RUTX11 lan as switch and wifi as lan access point

Teltonika Networks
1

Hello,

I’m trying to achieve the following setup:

  1. RUTX11 provides 4G internet through DHCP from WAN port (converted to LAN)
  2. LAN ports function as a separate switch (no DHCP)
  3. Wifi functions as access point for the LAN connections

I have succeeded in 1) and 2) by disabling WAN interfaces and creating “lan1” interface with DHCP server and VLAN for the original WAN port.
However, I can’t find how to set up wifi to as just an access point without DHCP server of its own.
Currently wifi doesn’t provide any IP address even if I can connect a DHCP-serving router to one of the LAN ports. Other LAN ports give DHCP from the router.

It seems that I would have to bridge eth0 and wifi somehow, but I don’t find this possibility.

2

Hello,
wifi will bridge when you select network in “Network->Wireless>SSIDs->XXX->Network”.
Make sure your LAN have bridge type in “Network->LAN->XXX->Physical settings->Bridge interfaces”.

3

Thanks,

In Network → LAN Interfaces I have
lan0 (Bridge interfaces on, interface eth0)

Network-Wireless->SSIDs->xxx->Network lan0

SSID Network list doesn’t have the physical interface for lan “switch” ports (eth0).

It feels that I’m missing one part in either of the settings (SSID network or interfaces).

4

I finally seemed to solve the issue.
I did a complete factory reset, followed by converting wan port to separate lan interface for 4G connection at 192.168.234.x subnet. For the dumb ap switch part, I set the original lan interface for eth0 for the correct static address in the intended shared subnet, and added gateway and dns addresses to /etc/config/network. I also enabled lan bridge only to eth0.
Despite providing wireless ssid for network “lan”, I couldn’t get the wifi to provide ip address to client from the network dhcp server. I created another test ssid with correct settings, disabled the correct one, rebooted, disabled the test ssid and enabled the correct ssid. After that I could connect to the dumb access point.

I hope this helps someone else :slight_smile: