Yes you have multiple choices on configuring the MT device.
You could use one subnet dedicated to each port
OR
What I prefer is to
a. create one bridge
b. create all the vlans required including the main lan, with interface the bridge
c. each vlan gets Ip address,IP pool, dhcp server, dhcp server network
d. then using interface bridge ports and interface bridge vlan settings you push and pull traffic to the ports that you desire.
a port setup as a trunk port is when you flow tagged traffic through a port (one or more vlans) to a smart device (switch, capable AP), a port setup as an
access port tags the traffic coming from the device with the right vlan and untags the traffic before sending it back through the port to the dumb device.
So yes, if buy multiple AP, you can easily do what you want with the router. very flexible.
All I wanted so far is to create 2 VLANs on an X86 Mikrotik router (no managed switch or any other smart device):
dumb WifiAP1 on
Ether port 4 <-> VLAN 10
dumb WifiAP2 on
Ether port 5 <-> VLAN 20.
PC, printers, cellphones, cameras will connect to these 2 Dumb wifi APs
I tried a lot but without success, here are what I tried:
1, create a
bridge_vlan
2, create VLAN_10, VLAN_20 with interface: bridge_vlan
3, setup IP address, DHCP, IP Pool for VLAN_10 and VLAN_20 (192.168.10.1/24 and 192.168.20.1/24)
4, at Bridge/ Ports, add
Ether port 4 and
Ether port 5 to interface:
bridge_vlan
5, at Bridge/ VLANs, set
VLAN IDs: 10, tagged: none, untagged:
Ether port 4
VLAN IDs: 20, tagged: none, untagged:
Ether port 5
(edit: tagged: bridge_vlan also not working)
6, Turn on
bridge_vlan's VLAN filtering
unfortunately, both my computer and cellphone that connect to port 4 and port 5 via two dumb APs, can't obtain the right ip address, showing Unidentified network.
Please let me know where the problem is?