i have two aps and they both have clients connected to them. I want the two Aps to connect together so i can pass traffic between them and still maintain the clients at both end.
please help
Ap bridge on both side, use WDS.. maybe this could help http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Wireless_repeater.
as a start just use wds-mode=dynamic, do a scan from your wlan interface and connect.
you should be ok.
Thank you very much.
this is fine but in my case i have two ap. One (ap1) has the gateway to the internet and the other(ap2) connects to it in a client mode. I have put a client behind the ap2 forcing me to then ap2 to a ap-bridge mode but i still want it to connect to ap as well and maintain ap1 in ap-bridge mode.
i setup a virtual Ap and connected the new client alright but when i turn ap1 to ap-bridge mode i cant connect to ap2 so it has to be station but then the clients on ap1 losses connectivity.
what is the best solution?
Yes you can connect ap-bridge to ap-bridge, and in your config you need ap-bridge on both cos you want other client to connect to ap as well.
-1.set ap-bridge mode on both.
0. create bridge , select bridge in wds menu.
1.set wds-mode to dynamic,
2.do a scan from any AP, you should be able to see the other AP,
3.choose the AP in the scan list .
4.click connect,
5.exit scanning menu,
you should see the other AP in your registration. ( they are now connected to each other)
its connected now and it has created a wds with a DRA but i cant ping each radio’s ip
can you mac ping, is the ip on the same subnet?
i got it working now by disabling the virtual Ap and assigning ips to the bridge instead
thanks a million
my next problem is how can i use a cat5 cable reload routeros to my router boards. most of my boards have problems with the pci slots and power and i want to fix them all
glad to hear its working,
as for the boards I would usually try to reset ( system reset) it first, then upgrade software if its not the latest. I you need to reload ROS use netinstall
can you help me through the steps to get it working with netinstall on windows vista?
maybe this will help http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Netinstall, or create a new thread if you still have problem
i have been able to get the 2 aps connected but the problem is every 1hr it goes off and u cant ping both aps but they as still connect with the wds and the bridge all showing that its connected.
i always have to change the mode to AP-Bridge or bridge before it works
what can this be?
in the issuse of not been able to ping both aps i think it i am not able to mac ping both wireless cards even though it is connected.
please help if u have any solution