extended WiFi to LAN, router --> cAP ac --> LAN clients: works but don't understand 100% why

Because the issues with Mikrotik switches are well documented here, for just about a year.

I have one of the switches that shut down a group every few days.
http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/crs354-48p-4s-2q-traffic-problem-on-ports-1-to-8/139024/1

Mikrotik os my favorite routing platform…

But the wireless is S–t, and the switches are a joke.