New To RB433.

Hardware MikroTik hardware general
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Hey Guys,

I recently bought a Mikrotik RB433.

I have previously worked with ubiquiti, but my one repeater starion got struck by lighning so i thought i would try a Mikrotik.

So i know nothing about them.

I’m not a total noob.

I have been playing around with it and I have managed to log into it via WINBOX.


I need to get this wireless network up and running.


Can anyone help me with setting it up?

I have 2 mini-pci cards in.

I want one to be a station and it must connect to a Ubiquiti Nanostaion,

Then the second card must then be an ap that basically extends the range of the 1st bridge (does not have to be the same network, can be diff.)





Questions:?

  1. Can the different interfaces connect to each other internally?

  2. Why are the 3 Network ports?

  3. In winbox under system and ip all the options there if i click on any of them. they are all like blank, Why is this?




    Thanks Guys.

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Answers:

  1. Yes
  2. So you can have multiple networks on one device. Same reason there are 3 mini-pci slots.
  3. Most you must enter values in one field to activate any of the other options.

Question 3 was a bit vague. You must be more specific about what entries you are discussing if you want an appropriate answer.

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Thanks, well thats not so important for now.

Main thing is how do i set the 1 card to be a station and the 2nd card to be an AP.

And both cards must be connected.

So if i connect to the AP card, i must be able to use internet etc from the station side?

How do i go about doing this?


So far i have managed to make one an ap. but if i connect to it i cant do any thing. cant access the network ?

Do i need to create some sort of bridge between the 2 wifi cards?

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I use radius (FreeRADIUS, like “user manager” in Mikrotik) to control my networks. How do you control access to your network?

I always recommend checking the network settings before setting up the hotspot. The minimum is dns, dhcp, gateway (/ip route), and either a masquerade or srcnat in “/ip firewall nat”. If you have installed the hotspot, then I would disable the hotspot until you have internet access from your localnet first.

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Well this is just a wireless bridge connecting the main office to a 3 granite mines. and i have 2 sections.

What is radius?

1: from the main office to the top of a hill. AP= Ubiquiti Nanostation, wpa2, and Station+RB433 card 1

2: AP= RB433 card 2,wpa2, and stations are a Ubiquiti Nanostation


ther wotn be more than 3 clients on the AP


i can get the RB433 to connect to the ap as a Station and i can connect to the RB433 via the AP card.


But its like they are not connected to each other or the ethernet port.


So if i connect to the rb433 via card 2 (which is ap) and try acces anything on the LAN or on the other wireless nothing happens?

Is there like a setting some where, where i can tell which interface each interface can talk to?

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Do you have a default gateway set?
/ip route
add gateway=xx.xx.xx.xx

Do you have a masquerade set?
/ip firewall nat
add chain=srcnat action=masquerade out-interface=ether1

How you connect to the internet is not clear, but this is the basics. If you want more specific help, you must provide more specific information about your network setup, like ip/netmask assignments on each interface.

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Well i have a IPCOP router running.

Thatch the router and that feeds the network with internet, the ip address is. 192.168.1.X subnet is 255.255.255.0

I basically just want a bridge. Nothing fancy. No firewall or any thing.

The ap at the main office connects to the network there, its a ubiquiti nanostation.

Now i want my rb433 to connect to that AP and then to basically broad cast the signal again.

the gateways ip is 192.168.1.1 it is a NAT and has a firewall.


The smaller offices that connect to the main office via the bridge use: printer, internet, skype, file sharing.

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Bridge:

/int bridge
add name=bridge1

/int bridge port
add interface=wlan1 bridge=bridge1
add interface=wlan2 bridge=bridge1

/ip address
add address=xx.xx.xx.xx/yy interface=bridge1

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Where do i type that?

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Type in console / terminal

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Ok what am i doing wrong?

I cant type or any thing in the console or terminal.

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Ok, Now i left it on for like 5 min and then the mikrotik logo came up.

But if i type its like REALLY REALLY SLOW>


if i wright bridge.

after about 20 seconds the b comes up. and it takes about 2 min for the word to appear?

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Did you set up the bridge and then the router started responding slow, or was it like that from the beginning?

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I think it has been like that from the beginning.

That’s why I thought that there were no settings,

But if you just leave the window open for a while it comes up.

And if you like add a bride or anything under interfaces, and click apply then ok. Nothing thining happens, and 3 min later it suddenly appears there.

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I would try resetting the router and start the setup again. That sounds like there was some type of misconfiguration. The response is very fast on my routers using the console, unless the internet is really bogged down. And even then, it is never as slow as you describe.

If you can,
/system reset

or use the reset jumper.

ADD: I know this sounds backwards, but I install the bridge first. The reason is the bridge becomes the interface, and that is the interface you assign the ip addresses to, and refer to in all other setup options.

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but the interfaces just appear there. i didnt even create them?

So much i take the 2 mini-pci cards out and then create the bridge and then put them back in?



( It also keeps saying “error. The router has beed disconnected”) in winbox?


to reset. do yoou do it while its on?

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MY BAD! I can see now how that wording was incorrect. I should have said "the bridge interface becomes an interface unto itself. The other interfaces (wlan1 and wlan2) become children of the bridge. They appear in “/interface” and “/ip”, but should not be used anywhere else.

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oh i see.

Check previous post i eddited it.

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Yes, it does send a disconnect message when you reboot or reset the router. You should be able to log in again when you hear the double-beep.

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k i rebooted it,

It says routerOS default configuration.


Must i click “remove” or “ok”


and it used to say disconnected randomly. while i was just in it, not after i rebooted. like i would be changing some thing and it would just disconnect.