I'm really desperate now, Wifi to LAN driving me nuts. I made it work but still clueless why I have to do it that way.
I'm coming from an hEX S configuration wherein all interfaces are on a bridge, which in turn is connected to a CCR1009. The is DHCP Client configured on this bridge.
The CCR1009 is connected to my home router as the new fibre optic cables are not pulled yet.
I used the CAPsMAN to configure a cAP ac, which is connected to the PoE port of the hEX S.
That works well when Local Forwarding in CAPs Datapath Configuration in the CAPsMAN is activated (see #1 and #2).
Right now, the CCR1009 is installed in the basement, in its new rack, so the hEX S is connected to my home router with exactly the same settings and the internet is still reachable through the hEX S.
Based on this experience I thought, I do the same on another cAP ac to connect its LAN port the CCR1009 and using its wireless interfaces to connect it to a Guest WiFi close to the new IT room, which origins in another flat as my flat is too far away from the new IT room.
This way, I could the primary configuration in real-life condition until the fibre optic cable is pulled.
Means, doing:
- add all interfaces to a bridge
- Wirleless / Wireless Tables --> Security Profile: add a profile that contains SSID and Password of the WiFi it shall connect to
- Interfaces / Interface List --> selecting wlan2 (5 GhZ) --> click Scan (opens Scanner) --> Start --> select WiFi --> click on Connect ---> select the tab Wireless --> select previous created Security Profile
- IP --> DCHP Client --> bridge
- Interfaces / Interface List --> Detect Internet --> select all interfaces
- DONE
Based on my previous experience, I assumed that it would do everything by itself, since it now knows where the route to the www and to the DHCP server is, thus forwarding all requests coming from any port to that destination.
This seems to be the case, can anyone explain why???
I read through:
- Repeater Setup - MikroTik
- cap ac as wifi repeater + ethernet2 - MikroTik
- Setup Mikrotik as a Wi-Fi repeater – IT Blog (ixnfo.com)
- MikroTik Router als Repeater | Technology4You (wordpress.com)
Eventuelly I found Erstinbetriebnahme eines Mikrotik-Routers [Teil2\] – Konfiguration des Routers – DHCP-Client nach extern | Mikrotik-Blog.de (mikrotik-blog.de), what told me what to do.
Reducing the bridge to the interfaces which are not connected to the WiFi and put a NAT between the interface for the WiFi and bridge does the job but why has it to be that way?
any input is highly appreciated
thx
stefan