Hello,
I’m a total beginner both to networking and Mikrotik devices, so please correct any mistake.
I have a network managed by one router, and I want to connect to this network a device which is at a considerable distance. To accomplish this, I thought of using two Mikrotik SXTsq Lite5 as bridges. The situation is the following:
I connected one Mikrotik to a test router, which had IP 192.168.10.2, while the Mikrotik has its default IP 192.168.88.1. I then connected the other Mikrotik to a desktop computer. I configured the device connected to the router in “Bridge” mode in the wireless options, and the other one in “Bridge station”. By doing this, I was able to connect the Mikrotik connected to the desktop computer to the Mikrotik connected to the router via wirless connection. Then, I created a Bridge in both devices, and added all ports to it. With this final configuration, what happens is the following:
- If I give static IP to the desktop computer which is in the range of the router (192.168.10.XXX), the computer connects as desired, it appears in the ARP list of the router
- If I configure the IP of the desktop computer to be asigned automatically, the computer is asigned the IP 192.168.88.254, and it doesen’t appear on the ARP list of the router
What I would like, is to leave the IP acquisition on automatic mode. I thought of setting up DHCP servers and clients on the devices, but it didn’t worked, and I think that’s not the right approach. Is there a problem witht the bridging configuration I made? Or should I set up DHCP server/client on the Mikrotik devices?
I hope I explained well the problem, as I find this confusing. If anyone can help me I would really appreciate it!
Thanks