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Help needed setting up Mikrotik AP in pseudobridge mode with Plusnet Hub (connected via fibre)

ckonby — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 09:36:51 GMT

Hi All,

My partner had a recent upgrade to full fibre & the router was moved from her home office (back bedroom) down to the lounge to directly connect with the incoming box via ethernet cable. Speedtest confirms new speeds of roughly 90Mbps, up from the previous 17Mbps.

However, I'm struggling to setup a MikroTik router as an AP to connect by 2.4 / 5 GHz wifi to the PlusNet Hub Two.

According to MikroTik's documentation I should be able to operate a wireless equipped router to a non Mikrotik router, ie the PlusNet Hub Two, using the pseodobridge mode.

It partially works, ie I can actually connect using the SSID & wifi password but I have several problems,

1) No IP address resolution, ie Mikrotik doesn't get an IP address, nor do wired PCs get an IP,

2) Unable to reliably ping the PlusNet Hub Two, never mind google.com, 8.8.8.8 etc.

3) Very slow when loading a webpage initially & inconsistent thru put when a connection is made.

I'm hoping someone else will have some insights / recommendations.

Many thanks

Re: Help needed setting up Mikrotik AP in pseudobridge mode with Plusnet Hub (connected via fibre)

MisterW — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 10:05:15 GMT

@ckonby I have no particular experience of the Microtik but looking at the link here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ9w0joLEQ8 it would appear that you need to manually configure it with an IP address and gateway, it will not get an IP address automatically. Assuming that's the case (and you Hub 2 is on defaults ) then give it an IP address of 192.168.1.1 and a gateway of 192.168.1.254. You MAY also need to ensure its (the Microtik) DHCP server is disabled and probably DHCP relay enabled so that client connected to it can get an IP from the Hub 2

Re: Help needed setting up Mikrotik AP in pseudobridge mode with Plusnet Hub (connected via fibre)

ckonby — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 13:44:39 GMT

Many thanks for your quick reply.

I had previously watched the video you referenced, but despite doing what I thought was identical, I couldn't reliably ping any IP address & the PCs connected to the MikroTik do not get an IP address thru the DHCP server on the PlusNet Hub Two.

I did not set the MikroTik to run a DHCP server, deliberately on the expectation that the PlusNet Hub Two would be doing that.

Anyway, thanks again for your reply.

Re: Help needed setting up Mikrotik AP in pseudobridge mode with Plusnet Hub (connected via fibre)

MisterW — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 13:53:27 GMT

So , does that mean you have it working now ?

Re: Help needed setting up Mikrotik AP in pseudobridge mode with Plusnet Hub (connected via fibre)

ckonby — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 13:59:45 GMT

Unfortunately NO.

It partially works, ie I can actually connect using the SSID & wifi password but I have several problems,

1) No IP address resolution, ie Mikrotik doesn't get an IP address, nor do wired PCs (connected to MikroTik) get an IP,

2) Unable to reliably ping the PlusNet Hub Two, google.com, 8.8.8.8 etc.

3) Very slow when loading a webpage initially & inconsistent thru put when a connection is made.

It's almost like it's in a 'limp' mode, which is very weird...

Re: Help needed setting up Mikrotik AP in pseudobridge mode with Plusnet Hub (connected via fibre)

MisterW — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 14:17:03 GMT

Mikrotik doesn't get an IP address

If you're thinking the MikroTik will get an IP from the Hub 2 via DHCP via its wireless connection, then as I understand it, it wont.

You have to alllocate a static IP in the Hub 2 subnet, together with gateway and probably DNS server addresses.

nor do wired PCs (connected to MikroTik) get an IP,

That's probably because the Mikrotik isnt relaying the DHCP requests to the Hub 2.

If you connect a wired PC to the MikroTik, and give it a static IP , say 192.168.1.2 , gateway 192.168.1.254 , DNS 192.168.1.254 , can it ping the Hub 2 (192.168.1.254) ?

If that works , can that PC now access the internet reliably ?