Hi,
I have a non Mikrotik Router/Modem->Switch (CRS328-24P-4S+)->3 cAPs ac constellation.
As a novice I like the SwOS simplicity on my switch, but I’d like to use cAPsMAN for all 3 APs.
So my question ist: Where should I run RouterOS with CapsMAN on the switch or a cAP? Or should I’d rather avoid cAPsMAN at all and configure all of them individually?
Thank you.
3 devices ?
Individually.
If you are up for a learning challenge, use one of the caps.
Never on a switch ( if it can run under ROS).
The processor might not be able to handle it.
track or cross country??
The most powerful CPU as possible…
Caps-Man Ran fine on a CRS125 as long as local forwarding is on.
Fine being a relative term.
But if the CRS328 was running router OS… it could be the caps-manager.
I wouldn’t now… but I have in the past.
If local-forwarding=yes in CAPsMAN, then it’s essentially is more complex way to push out the Wi-Fi configuration – so CPU needs be small. So a cAP can run it fine with local-forwarding=yes – since it really just syncing config code to 2 other APs.
Is it useful for 3 APs, dunno… Depend on how many config change in future you’ll make really… If you make frequency changes to Wi-Fi config – or use stuff like user-manager/hotspot/RADIUS/etc – the more useful CAPsMAN becomes. If it’s some VLANs and SSID/password that don’t change much, CAPsMAN is a lot of configuration vs doing “by hand” (or using own script to ssh with config update the password/config).
It’s local-forwarding=no that should be avoided IMO – beyond just concerns about CPU/etc usage on a cAP…