need a little help with a simple WDS setup

cgreen · Thu Sep 05, 2013 11:41 pm

i have 2 of the groove metal 2.4 ap's. both are currently setup as AP bridges. on one of them i have a network cable running to it but at the other location i do not. i would like to use a wds link to join the two together. what is an easy way to do this. i am aware that the mt groove ap's only have one radio and antenna and also that i will loose some performance but it is just to connect 2 or 3 client laptops to in an area where there is no wifi coverage or where i can run an ethernet cable to.
here is my config for the standard ap.




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sep/05/2013 14:14:35 system,error,critical login failure for user admin via winbox
[admin@bcf wireless secured] > /export compact
# sep/05/2013 15:21:31 by RouterOS 6.1
# software id = 4K9W-WU30
#
/interface bridge
add l2mtu=1594 name="bcf wireless bridge"
add l2mtu=1594 name="bcf wireless secured bridge"
/interface wireless
set 2 antenna-gain=8 band=2ghz-b/g country="united states" \
    disable-running-check=yes disabled=no frequency=2457 frequency-mode=\
    regulatory-domain l2mtu=2290 mode=ap-bridge radio-name="Eastlake AP" \
    ssid=""
/ip neighbor discovery
set "bcf wireless VLAN" discover=no
set "bcf wireless secured VLAN" discover=no
/interface vlan
add interface=ether1-local l2mtu=1594 name="bcf wireless VLAN" vlan-id=12
add interface=ether1-local l2mtu=1594 name="bcf wireless secured VLAN" \
    vlan-id=13
/interface wireless
add default-forwarding=no disable-running-check=yes disabled=no l2mtu=2290 \
    mac-address=D4:CA:6D:24:E5:F4 master-interface=wlan1 name="bcf wireless" \
    ssid="bcf wireless" wds-cost-range=0 wds-default-cost=0
/ip neighbor discovery
set "bcf wireless" discover=no
/interface wireless security-profiles
set [ find default=yes ] supplicant-identity=MikroTik
add authentication-types=wpa2-eap group-ciphers=tkip mode=dynamic-keys name=\
    "bcf secured sec prof" radius-mac-mode=as-username-and-password \
    unicast-ciphers=tkip
/interface wireless
add default-forwarding=no disable-running-check=yes disabled=no l2mtu=2290 \
    mac-address=D4:CA:6D:24:E5:F4 master-interface=wlan1 name=\
    "bcf wireless secured" security-profile="bcf secured sec prof" \
    wds-cost-range=0 wds-default-cost=0
/ip neighbor discovery
set "bcf wireless secured" discover=no
/ip hotspot user profile
set [ find default=yes ] idle-timeout=none keepalive-timeout=2m \
    mac-cookie-timeout=3d
/ip pool
add name=default-dhcp ranges=192.168.88.10-192.168.88.254
/system logging action
set 0 memory-lines=1000
set 1 disk-file-count=30 disk-lines-per-file=10000
set 3 bsd-syslog=yes remote=10.1.35.66 src-address=10.1.35.51 \
    syslog-severity=info
add bsd-syslog=yes name=kiwisyslog remote=10.1.35.66 src-address=10.1.35.50 \
    syslog-facility=local1 target=remote
/tool user-manager customer
add backup-allowed=yes disabled=no login=admin password="" \
    paypal-accept-pending=no paypal-allowed=no paypal-secure-response=no \
    permissions=owner signup-allowed=no time-zone=-00:00
/interface bridge port
add bridge="bcf wireless bridge" interface="bcf wireless VLAN"
add bridge="bcf wireless bridge" interface="bcf wireless"
add bridge="bcf wireless secured bridge" interface="bcf wireless secured"
add bridge="bcf wireless secured bridge" interface=\
    "bcf wireless secured VLAN"
/ip address
add address=192.168.88.1/24 comment="default configuration" disabled=yes \
    interface=ether1-local network=192.168.88.0
add address=10.1.35.51/24 interface=ether1-local network=10.1.35.0
/ip dhcp-client
add comment="default configuration" dhcp-options=hostname,clientid disabled=\
    no
/ip dhcp-relay
add dhcp-server=10.1.36.1 disabled=no interface=ether1-local name=relay1
/ip dns
set allow-remote-requests=yes max-udp-packet-size=512
/ip dns static
add address=192.168.88.1 name=router
/ip firewall filter
add chain=input comment="default configuration" disabled=yes protocol=icmp
add chain=input comment="default configuration" connection-state=established \
    disabled=yes
add chain=input comment="default configuration" connection-state=related \
    disabled=yes
add action=drop chain=input comment="default configuration" disabled=yes \
    in-interface="(unknown)"
/ip firewall nat
add action=masquerade chain=srcnat comment="default configuration" disabled=\
    yes out-interface="(unknown)" to-addresses=0.0.0.0
/ip service
set ftp disabled=yes
set www-ssl disabled=no
set api disabled=yes
/radius
add address=10.1.35.1 secret=******* service=wireless
/system clock
set time-zone-name=America/Chicago
/system identity
set name="bcf wireless secured"
/system lcd
set contrast=0 enabled=no port=parallel type=24x4
/system lcd page
set time disabled=yes display-time=5s
set resources disabled=yes display-time=5s
set uptime disabled=yes display-time=5s
set packets disabled=yes display-time=5s
set bits disabled=yes display-time=5s
set version disabled=yes display-time=5s
set identity disabled=yes display-time=5s
set "bcf wireless secured VLAN" disabled=yes display-time=5s
set "bcf wireless VLAN" disabled=yes display-time=5s
set "bcf wireless" disabled=yes display-time=5s
set "bcf wireless bridge" disabled=yes display-time=5s
set "bcf wireless secured bridge" disabled=yes display-time=5s
set "bcf wireless secured" disabled=yes display-time=5s
set wlan1 disabled=yes display-time=5s
set ether1-local disabled=yes display-time=5s
/system leds
set 1 interface=ether1-local
/system logging
set 0 topics=critical
add disabled=yes topics=radius,debug
add topics=system
add action=kiwisyslog topics=critical,error,warning,system
/system ntp client
set enabled=yes mode=multicast primary-ntp=10.1.24.63 secondary-ntp=\
    10.1.24.64
/tool graphing interface
add
/tool graphing resource
add
/tool mac-server
add interface=ether1-local
/tool mac-server mac-winbox
set [ find default=yes ] disabled=yes
add interface=ether1-local
[admin@bcf wireless secured] > /export compact

what would i need to do to make one of them work off of a wds link and broadcast the same SSID's as the original.

cgreen · Fri Sep 06, 2013 5:29 pm

ok will this work.
i will refer to the AP with a wired connection as MAIN and the AP that i can not get a wired connection to as REMOTE

the only thing that throws me off is that im not just broadcasting 1 SSID.
i have 2 virtual AP's created bridged together with VLAN's to do tagging.

could i setup both tiks as AP's as listed in the above config (this is the config that i use all over the campus and works fine) and then create a WDS interface on both, and create a bridge with the ETH and WDS interface in them (with the MAC address of the opposing WLAN interfaces configured in the WDS settings)

what am i missing.
is this the right way to do it?
is there an easier way?

cgreen · Fri Sep 06, 2013 7:40 pm

i have attached a few pix of the current config to see if that would help

cgreen · Fri Sep 06, 2013 7:41 pm

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