Hello
I am trying to set up infrastructure with few wired-connected Mikrotik APs. How to make something like WDS infrastructure where connected clients are able to roam between AP without loosing connection?
I can’t find any sufficient info how to do it.
Please help!
make sure the SSID and security profile matches.
bridge to ethernet.
If the SSID and security is the same the clients will roam.
Hi,
They might ‘roam’ but the connection shall definitely drop.
Also, since there is no real ‘master controller’ a client could be still connected to an AP further away then a closer one with a better signal and the client shall either have to force a disconnect to re-connect to the closer one or wait until the signal really fades and disconnects automatically.
You might be able to script some code into the AP units or main router to check client signal levels and create a threshold for low signals but that is a very cumbersome method and also involves disconnects. If you need seamless roaming, you need to look for a product that supports 802.11ac.
Rgds,
Mark.
I resolved the problem by setting same SSID and security profile on every AP, but on diffrent channels to avoid interference.
Btw. that’s look promissing: http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:CAPsMAN …but IMHO it’s ‘to new’ to implement it into production networks.
glad you got it working