How to setup a wireless AP?

RouterOS Wireless Networking
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I am sorry to ask such a simple question but after I read the document on MikroTik’s web site, I really don’t know how to do it.

IMO, those documents maybe good for expert but really too hard for beginners like me.
I think more examples for simple setup should be included.

My Existing Setup

RB133 (2.9.50 L4)
ethernet 1 - “WAN” - (PPPoE)
ethernet 2 - “LAN” - (IP : 192.168.1.1/24 with dhcp server (192.168.1.101-192.168.1.120))
ethernet 3 - Not Used

Simple NAT rule (Masquerade) were set to let all PC connected to “LAN” can connect internet.

Everything is fine and I am really happy with it until I got a wireless lan card.

Bought a R52 and installed but I don’t know how to set it up as a wireless AP to let all my wireless client to

a) join the “LAN” segment and get IP from dhcp server
b) can connected to internet and other PCs that connected “LAN”

Please Help!

I tried to set the new wireless lan card with IP 192.168.1.201, my wireless client can connect to R52 and get an IP from dhcp but that cannot connected to internet.

Please Help!

Part of my setup file

/ ip address 
add address=192.168.1.1/24 network=192.168.1.0 broadcast=192.168.1.255 \
    interface=LAN comment="LAN" disabled=no 
add address=192.168.1.201/24 network=192.168.1.0 broadcast=192.168.1.255 \
    interface=WLAN comment="WLAN" disabled=no 

/ ip firewall nat 
add chain=srcnat action=masquerade out-interface=WAN1 comment="Outgoing NAT" \
    disabled=no 

/ ip dhcp-server 
add name="LAN_DHCP" interface=LAN lease-time=1d address-pool=LAN_DHCP_POOL \
    bootp-support=static authoritative=after-2sec-delay disabled=no 
add name="WLAN_DHCP" interface=WLAN lease-time=1d address-pool=LAN_DHCP_POOL \
    bootp-support=static authoritative=after-2sec-delay disabled=no
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mwpmo,
it is more about TCP/IP basic.

You cannot set IP address from the same subnet to different interface.

If you wish to run the same network on Ether2/LAN and Wlan1, then use bridge,
http://www.mikrotik.com/testdocs/ros/2.9/interface/bridge.php

  1. Add Ether2/LAN and Wlan1 to bridge.

  2. Add IP address to interface=bridge,

  3. Set one DHCP-server for interface=bridge.

It should work fine.

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Thanks a lot for your help

So all I need to do it is

  1. setup a bridge “BRI” to bridge ether 2 “LAN” and wireless 1 “WLAN”

  2. remove the IP I assigned for “LAN” & “WLAN”

  3. assign an IP for “BRI”

  4. change the interface set in shcp server from “LAN” to “BRI”

Right?

In addition, I got one more question,

I got many rules that use “LAN” & “WLAN” as the interface name.

Do I need to remove them and replace them with the same set of rules that use “BRI” as the interface name ?