Configuring a RB201 1UiAS-2HnD-IN

Hello,

I have a RB201 1UiAS-2HnD-IN that I would like to configure as access point. It is connect by fiber to a switch and I see there is a link. Now it looks like there is no typical user interface where I could configure this fiber port to be a transparent LAN access. No DHCP, no routing, no firewall. Just as a plain WiFi" access point.

Is there an easy way to do this? Looking at the documentation I have the impression I need one week training to be able to fulfill this task. :smiley:
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You have one excess space (you were tricked by the font used on the device), it is a RB2011:
https://mikrotik.com/product/RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN#fndtn-specifications

Configuring it needs some minimal knowledge of RouterOS.

That particular device has besides the SFP, 5 Gigabit/1000 ports and 5 100mbit ones, and two switch chips so it can be tricky to configure properly.
Check its diagram:
https://cdn.mikrotik.com/web-assets/product_files/Block-RB2011UAS-2HnD_130546.pdf

If you can do with not using ether1, it might be easy to run the QuickSet as in here:
https://qlr.ro/mikrotik-rb2011-initial-configuration/

If you follow the above you will end up with the two (normal and guest, this latter optional) wi-fi’s (wlan1 and wlan2) the SFP and the two bridges master ports in a bridge (all together) configuration, with ether1 kept separate.

Then it can be refined, but the base should work.

You will need to get Winbox and get minimally familiar with it, and - in order to more easily exchange info on the board - learn to use its terminal to export the configuration (and post it here for review), the instructions are here:
http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/forum-rules/173010/1

Hey. Thank you for your help.

I vaguely remember having done a Mikrotik admin training some 20 (?) years ago. But that is all lost. So I went through the process of setting up the router that I finally received yesterday (after posting my initial question).

  • Managed to factory reset it by installing RouterOS 7.17.1 Stable


  • Managed to install the Wireless package that I had forgotten in the first go (Wonder why netinstall makes me reinstall routeros just to add a package)


  • Managed to enable the package

But it will not appear in the devices so I can start it up.

I generated the configuration file and I see that wlan1 is not there.

But strangely I have two Wireless menus. One called “WiFi” and one called “Wireless”.
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If I go ito the “Wireless → Wireless” menu I see the wlan1 interface. If I go into the WiFi Menu, I do not see the device. In none of the two menus I see a General tab as noted in the Mkrotik help pages.

So now I am lost. The router is fine in bridge mode. So all I need is enable that WiFi and I am done. Appreciate your help.
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You can’t use the “Wifi” menu, that is prohibitted to the wifi-qcom(-ac) devices.
You have to configure through wireless menu.

If you need help on how to configure, please use this part of the documentation:
https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/spaces/ROS/pages/8978446/Wireless+Interface

And the old wiki does have an access point sample:
https://wiki.mikrotik.com/Manual:Wireless_AP_Client#Access_Point_Configuration

To explain, there are two “sets of drivers”, which one to use depends on the specific device model/processor, some devices only have the old drivers, some can use both, new devices only have the new one.
To make things simple the good Mikrotik guys managed to call the menues for them in different ways and both are present in Winbox even if only one is used.
Basically, “old”=“wireless” menu, “new=wi-fi” menu.

Your current settings are these:

/interface wireless
set [ find default-name=wlan1 ] band=2ghz-b/g/n country=thailand disabled=no \
    mode=ap-bridge ssid=Jakrapad wireless-protocol=nv2-nstreme-802.11

You should set the protocol to 802.11 (not nv2-nstreme), then you need to set /interface wireless security-profiles with authentication types, etc., now it is essentially empty:

/interface wireless security-profiles
set [ find default=yes ] supplicant-identity=MikroTik

See also “Setting up wireless” here:
https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/spaces/ROS/pages/328151/First+Time+Configuration