Transparent Bridge

RouterOS Wireless Networking
1

Hello,

Can anyone post a good example of transparent bridge, I have tried an example with wds but it is not working for me.

Any input is highly appreciated.

Regards.

Faton

2

Here is a link to the example on the Wiki. This is what I have used to successfully setup transparent Bridge.

http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Transparently_Bridge_two_Networks

If you still have trouble or questions let us know.

-Louis

3

I have tried this one, but it is not working for me. It seems that somehowe it is not forwarding between two devices. The icmp between bridge and wds-station is OK but nothing is being forwarded out the ethernet interface of the wds-station. Ethernet interface is OK since it is working as a router.

Regards.

Faton

4

Make sure you have created a bridge on the station and added the ether1 and wlan1 to it.

5

Yes I have created and configured bridge interface and added interfaces to it but it is not working. Can anyone post any configuration other than wiki.

Regards.

Faton.

6

Fatonk,

I posted this to the wiki a few days ago… give this a shot. It’s another way to do transparent bridge. http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Transparently_Bridge_two_Networks_without_using_WDS_(EoIP)

BTW you might want to consider resetting back to default settings and then proceeding with this link.

Matt

7

thanks Matt,

it works very nice, I’m happy with this configuration. I have made few small changes instead of ap-bridge I have used bridge mode and so one. I’m still trying to find reason why the wds example didn’t work.

Regards.

Faton

8

WDS is really picky and if you miss a step or its misconfigured in anyway, it will not work. The only way i could help you with that is to see your exports from your routers. I am glad that worked out for you. I also use bridge instead of ap bridge. There are a few ways to do that configuration.

Matt