I’m trying to set up an RB2011 as a wireless switch so that it can act as a client on my WLAN and bridge internet access to devices connected to its ethernet ports. My existing AP doesn’t run RouterOS (it’s a Ruckus).
I’ve followed what I believe to be the correct steps, but I’m still having trouble. Hopefully someone can point out my mistake or advise an easier way to achieve what I’m trying to do.
I’m starting with a factory default configuration.
wlan1 mode is set to station pseudobridge. SSID and security profile are properly set - I can see that it’s connected to my AP.
wlan1, eth2 and eth6 are set to bridge-local
eth3-5 are set to master port eth2 and eth7-10 are set to master port eth6.
I tried to bind the DHCP client to bridge-local, but the client just sits there searching. I can successfully bind the DHCP client to wlan1 and get a proper address.
DHCP server is disabled
When I connect to any of the ethernet ports, I don’t get any connection to my main network. Strangely, I do get an IP address, but it’s a RouterOS address, not an address for the DHCP server that I’m trying to bridge to.
What am I doing wrong? Is there a QuickSet or other easier way to set up this configuration?
I just tried that but I’m still having the same problem. Wireless station connects no problem. When I bind the DHCP client to the bridge it just sits there searching forever. I can bind the DHCP client to wlan1 and it gets an address, but I’m not getting internet access on any of the ethernet ports.
Any other ideas?
Does anyone know if there’s a way to get the Ruckus AP to support WDS? That might be the easier solution.
I just re-tried the configuration with the same result, but noticed something strange. When I go to the status tab of the wireless interface, the Last IP keeps jumping around. It has the correct subnet, but the last octet changes about every 2 seconds. Somehow the DHCP Client must be working, otherwise it wouldn’t have the correct subnet. I see this behavior regardless of whether the DHCP Client is bound to wlan1, bridge1 or disabled.
It is normal and has no relation to dhcp client. If still no luck with your aim you maybe can try wds.
All ip settings should be on bridge only not on individual bridge members. If you wouldn’t mind loosing the layer 2 connectivity, you can try single station mode and route between the wlan and rest of ports.
I managed to get this working, but can’t say why. I put an RB2011 between my Actiontec modem/router and Ruckus AP. When it’s set to router mode everything started working. I guess there’s something strange going on in the Actiontec DHCP server. I’m happy just to use it for internet access and rely on the RB2011 for LAN routing anyway.