Currently I have a wireless network setup with maybe around 25 or so access points and about a similiar number of link radios all using mikrotik.
Currently all my links are routed to the Noc before going out to the internet (ie. ap bridge → stations with ripv2). Are there any distinct disadvantages of doing this as opposed to bridging the links together (ie. ap bridge (w/wds) → station wds) ?
So for example is:
ap1 <–routed–> link2 <–routed–> link1 <–firewall → internet
No, that’s preferred. You should see the number of users that have a bridged network and are trying to convert it to a routed model. Routed segments scale far better, and you have much more control over traffic.
Basically you want to limit your broadcast / collision domains so they don’t grow so large that it effects performance. Like fewi said, routing gives you much more control and will scale easier than having to go back and subnet/segment a bridged network.
