# Network os unsupported

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/network-os-unsupported/34193>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [November 13, 2020, 7:08am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/network-os-unsupported/34193 "2020-11-13T07:08:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Gebrina\_Divva\_Meuthi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Gebrina\_Divva\_Meuthi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Gebrina_Divva_Meuthi)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 7:08am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/network-os-unsupported/34193/1 "2020-11-13T07:08:56Z")

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Hai so Im trying to ping mikrotik device by just using hosts file, but instead I got an error:

network os routeros is not supported

the hosts file:

[&hosts\_route&]

R01 ansible\_host=[netsim241.lan.glcnetworks.com](http://netsim241.lan.glcnetworks.com) ansible\_connection=network\_cli ansible\_port=2201 ansible\_user=admin ansible\_password= ansible\_network\_os=routeros

is there anything wrong?what should I do?

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**Author:** ![Dick\_Visser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 7:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/network-os-unsupported/34193/2 "2020-11-13T07:58:09Z")

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The network modules area sees a lot of active development, so start by  
making sure you have the latest released ansible version.