Hello people, i’am neweby on the mikroTik world, actually i trying to mount an AP for mi home. I have an routerboard 133b and a miniPCI SR2 wireless card.
I put the ether3 and the wlan1 interfaces into a bridge to integrate Both networks, the thing is that i can’t find the wireless network with my notebook, does not exist, but if ai look into a winbox in the section of the interfaces i can see that the data are send (via TX Packet) but don’t recive Nothing (Rx Packet).
Another thing, the winbox console Disconnects permanently, this are normal :S
Please, any help are welcome, in this moment I am very lost.
My Best Regards.
Casiva Agustin
Confirm that your wireless card is set to AP Bridge
That the channel is set to a proper wifi frequency and is in b and g mode.
At this point you should be able to scan with the laptop and see the wireless network.
Erik
Yes, i have follow the steps indicated in the wiki for AP and for HotSpot.
The actual config is
interface wireless> print
Flags: X - disabled, R - running
0 name=“wlan1” mtu=1500 mac-address=00:15:6D:53:C3:EE arp=enabled disable-running-check=no
interface-type=Atheros AR5213 radio-name=“00156D53C3EE” mode=ap-bridge ssid=“casiva” area=“”
frequency-mode=manual-txpower country=argentina antenna-gain=3 frequency=2462 band=2.4ghz-b
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=default disconnect-timeout=3s
on-fail-retry-time=100ms preamble-mode=both compression=no allow-sharedkey=no
I noted that you are in b mode only… doe your laptop support b or maybe g only… change to b/g.
You could also download a little program called net stumbler that will identify the wireless networks just in case you have issues on the laptop.
Depending on what you are doing you may want to enable WDS in dynamic mode so no routing will be required at the ap.
Regardless of your bridge or routing settings you should see the network from the PC.
Erik
this is only necessary if you are connecting another accesspoint to this one wirelessly. otherwise you can leave WDS disabled, as you are already “connecting without the need for routing” when you bridge ether3 and wlan1