Routerboard just dont want to work | Wireless speed issue

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Hey, my Routerboard just dont want to work the way I want.
I have the RouterBOARD RB911G-5HPnD with standard Firmware installed.

I think what I want to reach is really, really simple, or should be. I just want the RouterBoard to perform like a “normal” Router. So multible Wireless devices should be able to connect and communicate with eachother. Just like a standard Router which everybody have at home does. Create a local network.

I dont have Internet connected, because I just want to have a local network, I dont care about connection to Internet.

The first Problem is, that the mode “Bridge” is the only mode in which WiFi is enabled, in all other mode the Router just say “Searching for network” or something like that. So I run my RouterBoard in Bridge Mode, is that ok?

Then my real Problem is: Connecting over LAN runs great. I plug my Windows PC over LAN into the Routerboard and I can connect to it over winbox and Windows say connection is great. But when I plug off the LAN and try to connect over WiFi with the same PC, it does not work. I can join the Wifi Network of the routerboard, but I have no connection to the routerboard. So I cant connect to the Routerboard with winbox. Also Windows says its a “limited connection” or something like that (dont know how windows calls it in english).

When I try to connect with my Raspberry PI over WiFi to the Routerboard (I use the Tool “wicd network manager” for that) it connects until “Obtaining IP Adress” and then rest there for ~ 1 minute and then says connection not possible. But maybe there the fault is at the raspberry pi, because I also cant connect to my normal WiFi, there it says it cant authenticate. Normal connection over LAN is no problem for the PI.

So can you help me? I spent hours and hours on trying to make this run - and I think a more basic setup then me is not possible. I real dont want any special stuff :slight_smile:

Thanks for your help!

Update:
I have an new problem with wireless speed I described in the last post

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port your ‘/export compact’ from the routerboard. this should give us an idea.

chances are you may just need to create a bridge interface, add the wlan1 and ether1 to the bridge interface and then move your IP address and DHCP server to the bridge interface instead of the ether1.

This is all assumption until you post up that config :slight_smile:

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It look’s like that de wireless interface not is bridged with lan.

Look if the IP-adres and DHCP server is geconfigured on the bridge.
Not on interface ether…

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exactly that helped! works now! thanks!! :slight_smile:

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Hey,
unfortunaly I discovered a new problem: Only one wireless device is able to connect to the Routerboard. If one device already is connected, no other device is able to connect to the router.
So I am e.g. connected with my RaspberryPI, then try to connect with my windows pc but windows then says “cant connect”.

here is my “export compact”:

# jan/02/1970 01:24:30 by RouterOS 5.25
# software id = X5AI-PIZ0
#
/interface bridge
add l2mtu=2290 name=bridge1 protocol-mode=rstp
/interface wireless
set 0 band=5ghz-a/n channel-width=20/40mhz-ht-above disabled=no frequency=5300 \
    ht-rxchains=0,1 ht-txchains=0,1 l2mtu=2290 mode=bridge name=wlan1-gateway \
    wds-default-bridge=bridge1 wireless-protocol=802.11
/interface ethernet
set 0 name=ether1-local
/ip hotspot user profile
set [ find default=yes ] idle-timeout=none keepalive-timeout=2m
/ip pool
add name=default-dhcp ranges=192.168.88.10-192.168.88.254
add name=dhcp_pool1 ranges=192.168.88.2-192.168.88.254
/ip dhcp-server
add address-pool=default-dhcp disabled=no interface=bridge1 name=default
/interface bridge port
add bridge=bridge1 interface=ether1-local
add bridge=bridge1 interface=wlan1-gateway
/ip address
add address=192.168.88.1/24 comment="default configuration" interface=bridge1
/ip dhcp-client
add comment="default configuration" disabled=no interface=bridge1
/ip dhcp-server lease
add address=192.168.88.2 client-id=1:0:c0:ca:32:bf:29 mac-address=\
    00:C0:CA:32:BF:29 server=default
add address=192.168.88.3 client-id=RaspberryPI mac-address=80:3F:5D:16:71:D6 \
    server=default
/ip dhcp-server network
add address=192.168.88.0/24 comment="default configuration" dns-server=\
    192.168.88.1 gateway=192.168.88.1
/ip dns
set allow-remote-requests=yes
/ip dns static
add address=192.168.88.1 name=router
/ip firewall filter
add chain=input comment="default configuration" protocol=icmp
add chain=input comment="default configuration" connection-state=established
add chain=input comment="default configuration" connection-state=related
add action=drop chain=input comment="default configuration" in-interface=\
    wlan1-gateway
add chain=forward comment="default configuration" connection-state=established
add chain=forward comment="default configuration" connection-state=related
add action=drop chain=forward comment="default configuration" connection-state=\
    invalid
/ip firewall nat
add action=masquerade chain=srcnat comment="default configuration" \
    out-interface=wlan1-gateway to-addresses=0.0.0.0
/ip neighbor discovery
set wlan1-gateway disabled=yes
/system leds
set 0 interface=wlan1-gateway
/system routerboard settings
set cpu-frequency=600MHz
/tool mac-server
add disabled=no interface=ether1-local
/tool mac-server mac-winbox
set [ find default=yes ] disabled=yes
add interface=ether1-local
6

change wireless mode to ap-bridge

/interface wireless
set 0 mode=ap-bridge
7

This does not work, then the router says something about License.

8

What for licence have the routerboard?
L3 is just for point to point network not for AP
You need than licence 4

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ah, i just read the device you have RB911G-5HPnD.

you will not be able to do a ap-bridge unfortunately with the standard mikrotik license given

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hmm okay.
i think one wireless device is enough for me.

Unfortunaly I dicovered a new (crazy) problem:

I am sending data from PC1 (LAN) to PC2 (wireless). From PC1 I am sending 12 Mbits of Data. In the winbox I can see how much Data is going through the bridge and through the wireless interface (wlan1-gateway its called). Bridge: 12 Mbits (all right). But Wireless Interface: 5.5 Mbits. And it does not matter, even if I send 40 Mbits, the wireless interface never sends more then 5.5 Mbits.

I searched through all settings of the wireless interface but I could not find any setting which limits the data rate. Is this a bug?

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no idea?