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Other phones take the same MAC of the AccessPoint why??

Tue Mar 04, 2014 11:27 am

Other phones take the same MAC of the AccessPoint why??

All Devices that connected to the TpLink AccessPoint>> take the same mac of the ubnt station??!! why
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Re: Other phones take the same MAC of the AccessPoint why??

Tue Mar 04, 2014 1:55 pm

The 802.11 AP + Sation is not a transparent bridge
The station translate all the MAC addresses like NAT.

If you want full transparent bridge, use 2 RB MikroTik (bridge with wds + station wds)
Or use another MikroTik switch connected with EoIP on the other, between tp-link and nanostation.
 
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Re: Other phones take the same MAC of the AccessPoint why??

Tue Mar 04, 2014 3:10 pm

RESOLVED by enable the "WDS (Transparent Bridge Mode)"

Thanks a lot

please. could you explain what's WDS?? and when to use it?
 
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