Hello, I would be immensely grateful for any help you could provide me in setting up HWMP+ on my network (preferable using Winbox).

Concisely, I have the following equipment:
1x RB3011UiAS-RM router
3x hAP ac2 (operating as access points)
3x wAP ac (access points)

All the hAP ac2 and the wAP ac are directly connected onto the RB3011UiAS-RM router via CAT7A cables.

My goal is to set up HWMP+ (wireless mesh) in order to have roaming capability throughout the site.

Thanks in advance!

Meshing has nothing to do with roaming. If you have the APs connected with Ethernet cables (good!) then you don't need meshing. Meshing is needed when you can't pull cables and you are required to use wireless uplink.

Your client devices will roam from AP to AP as long as the SSID and password are the same. You don't need any configuration for it. Just bridge the wireless interface to the ethernet uplink on the APs and set up DHCP and firewall on the router.

For six APs I would suggest setting up CAPsMAN. There is some learning curve but it will pay off in administration.

Hi Petri, thanks so much for the reply and the good thoughts. Greatly appreciated all the help!

Could you please clarify what do you mean by:

a) Just bridge the wireless interface to the ethernet uplink on the APs.

b) Set up DHCP and firewall on the router. Here I think that you mean that DHCP and firewall need to be disabled on the APs and enabled on the RB3011UiAS-RM router, correct?

Thanks again.

1) If you you use the Home AP quickset you will have NAT and DHCP on every AP. The client devices will roam, but they will move from behind one firewall to another and even get new IP addresses, which will break Skype calls for example. You won't notice the interruptions in browsing or twittering, though. I prefer to just delete the default configuration, create a bridge and add the ethernet ports and wlan ports to the bridge. There is a CAP quickset but then you need to set up CAPsMAN.

2) Correct.

Petri, great. Thanks so very much again for all your help! Have a good weekend!