If you wonder how to find out which devices are connected to a MikriTik router, you will find the answer in this note.

Below I am showing 3 different ways of getting MAC and IP addresses of the devices connected to the MikroTik router, using a terminal or a Winbox/Winfig.

It is up to you to decide which way of identifying the connected devices is the best.

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Show Devices Connected to MikroTik

To scan for the devices connected to the MikroTik router from the terminal, execute:

[admin@MikroTik] > /tool ip-scan
- sample output -
Columns: ADDRESS, MAC-ADDRESS, TIME, DNS, NETBIOS
ADDRESS         MAC-ADDRESS        TIME  DNS             NETBIOS
192.168.1.64    2C:CC:XX:XX:XX:XX 0ms
192.168.1.1     60:35:XX:XX:XX:XX  0ms   box.
192.168.1.93                       0ms   MikroTik.
192.168.1.26    84:14:XX:XX:XX:XX        
192.168.1.68    78:5D:XX:XX:XX:XX  0ms   LGwebOSTV.
192.168.88.254  DC:A6:XX:XX:XX:XX  0ms                   RASPBERRYPI/WORKGROUP
192.168.88.1                       0ms   router.lan.
192.168.88.246  0E:20:XX:XX:XX:XX  45ms
192.168.88.247  D0:C6:XX:XX:XX:XX                        HP-440G6/WORKGROUP
192.168.1.78    D6:45:XX:XX:XX:XX  69ms  Galaxy-S21-5G.
-- [Q quit|D dump|C-z pause]

To show the devices connected to the MikroTik router using Winbox/Winfig, go to “Tools” → “IP Scan” and click on “Start”:

In the example above i’ve left the “Interface” and “Address Range” fields empty to scan for the connected devices on all interfaces.

If the MikroTik router works as a DHCP server, the connected devices can also be listed using the following command:

[admin@MikroTik] > /ip dhcp-server lease print
- sample output -
Flags: D, B - BLOCKED
Columns: ADDRESS, MAC-ADDRESS, HOST-NAME, SERVER, STATUS, LAST-SEEN
#   ADDRESS         MAC-ADDRESS        HOST-NAME    SERVER   STATUS  LAST-SEEN
0 D 192.168.88.254  DC:A6:XX:XX:XX:XX  raspberrypi  defconf  bound   42s
1 D 192.168.88.247  D0:C6:XX:XX:XX:XX  hp-440g6     defconf  bound   1m4s
2 D 192.168.88.246  0E:20:XX:XX:XX:XX  Galaxy-M51   defconf  bound   3m8s

Winbox/Winfig: “IP” → “DHCP Server”, “Leases” tab.

Alternatively, you can get the connected devices by checking connections on a firewall :

[admin@MikroTik] > /ip firewall connection print interval=1

Winbox/Winfig: “IP” → “Firewall”, “Connections” tab.