MikroTik: How to update LTE modem firmware from the terminal

In order to update the firmware of your MikroTik router, you can use the terminal or SSH.

First, login to the terminal. You should see the following prompt:

[admin@MikroTik] >

Checking for a new firmware version

Before being able to upgrade, we need to check if there’s a new version available. This can be done using the following command:

/interface/lte/firmware-upgrade [find name=lte1]

Example output:

[admin@MikroTik] > /interface/lte/firmware-upgrade [find name=lte1]
  installed: EC200AEUHAR01A12M16
     latest: EC200AEUHAR01A19M16

Updating the firmware

If a new version is available, you can update the firmware using the following command:

/interface/lte/firmware-upgrade [find name=lte1] upgrade=yes

This will automatically download and install the new firmware version. This will take a few minutes, the progress is shown in the terminal (e.g. status: installing firmware: 40%)

Once finished, it will print

  status: firmware installed

and reset the modem to apply the new firmware (the router will not reboot).