Hi forum,
For the last week and a half I have fruitlessly been trying to turn my MikroTik hAP ax² into what I want it to be: a wireless access point that acts as a DHCP client for my VPN router. The latter assigns static IP addresses to every network device that is part of my LAN, and hence also to the MikroTik (for a schematic representation of my use case, please see the diagram below). The same should happen when my laptop and mobile phone connect to the MikroTik’s WiFi network. Laptop and mobile phone need to be able to reach the Internet, and in addition, it is necessary that the latter can also communicate with devices in my LAN.
Although I must have restarted the MikroTik more than fifty times – the result of just as many failed attempts to configure it in Webfig- I am not getting any closer, and this is becoming demoralising. I am taking full responsibility, but it is, however, not as if I haven’t been trying to catch up with advice provided on this forum (with viewtopic.php?t=182373 as the starting point). Whatever I try though, and whatever advise I follow, I cannot make it work.
What I have been led to believe is necessary as a first step - disabling the DHCP server and its associated IP address pool- is all well and fine, as I at least keep my connection with the Internet and with Webfig. It’s the next steps, in whatever order I carry them out, where things go wrong. Either assigning the IP address the MikroTik receives from the VPN router (10.220.0.31) to its bridge interface, adding ‘ether1’ to the bridge interface, or (via ‘IP’ > ‘DHCP Server’) deleting the existing network under the ‘Networks’ tab, instantaneously results in a lost connection with the Internet or Webfig, or both.
It is obviously me who doesn’t understand the logic behind all this, as I am simply lacking knowledge in this field. However, getting an IP address from the VPN router is important for both the laptop and the mobile phone - especially in case of the latter, because unless it does, apps that are installed on it won’t be able so connect with server applications on my network devices. As I am really at wits end, any advice you may be able to provide me with that helps me to get any further, starting from the configuration as attached below, will be greatly and warmly appreciated. Many thanks for your time and ideas!