Hi, this is my first post here.

So i want to learn about mikrotik because my brother have plan to get ADSL Internet on his small coffee shop.
I think, i am going to put mikrotik to manage bandwith and usermanager.

now, i have only mobile broadband internet connection with MIFI and use it to practice my mikrotik learning.
so, is it possible to get both MIFI and mikrotik wireless routerboard working?
mifi as internet source and mikrotik rb (hap lite) as AP, router and bw management.

i have already search this topic and get with null result.

thanks

MIFI as internet source wirelessly connected to a hap lite to do bw management isn't what I would call and optimal setup.

Instead of using an additional device, I'd use a wAP LTE straight and build your own MIFI, this time with all ROS goodies.

thanks for reply pukkita.

Sorry, been busy with idhul adha.

they dont sell yet wAP lte here. What do you suggest? because this is just for learning about mikrotik, bw management, hotspot and wireless stuff. I was going to take mikrotik course here, but dont have such time since i move a lot.

i have mr-3020/3420, usb modem e3372 and mifi for my internet connection.

In such case a hAP ac Lite could be an affordable dual radio device to learn with, plus you can connect an USB modem like the e3372 to build your MIFI solution, or use 2,4GHz radio to connect to your existing MIFI and re-broadcast via the 5GHz radio, etc.

usb modem e3372

if your e3372 is working fine with the tp-link, it might also work with the hAP ac lite.
as Pukkita said, you can use your hAP to connect to the wifi of the wifi and use the 5GHz radio to create another network.

the other solution would be to stick the e3372 into the hAP ac lite's USB port. now this is where the story gets confusing.

depending on the firmware version you have in the modem, it can be detected as LTE device or as ppp-compatibility device.
the latter one is a more cumbersome situation (firmware starts with 21.xxx): your dl speed will be limited at 20-25Mbps. but you will have "direct" connectivity to the mobile carrier's network, because your router will receive the IP from the mobile network. the modem will be shown as a port in "/ports" and will be used by the ppp-client, where you need to set up some things, like APN name, authentication if your carrier requires it, which channel to be used with the modem, etc.
so something like this (the stars denote where you will have ip address)

[mobile network*]- - - - -[e3372 as modem]- - -[*hap ac lite*]--- your network

if your modem has the huawei "hilite" fw, it will be running at full speed, but it will act as a router. (firmware starts with 22.xxx)

[mobile network*]- - - - -[*e3372 as router*]- - -[*hap ac lite*]--- your network

in this scenario the e3372 will establish the connection and receive IP from the mobile network. it also has a subnet (usually 192.168.1.0/24) configured on the "USB" side, similarly to USB tethering. your hAP ac lite will need to use DHCP on the device created in "/interface lte", and will receive something like 192.168.1.100, or similar. you shall avoid using the same net in your local network, otherwise it will not work properly.
with this setup your mikrotik can not be accessed from the outside, as the dongle in router-mode will do NAT, and you cannot really configure on the dongle anyway.
in this case you do not have no chance to modify any mobile network related settings from routeros, at least not with 6.40. but there is a web interface running on the dongle, so by typing 192.168.1.1 in your browser - when you are connected to the router and the modem is plugged in & active - you will see the settings page of the dongle.

as far as i know the e3372 can not work in transparent LTE mode with routeros 6.40 and prior. but in terms of speed, the "hilite" stuff is quite nice. later releases will probably have better support.

for modem firmwares you should look here: https://routerunlock.com/?s=e3372

@doneware, please would you review my question here : viewtopic.php?f=13&t=125541&p=618250#p618250 and provide some advice.

Many thanks in advance.

Purvez