And in the spirit of sharing, here is my process for the hAP lite but it’s pretty generic:
- Plug router into network and connect laptop to router
- Run Winbox, find neighbours and connect to the router
- System/Reset Configuration: Reset router without no default configuration
- Reconnect to bridge
- System/Password: change password
- System/Identity: change name
- Bridge/Bridge: Add new bridge (list should be empty)
- Bridge/Ports: Add each ethernet & wireless interfaces. Note: you will be disconnected when you add the port used by the laptop
- IP/DHCP client: add new DHCP client against bridge interface (or assign static IP)
- Wireless/Security profiles: add a new profile:
- Name: something memorable
- Authentication: suggest just WPA2 PSK these days
- WPA Pre-shared key: as required (the Wi-Fi password)
- Wireless/Wi-Fi interfaces: Enable the wireless interface
- Wireless/Wi-Fi interfaces: edit Wireless tab:
- Switch to advanced
- Mode: ap bridge
- Band: 2GHz-B/G/N
- Channel width: 20/40MHz Ce
- Frequency: auto
- SSID: as required
- Wireless protocol: 802.11
- Security profile as required