Hello everyone,
I really need help with my MikroTik hAP ac² configuration and I am honestly stuck.
My use case is very simple and specific:
I have a café where internet already exists via WiFi.
I bought the hAP ac² specifically for this task:
• hAP ac² should connect to the café WiFi as a client (WiFi as WAN)
• Internet should be provided ONLY via LAN cable
• Exactly 2 monitors will be connected via LAN
• Internet must NOT be shared to any other device (no extra WiFi users)
I have already installed WinBox and I can connect to the device without any problem.
But after that point, I honestly do not know:
• which menus I need to open
• which interfaces must be configured
• how WLAN, bridge, DHCP, NAT should be set correctly
I have read many general explanations, but they are too abstract and I cannot translate them into real steps inside WinBox.
At the moment I am unable to make this work, even though this is exactly the reason why I purchased this device.
This situation is becoming very urgent and I am in a really difficult position right now.
Could someone please help me with:
• a clear step by step explanation in WinBox, or
• screenshots, or
• a working example configuration for this exact scenario
Any help would mean a lot to me.
Thank you very much in advance.
Best regards
Selcuk
Hi,
Reset router from WinBox with default values.
You should configure it as an typical AP in the first step - that should be provided a default configuration
this AP mode should have WAN set for eth1 and the rest of interfaces (including both WiFi ones) bridged in a bridge.
Do not tinker, just make it work as an AP with any WiFi visible
check if it works properly - you have internet access - providing it's own WiFi and connected with WAN (eth1) to the existing network.
If it would be working then
unplug eth1 from the network
remove one or bot interfaces from the bridge
use one of the WiFi interfaces (any you want but NOT BOTH) to connect to existing main cefe's WiFi - you should set it to station mode and connect to WiFi providing proper credentials - search the Internet
disable the second WiFi interface to disable providing temporary SSID
that running as a client WiFi interface - connected to main WiFi network - should be treated as eth1 so you need to configure a dhcp client for it (additional to ethi1) or replace eth1 configuration (suggest not)
you have to add it as a WAN interface to the "WAN" interface list that could be found in "Interfaces" menu
And it should be all you have to do.
Summarizing steps: make one of WiFi interfaces behave as eth1 interface and use it as eth to connect to the existing network instead of eth1
Hi,
- System —> Reset Config. —→ No Default Configuration selected
- Log back in
- Go to Wireless —–> Add a Security profile with the password of your existing network.
- Scan that network on your wireless card and connect to it. Then also select your security profile for the correct password to be used.
- IP. —> DHCP Client. —→ Create a new one and select your wireless interface that you are using and leave the rest as is.
- Go to Bridge —→ Add a bridge and the the next tab is ports, add ports add both your Ethernet ports which devices are going to be connected too.
- Go to IP address and add a IP address with the CIDR notation example 192.168.100.1/24 (Note this cannot be in the same range as your existing wireless network as you wanted it as a WAN as I understand it so NATted.
- Go to IP —→ DHCP Server and configure your DHCP Server for your bridge interface.
- Lastly you need to go to IP —> Firewall and add a NAT rule.
General Tab:
Chain = srcnat
Out. Interface = The wireless interface that you used to connect to your existing wireless
Action Tab:
Action = Masquerade