Think I solved my own problem. We use some of the Ubiquity NS5's for
smaller clients. They've worked really well, and we've always left them as
'station' mode instead of 'station-wds' when we are bridging to the
customers own router. Haven't ever seen an issue... until tonight.
Ether1 went to a RB133 in Station-WDS mode
Ether2 went to a NS5 in Station mode, and Bridge mode.
I switched the NS5 to 'station-wds' and changed to a SSID of one of our AP's
with WDS-Bridge enabled, and now the STP works fine on my 'fallover' box.
I assume that there's something not quite right about using the NS5 as a
bridge, but in station mode.
(I was surprised when we first tried an LS5 and saw that I didn't have to
have WDS-Bridge on at the AP for this to bridge to the
customer's equipment)
So my next question would be - with dozens of these Ubitquity radios set as
station, and bridging, are there some yet unforeseen consequences of this
cheating the whole wireless bridging idea?
Thanks,
Randall
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randall Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mikrotik discussions" <mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 10:17 PM
Subject: [Mikrotik] STP Question / Problem
After my 'enlightenment' last week about using STP, I tested for several
days with great success. Ether1 and Ether2 were plugged into my network
switch, and Ether3 was plugged into my laptop. Unplug one or the other
connections to switch and worked great.
Tonight, I took a more 'realistic' implementation for a 'fallover' box.
Ether1 -> Connected to CPE linked to AP1 on a nearby tower of ours
Ether2 -> Connected to CPE linked to AP2 on the same tower
Ether3 -> To my laptop.
Both CPE links work fine seperately.
Bridge has all three ports in it, and I've tried STP/RSTP and varied those
settings.
When I plug both CPE's in, ethernet loop - lights go crazy and network
goes
nuts. It never disables either ports in the loop.
Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong?
This is the configuration I was working toward - where I have redundant
BH's, plug them both into these, instead of having to toggle one on or
off.
Thanks,
Randall
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