i had an old netgear wg502v3 ap setup as a client to an zte adsl modem/router (the modem/router doesn’t support wds).
i tried to “upgrade” to a mikrotik:
my setup was modem/router connected to mikrotik via ether wireless bridged to another mikrotik and finally via ether to a another mikrotik to act as an home ap/ether switch. the wlan and the ether are bridged on each mikrotik.
the ap brige with wds setup was slower and problematic / then i try mikrotik bridge ap with station bridge (as repeater) it was ok from the speed aspect but every time my android phone was connecting to the network it took some time to “find internet” -about 10 seconds- asking my if i want to use my mobile data.. very annoying…
if i use the mikrotik as an station pseudobridge on my zte modem/router:
- i can’t get dhcp because the mac don’t pass the bridge…
- incoming connection with port forwarding fail to established most times.
- the above problem with the android phones.
my question before i abandon the mikrotik world once and for all is:
what was the “protocol” what my old netgear wg502v3 ap using that had never cause me a problem? it was like the “station pseudobridge clone”, it was forwarding the dhcps?
station pseudobridge says on wiki to be avoided
and station pseudobridge clone doesn’t work
is it possible to be an hardware problem?