Sun May 08, 2005 8:36 am
bridging and AP are different things. To set up wireless AP and wireless clients connecting to it using routable network (which is far better than bridged), just do this:
machine1: {AP server}
/interface wireless
print
enable 0 {enable wireless interface}
set 0 name=readable-name-of-your-wireless-card ssid=your-wish band=2.4GHz-b {up to 5GHz-turbo according to what you have} freq=2442 {or whatever suits you} mode=ap-bridge {this is Access Point}
/ip address
add address=a.b.c.d/mask interface=readable-name-of-your-wireless-card
/ip route
... set up routing as usual, you know it from wired networks
machine2,3,4 etc {wireless clients}
/interface wireless
print
enable 0 {enable wireless interface}
set 0 name=whatever-readable-name ssid=your-wish band=2.4GHz-b {up to 5GHz-turbo according to what you have} freq=2442 {or whatever suits you} mode=station {this is client}
/ip address
add address=a.b.c.e/mask interface=readable-name-of-your-wireless-card
/ip route
... set up routing as usual, you know it from wired networks
{note that I typed a.b.c.D as address for AP and a.b.c.E as address for client meaning they have to be different, but from the same TCP/IP subnet}.
That's it. The only things that you set are wireless band used, SSID and frequency. Of course, one machine has to be SERVER (ap-bridge), all others have to be clients (STATION).
bye, mp3turbo.