How to setup single wireless bridge to 2 stations ?

RouterOS General
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Hi,

We currently have a pair of 411AR’s in a wireless bridge configuration to connect a remote building into our network.

I’d like to add a 2nd remote building off the same bridge 411AR.

Can I:

  • Add a 2nd station to that connects to the original wireless bridge ?
  • Or do I need to add a 2nd wireless bridge ? (And can I have 2 wireless bridges on the same WLAN) ?

Thanks,

Ward

2

Put one 411 at the new building, point it at the 411 that is set as the Access Point. Set up the new 411 just like the 411 that is already setup as the wireless client.

Three 411’s total: 1 Access Point, 1 Client, 1 Client.

3

Hi Jandafields,

Thanks !! I’m glad to hear it’s that simple. I was worried on a single bridge would work.

Ward

4

Make sure that the 411 at building 1 is set as the access point, then at both building 2 & 3 use the same settings but with differant IP address.

ex: building 1–ip 17.1.3.2 name control channel 45 mode access
building 2–ip 17.1.3.3 name building 2 channel 45 mode bridge
building 3–ip 17.1.3.4 name building 3 channel 45 mode bridge

Now you have a back bone that will not be seen on the network but will tie all three buildings together.

5

You have to make sure the access point board has a level 4 Mikrotik license. Level 3 will only allow you to connect 1 client to the bridge.

http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:License

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First off - thanks to everyone for responding !

I finally got back to this. It turns out that I had the bridge 411AR set in bridge mode. Once I switched it to AP Bridge, I was able to properly connect. Luckily, we had bought a level 4 license so I was able to properly connect.

The trick for me was realizing that I had not enable the wireless log messages. Once I turned them on, the “too many stations” message popped up and I was able to realize (thanks to the replies above) that I had to change the mode.

Now I need to turn on the 2nd antenna to provide a WAP for the local systems.