7.16, wifi-qcom-ac, VLAN, CAPSMAN, mDNS and AP ethernet ports

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Hello all,

I just wanted to share the config that I finally came up with after YEARS of trial and error.

If anyone has any criticism, constructive or otherwise, please let me know. I am always trying to learn.

My goals for my setup were as follows:

  • Separate VLANs for three wireless networks and my wired devices.
  • Utilize mDNS support released in 7.16.
  • Utilize the ethernet port on my CAP AC as a switch.
  • Utilize CAPSMAN to manage the APs as much as possible.
  • Have a competent firewall that blocks the things I want blocked.

I also, wanted to go through the steps for setting up the CAP AC. Perhaps I am missing something HUGE but I feel these should be much easier to setup than they are.

  1. Hold the reset button while applying power to CAP AC and let go when User light starts flashing(about 5 seconds).
  2. Connect to Mikrotik wifi network and connect to CAP AC with Winbox(this is easiest with a laptop).
  3. Copy a the debug.rsc to the CAP AC files, reset the configuration with “No Default Configuration” set and select debug.rsc to run after reset.
  4. The debug config file just opens up the mac-server for winbox.
  5. Now that the CAP AC is reset, you can connect it to your router and connect to it through the MAC address while connected to your network.
  6. Configure the CAP AC however you would like.

Again, if I have said anything wrong or unsafe, please let me know.
debug.rsc (121 Bytes)
final.rsc (28.5 KB)
finalAP.rsc (2.66 KB)

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Hi, great job. I’m analyzing your configuration, along with others. What equipment do you use as a CAPSMAN controller? I am testing with an rb750 routerOS 7.16.2. The configurations I find do so with routers that already have Wi-Fi interfaces, but that is not my case.
I leave you a video with which I learned a lot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUu_5wODp44&ab_channel=MikroTikUkraine

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Sorry for the late reply. I have a Hex POE for the router but just got a RB5009UG+S+IN. I’ll be making that my router and using the hex as a switch to utilize the POE for my CAPs.

Please share any feedback. The learning curve is steep with MikroTik, but worth it I think.