Hi all,
I am trying to build a simple wireless AP. I don’t want it routed just a simple bridge. What I am trying to do is bridge ether1 and wlan1 and wlan2. Ether1 is hooked up to the internet. I have tried creating a bridge with ether1 and wlan1 and wlan2 in it then configuring the wlans in ap bridge mode. I can connect to the ssid but can’t ping the IP address of the bridge. Where am I going wrong?
I know it may sound stupid, but first time i tried to configure MT i got crazy about that stupid thing:
did you try to power off and restar the MT ap?
Bye,
Ricky
I did do a reboot and then I waited a while after the reboot to see if I could ping anything still no luck.
Did you assign a default gateway to the bridge? I know ssh doesn’t work right with ap-bridges unless there is a default gateway and the gateway exists on the network.
I did have a gateway assigned but it was not on the network it was just a dummy one. I will try with a real gateway then and see if it works.
Does the orignal layout (bridge with between wlan1 and wlan2 and ether1) work?
Yep, works great. This does not work when your radio mode=station. But ap-bridge is fine.
You can’t bridge a wifi interface thats in station mode.
But it is in AP mode. I understand if it was a client but it is an AP. It should work fine as an AP right? Other OS similar to Mikrotik do.
Did you assign a default gateway to the bridge? I know ssh doesn’t work right with ap-bridges unless there is a default gateway and the gateway exists on the network.
The default gateway did the trick. It needs to exist on the network and then all is well. I don’t understand the network reason behind that but I am just glad it is working. Thanks for the help.