hAP ac2 - Dual Repeater with Private Network

I’m setting up a travel router hAP ac2 and have one remaining issue I can’t seem to solve. I can’t ping the internet from the LAN ports or wlan2 (AP). I can ping it from the terminal inside WinBox (both IP addresses and www, so DNS is working). Everything else seems good. I can wirelessly connect the hAP to 3rd party APs via wlan1/Station. I can connect my devices wirelessly to the hAP wlan2/AP. Both LAN and wlan2/AP give me IP addresses and I can ping the router but not the internet. So close…

A final thought, some years ago I had a MikroTik routerboard hacked and used as a DDNS attack - to the point that the router had to be reimaged. I’m paranoid now so first thing I did with this new box is spend some time locking things down. Perhaps that may be affecting it but I just don’t see it. I’m using the default firewall rules but turned a lot of other stuff off. If anyone sees something I’ve left out or need to change, please let me know.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Below is my scrubbed export:
MikroTik RouterOS 6.49.8 (c) 1999-2023 http://www.mikrotik.com/

jun/03/2023 10:17:19 by RouterOS 6.49.8

software id = G5AI-EIWY

model = RBD52G-5HacD2HnD

serial number = removed

/interface bridge
add admin-mac=48:A9:8A:removed auto-mac=no comment=defconf name=bridge
/interface list
add comment=defconf name=WAN
add comment=defconf name=LAN
add name=listBridge
/interface wireless security-profiles
set [ find default=yes ] supplicant-identity=MikroTik
add authentication-types=wpa2-psk mode=dynamic-keys name=DR
supplicant-identity=“” wpa2-pre-shared-key=(edit removed)
add authentication-types=wpa2-psk mode=dynamic-keys name=AD
supplicant-identity=“” wpa2-pre-shared-key=(edit removed)
/interface wireless
set [ find default-name=wlan1 ] country=“united states” disabled=no distance=
indoors frequency=2432 name=wlan1—2.5G security-profile=DR ssid=
DR_House wireless-protocol=802.11
set [ find default-name=wlan2 ] band=5ghz-a/n/ac channel-width=20/40/80mhz-XXXX
disabled=no distance=indoors frequency=auto mode=ap-bridge name=wlan2—5G
security-profile=Andice ssid=AD5G wireless-protocol=802.11
/ip pool
add name=default-dhcp ranges=192.168.88.10-192.168.88.254
/ip dhcp-server
add address-pool=default-dhcp disabled=no interface=bridge name=defconf
/interface bridge port
add bridge=bridge comment=defconf interface=ether2
add bridge=bridge comment=defconf interface=ether3
add bridge=bridge comment=defconf interface=ether4
add bridge=bridge comment=defconf interface=ether5
add bridge=bridge comment=defconf interface=wlan2—5G
/ip neighbor discovery-settings
set discover-interface-list=none
/interface list member
add comment=defconf interface=bridge list=LAN
add comment=defconf interface=ether1 list=WAN
/ip address
add address=192.168.88.1/24 comment=defconf interface=bridge network=
192.168.88.0
/ip cloud
set update-time=no
/ip dhcp-client
add comment=defconf interface=ether1
add disabled=no interface=wlan1—2.5G
/ip dhcp-server network
add address=192.168.88.0/24 comment=defconf gateway=192.168.88.1
/ip dns static
add address=192.168.88.1 comment=defconf name=router.lan
/ip firewall filter
add action=accept chain=input comment=
“defconf: accept established,related,untracked” connection-state=
established,related,untracked
add action=drop chain=input comment=“defconf: drop invalid” connection-state=
invalid
add action=accept chain=input comment=“defconf: accept ICMP” protocol=icmp
add action=accept chain=input comment=
“defconf: accept to local loopback (for CAPsMAN)” dst-address=127.0.0.1
add action=drop chain=input comment=“defconf: drop all not coming from LAN”
in-interface-list=!LAN
add action=accept chain=forward comment=“defconf: accept in ipsec policy”
ipsec-policy=in,ipsec
add action=accept chain=forward comment=“defconf: accept out ipsec policy”
ipsec-policy=out,ipsec
add action=fasttrack-connection chain=forward comment=“defconf: fasttrack”
connection-state=established,related
add action=accept chain=forward comment=
“defconf: accept established,related, untracked” connection-state=
established,related,untracked
add action=drop chain=forward comment=“defconf: drop invalid” connection-state=
invalid
add action=drop chain=forward comment=“defconf: drop all from WAN not DSTNATed”
connection-nat-state=!dstnat connection-state=new in-interface-list=WAN
/ip firewall nat
add action=masquerade chain=srcnat comment=“defconf: masquerade” ipsec-policy=
out,none out-interface-list=WAN
/ip service
set telnet disabled=yes
set ftp disabled=yes
set ssh disabled=yes port=2200
set api disabled=yes
set winbox address=192.168.88.0/24
set api-ssl disabled=yes
/system clock
set time-zone-name=America/Chicago
/system identity
set name=RouterOS
/tool bandwidth-server
set enabled=no
/tool mac-server
set allowed-interface-list=LAN
/tool mac-server mac-winbox
set allowed-interface-list=LAN
[Gary@RouterOS] >

I got this working by adding the following.

add address=192.168.88.0/24 comment=defconf dns-server=8.8.8.8 gateway=\192.168.88.1
add address=192.168.88.0/24 list=Internet-Allow
add action=masquerade chain=srcnat src-address-list=Internet-Allow

I’m still pretty green at this layer3 stuff. So, while it’s working, I’m not sure it’s the correct method. If there’s something I should or shouldn’t be doing, feedback is welcomed!

For such a case, you need to add wlan1 to the WAN interface list