help with redundant links

Right this one will be a very tricky one

On our network everything is setup like a tree, branches going off in all directions, the problem though is when one of the links goes down everything after that cannot connect back to the office.
I’ve been linking of ways to create a redundant link system for when the problems arise, well i think i figured out a way to do so

Our backbones are grid to grid connections but i was thinking of creating small mesh connections between tower APs that are close enough to each other to allow secondary paths.

So the question comes, what would i need to use (which will probably mean study up on) to create a back haul using our APS and routing over them if the main link goes down

Small edit: we use OSPF on our network

Use ospf with diferent costs on the links.. And this is all..
http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/dual-setup-with-ospf-full-duplex-link/27510/1

thanks, i didn’t know if OSPF would be able to do this (although after thinking about it that was a stupid assumption :laughing: ) and i thought i was gonna need to learn mpls (not sure if this is right but i’m under the impression mpls can be used for creating redundant links).

anyways, our network has no transparent bridges, no masquerade, it runs through ospf. i was thinking of placing a virtaul AP on the current ap and have those APs do the connecting, would that work.

Edit: removed my last comment as i just found this doc
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Mesh_wds
will give it a try with some test hardware when i get back from holiday, sitting on a beach with my laptop, i believe i have just figured out what i’m addicted to :stuck_out_tongue:


oh, and Ibersystems, you get a +1 karma :slight_smile: