1 WiFi Device as Station and AP Bridge

RouterOS Wireless Networking
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Hi All,

Is there any mikrotik device that can work as both Station and AP Bridge at the same time?
I want to setup a mobile hotspot.
My ISP is a pocket WiFi device. I’d like to connect 1 mikrotik device to it for internet access and use same device to serve clients internet access.

Please share your idea.

Thanks

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Every device with level 4 license and WiFi can do this. Try rb941.

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Hi eventuayly used mAPlite
I was able to achieve my goals.


Master Wlan - configured in Station mode
vlan - configured in Bridge mode

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do you mind sharing the config ?

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There is a wizard button in the wireless menu labeled “setup repeater” that does it all for you.

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Got it all up and running nicly, but after some real usage i found a flaw in the design

The connection list only works on the “real” wlan interface in station mode.
The virtual wlan interface (in AP mode where i connect my devices to) will not work unless real wlan is running, which requires a valid ans established connection.

So i will not be able to add a new wifi network on a new location because i don’t have a wifi connection to the mAP. Tried to put both wlan interfaces in a bridge hoping may AP would be UP without a connection to a wifi network, but no such luck.

My conclusion : -in my case- i need a dual radio device to do it properly.

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I reverse the ordre. I put the main wlan interface as ap bridge and setup manually the frequency according to the frequency of the ap i want to connect with a virtual interface acting as station. I find the frequency doing a background scan.

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Nice to read that this actually works, I never tried it because I expect problems: when the AP changes frequency, you will lose the
connection. And it may do that when it is in “auto channel” mode and does some optimization to find the least used channel.

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Corporate aps keeps their frequency to avoid client déconnections

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Thanks for the suggestion but reversing it and do manual frequency etc is not the way i would like it to use or work. I’ll stick to dual radio
Especially for my main application later on. I will be re-using an RB433 for which i have radios to spare.