Hello all,
I have a client who has 4 lawn sprinkler controllers that can be controlled via mobile app once they are connected to a wifi network. They have one controller that is 127 meters away across a baseball field from the maintenance shed that has a Cisco AP broadcasting the wifi signal from a mast mounted near the roof of the shed. There are times where the controller will disconnect from the wifi and the staff cannot manage the controller.
To resolve this issue I began thinking of using an external wAP ac mounted to a mast near the controller to act as a wireless repeater and broadcast a local SSID for the controller to connect to. I tested a scenario with a hAP ac lite where it would connect to my home wifi and the hAP ac lite would broadcast a local SSID so my phone could connect to it and could communicate with the main network. My testing gave me the results I was looking to accomplish so I asked the client to purchase a wAP ac but during the on-site setup I was not able to get an IP from the firewall.
Now that it's the next day and had a chance to think about it more the Cisco AP is broadcasting a SSID that will connect tag traffic on VLAN 8. Do I need to configure the VLAN in the Mikrotik as well so it can request an IP on VLAN 8 that the Cisco AP is connecting?
Summary:
I can connect to a SSID tagged on VLAN 8 with my phone and receive an IP
I setup a wAP ac as a wireless repeater to connect to the same SSID and broadcast a local SSID for a sprinkler controller, nothing connected to the repeater can't get an IP from the router
Do I need to configure a VLAN in the Mikrotik repeater for devices connecting to the Mikrotik SSID to receive an IP from the repeated network?