View source for OSPF to simulate full duplex links with redundancy

I have a critical wireless connection that needs both speed and reliability. I saw somewhere in the forum that simulating full duplex using ospf might be the way to go. This scenario will eliminate the primary problem with both dual nstreme and bonded links: If one of the sub links goes down, the entire link is down. With an OSPF link, if one goes down, in a few seconds, all traffic is going over the other link.

I am working with 2 RB 333 units with two R52s in each.

'''RB #1 Local'''

Enable both wlan connections, I set one up as an wlan1 ap and wlan2 as a station (this is not necessary It just makes me feel good to receive to a station and broadcast as an ap.

 [admin@2Sutton] /interface wireless> print
Flags: X - disabled, R - running 
 0  R name="wlan1" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:0C:42:05:64:F3 arp=enabled interface-type=Atheros AR5413 mode=ap-bridge ssid="jetspeed" frequency=5180 band=5ghz 
      scan-list=default antenna-mode=ant-a wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none wds-ignore-ssid=no default-authentication=yes default-forwarding=yes 
      default-ap-tx-limit=0 default-client-tx-limit=0 hide-ssid=no security-profile=default compression=no 

 1  R name="wlan2" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:0C:42:1B:0B:7D arp=enabled interface-type=Atheros AR5413 mode=station ssid="jetspeed2" frequency=5220 band=5ghz 
      scan-list=default antenna-mode=ant-a wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none wds-ignore-ssid=no default-authentication=yes default-forwarding=yes 
      default-ap-tx-limit=0 default-client-tx-limit=0 hide-ssid=no security-profile=default compression=no 


set ether1 to any Local lan address 192.168.209.137/24
set wlan1 to a router subnet address 192.168.88.131/30 -- I use small subnets for p2p links for efficiency
set wlan2 to a router address on a different subnet 192.168.88.132/30

[admin@2Sutton] /ip address> print
Flags: X - disabled, I - invalid, D - dynamic 
 #   ADDRESS            NETWORK         BROADCAST       INTERFACE                                                                                              
 0   192.168.88.129/30  192.168.88.128  192.168.88.131  wlan1                                                                                             
 1   192.168.88.134/30  192.168.88.132  192.168.88.135  wlan2                                                                                             
 2  192.168.209.137/24 192.168.209.0   192.168.209.255 ether1

Create an OSPF area like 0.0.0.1 named something like remote-net

[admin@2Sutton] /routing ospf area> print
Flags: X - disabled 
 #   NAME                                                                                                          AREA-ID         TYPE    DEFAULT-COST        
 0   backbone                                                                                                      0.0.0.0         default
 1   remote-net                                                                                                       0.0.0.1         default

add your remote network and routed links to the area (mine is all in one /24 even though it is three subnets)

[admin@2Sutton] /routing ospf network> print
Flags: X - disabled, I - invalid 
 #   NETWORK            AREA                                                                                                                                   
 0   192.168.88.0/24    remote-net

Your interfaces will automatically populate when you add the second router......

'''RB2 Remote'''
Enable both wlan connections, I set one up as an wlan1 ap and wlan2 as a station

[admin@Sutton To SCtelcom] /interface wireless> print
Flags: X - disabled, R - running 
 0  R name="wlan1" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:0C:42:1B:0B:84 arp=enabled interface-type=Atheros AR5413 mode=ap-bridge 
      ssid="2SCTelcom" frequency=5200 band=5ghz scan-list=default antenna-mode=ant-a wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none 
      wds-ignore-ssid=no default-authentication=yes default-forwarding=yes default-ap-tx-limit=0 default-client-tx-limit=0 
      hide-ssid=no security-profile=default compression=no 

 1  R name="wlan2" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:0C:42:1B:0B:57 arp=enabled interface-type=Atheros AR5413 mode=station 
      ssid="2Sutton" frequency=5180 band=5ghz scan-list=default antenna-mode=ant-a wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none 
      wds-ignore-ssid=no default-authentication=yes default-forwarding=yes default-ap-tx-limit=0 default-client-tx-limit=0 
      hide-ssid=no security-profile=default compression=no 

set ether1 to the gateway address you will be using at the remote network 192.168.88.1/25


set wlan1 to a router address you are receiving from on rb1 192.168.88.130/30

set wlan2 to a router address on a the subnet that you are broadcasting from in the rb1 192.168.88.133/30

[admin@Sutton To SCtelcom] /ip address> print
Flags: X - disabled, I - invalid, D - dynamic 
 #   ADDRESS            NETWORK         BROADCAST       INTERFACE                                                                   
 0   ;;; default configuration
     192.168.88.1/24    192.168.88.0    192.168.88.255  ether1                                                                      
 1   192.168.88.133/30  192.168.88.132  192.168.88.135  wlan1                                                                  
 2   192.168.88.130/30  192.168.88.128  192.168.88.131  wlan2


Create the same OSPF areas and networks you made on RB1

[admin@Sutton To SCtelcom] /routing ospf> area print 
Flags: X - disabled 
 #   NAME                                                                               AREA-ID         TYPE    DEFAULT-COST        
 0   backbone                                                                           0.0.0.0         default
 1   remote-net                                                                            0.0.0.1         default

[admin@Sutton To SCtelcom] /routing ospf> network print 
Flags: X - disabled, I - invalid 
 #   NETWORK            AREA                                                                                                        
 0   192.168.88.0/24    remote-net


Now Run a bandwidth test between the routers

(image edited only to show the matching values on the above config)
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