Wed Apr 21, 2021 10:01 am
It's important to distinguish different setups and how to call them:
- "wired mesh": edge router + CAPSMAN configuration, so that additional APs could be easily connected by wire without need for any configuration
- "wireless mesh": Mesh by MT definition: APs are connected to the edge router wirelessly. You can do it using separate transport interface (what Audience does) or same interface (repeater mode)
Common use case and wish for homes that I often see is the first one and QuickSet Home Mesh configuration almost does that, but it needs a small annoyance to be fixed: on AC2 it sets up a nice edge router with firewall, VPN, CAPSMAN, DHCP etc and it also sets local wifi interfaces to be managed by CAPSMAN, but these fail because of missing firewall rule, so that local wireless interfaces dont see CAPSMAN server. Please fix it and many-many placed would start using CAPSMAN instead of wireless bridge configurations.
From wiki:
Home Mesh: Made for making bigger WiFi networks. Enables the CAPsMAN server in the router, and places the local WiFi interfaces under CAPsMAN control. Just boot other MikroTik WiFi APs with the reset button pressed, and they will join this HomeMesh network (see their Quick guide for details)