MikroTik for dummies

RouterOS Beginner Basics
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This page is not intended to source step-by-step instructions but rather to give guidelines for us, dummies. Not everyone is well proficient in networking but many of us can satisfy personal requirements, with some gudance from here and google search.
Here’s example.

I got affordable secondhand RB411 with license level 5. My intention to use this board is to run wifi-access point at home where I can take account of each home computer kb’s transfer and specially for good wifi coverage using R52 wifi card. MT RB411 is to be directly connected to a Netgear ADSL 2+ modem (using PPPoE bridging for internet access and a persistant DHCP server for ethernet) via ethernet cable.

I have some questions with regards to possibilities as I may be trying to achieve impossible.

  1. If a ADSL2+ router is using PPPoE bridging and have persistent DHCP server for its ethernet port, is it possible to utilise wifi network that will share that internet connection on multiple computers?
    I can get things to work well but only one comp gets the internet access (the rest just hang trying to connect) and IP address allocation (seem to translate it to public IP address), or, if I disconnect ADSL2+ router from ether port on RB411 then wifi ap works well for multiple comp but no internet.

Thanks

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What You want to achieve is not just possible but most common usage. AS you described it it seems like you bridged interfaces on that board. You should not.

Set wlan interface as accesspoint for your local computers, and when it works correctly, set pppoe client and connect it to the ISP through ethernet interface connected to ADSL.

Then, turn on NAT by setting Masquarade.

It would be good if you provide exact settings you made.