New install

RouterOS Beginner Basics
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I have recently purchased a metal52ac and a routerboard hap ac, for a new install on my motorhome. My intention is to use the metal52 as a wifi receiver and send the signal inside via cat6 to the hap ac which will act as my router for all my devices.
My first problem is the metal52 is not sending a wireless signal. I found a post here instructing to download and use winbox ,which i did. I can find the metal and access it via direct Ethernet connection now. At this point I may have bitten off more than I can chew. What settings should I apply to the metal and the hap ?
I found a few posts regarding this scenario, but they were either slightly different equipment or i did not understand the lingo.

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/interface wireless
set [ find default-name=wlan1 ] band=2ghz-b/g/n disabled=no distance=indoors
mode=ap-bridge ssid=TST

/interface wireless security-profiles
set [ find default=yes ] authentication-types=wpa-psk,wpa2-psk eap-methods=“”
mode=dynamic-keys supplicant-identity=MikroTik wpa-pre-shared-key=
2255 wpa2-pre-shared-key=2255



for more info please visit wiki.mikrotik.com

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Using QuickSet:

On the Metal52AC, set it to CPE. Ensure that WLAN Address Acqusition is set to DHCP, LAN has a Address of 192.168.88.1/24 and DHCP Server and NAT are checked. DHCP range set to 192.168.88.100-192.168.88.254. Now you should be able to select an available network on the left side and enter a password if need be.

On the HAPac, set it to WISP AP. Set configuration to Bridge. Set Bridge Address Acqustion to Static. Set IP Address to 192.168.88.2, Net Mask to 255.255.255.0, set GateWay and DNS Server to 192.168.88.1. Now set the network details you wish on the left side.

You should be able to connect them together and do what to a wishing to do.

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What 2frogs said is pretty much right on. Let me make this easier conceptually:

  1. The metal52 is your router, the hap ac is just a bridge/access point. I’m not familiar enough with the quick set modes to tell you which ones to use, but others have above.
  2. When you pull into some parking spot, you want to be able to connect to the metal52 and find the WiFi. You’ll do this by connecting to the hap ac via wifi or ethernet cable and then hitting the gateway address on the internal lan (on the metal52) and setting up it’s wifi client. If you use 2frogs advice, this will be 192.168.88.1/24.

Tips:

  1. Become familiar with mac-telnet. This will bail you out of trouble if you hose one of the devices.
  2. You could probably power the hap ac and metal52 with one passive PoE injector. Put the injector on port 1 of the hap ac, and then connect the metal52 to port 5 of the hap ac.

I’m probably missing some stuff. This seems like fun, I hope it works out.