VirtualAP on station mode

[EFWilson]

Hi

I am connecting to Mikrotik devices together (RB433 and Groove 2.4), the Rb433 is setup in ap bridge mode while the Groove is setup as station mode. This connection works perfectly however I want clients to be able to connect tithe groove device also so I configured a VirtualAP, however clients are not able to see this VirtualAP at all, even though the SSID is visible. I have worked with VirtualAP’s before so I know it is configured correctly. Any advice at what it could be? I am running routeros 5.20.

I used to use WDS however from what I understand WDS will re-transmit all the traffic to every single node connected to it and this is not ideal for me.

Thanks in advance.

[jandafields]

@EFWilson

Hi

I am connecting to Mikrotik devices together (RB433 and Groove 2.4), the Rb433 is setup in ap bridge mode while the Groove is setup as station mode. This connection works perfectly however I want clients to be able to connect tithe groove device also so I configured a VirtualAP, however clients are not able to see this VirtualAP at all, even though the SSID is visible. I have worked with VirtualAP’s before so I know it is configured correctly. Any advice at what it could be? I am running routeros 5.20.

I used to use WDS however from what I understand WDS will re-transmit all the traffic to every single node connected to it and this is not ideal for me.

Thanks in advance.

A client cannot connect to a radio in “station mode” because that mode is a client-only mode itself.

One single radio will not work as an AP and a STATION at the same time. You need 2 radios to do this (or use WDS).

[EFWilson]

@jandafields

@EFWilson

Hi

I am connecting to Mikrotik devices together (RB433 and Groove 2.4), the Rb433 is setup in ap bridge mode while the Groove is setup as station mode. This connection works perfectly however I want clients to be able to connect tithe groove device also so I configured a VirtualAP, however clients are not able to see this VirtualAP at all, even though the SSID is visible. I have worked with VirtualAP’s before so I know it is configured correctly. Any advice at what it could be? I am running routeros 5.20.

I used to use WDS however from what I understand WDS will re-transmit all the traffic to every single node connected to it and this is not ideal for me.

Thanks in advance.

A client cannot connect to a radio in “station mode” because that mode is a client-only mode itself.

One single radio will not work as an AP and a STATION at the same time. You need 2 radios to do this (or use WDS).

Thanks for the info.

[stewartpe]

You could set up the Groove as an AP, but that may limit you to WEP encryption.

I’ve tried WPA with AP-to-WDSslave, and it works for a while, then loses key synchronization.

The ideal solution is to make a feature request for “VirtualAP on station mode”.