WDS MESH - ip addresses ??

RouterOS Wireless Networking
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Hello !

Please consider the following setup (classic repeater):

Router 1:
wlan1: client, 5.x Ghz Uplink - subnet A
wlan2: ap-bridge, 2.4 Ghz, wds, rstp, bridge wlan2 - subnet B

Router 2:
wlan1: ap-bridge, 2.4 Ghz, wds, rstp, bridge wlan1 - subnet B

I would like all 2.4 GHz clients on both routers to use same subnet. Please tell me what to do - my hair is getting grey :-o

Regards
KimC

2

Where exactly are you having a problem? Routing from A to B?

:sunglasses:

3

The routing should be simple as I see it. However:

Router 1:
wlan1, 5 GHz client, 10.1.1.10/24 on wlan1
wlan2, 2.4 GHz ch6, ap-bridge, wds, rstp, bridge wlan2, 10.10.10.1/24 on bridge1

Router 2:
wlan1, 2.4 GHz ch6, ap-bridge, wds, rstp, bridge wlan1, 10.10.10.2/24 on bridge1

A laptop with 10.10.10.200/24 connects, neighborviewer discovers both routers, but ip-traffic does not work.

I have made lots of MT stuff before, but I haven’t tried this setup before. It might just be a simple error, but no luck so far. I guess, that it has something to do with the bridging,but I’m not sure…

4

You may need proxy-arp on thr bridge?

:sunglasses:

5

It seems, that I got it solved. The trick was to add BOTH wds and wireless to the bridge.

Uldis paper on meshing didn’t mention this - and really, the docs are almost invisible in this area.

Now I have to test the solution a little, before moving to the production environment.

Thank you anyway, GWISA :slight_smile:

6

Aaah yes - i assumed you’d set the default bridge on WDS…

That’s definitely the answer

:sunglasses:

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Don´t was documented because they are using WDS in the backbone dedicated links in 5Ghz, not in the same 2.4Ghz used to distribution… :wink:

Regards!
Alessio