I have a freshly installed Mikrotik Station Pseudobridge Repeater (wlan1 - 2.4 GHz radio) configured with an iPhone Hotspot, which I am attempting to route over a Virtual AP Bridge (wlan3 - 2.4 GHz radio).
Nearly everything I have read suggests creating a Mikrotik DHCP-Client to bridge the Mikrotik Station Pseudobridge Repeater (wlan1) with the rest of the ports on the Mikrotik hAP ac3.
Upon creating the Mikrotik DHCP-Client, it takes hours for the Mikrotik DHCP-Client to obtain a lease from the iPhone Hotspot (Searching…) and create a dynamic address range within the Mikrotik IP > Addresses list.
Is it possible to configure a Static IP Address with the Mikrotik DHCP-Client to avoid having to wait for a lease from the iPhone Hotspot?
I do not have a way to assign a DHCP Lease with the iPhone Hotspot.
Thank you for your time and assistance.
Respectfully,
Gary
P.S. Is it correct to infer that the Mikrotik PPP Configuration is only for the WAN port?
It’s much more reliable and easier to set up the wireless station interface as a station, remove it from any bridge,
add a dhcp client to it, then make it a wan interface. (interface / interface list)
(With the default config making it a wan interface, will make it Nat).
Then use the bridge to attach clients to the Mikrotik with the dhcp server on the bridge enabled.
If you really need it bridged,
It is worth turning off STP on the bridge, it often seems to cause issues with this.
I’m open to recommendations that will allow all of the wireless and ethernet connected devices to route Internet through the Mikrotik hAP ac3 via the iPhone Hotspot/Station Pseudobridge Repeater.
Are there any Mikrotik tutorials demonstrating how to make the wireless station interface, add a dhcp-client to it, and then make it a wan interface?
I believe I’ve been able to accomplish the first to steps (wireless station interface and dhcp-client), but need some guidance making the wireless station interface a wan interface.
Would the dhcp-client still be dynamically assigned or is it possible to statically assign it similar to the PPPoE interface?
You add it to the wan interface list in Interfaces, interface list tab (winbox)
You should find ether1 a member of the wan list.
(cli)
/interface list member
add interface=wlan1 list=WAN
Note: This only applies if you are altering the default configuration,
if you are building from scratch, likely not so much.
(I recommend not building from scratch)
With the default configuration
Adding an interface to the wan interface list, makes it:-
Masquerade packets going out that interface.
Firewalls incoming packets (unless part of an existing connection, or directed at a dst-nat/port forward rule)
The dhcp client will normally work well in this configuration.
It is usually only when you are trying to use things like pseudobridge which is something of a hack, that dhcp can become an issue.