Hap Be Lite - Home AP Dual not working like hoped

RouterOS
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Hey everyone,

First of all to give a little context i am not too familiar with networking to this degree (dabbled a little with the limited options of a Zyxel-T56 which is locked down by the ISP. Played a little with Ubitique AP's and Netgear AP's)

What i'm trying to accomplish:
Use the new HAP Be Lite as a AP in my home network (i wanted to use it as Main router first but that has been way too much of a stuggle to get working like intended. The furthest i got was Internet partially working aka some sites loading and some not)

I tried to use the quick setup mode through both the Mikrotik app on phone as well as the web interface but the result always ends either for the following scenario's:
1: No internet on the other ports (Eth 2-4) but the Hap Be Lite can ping to IP
2: Internet on the other ports but the configuration in terms of Ip and all looks / feels off

Besides the above mentioned i seem to get upright terrible speeds on the Hap Be Lite when it comes to wireless. Reaching at most 200 Mbps on the 5GHz band when right next to it while i should get atleast close to 1Gbit

Attaching the most recent version of my config which has the following issues:
1: No internet at all (regardless of plugging into WAN/Eth1 or Eth 2-4
2: Can't find the Mikrotik through Winbox / Webinterface or App (Unless i plug the cable into Eth 2-4) - Does have a IP according to the Zyxel (192.168.1.10)

https://pastebin.com/XbhJmz10

So can anyone help out a little to get this working like intended?

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Your device is configured as AP router. For a case like yours, in v6 there was "CPE" quickset profile. I guess it does not exist anymore.
You're behind another router/gateway which also does NAT/firewall/dhcp/etc, the Zyxel, so your hap can be "transparent". Meaning:

  • remove all firewall rules(ip and ipv6)
  • remove ip address or replace with a static one within the zyxel dhcp pool
  • remove dhcp-server config
  • remove WAN interface list and assign ether1 to LAN instead
  • set dhcp-client on bridge instead of ether1

But to be honest: I would start by reset-configuration without default config. This way you have empty configuration. Connect via Winbox MAC.

  • add bridge and bridge ports
  • Add dhcp-client on bridge
  • configure wifi interfaces and add to bridge

done. Maybe I forgot a step, it is written adhoc.

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I use the hap be lite as access point with all ethernet ports switched, so pretty much your use case (plus I use some vlans).
I get ~500-650mbit/s wifi throughput in real-world conditions with pretty crowded wifi environment. Peaks are around 750mbit/s, where the cpu is reaching its limits.
Using 7.24rc firmware and avoiding MLO makes the device stable for me with consistent wifi speeds.

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Unless your ISP has an exotic setup the default config should just work for a wired setup.

ether1 is your WAN with a DHCP client and ether2-4 are your LAN with a DHCP server.

WiFi ssid and passphrase will need tweaking.

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which is not so good role for this device
it is
lite as name say (arm32, 4 port)
it has new mediatek wifi, which is too new to be stable

tbh, best way of using this device is as dumb-ap, leave the ISP router to make his job, use HAP as plain AP, all bridged, no advanced config

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Feature request: dumb AP quickset profile.

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I know for starters that they use vlan to even get internet going.
I eventually got internet (partially) working but it has been unstable. after about 10 tries i gave up on using it as main

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Yea the original plan was the use the HAP Be3 media for this instead but that one currently has horrific delivery times over here so that's something for later.
Though at time my partner and i are considering using something simpler instead considering the amount of things that the RouterOS 7 offers feels a bit overwhelming

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Alright i'll look into doing that when i have the chance (and mainly the energy) to mess with it again