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The Dude

The Dude 6.47.8

  -  2.1 MB  -  Freeware
  • Latest Version

    The Dude 7.16.1

  • Operating System

    Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10

  • User Rating

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  • Author / Product

    MikroTik / External Link

  • Filename

    dude-install-6.47.8.exe

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of The Dude 6.47.8.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of The Dude or reading our review, simply click here.


All old versions distributed on our website are completely virus-free and available for download at no cost.


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What's new in this version:

- arm - improved system stability
- bgp - treat route target with AS 65535 as two byte AS
- branding - fixed imported skin presence
- bridge - fixed BPDU guard port disable/enable on HW offloaded interfaces
- disk - improved disk management service stability when receiving bogus packets
- dns - improved stability with large table of static records
- ike1 - allow using "my-id" parameter with XAuth
- leds - fixed LED type setting
- metarouter - fixed directory entry reporting
- profile - fixed process classification on x86 systems (introduced in v6.47)
- quickset - fixed wireless client "uptime" counter in "Home Mesh" mode
- sstp - fixed "idle-timeout" on TILE and CHR devices
- system - replace "3" in superscript to "^3" on RBD53GR devices
- upgrade - do not try installing packages if download was not completed
- winbox - added "operator" parameter under "Interface/LTE" menu
- winbox - added "reformat-hold-button-max" parameter under "System/RouterBOARD/Settings" menu
- winbox - added "tls-mode" parameter under "CAPsMAN/Security Cfg." menu
- winbox - added "tx-rx-1024-max" counter under "Interface/Overall-Stats" for CRS3xx devices
- winbox - do not allow MAC address changes on LTE interfaces
- winbox - show "System/Health" only on boards that have health monitoring
- winbox - show "System/RouterBOARD/Mode Button" on devices that have such feature
- winbox - show "usb-bus" option on all boards that have it
- winbox - show "usb-type" option on all boards that have it
- winbox - sort IPv6 firewall "chain" parameter entries alphabetically
- wireless - added support for U-NII-2 US and Canada country profiles for mANTBox series devices