Second Mikrotik IP address

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I have 2 Mikrotiks hAP AC sitting behind my ISP modem.

It goes Modem → Mikrotik → Mikrotik

The first mikrotik took on the address of 192.168.88.1 (like it’s supposed to) but when I plugged the second Mikrotik in I don’t know what it’s IP address became. I couldn’t connect to it with Winbox even using MAC connection. I eventually solved this by plugging the second mikrotik directly into the modem, getting its address (192.168.0.3) from there, logging in via the web interface and configuring it to be 192.168.88.100. After that I was able to find it when I reconnect it to the first Mikrotik.

My question is two fold.
First why did this happen where I couldn’t connect to the second mikrotik?

Second what IP address does a second Mikrotik take when NAT behind a mikrotik?

I eventually want to get some more devices but I’d like a easier set up.

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Wiat a second, I will get my crystal ball fixed and get back to you shortly…

  1. First of all, what is the firewall of your network? Is it modem, that assigns 192.168.0.0/24 addresses or is the one of your MikroTiks?
  2. Do you have public IP assigned to modem, or MikroTik?
  3. What do you mean by “first MikroTik” and “second MikroTik”? Your scheme doesn’t show anything.
  4. How we can answer your questions, while you haven’t shown us configs of your both MikroTiks?
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  1. Modem
  2. Modem
  3. It’s listed but here it is again. My ISP modem is WAN 192.168.0.1 my first Mikrotik is connected to it 192.168.0.2 (192.168.88.1) my second mikrotik is connected to my first mikrotik (NOT MODEM) 192.168.88.2
  4. Why would I post the configuration? It’s working now so i don’t have the problem anymore.

The question was simple. hAP AC takes the ip of 192.168.88.1 when NATd. What ip will a second hAP AC take if 192.168.88.1 is already taken?

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Was trying to help you understand the issue, but it seems you are too arrogant. What was the purpose of your post anyway, if you “don’t have problems anymore”?

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Actually there is a problem of triple nat (or dual at least, depending on where you put what wire)… And next mikrotik devices in default config could start to malfunction due to routing problems. But if it does not matter…
This is not about mikrotik but about general networking knowledge and network design.

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You came off arrogant to start with. I’m just reciprocating.

The purpose, for the third time, is to find out what IP address a second mikrotik takes if the first one uses the default 192.168.88.1. Since you have to configure the hAP AC before it can be used you have to have an IP to connect to it to configure it.

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It is double NAT, but it has to be. My ISPs modem is configured to VLSN on a CIDR 31 so it only dishes 3 IPs. And it’s Coax which the hAPs don’t support.

Only the first Mikrotik NATs.

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I ISP wants me to pay monthly for their router/modem combo. When I refused they gave me this modem that only allowed 2 IPs (3 including itself).

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Let the modem operate in transparent bridge mode and do the rest in your own router as you wish. If there are any obstacles from the isp, change the provider…

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That’s a good idea. I hadn’t thought of trying that. But wouldn’t that place the modem in the DMZ?

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Do not care about the modem. It is a supplier’s device out of your network. Just let it have different network address than your network range and it will be accessible from the internal network by the outbound masquerade nat rule.

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Ok. Thanks.

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If I would have finished only with the “crystal ball” sentence, I would agree with you.
Nevermind.
Hope the problem is solved anyway.

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192.168.88.1

As far as I know, when using the factory default config, every Mikrotik router defaults to DHCP client on one port (what would normally be the WAN port), and 192.168.88.1 on the LAN port(s). It has no way of knowing that it is downstream of another router.

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Thank you. That’s essentially what my question way. I know they default to .88.1 so I was wondering if it defaults to a different IP if there’s already a 192.168.88.1

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