HI! first post, but I’ve been using a Metal52 for a few years.
I’m an audio engineer and really appreciate the power and stability of the Mikrotik product.
I’m Installing a new mixing console “Mixer” at a local High School. This console can be controlled over a network, there is a single ethernet port on the console.
What I’d like to do is use the DHCP server in the wAP to assign an IP address to the cosole and allow communication between an IPad connected to the WiFi. IE: no WAN port.
I made a bridge and added the wifi interface and ethernet 1 to it. Then added a DHCP server to the bridge.
When powered up and connected to the console the wAP is assigning a IP address to the console, the WiFi comes uip and the IPad also gets an IP address from the wAP.
WAP = AP ethernet port is normally part of WAN interface list (which might be used in firewall/mangle etc.).
Remove ETH from WAN i/f list and add it to LAN (if not already done via bridge).
MIght need to remove DHCP client as well from ETH port.
I re-set to the default settings, turned the firewall off, disabled the DHCP Client, created a bridge, asssigned both interfaces to the bridge, added a DHCP Server to the bridge interface…
this worked, at least a computer or phone or Ipad on the WiFi can control the mixing console.
However, as soon as I did this winbox and webfig are unable to connect to the wAP anymore…
As said, there is something called “INTERFACE LIST” under INTERFACE.
Normally there is a default list WAN and LAN. Only from interfaces in LAN can one access with WEBFIG/Winbox
If you add the ETH port to the bridge, without removing it FROM WAN, you will still not be abel to connect to the router.
So you need to go into INTERFACE LIST and remove ETH from WAN and add into LAN list.
In your case you will end up with WAN empty (which I think is probably not an issue).
That interface list LAN is used in SERVICES to define from which interface one can (LAN) and can not (none LAN)
access the router via WebFig/Winbox/ROMON/Neighbourhood discovery.
If this does not help, please do export hide-sensitive and post