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. You will be asked for the username and password of your account.SeptemAbu Sayeed MikroTik Router Tutorials & Guides, VMware Workstation Tutorials & Guides

To request a trial license, you must run the command '/system license renew' from the CHR device command line. You will have to make a new CHR installation to make a purchase within the required time frame.

If your trial ends, and there are no purchases within 2 months after it ended, the device will no longer appear in your MikroTik account. If you plan to purchase the selected license, you must do it within 60 days of the trial end date. A trial period is 60 days from the day of acquisition, after this time passes, your license menu will start to show 'Limited upgrades', which means that RouterOS can no longer be upgraded. All the paid license equivalents are available for trial. Then you can request the desired license level for trial from your router that will assign your router ID to your account and enable a purchase of the license from your account. You will have to have an account registered on. You may for 60 days test the increased speed of P1/P10/P-Unlimited (PU) licenses.

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