Community discussions

MikroTik App
 
sskillin
just joined
Topic Author
Posts: 13
Joined: Tue Jan 06, 2009 10:05 pm

Is Bridging the only option for roaming?

Sat Mar 20, 2010 8:35 am

Hello,
I have a need for vehicle-mounted units to be able to roam between APs fairly seamlessly as they drive around (private network). For this architecture, I see a bridged network as the best option, because the clients can be assigned a static IP that can be used wherever they go. I'm using RB433 with 900MHz cards, and a laptop connected to the ether1 in the vehicle. This is working using WDS now, however performance is greatly reduced, to around 200Kbps at times, even when units are stationary. SNR looks good, and no errors/drops on the links, just bad throughput. Looks something like this now:
Main site has a local AP and a dedicated backhaul, connected via a Cisco switch, which also connects to Internet
Each dist site connects to the backhaul at the main site, and also has a separate local AP
The backhaul links use a different SSID, but all APs use the same SSID
Everything is one big bridged network right now. The APs are set up as WDS Ap-bridges, with ether1, wlan1 and WDS in the bridge group. The clients are set up as WDS stations, with ether1 and wlan1 in a bridge group.
I understand that creating a bridge can cause some throughput issues. Can anyone recommend another approach that will satisfy the roaming need?
Thanks!

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: hmikrotik and 22 guests