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MikroTik RouterOS v2.9 User Manual

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Description
IP pools simply group IP addresses for further usage. It is a single configuration point for all
features that assign IP addresses to clients.
Notes
Whenever possible, the same ip address is given out to each client (OWNER/INFO pair).
Setup
Home menu level: /ip pool
Property Description
name ( name ) - the name of the pool
next-pool ( name ) - when address is acquired from pool that has no free addresses, and next-pool
property is set to another pool, then next IP address will be acquired from next-pool
ranges ( IP address ) - IP address list of non-overlapping IP address ranges in 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
Example
To define a pool named ip-pool with the 10.0.0.1-10.0.0.125 address range excluding gateway's
address 10.0.0.1 and server's address 10.0.0.100, and the other pool dhcp-pool, with the
10.0.0.200-10.0.0.250 address range:
[admin@MikroTik] ip pool> add name=ip-pool ranges=10.0.0.2-10.0.0.99,10.0.0.101
10.0.0.126
[admin@MikroTik] ip pool> add name=dhcp-pool ranges=10.0.0.200-10.0.0.250
[admin@MikroTik] ip pool> print
# NAME RANGES
0 ip-pool 10.0.0.2-10.0.0.99
10.0.0.101-10.0.0.126
1 dhcp-pool 10.0.0.200-10.0.0.250
[admin@MikroTik] ip pool>
Used Addresses from Pool
Home menu level: /ip pool used
Description
Here you can see all used IP addresses from IP pools.
Property Description
pool ( read-only: name ) - name of the IP pool
address ( read-only: IP address ) - IP address that is assigned to client form the pool
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MikroTik RouterOS v2.9 Specifications

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BrandMikroTik
ModelRouterOS v2.9
CategorySoftware
LanguageEnglish