Share existing wireless via Mikrotik ethernet ports

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Hi,

I’m sharing a house with a mate and he already has his wireless N network setup with a Netgear.

I would like to connect my Mikrotik RB751G to his wireless and then just share his wireless via the ethernet ports of the Mikrotik. This will save me having to buy wireless dongles for all my servers/appliances that have no built in Wifi.

Please could someone assist with a script I can modify or a detailed description on what to change and where.

I’ve been fiddling for a few hours with very little success. I’ve also tried searching the forums but I’m probably not searching for the correct keywords or terminology.

I would really appreciate it.

Thanks!

Connecting to an existing WLAN (Wireless bridge?)
2

Hi
put your wlan1 in to station mode.
add a NAT masquerade to out interface wlan1
put a DHCP-client to wlan1
add a different ip subnet to the inside of your 751G

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Thanks, is there no way to forward DHCP requests from the original router via the Mikrotik? I’m trying to avoid have 2 different networks. I want all devices behind the Mikrotik to be able to access devices on the other side and vice versa.

Cheers :slight_smile:

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Not to 100% as in 802.11 standard you don’t have bridged clients and wds are not working 100% with other brands than MikroTik. If you can add a static route in your main router then you can access all from all.

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What you are looking for is: wireless bridge
INTERNET __________ NETGEAR - - - - - - Mikrotik __________ YOUR_LAPTOPWhere “_____” is wired ethernet connection and "- - - - " is wireless Wi-Fi link

I have almost same setup at home since I also share a house and there was already Wi-Fi network.

  1. Set up 751 wireless interface as station-pseudobridge


  2. Set wlan to obtain DHCP address


  3. Disable build-in DHCP server


  4. Put wired and wireless interface into the bridge


  5. Remove NAT masquerading and firewall rules