Hi,
I’m making this post on my phone so apologies for any formatting issues.
I have been tasked with setting up an initial version of a network involving two MikroTik RB4011igs+RM routers and one TP-Link switch (I haven’t got the model number to hand). A colleague has partly set up the MT routers so I may not be able to answer all questions.
I use WinBox for configuring the routers and have been informed by my colleague that I need to set up static routes for traffic.
For MikroTik ‘router 1’, I have the following gateway addresses assigned to a bridge by using the IP → Routes menu:
192.168.100.3*
192.168.110.1
192.168.120.1
*192.168.100.1 has been left for something else by my colleague, hence the 100.3.
For the purposes of testing this side of the network, my laptop is assigned IP 192.168.110.30 as this is what will be required in the proper network configuration. It is connected to interface ether6 on router 1. I can successfully ping any of the above gateways from the laptop.
Router 1 is then connected to the TP-Link switch from MikroTik interface ether4.
The aim for the proper network is to have a laptop (example 110.30), router 1 and the switch sitting together in the same location. They will then be connected to ‘router 2’ by an IP radio link.
For now, an Ethernet cable runs from the switch to interface ether 1 on MikroTik router 2. The following gateways are assigned to a bridge using the IP-> Routes menu on router 2:
192.168.10.1
192.168.20.1
192.168.30.1
192.168.50.1
192.168.100.2
If I disconnect my laptop from router 1, connect it to router 2 and assign it the IP address 192.168.30.10, I can successfully ping the gateways on this router.
What I need to do is to prove I can (when everything is connected via Ethernet cable) ping gateway 100.2 when I am still connected to router 1, and conversely 100.3 when I am connected to router 2.
I feel like there is a very obvious fix for this but I haven’t figured it out yet.
Thank you in advance for your help. I won’t respond for approx 9-10 hours after posting this (sleeping).