Bit lost - Wireless with 2x AP's

RouterOS Wireless Networking
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Hey All, first post here, sorry it’s a question, but i’m totally lost on this, i have 2x RB751G-2HnD’s and a modem, i’m trying to configure the primary 751, port 1 is the modem, port two i would like to be a cross connect to another 751, the remaining 3 ports on the primary just normal switch ports and the remaining 4 on the secondary to be remaining switch ports. The primary also needs to do DHCP and DNS (yes i’m using it as a home router, replacing my dying Billion 7800N).

I’m pretty sure i have the modem part setup ok, i have the wireless working just fine from the primary 751, the rest of the ports are just straight switch ports at present which is how i wanted it.

Getting the secondary router to act only as a switch / AP hardwired to the primary (CAT6 between them) is doing my head in, i’d like them to broadcast the same SSID, so the secondary is just another AP essentially. The primary is in the lounge room at one end of the house, in the TV unit next to a home media centre, the problem is the wireless from the billion isn’t that strong at the other end of the house, i wanted to use the secondary in the study where there’s just a unmanaged switch at the moment to replace that switch and be an AP. I’ve gone through the mesh setup on the wiki and i may have done something wrong. I’m a networking noob sadly, starting to learn, but it’s slow going. any ideas?

If you need more info about what i’m trying to do or i explained it terribly please, do ask.

Thanks in advance all.

Mat.

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Hey all, no mikrotik wifi gurus aroundthat could help a noobie?

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just set up second AP with same SSID, your wireless devices will switch over to it if primary AP signal is not that great.

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Wait really? no mesh needed? no other configuration?

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No mesh is needed.

    1. Leave your first router as is. (WAN on port1, LAN on ports 2,3,4,5 bridged with WLAN, DHCP on that bridge)


    1. Second router (assuming deafult configuration = remove changes you have done or reset to default config and do this):
  • Remove IP from port1 (or remove DHCP client from that port)
  • remove firewall masquerade rule and look for other settings that are WAN specific and disable them (“block all input”, etc)
  • add port1 to bridge
  • disable DHCP on bridge
  • on bridge change IP address to match your LAN network (in the first router) (and exclude it from DHCP pool on first router)
  • on WLAN interface (and security profile) set everything in the same way that is on first router except for radio frequency (give it a value that is different and far from frequency of first router)
  • connect any port of second router to one port 2-5 of first one

I hope this is all. :slight_smile:

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Apart from a short disconnect when switching between APs, which can be sometimes a bit annoying, this will work just fine.

JF