Mikrotik 1200 using three ports for the same hotspot ????

RouterOS Beginner Basics
1

Hello,
I am deploying Mikrotik for a shopping mall , We have 3 floors to be covered bu internet using out hotspot .

I was able to configure the Mikrotik 1200 as a hotspot .

I used ether1 as a configuration port 192.168.88.1 ( the default )
ether2 as a dhcp client 192.168.10.x
ether3 as a dhcp server for the hotspot client .

my question is instead of using a switch to connect my three floors , can I use also the ether4 and ether5 to be used , using the same dhcp pool and same hotspot profile ??? is that possible???

2

You can use the switch in the mikrotik.

Set Eth 4 and 5 master port to Eth 3. That will link them using the Mikrotik Switch.

3

you mena like this form terminal


/interface ethernet
set ether4 master-port=ether3
set ether5 master-port=ether3

and hotspot still working as before???

4

Yes and it will add everything connected to those ports to the hotspot as well.

5

or you bridge the port 3,4,5 and put the hotspot on the bridge.

6

The usage of bridges spends CPU resources. If you want a Switch, and RB1200 has 2 Hardware switch, why don’t use them?

Yes, mnour, set eth4 and eth5 as slave and them will work as a switch connected to eth3

Regards

7

Sorry but RB1200 does not have 2 hardware switches. Here is the diagram:
RB1200.png