Exactly what the title says, i have a mikrotik 951G as main router and hotspot server for a hotel network and i would like to add a picostation m2 hp as an access point.
I’d like to ask if it is possible to use an omnitik which i have at the pool area for 5ghz, and works bridged to the 951 as a switch between them since they are close.
I’ve had in mind to connect it like this: 951 port2 to port1 Omnitik to port 2>Picostation .
I’ve also tried to repeat the signal of 951 from the airos using WDS but i had continuous disconnects and hotspot wouldn’t work. 951 has a dhcp server at 10.5.50.1, while omnitik and pico have the dhcp disabled.
This should work just fine. In the Omnitik, you’ll want to use a bridge interface and connect the wlan + ether1 + ether2 interfaces to this bridge as ports. The management IP of the Omnitik will be on the bridge interface. No other IP settings are required for the Omnitik.
The best way to do things would be to create a management VLAN so that the Omnitik and Picostation are separated from the hotspot network. I know that UBNT supports management vlan configuration as well. The Omnitik would simply need you to create a vlan sub-interface on the bridge interface, and move the management IP address to the vlan interface. You would also need a vlan interface on the 951.
Hello guys thanks for your answers,
Sorry for not clearing it already, omnitik is connected over ethernet cable with picostation and i actually need the clients to go through the 951 hotspot regardless of their connection point.
I Already bridged wlan1 eth1&2 from omnitik but connection to picostation was impossible as it wouldn’t give IPs.
Mikrotik & Omnitik are already connected and work well. Hotspot works on both points. I just need a secondary 2.4 access point (thats why i got the pico).
Picostation has DHCP disabled, also tried relaying the 951’s server ip. The problem is that pico won’t give any IP to any device that tries to connect, although the setup seems fine to me.
Looking forward to your next posts.
Just thinking of the kind of things . . . the Picostation is in fact configured as bridge mode, right?
If you connect a wired ethernet device to the cable instead of the picostation, does the wired device get DHCP?
If not - then the OmniTik is likely not bridging properly - ensure that it has no bridge firewall rules / bridge nat rules / split horizon
(if you want split horizon to isolate clients from each other, then put the wlan and ether2 interfaces on the same horizon, and leave no horizon value on ether1)
(assuming that ether1 → 951, and ether2 → picostation)
Also make sure that all interfaces of the OmniTik are in fact connected to the same bridge
I also presume that you’re getting proper dhcp and connectivity on the Omnitik’s wlan…
Hello again,
Pico station is indeed by default set at bridge mode, i tried router mode with DHCP relay as well and had no luck.
Devices connected over wifi to omnitik get the 10.5.50.0 range from 951’s DHCP.
There’s only 1 bridge on omnitik and 1 on 951 bridging together all ports.
Regarding omnitik’s ethernet connection i’m almost sure it works because i had to connect a laptop a couple of times when i messed up while setting up the wifi, thing is i’m not really sure because i may had static ip set on the ethernet interface of the laptop. I will have to check it in a couple of days to answer you.
thats all for the moment