Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:08 pm
To use RB133 as a bridge between wired an wireless lan the easiest way is to use only one IP-Range for both sides of the bridge (LAN and WLAN). If you have too much PC's connected to your Network for a 192.168.1.0/24 Subnet (Allows you 254 machines) just use 192.168.2.0/23 Network for all clients (WLAN and LAN) (192.168.2.0 / 255.255.254.0. If you have a DHCP-Server in your network, just change the DHCP-Pool at the end of the working day, next morning make sure all PC's are started / rebooted, and you will have them all in one Subnet, netbios and DNS will work, as soon as you have made a bridge of wlan and lan ports of your RB133.
If you have static IP's on all of your machines, well, then you have some work to do.....
Building a bridge:
First delete the ip-adresses assigned to lan-port and wlan-card in winbox - ip - adresses
Then go to bridge, left-klick on "+", give the baby a name, klick "OK" then go to the second Tab of bridge menu, called "Ports", left klick on "+", select the correct ether port, klick "OK". Now klick again on the "+", then choose the wlan-interface, again, "OK".
Now you have yourself a nice shiny new bridge.
Go to IP- Adresses, give an IP-Adress to the newly made bridge, matching your new subnet as explained above.
If winbox disconnects you while making the above mentioned, just reconnect and continue, this sometimes happens when you change Interfaces. Nothing to worry about.
You will then have to remove your static route from your dlink router, because no routing will be done except for internet connection.
Sincerly
Schnulch