Hi,
Considering the setup as attached (simplified) with 4 Routerboard Accesspoints containing 2 radios, one used for roaming user access, the other used for uplink to the gateways (also Routerboard) that also act as roaming access using seperate radio. Everything is connected to a central Core RB1100 that act as Hotspot Gateway / DHCP server and NAT for the entire setup.
Currently the setup is working, using static WDS for each link between Gateways and AP’s and a bridge (with RSTP) interconnecting all interfaces everywhere - all AP’s (and roam interface on the gateways) are setup as AP Bridge with same SSID and channel seperation to avoid radio conflict. However the handover between AP’s for a user roaming between everything is causing a long delay.
I have read that an EoIP setup would be prefered but have some questions:
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Should the EoIP tunnel and the “roam” Accesspoint radio’s be in a seperate bridge (I need management access for the AP’s)
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Is EoIP really preferable over WDS or is a MESH setup even better (no real MESH needed here as all links are stable and static)
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If WDS is the best solution, should WDS also be enabled on the “roam” Accesspoint radio or is it enough to use it on the uplinks? All roaming clients are PC’s and handheld devices, no Mikrotik available on roaming clients.
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I have experimented a bit with the EoIP tunnel and see that I seem to have both the AP’s Uplink Radio (set to WDS Client mode) and the EoIP tunnel attached to the bridge containing the management IP address - that seems wrong I think?
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Should I use a simple “AP Bridge” in the Gateways and “Station” in the AP’s uplink radio instead of WDS if EoIP is to work best?
Any hints to a sample for this setup is much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
/Niels
