Mikrotik Map2n as AP

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Hello,

I want to configure a map2n as an AP for my home network.
The map 2n will be connected to my MikroTik RB2011iL-IN in its poe-out port.

What is the best way to configure the map 2n ?

Make a bridge the LAN/WAN ports and add a dhcp-client to get an ip address from a dhcp server running on the RB2011iL-IN

or make a routed AP and create 2 separate networks 1 for LAN and one for the WAN ?


Also for my RB2011iL-IN i want to create an bridge only on the gigabit ports since i want to use them as a switch to connect all my PC’s on the LAN.
Do i 've to assign an ip address on the bridge too ?


Thanks

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It depends on what you need. If it’s simple AP where clients will have unlimited access to LAN, then just bridge the ports and you’re done.

For RB2011 you probably don’t want bridge, but rather hardware switch, it’s faster.

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If dont use bridge how can i use the internal Atheros gigabit chip ?

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Well, you might want to use bridge. But not with all ports separately. To have maximum speed, you select one port as main one, and then set master-port= for the rest. But because RB2011 have two different switch groups, you won’t be able to do it with all ports at once. If five ports are enough for your LAN, you don’t need bridge and you assign configuration (IP adress) to master port. If you want to use also ports from other switch, then bridge the two master ports and assign configuration to bridge.

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hi,

if i make a bridge on the switches what will be the LAN speed 1gbit or 100Mbps ?

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Map2n is 100mb

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i know about map2n, if i make a bridge between the 2 switches on the master ports the LAN speed would be 100Mbps or 1GPs if connect a PC on the gigabit ports of Rb2011 ?

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The Gb switch will stay Gb, the 100Mb will stay 100Mb.
A bridge is just a software construct forwarding L2 data between internal ports (the switch 2 chips in this case).