My setup is as follow:
- Modem from ISP is connected to a “primary wifi AP” (AP-A) through its WAN port
- AP-A serves wifi to assorted client devices in my house
- I would like “secondary wifi AP” (AP-B) (which is a MikroTik hAP ac²) to join AP-A’s network as a wifi client and provide internet access to devices plugged into its LAN ports
I do know that it is possible to have AP-B join AP-A’s network as a wifi client. I achieved this in the RouterOS console by providing the password for AP-A’s network in the Wireless -> Security Profiles menu and then scanning for the network on the main Wireless menu and joining it. I verified it had joined the network by seeing its MAC address on AP-A’s client list.
However this is where I got stuck. I do not know what to do next. How can I “connect” the internet access that should be available from AP-B being a client on AP-A’s wifi network to devices plugged into LAN ports of AP-B?
Some ideas which have come to mind:
- AP-B could create its own network for clients plugged into its LAN ports. I can do this but I don’t know how to “share” the internet connection with that network.
- AP-B could somehow let clients plugged into its LAN ports join the same network as AP-A. I don’t know how to do this since AP-A is the one running the DHCP server for that network.
While I wouldn’t turn down a “spoon-fed” solution I would prefer to understand the different options and “learn how to fish for myself”. Currently I am at a loss trying to grasp (a) what solutions are viable (b) what “networking entities” those solutions need (c) how to set those up properly.
