i have a routerboard 411U and want to use it to connect my pc to a big existing system (several APs and pcs). it almost worked. to make clear where my problem is here a picture:
well, my pc is on the left side
i am connected to RB via serial port and can use winbox or ssh as well
as a first test i tried to ping:
ping1 PC to RB
ping2 RB to PC
ping3 RB to pc on the right side, using wireless connection
ping4 PC to pc on the right side, using wireless connection
ping1 and ping2 works as expected (ping works always and mostly <1ms)
but now my problem:
ping3 and ping4 works too, BUT never at the same time:
either ping3 gets a replay or ping4 gets a replay (of course sometimes it happens that both pings [ping3 and ping4] run out of time, but this happens seldom and is not my problem [yet])
my problem is that i expect to be able to ping from RB and PC at the same time. is this wrong? have somebody an idea where the problem can be? (in the configuration or inside my head??)
i have configurated an interface bridge1 with 2 ports. one is ether1, other is wlan1. wlan1 is configurated as station-pseudobridge. the only ip-address on RB i have assigned is for bridge1.
can someone help me? i am green to this topic, but if you need further informatino let me know, and i will try to find it out.
i would be happy if someone would try to ping like i do, and let me know about the results.
Apparently you have bridged network, and pseudobridge uses only one mac address, that is why you have this weird result when ping works only to one destination at a time.
In bridged networks it is better to set up WDS.
@mrz,
i have seen the possibility to use WDS, but i want to move between the access points, and as far i undersand it is not possible when i set up RB in WDS.
what do you mean with the mac in pseudobridge?
it has one. it is the mac of wlan1 in auto-mode. according to manual routerboard will take the smallest mac of the assigned ports. this is strange, because the mac of ehter1 is smaller. nevertheless, i also tried to turn off auto-mac and tried different admin-mac-address for bridge1. i’ve tried it with the mac of wlan1, ether1 and also a self-made one.
result: it was not possible to do ping3 and ping4 at the same time.
do you have further ideas?
@SurferTim:
-my AP is not from mikrotik. it is a cisco device. i dont have the possibility to change the settings.
-i have a bridge (bridge1) with 2 ports (wlan1 and ether1)
-there is a possibility to assign an ip to bridge1
acctually i just want to use the existing network. something like a notebook with integrated wlan-card. by using an RB i wanted to have more influence on connectionrules.
ideas?
Do you need to access anything on the station router from the AP besides that MT router? You could disable the bridge and set up a new private network on the station ether1. Would that work for you?
If you can’t modify the settings in the Cisco router, that may be your only option.
