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Niffchen
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Device for extending wireless network

Sun Jun 03, 2018 11:24 pm

Hello,

i am not sure which Mikrotik device is the right one for me. I hope someone of you can help me.

I use a Routernoard hEX PoE lite as central router for my network. For wireless devices the hAP ac is the access point. The wireless network is covering 90% of our house. The hAP ac has a wired connection to the Routerboard.
I‘m searching for a mikrotik device which can extend my wireless network. This device needs to extend the wireless network without a wired connection to the routerboard because I can’t place a lan cable in the room for this device.

Do you know which device is the right one to solve my problem?
Thank you for your help.

Regards,
Jens
 
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Re: Device for extending wireless network

Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:31 am

Hello

In the Wiki there are two examples that I believe to help you.

Take a look at the links below.

https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/WDS_repeater_example

https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Wireless_WDS_Mesh
 
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Re: Device for extending wireless network

Tue Jun 05, 2018 11:44 am

Thank you very much.
I take a look and let you know about my decision and if there are further questions.
 
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Re: Device for extending wireless network

Thu Jun 07, 2018 2:06 pm

Hello

In the Wiki there are two examples that I believe to help you.

Take a look at the links below.

https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/WDS_repeater_example

https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Wireless_WDS_Mesh
The link to the WDS Mesh tutorial helped a lot. Thank you very much. I configured an additional hAP ac as mentioned in szenario 1. At the already existing hAP ac I configured the wireless interfaces the same way and the wireless network is now covering all areas.

If I want to connect a new device via LAN cable to the new extending hAP which is extending the wireless network, is it correct to add this device to the Mesh network? There is no wired connection to the LAN at this hAP.

Thank you very much,
Jens

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