Wireless AP Client

Summary
Configuration example shows how to establish simple wireless network by using MikroTik RouterOS. MikroTik
RouterOS is fully compliant with IEEE802.11a/b/g/n standards, MikroTik RouterOS device [1] can be used as
wireless access-point and wireless station (other modes [2] are supported too).
Configuration setup
Our basic configuration setup is
Manual:Wireless AP Client 2
Access Point Configuration
• Connect to the router via Winbox [3]
• Setup Wireless interface, necessary configuration options are mode=ap-bridge band=ap_operated_band
frequency=ap_operated_frequency ssid=network_identification
• These settings are enough to establish wireless connection, additionally you need to add IP address for the
wireless interface for IP routing, optionally add security and other settings.
Manual:Wireless AP Client 3
Station Configuration
• Wireless client configuration example is for MikroTik RouterOS, other vendor OS configuration should be
looked in the appropriate documentation/forum/mailing list etc.
• Connect to the client router via the same way and proceed to the Wireless interface configuration.
• Necessary configuration options are mode=station band=band_ap_operates_on ssid=ap_network_ssid
• These settings are enough to establish wireless connection, additionally you need to set IP address for the wireless
interface to establish IP routing communication with access point, optionally use security and other settings