RB941-2nD hAP lite WLAN to LAN Bridge

[Int3g3r]

Hello

I have never had a Mikrotik device, so I don’t know anything about it.
TP-Link devices have very good visual diagrams.
I miss the diagrams on the Mikrotik devices.
For me the RouterOS looks like a LinuxOS so the following configuration should be possible with the RB941-2nD router, right?
Can someone confirm that this works?

Regards Int3g3r

[jaclaz]

Sure, but there are a couple things that you have to consider.
What you need to know, for the simplest setup:

1. your hap needs to have a bridge with all the ethernet ports and the wi-fi together. in it
2. the wi-fi needs to be set as “station” (which is Mikrotik jargon for “client”.
3. there are some limitations on the way a station can work, this is not Mikrotik specific, it is due to the way the protocols are designed. Various manufacturers, including Mikrotik, offer proprietary extensions, but they only work if devices on both ends of the wi-fi link are of the same brand (search for 4 address mode).

Here:

Setup mAP in reverse config from default

Ok, here is the (very, very basic) configuration that you could use as a base: # nov/29/2024 10:09:05 by RouterOS 6.49.17 # software id = [redacted] # # model = RouterBOARD 941-2nD # serial number = [redacted] /interface bridge add admin-mac=[redacted] auto-mac=no name=bridge1 /interface wireless set [ find default-name=wlan1 ] band=2ghz-onlyn channel-width=20/40mhz-XX \ disabled=no distance=indoors frequency=auto installation=indoor mode=\ station-pseudobridge ssid=[redacted] wireless…

is a very basic configuration that could serve as a base for this kind of use.
It is for RouterOs version 6.x, version 7 will only be slightly different.

Alternatively, you could have the hap work as a “normal” router, in this case wi-fi interface would be Wan and the ethernet interfaces LAN, this way it will work at L3 level and you won’t have the 4 address possible issue, but you will have double NAT (which in practice is not so relevant, it may add a small increase in latency, that you won’t normally notice, since anyway this setup is not a high speed gaming one).

[Int3g3r]

Hello Jaclaz

Thank you very much for the information.

Regards Int3g3r