hAP ac in Station Mode in a Moving Vehicle

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Summary:

  1. I am requesting assistance in application of a specific wiki tutorial to a device with two radios, and
  2. I am requesting clarification on wireless connection list and if/when/how automatic SSID connections are made.
  3. I am requesting clarification on priorities for connections amongst connection rules and when multiple interfaces are available.

Environment:

Reference: https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Connect_to_an_Available_Wireless_Network

Request: I have this MikroTik hAP ac which is (going to be) installed into a moving vehicle. What I would like to accomplish, is have the router connect as a client to predefined wireless networks as it comes within range of them.

  1. It appears the tutorial referenced was written for a routerboard which only supported a single wireless interface. The MikroTik hAP ac has both 2.4Ghz ( wlan1 ) and 5Ghz ( wlan2 ) interfaces. I imagine that I need to change the tutorial to my device like so:

  2. Create a new bridge interface: bridge1-wlan-wan

  3. Add interfaces wlan1 and wlan2 as members to bridge: bridge1-wlan-wan

  4. Set DHCP client to: bridge1-wlan-wan

  5. In the connect list, add two station connection rules for each SSID I would like it to connect to; one for wlan1 and one for wlan2

Is this correct? Is there a way to not have to create two station connection rules, and rather have a rule apply to the bridge bridge1-wlan-wan so that it will connect on either 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz, and if so, which would take priority?

  1. As the vehicle comes to a rest (and parks) where it has range to a wireless network on my connect list (and to which I’ve defined a security profile), will the device automatically associate to the SSIDs? In this tutorial, It seems that you specifically have to select to “connect” to the network, even after adding it to the Connect List and having the Security Profile defined.

  2. When an SSID offers both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz, which takes precedence / priority, and what options are available to control this behavior and how can this be configured?

I sincerely appreciate any insight and clarification.