--- title: LLM Networking with MikroTik | daily.dev description: A practical account of using LLMs (Claude, Codex, etc.) to configure MikroTik networking equipment across several small network setups. Key tips include using... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/llm-networking-with-mikrotik-pj31oea4c twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: LLM Networking with MikroTik | daily.dev og:description: A practical account of using LLMs (Claude, Codex, etc.) to configure MikroTik networking equipment across several small network setups. Key tips include using... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/llm-networking-with-mikrotik-pj31oea4c og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/pJ31oeA4c.png og:image:alt: LLM Networking with MikroTik og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # LLM Networking with MikroTik **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A practical account of using LLMs (Claude, Codex, etc.) to configure MikroTik networking equipment across several small network setups. Key tips include using the REST/JSON API instead of SSH for LLM interactions, leveraging CAPsMAN for multi-AP WiFi, dumping and version-controlling configs before and after changes, going step-by-step to catch hallucinations, and using MAC-Telnet as an L2 fallback when IP addressing is broken. The author also shares a Homebrew formula and CLI wrapper to make MAC-Telnet more LLM-friendly. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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