wds configuration

RouterOS Wireless Networking
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Hi to all,
I must realize an array of access point to do a backbone …
In particular, each routerboard have 2 wlan interface and I must create one trasparent lan in which are visible device mac address…

Each routerboard is attacched to the next routerboard :
RouterA-wlan2 is connected to RouterB-wlan1
RouterB-wlan2 is connected to RouterC-wlan1
RouterC-wlan2 is connected to RouterD-wlan1
etc …

The devices attached to ethernet of each router must view mac address of other device attached to other router… I woult one bridged lan.

The question is: what is preferred wifi mode to implement?
I think that each link must have ap-bridge and wds-slave and both wlan for each router must be bridged …

It’s correct ? are there other solutions?

Thanks

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Simplest way is to configure an ap-bridge and a station-wds on each router. Put both interfaces in a bridge. On wlan where you set ap-bridge you have to configure WDS tab.

If your network isn’t a ring I would keep ap-bridge on side you connect from (simpler for management).

If your wireless card are 802.11N, leave WDS and use ap-bridge and station-bridge mode. Put interfaces in a bridge but don’t configure any WDS.


In both cases you could use “bridge” instead of “ap-bridge” to realize a point-to-point. Ap-bridge can realize point-to-multipoint.