I am trying to setup my RB411AR as an wireless access point on my LAN. I have the RB411AR setup with a wlan1 interface and ether1 interface. The ether1 interface is connected to my lan through dhcp from my LAN router. I have the RB411AR setup to dhcp addresses to the wlan1 interface. How can i connect these two interfaces together so i can surf the internet and get to my lan from the wlan1 interface? Thanks in advance.
you simply set-up a bridge and add both your eth card and wireless card to it.
i have tried to setup a bridge and added both interfaces to the bridge, but i still cant surf internet or ping most of the addesses on my lan. For some reason i can ping the first 3 addresses in my lan but nothing else. Any ideas? Thanks!
Could you please send us the setup of the MK and your LAN to understand the scenario. (IP default gateway etc..)
add the following:
ip/address:
address: 192.168.1.254/24
network: 192.168.1.0
broadcast: 192.168.1.255
interface: wlan1
ip/pool
name: pool-wlan1
addresses: 192.168.1.1-192.168.1.253
ip/dhcp server
name: dhcp-wlan1
interface: wlan1
address pool: pool-wlan1
dhcp server network:
address: 192.168.1.0/24
gateway: 192.168.1.254
ip/firewall NAT
chain: srcnat
src.address: 192.168.1.0/24
action: masquerade
hope this will fix the problem…
since your eth1 is getting ip from router:
ip/dhcp client:
add
interface: eth1
thanks,
Okay, i have entered all the settings that were suggested above. Now when i enable the bridge with the ether1, and wlan1 as ports it kills the dhcp server to the wan1 the dhcp server turns red when i enable the bridge. As soon as i disable it it turns black again. It acts as its just straight bridge mode when i do that. Thanks for your help!
okay i now know that i don’t need to setup a bridge it is working like its supposed to without the bridge. Thanks for all the help!
I tried the settings above but opposit interface eth1 for dhcp and wlan for dhcp client. I have been trying to configure my RB about 2 weeks or more and still end up at the same spot.
johndoe can you post ur settings for me to try.
The only thing i added to this configuration is a route
IP/ROUTES
dst address 0.0.0.0/0
gateway i used my default gateway of my lan interface
hope this helps.
one more suggestion
you would probably want to use your wlan default gateway where i mentioned default gateway address above.