Hi all, as you know im new to mikrotik and i need some help… basically im hooking it up to the net via ether1, what I want it to do is bridge to wlan1 or the actual name Sr2. I have not yet gotten into telnet or any of that i am trying to do this via winbox..
My second question is how do i connect to the Routerboard over the internet once it is connected to the internet? simply type in the Ip of the routerboard like i do when i am connected via ethernet or wireless? or is there something i have to register…
My thrid question is, is the mmcx connector on the sr2 antenna a or antenna b?
I am still reading the manual and am going to continue to. But I didnt see this in there.. Probibly is but didnt see it. Thanks guys -Jordan
Regarding the bridging question you have. ether+wlan can only be bridged if wlan is an ap-bridge mode (RouterOS 2.9x). If wlan needs to be in station mode, it can only be achieved in routerOS v3.x setting the wlan to station pseuo-bridge mode.
Accessing the routerboard from the internet would depend on how you connect to the internet. Explain this maybe in more detail?
Well i have figured out how to bridge the to interfaces ether1 and wlan 1 together. Went into bridging created a bridge, and went to ports selected ether 1 then opened another port for wlan1 with same priority and pass cost, and forwarding.. and that worked.
However Many have said that routing is a more affective and and less load on the cpu? i have not yet figured out how to route ether1 to wlan1, To make it identical to as if i was bridging it…
yes it is in ap-bridge mode. Heck im not even sure what station is for? or the rest of them… they never show up on wireless networks like ap-bridge does and what is alignment only… I have so much to learn… but i am slowly.. Thanks guys -Jordan
However Many have said that routing is a more affective and and less load on the cpu?
this is true, but for a simple bridge like yours, bridging should be fine.
i have not yet figured out how to route ether1 to wlan1, To make it identical to as if i was bridging it…
No can do - that is against the fundamental principal of routing…
yes it is in ap-bridge mode. Heck im not even sure what station is for? or the rest of them… they never show up on wireless networks like ap-bridge does and what is alignment only… I have so much to learn… but i am slowly.. Thanks guys -Jordan
Station is for client mode. In any normal wireless network, there is one device that cats as an Access Point, and other devices connect to it - these are stations, or clients. This mode does not broadcast an SSID, and automatically scans all channels looking for an AP of the same SSID.
Alignment only is for just that - antenna alignment when setting up point-to-point links with directional antennas, or when connecting a client to an AP.