supported at the moment). CHR has been tested on the following platforms: Note: We recommend allocating at least 1024MiB of RAM for CHR instances. You can get an approximate number by using the following formula: The minimum required RAM depends on interface count and CPU count. Disk: 128MB disk space for the CHR virtual hard drive (Max: 16GB). Host CPU: 64-bit with virtualization support. Package version: RouterOS v6.34 or newer. CHR has full RouterOS features enabled by default but has a different licensing model than other RouterOS versions. It supports the x86 64-bit architecture and can be used on most of the popular hypervisors such as VMWare, Hyper-V, VirtualBox, KVM, and others. MikroTik CHR has full RouterOS features enabled by default but has a different licensing model based on upload bandwidth than other RouterOS versions.Cloud Hosted Router (CHR) is a RouterOS version intended for running as a virtual machine. It supports both x86 and 64-bit architecture and can be used on most of the popular hypervisors such as VMWare, Hyper-V, VirtualBox, KVM and others. MikroTik Cloud Hosted Router (CHR) and License MikroTik CHR is a RouterOS version aimed for running as a virtual machine. In this article, I will discuss how to install MikroTik Cloud Hosted Router on VMware Workstation properly with step by step guide. So, MikroTik CHR is so helpful to trainee and RND user. MikroTik CHR has full RouterOS packages and can be used free with bandwidth limitation. From RouterOS v6.34, MikroTik introduces Cloud Hosted Router (CHR, a new RouterOS version) which has different licensing scheme. So, RouterOS application is not suitable for the Trainee or not suitable to RND purpose.
Full RouterOS packages cannot be used more than 24 hours without license. RouterOS installation on Physical or Virtual Machine has license limitations. MikroTik is found both RouterBoard where RouterOS and License are prebuilt and RouterOS Application that can be installed on a Physical Machine or Virtual Machine. SeptemAbu Sayeed MikroTik Router Tutorials & Guides, VMware Workstation Tutorials & Guides