Hi everybody,
I’ve a weird behavior on my hap lite.
I’d like to setup a hap lite as wifi repeater.
I manage to have it working flawlessly with an Archer C7 with dd-wrt.
No success with modem/router of my ISP.
Actually, I do the same setup.
Any idea?
Many thanks in advance
I’d like to add that I can reach the ISP’s modem/router with all other devices and I have tried both with and without security password on wi-fi.
I can’t explain myself that Mikrotik behavior
Post configuration (execute /export hide-sensitive in a terminal window and copy-paste output here) so we can see what have you configured so far.
Hi, mkx! Many thanks!
Here's my working config:
jan/02/1970 00:09:00 by RouterOS 6.47.4
software id = NC7U-1W9H
model = RouterBOARD 941-2nD
serial number = 947309848998
/interface bridge
add name=bridge1 protocol-mode=none
/interface wireless security-profiles
set [ find default=yes ] supplicant-identity=MikroTik
add authentication-types=wpa-psk,wpa2-psk eap-methods="" mode=dynamic-keys name="AP pass" supplicant-identity=""
add authentication-types=wpa-psk,wpa2-psk mode=dynamic-keys name=wlan1-dd-wrt-repeater supplicant-identity=MikroTik
/interface wireless
set [ find default-name=wlan1 ] band=2ghz-b/g/n disabled=no frequency=2452 mode=station-pseudobridge security-profile=
wlan1-dd-wrt-repeater ssid=dd-wrt
add disabled=no mac-address=::::: master-interface=wlan1 name=wlan2 security-profile=wlan1-dd-wrt-repeater
ssid=dd-wrtsopra
/interface bridge port
add bridge=bridge1 interface=wlan2
add bridge=bridge1 interface=wlan1
Here's the config where I try to apply the same setup to my ISP's modem/router:
model = RouterBOARD 941-2nD
serial number = 947309848998
/interface wireless security-profiles
set [ find default=yes ] supplicant-identity=MikroTik
add authentication-types=wpa-psk,wpa2-psk eap-methods="" mode=dynamic-keys name="AP pass" supplicant-identity=""
/interface wireless
set [ find default-name=wlan1 ] band=2ghz-b/g/n disabled=no security-profile="AP pass" ssid="El maistro"
Here, the Mikrotik stucks on "searching for network" and does'nt connect to the ISP's modem/router.
Many thanks again
I’m not sure if you posted complete config lines for the non-working case. The line configuring wireless interface
set [ find default-name=wlan1 ] band=2ghz-b/g/n disabled=no security-profile="AP pass" ssid="El maistro"
is missing a few crucial settings, one being mode=station-pseudobridge (default being ap-bridge).
I don’t know how wireless is set up on ISP’s router, but if it’s set up to use WPA/WPA2 with preshared key, you should probably set that key in wireless security profile as well:
/interface wireless security-profiles
set [ find name="AP pass" ] wpa-pre-shared-key=<wifi password> wpa2-pre-shared-key=<wifi password>
BTW, when another device is serving as “master AP” (which is true in both your cases, in working case it’s dd-wrt AP and in nonworking case it’s main router), then you should not set frequency … station (in any mode variant) should follow AP. There are some exceptions to this rule, but don’t apply in typical SOHO cases.
Hi mkx,
I’m been able to have the Mikrotik working with the ISP’s modem/router.
The modem/router used to have WPA + WPA2 as wireless security.
Don’t know why, but when I removed such WPA + WPA2 and I put only WPA2 on router/modem, and Mikrotik of course, it worked.
Besides, so I have a better security on the network, although Mikrotik doesn’t have WPA3…
Many thanks again!
Hi everybody,
unfortunately the Mikrotik does'nt work anymore.
Specially, the devices are connecting to Mikrotik but without any Internet connection.
I continue to do the same setup…
[admin@MikroTik] >> /export hide-sensitive
jan/02/1970 00:28:33 by RouterOS 6.47.4
software id = NC7U-1W9H
model = RouterBOARD 941-2nD
serial number = 947309848998
/interface bridge
add name=bridge1 protocol-mode=none
/interface wireless security-profiles
set [ find default=yes ] supplicant-identity=MikroTik
add authentication-types=wpa2-psk eap-methods="" mode=dynamic-key
"AP pass" supplicant-identity=""
add authentication-types=wpa2-psk mode=dynamic-keys name=
"wlan1-El maistro-repeater" supplicant-identity=MikroTik
/interface wireless
set [ find default-name=wlan1 ] band=2ghz-b/g/n disabled=no frequ
mode=station-pseudobridge security-profile="wlan1-El maistro-
ssid="El maistro"
add disabled=no mac-address=::::: master-interface=wl
security-profile="AP pass" ssid="El maistroxx"
/interface bridge port
add bridge=bridge1 interface=wlan2
add bridge=bridge1 interface=wlan1
[admin@MikroTik] >>
Where do I'm mistaking????
The config seems to have truncted long lines … try to run /export hide-sensitive file=anynameyouwish, transfer the output file to your PC, edit it with text editor (personally I don’t think MAC address of a device behind firewall is a sensitive information, OTOH SSID and WPA PSK are) and then copy-paste it here … inside the [__code] [/code] environment for better readability.
Apart from that, you may want to run DHCP client on bridge1 interface so that device gets IP address. Then you can try to ping main AP from mikrotik to verify that wireless uplink is fine.
Hi mkx and always thanks for your support.
I have done what you have suggested.
Here the results:
jan/02/1970 00:17:32 by RouterOS 6.47.4
software id = NC7U-1W9H
model = RouterBOARD 941-2nD
serial number = 947309848998
/interface bridge
add name=bridge1 protocol-mode=none
/interface wireless security-profiles
set [ find default=yes ] supplicant-identity=MikroTik
add authentication-types=wpa2-psk eap-methods="" mode=dynamic-keys name=
"AP pass" supplicant-identity=""
add authentication-types=wpa2-psk mode=dynamic-keys name=
"wlan1-El maistro-repeater" supplicant-identity=MikroTik
/interface wireless
set [ find default-name=wlan1 ] band=2ghz-b/g/n disabled=no mode=
station-pseudobridge security-profile="wlan1-El maistro-repeater" ssid=
"El maistro"
add disabled=no mac-address=BA:69:F4:24:9C:87 master-interface=wlan1 name=
wlan2 security-profile="wlan1-El maistro-repeater" ssid="El maistrox"
/interface bridge port
add bridge=bridge1 interface=wlan2
add bridge=bridge1 interface=wlan1
AFAIK security profile is incomplete. The profile used for connecting to ISP’s modem should have also WPA/WPA2 password set. Something like this:
/interface wireless security-profiles
add authentication-types=wpa2-psk mode=dynamic-keys name="wlan1-El maistro-repeater" supplicant-identity=MikroTik wpa-pre-shared-key=<wifi password> wpa2-pre-shared-key=<wifi password>
I don’t know how could hAP lite otherwise connect to ISP router AP.
Note: in theory wifi password could be different when using wpa or wpa2 … in practice they are mostly identical.
Many thanks mkx,
I’ll try again.
But the strange behavior is that I have no problem connecting the Mikrotik to different routers.
When I make the same setup to connect it to the ISP’s modem/router, sometimes I reach to connect but without internet, otherwise I can get no IP address.
However, many thanks again!