I recently bought a larger home and decide to do full wireless coverage with “cAP ac” and maybe “DISC Lite5 ac” APs. However, my RB4011 doesn’t have wireless interface. In this case, how should I set everything up if I want to use a CRS112 as POE provider and use these APs above to build a wireless network?
The expected network should have 2 SSIDs, one for guests and one for myself.
Thank you guys.
I am nearly in your situation: RB4011 (no wireless), cAP ac’s and wAP ac. I chose CAPsMAN as cenrtal manager and set all accesspoints in CAPs mode. Separation is done through VLAN. Perhaps have a look at this great tutorial:
http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/using-routeros-to-vlan-your-network/126489/1
I would stay away from capsman in general as it adds another layer to the onion that is not essential.
Once your network is up and running and working fine then switch to capsman if you think you need it.
It can be complex to try and do it ALL IN ONE go and separating out will ensure any issues are capsman issues and not something else.
The disc lite5 ac is a ptp cpe device, not deigned as an ap. If looking for dial band with gigabit interfaces stick with the wap ac, cap ac or hap ac2.
Always check if the device you want to use as ap has license level 4 or higher. If it is level 3, it won’t work as an access point.