How Do I Set Up WDS Using MikroTik
Firstly, I would like to describe, what WDS actually is. WDS stands for Wireless
Distribution System and was primarily designed for Roaming hotspot
environments.
Let s take a scenario where a small hotel has to be covered in wireless signal, so
that the guests may access the internet. In most cases like this, one wireless
Access Point will not give the desired coverage needed, and thus, a second
wireless Access point must be integrated into the solution. This does leave a
major problem to be solved due to the fact that there are usually only two ways to
get the two Access Points to communicate with each other, the first being to
cable the two Access Points together with CAT5 networking cable, and the
second being to run Wireless bridges in between the two Access Points. Neither
of these solutions are very viable due to both of them adding extra costs and
hassles to an otherwise simple installation. The best way to solve a problem
such as this is WDS, which is a means of getting both of these Access Points to
communicate with each other and the clients at the same time.
So, the purpose of this document is to show you how to set up two or more
Access Points (Using MikroTik), to talk to each other, and broadcast a signal to
wireless clients at the same time.
WDS
Once logged into your Routerboard, proceed to the Interface menu and enable
your wireless interface wlan1 with the Tick button. Thereafter, double click the
wlan1 interface and proceed to the Wireless Tab. Here we will set the mode to
ap_bridge (which is MikroTik s term for an Access Point), the SSID to a name
of your choice, the Band will be set to the desired ISM band, and the
Frequency will also be set to a variable of your choice. Please note that these
settings will have to be IDENTICAL on the second Routerboard. Once
completed, click Apply and OK
The next step is to add a Bridge interface on which the WDS will work. From
within the Interface menu, click the + button and add a Bridge . Once this is
done, proceed to the STP Tab and select the rstp option (this guards against
loops in the wireless networks). If the rstp option is unavailable, then just enable
the plain STP option. Click Apply and OK
Once your Bridge has been added, go back into the wireless setup screen by
double clicking the wlan1 interface and proceed to the WDS Tab. Once there,
set the WDS Mode to dynamic and set the WDS Default Bridge to the
bridge1 interface that we created on the previous page. Click Apply and OK
We have now finished with the WDS setup. The next thing to do is to add an
Ethernet port to the created bridge1 interface so as to allow communication over
the WDS link. Click on the Bridge menu button and continue to the Ports Tab.
Add a new port by clicking the + button. In the Interface option, select the
desired Ethernet port (for this document we will select ether1 ) to be added to the
bridge. In the Bridge option, select the bridge1 interface created earlier. Click
Apply and OK
The very last step is to add an IP address for the MikroTik router to use. Click on
IP and then Addresses and add a new IP address by clicking the + button. In
the Address field, you may type in the IP address of your choice (for this
example we will use 192.168.10.1/24 and in the Interface field, select bridge1
Click Apply and OK
That s it! You have successfully created a WDS network between two or more
Access Points. Each Access point in this WDS network will be setup EXACLTY
the same way as I have show here. The only thing that will change from Access
Point to Access Point is the IP address. In short, all SSID s, Frequencies, Bands,
Bridges, etc will be identical between different Access Points, apart from the IP
Address.
By Chris Sutherland
Miro Distribution
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