I’ve installed RouterOS as a VM in my QNAP NAS (which, I’m told, doesn’t include router functionality).
I’ve added a Virtual Adaptor using “Add Device” and so now I see two adaptors. I have two Virtual Switches, one called WAN and connects the Physical Adaptor my cable modem is plugged into (which works on DHCP) and the other called LAN and is switched to my Wireless card that’s setup as an AP. Both virtual switches are set to not use an IP “Do not assign an IP address”.
WAN
Physical adaptor (Ethernet) → Virtual switch with no IP → Virtual adaptor in RouterOS set as DHCP client
LAN
Virtual adaptor in RouterOS set as DHCP server → Virtual Switch with no IP → Physical adaptor (Wifi card)
I’ve set the top virtual adaptor (ether1 in RouterOS) to act as a DHCP client, and it is getting an IP from the cable modem.
I’ve set the bottom virtual adaptor using the page at https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/display/ROS/First+Time+Configuration and it is serving up IPs to the clients through the QNAP PCI wift “wireless AP” card I bought and installed.
So, it looks like all the pieces are in place, except it still doesn’t work. The RouterOS seems to be in two halves (WAN and LAN) and I’m not sure where the router is supposed to be connecting the two. Surely I’ve just overlooked something in the settings but I’m not sure what. I was kind of hoping the “routing” would happen automatically but it seems like what I’ve got so far is two Virtual Adaptors, each on a separate network. How do I connect to the two so that the “routing” starts to happen?
Does this have something to do with “bridge”? As per that link I followed, the bottom LAN virtual adaptor is set as bridge “local”. Should the top, WAN, port be the same?