Hi,
i have a access to a very weak open wifi signal on good days, on bad days the signal is just out of reach.

i have a spare RB411 + r52 + antena

i want to connect my laptop to the RB411 via ethernet cable and then use the RB411 + Radio to pick up the weak signal

would i configure the RB411 as an access point, a station, a WDS, a Bridge??

sorry, very new at all this,

and is there a wiki somewhere that can show me how to do the chosen setup?

thanks

Piet Bez

You want station mode.

There's information on it, and the different modes, in the wiki,
Here: http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Wireless_AP_Client
and Here: http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Wi ... tion_Modes

1. on your wireless interface set the same ssid and security (password and encryption) as the signal that you want to pick (AP principal) and choose station mode.
2. if you want your laptop to have an IP address from the same subnet as the principal AP (signal that you want to pick) create a bridge on the 411 with your wireless interface and the ethernet port where you are going to connect your laptop.
3. set an IP address on the bridge that you just created (no on the wireles interface) from the same range as your AP principal

OK, i have done as the example in the wiki, but still no connection.

the wifi signal is unprotected, i can pick it up with my laptop without any password. but cant pick it up if i connect via the RB411.

here is a screen cap of my winbox setup.

what you need is to use station pseudobridge,

then add a bridge between ether1 and wlan1 and you are done..

802.11 doesnt allow to bridge on the station side.. this is like a bridge but, no matter what you connect on your ether1 side the AP will see only 1 mac address, the wlan1 one.

Regards!