Hello,
I,m trying to setup a wireless AP whcih should be transparent and bridge between two wireless interfaces, one interface is on ap-bridge mode and second on station mode, as soon as I create a bridge interface and add both interfaces as a brdige ports, the port linked to ap-bridge mode gets disabled and the port linked to station mode remains designated port.
Any idea, or suggestion is welcome.
Regards.
FAton
See if the interface that gets disabled isn`t part of any other bridge. I wrote an article about something like this at http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/How_to_create_a_transparent_AP_with_more_than_1_wireless_cards
Good luck !
Thanx for reply, I Have seen your wiki but that doesen’t fit my scenario. Regarding your question, I’m sure that both interfaces are part of only one bridge interface, I have no other bridge interface except tha one interface is in station mode and the other ap-bridge mode.
Regards.
Faton
I had the same problem when i tried to bridge them in winbox. Try entering the set of commands thru telnet console and watch in winbox if it gets disabled.
I use cli mode a lot but unfortunately it is not problem in winbox, something is missing but should figure out waht.
Regards.
Put the WLAN that’s in station mode to Bridge mode or use WDS to bridge them.
“The IEEE 802.11 standard limitation makes it impossible for wireless cards in station mode to work as expected when bridged. That means that if you need to create a bridge, you should not use station mode on that machine. In case you need a bridge on a wireless station, use station-wds mode (may only be used in the AP supports WDS). Bridging on the AP side works fine.”
I see no other solution than WDS, so I will setup WDS on both ends.
Regards.
Faton.