Which interfaces do I attach IP/VLAN/DHCP server to?

RouterOS Wireless Networking
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I have an AP (Groove A-2Hn) with wifi and one ethernet port. I’m trying to make 2 separate wifi networks, each on their own VLAN, each with their own DHCP server. But I'm getting confused about interfaces - and getting error messages. At a high level here’s what I’ve done:

  • defined a master WiFi interface (if-LINK), and a child WiFi interface (if-DMZ)
  • defined two VLAN's in Interface > VLAN (vlan-LINK and vlan-DMZ)
  • defined two IP’s, one for each wireless network
  • defined two DHCP servers, one for each wireless network

Questions:

  1. IP-interface: I have to assign each IP to an interface. Which interface do I attach each of these IP’s to? I can choose ether1, bridge1, the master wireless interface (if-LINK), the child wireless interface (if-DMZ), or the vlan interfaces (vlan-LINK or vlan-DMZ). I assumed the vlan-X interface.
  2. VLAN-interface: I have to assign each VLAN to an interface. Which interface do I attach each of these VLANs to? I can choose ether1, bridge1, the master wireless interface (if-LINK), the child wireless interface (if-DMZ), or the vlan interfaces (strangely I can attach my VLAN’s to vlan-X). I assumed that the VLANs should attached to the matching if-X. (But then the VLAN does not show as running)
  3. DHCP-interface: I have to assign each DCHP server to an interface. Which interface do I attach the DHCP servers to? When I add my LINK DHCP server to if-LINK (master WiFi interface), it complains "DHCP server can not run on a slave interface". (But it's NOT a slave). When I attach it to interface vlan-LINK it complains "interface not running".

I think I'm missing something conceptually...is there a way of looking at interfaces that will make all of the above make sense? I don’t understand to which interfaces I should attach each of the above three things.

Thanks
(Pulling hair out)

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Please do not start many topics onthe same subject.
Continue here: Help adding 2 SSID's+VLAN's to my existing AP

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My other post is still ongoing…as I try to follow those instructions I’m getting confused about interfaces. So I started this topic on the more narrow interfaces topic. Once I understand this I will go back to trying to configure traffic flow across the VLANS. I didn’t want to send the other thread off on a tangent about interfaces.

Hope that’s ok…if not I will delete this and add to other thread.

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Leave it now as it is but on the other hand users have to jump back and forth among different topics to collect all information. Part of a full answer is in one thread, another in the other and so on.

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Ok - I have tried to merge this content into my other thread.