What is the current capability of MT devices to use one AP (such as a wAP) with another AP in a daisy-chained fashion whereby one AP is connected via cable and the other is connected wirelessly to the first AP, effectively using the first AP as its uplink?
I know the CUBE’s do this very nicely (I actually have a couple of pairs in use and they’ve been fantastic), but I wanted to have a simpler setup.
I would imagine/hope that 1 band (2.4 or 5ghz – I understand each would have it’s pros and cons) would be used as the uplink/backhaul/interconnect, and the other band for user connections.
Are you discussing this scenario?
MT1 is connected by Ethernet to the main router.
MT1 is an AP using separate SSID for 5GHz and 2GHz bands.
MT2 is a client on 2GHz to MT1 and an AP on 5GHz, the same SSID as MT1, bridged.
Clients use The 5GHz band.
Neither would I.
I was clarifying the scenario. In that model station A was an AP, station B was CPE, an AP to some and independently a client to Station A. I mentioned dedicating the 2.4GHz link for backhaul to maximise range, given the implication that the first AP did not provide coverage at 5GHz. There are other ways of doing this, as anav provided. For example, look into creating virtual WiFi across both bands, splitting bandwidth in principle but with little real loss where traffic is not heavy. The ease of doing this is one of the useful features of Mikrotik.
It seems to me like there is the usual confusion with terminology.
What you asked for is more commonly referred to as Wi-Fi repeater, possibly a special one since it uses two distinct radios/bands, one as access point and one as station.