Also....
We were unable to bridge a Wifi card to the Ethernet port when in Station
mode, and successfully pass traffic. In Mikrotik documentation, it clearly
states that this is NOT supported because of a limitation of WiFi. I find
it hard to believe that Mikrotik can't be used as a bridged CPE, without
routing.
I have Station Server boxes, configured as Stations, and have them set as
bridges with no problem. Am I missing something? Am I correct that
Mikrotiks can't be set up as bridges between Ethernet and Wifi port? For
various reasons I do NOT want to route.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
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From: "Tom DeReggi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 8:46 PM
Subject: [WISPA] Mikrotik Quick questions
I'm using Mikrotik live for the first time tommorrow and in a crunch for
an 8am install.
1> We flashed Mikrotik to WRAP boards. However, it will not shut down,
and their for prevents soft reboot. This is a known issue with WRAP
boards listed in their docs, and can be fixed with a kernal bit change or
something like that. But not sure how to do that when using Mikrotik a
closed OS. Does any one know how to fix that? Is there a patch or
different version of Mikrotik image to deal with this?
2> Our plan is to use WDS, because it allows bridging over the WiFi, so we
can pass large packet VLAN traffic successfully. WDS in some methods of
deployment has a bad wrap because of double use of bandwdith to perform
its common use. However in our case, it doesn't have that draw back.
Basically we are using 4 units like a CPE each located on a building
within the complex, to interconnect to the 5th unit acting like an AP,
where the Ethernet gets plugged into our backhaul radio. WDS should make
it jsut look like a big switch. Does anyone know something about WDS that
I don't, that would make it disadvantageous to use for my intended
purpose?
3> Lastly, some of the existing residential buildings in the complex have
Station-server CPEs. I want to avoid replacing these, because they do not
need VLAN support. I had some difficulty geting the Mikrotik to
communicate with the Station server CPEs if I tried to use WPA encryption.
Using WEP worked fine. USing WPA Mikrotik to Mikrotik worked fine. Is
there anything I need to do to make Sation server work with Mikrotik both
using WPA? Has anyone else made it work, or is it just incompatible. I'm
wondering if its a Station Server issue. I also had problems with Station
Server connecting to the new Teletronic CPEs with WPA.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
301-515-7774
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