The first is at my Verizon FiOS ONT, located in my basement. This unit has the ethernet output from the ONT connected to it’s port1.
I have a couple of hard-wired devices on ports 2 and 3. It is acting as my main router, providing DHCP via NAT and doing firewalling as well as providing WPA2 based Wifi. It is running RouterOS v6.25 and the RouterBoard is at firmware v3.17. I have it running via the WISP quickset, and it get’s its WAN address via DHCP from FiOS.
I have another 951Ui-2HnD which I would like to connect in my attic, via ethernet cable running from a port on the basement unit. This should simply extend the signal of my existing Wifi, same SSID, etc… and provide ethernet ports to the attic space.
My question is, how should I set these so that the downstairs router is responsible for all DHCP, routing, etc… while the attic unit is simply an access point to the existing wired and wireless networks. I don’t want to have a second Wifi network if at all possible.
OK, so I’ve figured out how to tie interfaces to a bridge and bridges to other components, etc… What I am still having trouble with, is, how to not have the two wireless radios interfere with each other. I’ve set them both with the same SSID and WPA2 security. I then chose a lowish frequency for one of them, with a 20MHz width and a highish frequency for the other, also with a 20MHz width. I don’t believe they should interfere, however, when I enable them both, connected devices get dropped off wifi often. Any ideas?