Connecting simultaneously to two APs

RouterOS Wireless Networking
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Sorry if this is obvious to the expert, or has been answered before.

I’ve a station able to connect to either of two APs if I change its configuration appropriately.

Question. If I re-configured the APs to have the same SSDs, frequency and security profiles but different networks could I use WLANs on the station interface to connect to them both simultaneously and link them and their networks?

I know this sounds like WDS but I although both are Miktrotiks as is the station I can only admin the configuration of one of the APs and so can’t set up WDS on it.

Does that make sense?

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Makes sense. Can’t be done.

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Ah well. The quick and easy usually can’t.

Anyone care to tell me why? Is it a matter of frequency synchronicity?

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It’s not frequency synchronicity (whatever that is :smiley: ). It’s the way wireless works. a client can only connect to one access point at a time (same goes for DECT, TETRA, GSM, UMTS and practically all other digital wireless systems). An AP can have multiple clients, but a client can only be connected to one AP. What you’re looking to achieve can only be done by:

  • putting two wireless interfaces in the client router. One interface connecting to each access point.

  • using WDS

  • switching the roles over- APs become stations and the station (client) becomes an AP, but then your 2 APs (which are now stations) cannot have other stations (or other APs) connected to them.

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OK. Thanks. I’ll have to work on the WDS approach.