Setup second router as access point

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Hi,

I have a very basic question, but somehow I could not find any solution.

I have two mikrotik wifi router. The first one shares the internet (192.168.2.1). I would like to setup the second as an access point (if this is the correct name for it) so clients connect to the second router should be the part of the same lan.

I have an almost good solution, but it is not perfect.
On the second router I setup up a static ip address (192.168.2.2).
I use dhcp relay, so clients get the ip address from the first router.
I connected the two routers with a cable, but I had to plug it in a lan port in the second router.

Everything is working fine, except, that the second router cannot look for updates on the internet:
“ERROR: no internet connection”
I guess it tries to connect to the internet on the wan port.

I think it is not enough to plug the cable in the wan port, because I want clients connected to the first router to be able to access anybody connected to the second router. So if clients connected to the second router are behind a NAT, then they are not visible.

What would be the correct setup?

Thanks in advance, vassdoki

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Hi, I don’t quite understand “cannot look for update on the Internet” but I have more or less the same set up for your info. I have the first router , and then 3 hAP , as the second layer router , connected to the first one by cable. What I do is to turn off DHCP on the second layer routers, change their IP address ( in your case, it is 192.168.2.2;192.168.2.3 and 192.168.2.4), and put the cable to hAP’s LAN port instead of WAN port. That is all !

It works fine !

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Thank you for your answer.

If I push the button on the main screen “Check For Updates” or / System / Packages / Check for update. I get an error message “ERROR: no internet connection”. Does this work for you?

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Hi， I usually only update the first router and didn’t care too much for the second layer ones. Since you mentioned, I tried. You are right ! I have the same issue. The second layer routers cannot update the firmware.

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Check the dns server at the second layer routers. Maybe they have forgotten where to ask for dns resolution.

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Same problem here as well. Everything works fine except the second router can’t update the firmware/os on auto mode. I had to upload the files myself. Also I have DHCP enabled on the second router (RB2011) because without it enabled, the AP/wifi doesn’t work, connects but there is no internet.

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Have you checked what I wrote before??

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I checked and set the DNS same as the first layer router, but it still doesn’t work. Any suggestion ?

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Then there is probably something wrong. Can you reboot all involved devices and check whether it works just after the reboot?

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From what I rread I assume you want all devices to be in the same layer2 domain.
A DHCP relay isn’t necessary.

I guess you assigned the 192.168.2.2 IP address to the 2nd router’s bridge, right?
So clear ALL of your firewall rules in router 2.
Disable DNS, DHCP server, DHCP client on router 2.
Bridge the connected Ethernet port and the wireless interface togther.
That way you make it just an access point.
Your w/l clients will now get a DHCP lease from router 1.
You’re done.

Cheers
-Chris

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I have a solution. I’m not sure why it is working, but now the mikrotik router works fine as a hotspot, and I can check for updates.

This is what I did:
Changed the router type to “PTP Bridge” with webfig/Quick Set.
Set the right column to: Static, ip address, netmask, gateway and dns.

Now everything works.

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add gateway & DNS server to second router.