Switching from RB951 to CCR-1009 : Question about multiple SSID's

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I have been using a RB951-2HnD as my SOHO router for the last couple of years, but am now finding that the hardware is not sufficient for my Fibre connection (which is a nice problem to have :slight_smile: )

I’m planning to switch to a CCR-1009-8G-1S-1S+PC but am hoping some of the experts here can help me figure out a few things:

  1. I have setup multiple SSID’s on my 951 and am planning to continue using the 951 as a Wireless Access Point after I get my Cloud Router. Due to lack of space in my equipment closet, the Cloud Router and the 951 will not be directly connected but through a unmanaged switch. In this situation, how do I ensure that a client connecting to different SSID’s will be assigned an IP address in the range that is assigned to that SSID?

  2. I’m hoping that I can mostly just export & import the config from my RB951 to the Cloud Router. However, I believe I will have to setup the ethernet master/slave config & bridge config in the Cloud Router by hand but the firewall config can be imported as-is. Am I correct in thinking this?

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Use vlans.

Rewrite the exported script according to the ccr before import. Do copy-paste by blocks of the code to see and correct the errors easily.

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Depends on if the unmanaged switch will pass vlans. If not, it’s probably best to just buy a managed switch, they are quite cheap by now. Our you could do some tunneling between the routers, like l2tp for each ssid.

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Using VLANs in this case is one way to achieve your goal, but that unmanaged switch is questionable. Can you skip that switch in your config?

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I can’t really avoid using a switch as there are only two network points between the equipment closet where the Switch is located and where the CCR will be. In addition there are 6-7 client devices in the equipment closet along with the switch including the RB951. The CCR is a fairly expensive upgrade along with some 5 Ghz equipment I’m buying so I really want to try and use what hardware I have.

Can’t the RB951 tag packets originating from clients associated with the SSID’s? If I can do that now maybe I can use wireshark to check if the switch is currently forwarding vlan headers.

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Well, you can always try. My opinion is that this wont work. Anyway, try it and tell us your results.

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maybe if budget allows it put another RB951G as a smart switch like this:
rb951g as a sw.jpg

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My dumb cheapest tplink gigabit switches are passing vlans without any problems. I would expect your switches will do the same. Just try it. P

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Looking up information that is available on my unmanaged switch, it seems like it does not support VLAN’s. I’ve managed to order a cheap TP-Link managed switch which I will use to replace my D-Link switch.

Given that I will have a managed switch to connect my RB951 to, can someone talk me through broadly what are the steps I need to take to assign different VLAN’s and therefore different IP addresses to clients depending on which SSID they associate with?