connect too wireless router

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I am trying to connect a MikroTik Routerboard 153 (Level 4) WISP AP to a Vodaphone wireless router too extend my wireless connection to the office I have at the bottom of the garden

I have been successful at loading the password into the Routerboard and it is logging onto the Vodaphone wirless router. I can ping out onto the web from the Routrboard via the ping section of winbox

But If I try too ping the router board or the vodaphone router from my computer I get a general failure

DHCP is enabled on he vodaphone router

This is the result of an ipconfig


Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
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C:\Users\Paul>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::e921:670a:c628:e4bf%67
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.228.191
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : home

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 12:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Tunnel adapter isatap.{12A66675-5017-4A94-B3C1-C5B363DFDCC7}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Tunnel adapter 6TO4 Adapter:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :


Any help would be appreciated thanks

2

Have you bridged the Ethernet interface with the wireless interface? In general, each interface on a RouterBoard is it’s own separate routed interface unless you tell it otherwise.

3

No I haven’t. I have only a very limited experience with networking and have only got this far with trial and error and help from forum etc

I can see the ‘bridge’ option in win box is this what you mean? can you help me in setting this up or point me too a tutorial that will tell me

Thanks for the reply I appreciate it

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/interface bridge add name="WLAN Bridge"
/interface bridge port add bridge="WLAN Bridge" port=ether1
/interface bridge port add bridge="WLAN Bridge" port=wlan1

This bridges the two interfaces together in software making them act as one layer2 interface instead of two separate layer3 interfaces.

5

Hi thanks for the reply sorry I am not well versed on these matters

I take it that this code is used in a new terminal window in Win box ?

I inputted the first line and got a new WLAN bridge in the interfaces window

The other two lines give me an answer no such argument (port)

6

I have no idea what your interface names are. You’ll have to replace them with the appropriate names yourself.

7

Apologies again for my ignorance

I have tried the names of my interfaces I.E 19db-pac-rootenna and lan and it still gives me the no such argument (port)

However I have gone too the Bridge / Port tab in Winbox and added these two interfaces there. This has resulted in an IP address being assigned to my laptop within the range of the Vodaphone router

The micotic is showing 192.168.1.144 and the laptop is showing 192.168.1.36 and now has the right default gateway IE the Vodaphone router

However I can ping the Routerbox but not he Vodaphone router or acess the web am I on the right track

8

It would be best for you to read the manual about wireless.
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Interface/Wireless
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Wireless_Station_Modes
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Wireless_AP_Client


If you still need help, provide
/interface wireless export

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Terminal vt102 detected, using multiline input mode
[paul@MikroTik] > interface wireless export

jan/01/2000 02:05:47 by RouterOS 2.9.35

software id = PUQ5-3TT

/ interface wireless
set 19db-pac-rootenna name=“19db-pac-rootenna” mtu=1500
mac-address=00:0B:6B:57:0D:83 arp=enabled disable-running-check=no
radio-name=“cbrowne-pkelly” mode=station ssid=“” area=“”
frequency-mode=manual-txpower country=ireland antenna-gain=0
frequency=2412 band=2.4ghz-b/g scan-list=default rate-set=default
supported-rates-b=1Mbps,2Mbps,5.5Mbps,11Mbps
supported-rates-a/g=6Mbps,9Mbps,12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,48Mbps,54Mbps
basic-rates-b=1Mbps basic-rates-a/g=6Mbps max-station-count=2007
ack-timeout=dynamic tx-power-mode=default noise-floor-threshold=default
periodic-calibration=default periodic-calibration-interval=60
burst-time=disabled dfs-mode=none antenna-mode=ant-a wds-mode=disabled
wds-default-bridge=none wds-default-cost=100 wds-cost-range=50-150
wds-ignore-ssid=no update-stats-interval=disabled
default-authentication=yes default-forwarding=yes default-ap-tx-limit=0
default-client-tx-limit=0 proprietary-extensions=post-2.9.25 hide-ssid=no
security-profile=vodaphone disconnect-timeout=3s on-fail-retry-time=100ms
preamble-mode=both compression=no allow-sharedkey=no comment=“”
disabled=no
/ interface wireless nstreme
set 19db-pac-rootenna enable-nstreme=no enable-polling=yes framer-policy=none
framer-limit=3200
/ interface wireless manual-tx-power-table
set 19db-pac-rootenna
manual-tx-powers=1Mbps:17,2Mbps:17,5.5Mbps:17,11Mbps:17,6Mbps:17,9Mbps:17,1
2Mbps:17,18Mbps:17,24Mbps:17,36Mbps:17,48Mbps:17,54Mbps:17
/ interface wireless security-profiles
set default name=“default” mode=none authentication-types=“”
unicast-ciphers=“” group-ciphers=“” wpa-pre-shared-key=“”
wpa2-pre-shared-key=“” eap-methods=passthrough tls-mode=no-certificates
tls-certificate=none static-algo-0=none static-key-0=“” static-algo-1=none
static-key-1=“” static-algo-2=none static-key-2=“” static-algo-3=none
static-key-3=“” static-transmit-key=key-0 static-sta-private-algo=none
static-sta-private-key=“” radius-mac-authentication=no group-key-update=5m
add name=“vodaphone” mode=dynamic-keys authentication-types=wpa2-psk,wpa2-eap
unicast-ciphers=tkip,aes-ccm group-ciphers=tkip,aes-ccm
wpa-pre-shared-key=“” wpa2-pre-shared-key=“J759NS3636SQG”
tls-mode=no-certificates tls-certificate=none static-algo-0=none
static-key-0=“” static-algo-1=none static-key-1=“” static-algo-2=none
static-key-2=“” static-algo-3=none static-key-3=“”
static-transmit-key=key-0 static-sta-private-algo=none
static-sta-private-key=“” radius-mac-authentication=yes
group-key-update=5m
/ interface wireless align
set frame-size=300 active-mode=yes receive-all=yes
audio-monitor=00:00:00:00:00:00 filter-mac=00:00:00:00:00:00 ssid-all=no
frames-per-second=25 audio-min=-100 audio-max=-20
/ interface wireless access-list
add mac-address=00:00:00:00:00:00 interface=19db-pac-rootenna
authentication=yes forwarding=yes ap-tx-limit=0 client-tx-limit=0
private-algo=none private-key=“” comment=“” disabled=no
/ interface wireless snooper
set multiple-channels=yes channel-time=200ms receive-errors=no
/ interface wireless sniffer
set multiple-channels=no channel-time=200ms only-headers=no receive-errors=no
memory-limit=10 file-name=“” file-limit=10 streaming-enabled=no
streaming-server=0.0.0.0 streaming-max-rate=0
[paul@MikroTik] >

10

why are you using a version released 5 years ago?

2.9.35

11

I used the router on a WAN wireless network but moved out of range of this some time ago. I have only recently started trying to use the unit again (with some difficulty) for the use I have for it now. If I can get it too operate I will upgrade the software

12

You are using the wrong mode for the radio card, change it.

Read the wiki example of Station modes I posted.
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Wireless_Station_Modes#Mode_station

Your other option is to set up the device to be a router and NAT out of the wireless interface.

13

Thanks for the reply

The menus on the example that you posted do not mach the ones available on my OS so I am upgrading the OS and will then change the settings

I will let you know how I get on