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1. Make sure you have communication between MikroTik routers, i.e., one router is configured as server (AP), the other one as client (station). | 1. Make sure you have communication between MikroTik routers, i.e., one router is configured as server (AP), the other one as client (station). | ||
Configure wireless interface wlan1 on AP: | Configure wireless interface wlan1 on AP: | ||
[admin@AP]> interface wireless set wlan1 ssid=mikrotik frequency=5805 | [admin@AP]> interface wireless set wlan1 ssid=mikrotik frequency=5805 mode=bridge wds-mode=dynamic disabled=no | ||
Do the same configuration on Client wireless interface (wlan1) | Do the same configuration on Client wireless interface (wlan1) | ||
[admin@Station] interface wireless> set wlan1 mode=station-wds ssid=mikrotik | |||
[admin@Station] interface wireless> set wlan1 mode=station-wds ssid=mikrotik disabled=no | |||
2. Check whether the WDS link is established: | 2. Check whether the WDS link is established: | ||
[admin@AP] interface wireless wds> print | [admin@AP] interface wireless wds> print | ||
Flags: X - disabled, R - running, D - dynamic | Flags: X - disabled, R - running, D - dynamic | ||
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wds-address=00:0B:6B:31:08:22 | wds-address=00:0B:6B:31:08:22 | ||
wds[admin@AP] interface wireless wds> | wds[admin@AP] interface wireless wds> | ||
3. Create a bridge interface on AP and add ether1 interface to the bridge. The WDS interface will be added automatically to the bridge if you specify wds-default-bridge parameter: | |||
3. Create a bridge interface on AP and add ether1 interface to the bridge. The WDS interface will be added automatically to the bridge | |||
if you specify wds-default-bridge parameter: | |||
[admin@AP]> interface bridge add name=wds-bridge | [admin@AP]> interface bridge add name=wds-bridge | ||
[admin@AP]> interface bridge port add interface=ether1 bridge=wds-bridge | [admin@AP]> interface bridge port add interface=ether1 bridge=wds-bridge | ||
[admin@AP]> interface wireless set wlan1 wds-default-bridge=wds-bridge | [admin@AP]> interface wireless set wlan1 wds-default-bridge=wds-bridge | ||
Do the same on the Client, and add ether1, wlan1 interfaces to the bridge | Do the same on the Client, and add ether1, wlan1 interfaces to the bridge | ||
[admin@Client]> interface bridge add name=wds-bridge | [admin@Client]> interface bridge add name=wds-bridge | ||
[admin@Client]> interface bridge port add ether1 bridge=wds-bridge | [admin@Client]> interface bridge port add ether1 bridge=wds-bridge | ||
[admin@Client]> interface bridge port add wlan1 bridge=wds-bridge | [admin@Client]> interface bridge port add wlan1 bridge=wds-bridge | ||
4. Add IP address on AP: | 4. Add IP address on AP: | ||
[admin@AP]> ip address add address=10.1.0.215/24 interface=wds-bridge | [admin@AP]> ip address add address=10.1.0.215/24 interface=wds-bridge | ||
And on Client: | And on Client: | ||
[admin@Client]> ip address add address=10.1.0.216/24 interface=wds-bridge | [admin@Client]> ip address add address=10.1.0.216/24 interface=wds-bridge | ||
5. Test the bridge by pinging from 10.0.0.215 to 10.0.0.216. Note, that the bridge needs 10...30s to learn addresses and start passing through traffic. | 5. Test the bridge by pinging from 10.0.0.215 to 10.0.0.216. Note, that the bridge needs 10...30s to learn addresses and start passing through traffic. | ||
Revision as of 16:51, 3 January 2006
Remote networks can be easily bridged using WDS feature of MikroTik RouterOS™. We will show it for the case when the networks are connected through Atheros wireless interface. Using EoIP, the can be extended to any other type of interfaces, like PPTP, CISCO/Aironet, Prism. WDS works only on Prism and Atheros based cards.
Let us assume the following network setup:
Follow the steps below to create transparent bridge using WDS:
1. Make sure you have communication between MikroTik routers, i.e., one router is configured as server (AP), the other one as client (station). Configure wireless interface wlan1 on AP:
[admin@AP]> interface wireless set wlan1 ssid=mikrotik frequency=5805 mode=bridge wds-mode=dynamic disabled=no
Do the same configuration on Client wireless interface (wlan1)
[admin@Station] interface wireless> set wlan1 mode=station-wds ssid=mikrotik disabled=no
2. Check whether the WDS link is established:
[admin@AP] interface wireless wds> print
Flags: X - disabled, R - running, D - dynamic
0 RD name="wds1" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:0B:6B:31:02:4B arp=enabled
disable-running-check=yes master-interface=wlan1
wds-address=00:0B:6B:31:08:22
wds[admin@AP] interface wireless wds>
3. Create a bridge interface on AP and add ether1 interface to the bridge. The WDS interface will be added automatically to the bridge
if you specify wds-default-bridge parameter:
[admin@AP]> interface bridge add name=wds-bridge [admin@AP]> interface bridge port add interface=ether1 bridge=wds-bridge [admin@AP]> interface wireless set wlan1 wds-default-bridge=wds-bridge
Do the same on the Client, and add ether1, wlan1 interfaces to the bridge
[admin@Client]> interface bridge add name=wds-bridge [admin@Client]> interface bridge port add ether1 bridge=wds-bridge [admin@Client]> interface bridge port add wlan1 bridge=wds-bridge
4. Add IP address on AP:
[admin@AP]> ip address add address=10.1.0.215/24 interface=wds-bridge
And on Client:
[admin@Client]> ip address add address=10.1.0.216/24 interface=wds-bridge
5. Test the bridge by pinging from 10.0.0.215 to 10.0.0.216. Note, that the bridge needs 10...30s to learn addresses and start passing through traffic.