Hi All,
Have been stuck on this issue for quite awhile now, unable to find any resources to help with this implementation.
Basically I am using a Mikrotik 951UI as my AP/“Controller”
I want to have 2 different SSIDs, on 2 different vlans, and using a switch and 3 MSM310 Accesspoints, broadcast the 2 SSIDs throughout the site.
Is it even possible to do this?
I have been trying to do a very similar setup over the weekend for a client and have run into the same problem as you.
Your setup is pretty common and I’ve had no problems doing what you suggest with multiple SSIDs on VLANs with Drayteks and ZyXELs. Here is what I have done and what I achieved - and after many hours and several other threads I got it working!
Setup = 1Mikrotik Hex (no built-in wireless) and 1 mAP lite
On the HEX, I set up three address ranges and IP pools:
Management (no VLAN) - 192.168.1.0/24
Staff VLAN (VLAN 10) - 192.168.160.0/24
Guest VLAN (VLAN 20) - 172.30.0.0/21 (to give big IP pool)
In the interfaces / VLAN tab I created two VLANS: Staff (VLAN 10) and Guests (VLAN 20) Both VLANS associated with my single Bridge (Bridge 1).
In CAPSMAN - create two datapaths for staff and guests, in VLAN mode say “use tag” and choose your VLAN value of 10 (staff) and 20 (guest) for each data path.
In CAPSMAN, create your two CAP Interface. Master is dynamically created when you attach an access point - there are online tips suggesting you copy this (so it’s no longer dynamic, you then delete the dynamic one). Then go into your newly created master interface, copy it and under master interface change from none to your new master interface (it’s a drop down menu to make it easier).
NOW THE REALLY IMPORTANT BIT - the MAC address of the slave will be the same as the master - this is where I found I couldn’t connect to one of the SSIDs. I changed the second octet of the MAC to make it unique - now it works!
I’ll put together some slides of my settings some time, but see how you go.. once sussed it’s not too bad..