i have two aps and they both have clients connected to them. I want the two Aps to connect together so i can pass traffic between them and still maintain the clients at both end.

please help

i have two aps and they both have clients connected to them. I want the two Aps to connect together so i can pass traffic between them and still maintain the clients at both end.

please help

Ap bridge on both side, use WDS.. maybe this could help http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Wireless_repeater.

as a start just use wds-mode=dynamic, do a scan from your wlan interface and connect.
you should be ok.

Thank you very much.
this is fine but in my case i have two ap. One (ap1) has the gateway to the internet and the other(ap2) connects to it in a client mode. I have put a client behind the ap2 forcing me to then ap2 to a ap-bridge mode but i still want it to connect to ap as well and maintain ap1 in ap-bridge mode.

i setup a virtual Ap and connected the new client alright but when i turn ap1 to ap-bridge mode i cant connect to ap2 so it has to be station but then the clients on ap1 losses connectivity.

what is the best solution?

Thank you very much.
this is fine but in my case i have two ap. One (ap1) has the gateway to the internet and the other(ap2) connects to it in a client mode. I have put a client behind the ap2 forcing me to then ap2 to a ap-bridge mode but i still want it to connect to ap as well and maintain ap1 in ap-bridge mode.

i setup a virtual Ap and connected the new client alright but when i turn ap1 to ap-bridge mode i cant connect to ap2 so it has to be station but then the clients on ap1 losses connectivity.

what is the best solution?

Yes you can connect ap-bridge to ap-bridge, and in your config you need ap-bridge on both cos you want other client to connect to ap as well.
-1.set ap-bridge mode on both.
0. create bridge , select bridge in wds menu.
1.set wds-mode to dynamic,
2.do a scan from any AP, you should be able to see the other AP,
3.choose the AP in the scan list .
4.click connect,
5.exit scanning menu,
you should see the other AP in your registration. ( they are now connected to each other)

its connected now and it has created a wds with a DRA but i cant ping each radio's ip

its connected now and it has created a wds with a DRA but i cant ping each radio's ip

can you mac ping, is the ip on the same subnet?

i got it working now by disabling the virtual Ap and assigning ips to the bridge instead

thanks a million

my next problem is how can i use a cat5 cable reload routeros to my router boards. most of my boards have problems with the pci slots and power and i want to fix them all

my next problem is how can i use a cat5 cable reload routeros to my router boards. most of my boards have problems with the pci slots and power and i want to fix them all

glad to hear its working,

as for the boards I would usually try to reset ( system reset) it first, then upgrade software if its not the latest. I you need to reload ROS use netinstall

can you help me through the steps to get it working with netinstall on windows vista?

can you help me through the steps to get it working with netinstall on windows vista?

maybe this will help http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Netinstall, or create a new thread if you still have problem

i have been able to get the 2 aps connected but the problem is every 1hr it goes off and u cant ping both aps but they as still connect with the wds and the bridge all showing that its connected.

i always have to change the mode to AP-Bridge or bridge before it works

what can this be?

in the issuse of not been able to ping both aps i think it i am not able to mac ping both wireless cards even though it is connected.

please help if u have any solution