On Sat, 2014-12-27 at 21:01 +1100, Damien Gardner Jnr wrote:
Got me thinking I want to use this any time we go away - but most places we stay only have Wifi available, not ethernet. And the RB951 only has one radio interface. Any suggestions of USB Wifi adapters which might be available which work with RouterOS? (That way I can also have it connect to our telstra 4g hockey puck when we're not using hotel wifi)
For not that much more that the cost of a good-quality USB wifi dongle you can have an entire MikroTik router with wifi capability. Why not just get a mAP-2n, an RB951G-2HnD or an RB951Ui-2HnD? All of those models have ethernet so you can attach your existing RB951, all of them have USB so you can use a 3G/4G dongle in them (though you can do that already with your existing RB951), and they all have wifi, so they can associate with the hotel wifi or with your Telstra 4G puck. Not sure about the mAP-2n, but it might even be able to power your existing RB951, in which case only one plug-pack would be needed. Plus, when you are not actually hotelling, you have a general-purpose router available for doing all sorts of things with - not just a single-purpose wifi dongle. All that said, I'd still like to hear how you go with adding a wifi interface via a dongle, if that's how you choose to go. In particular, can you use them as access points, or only as clients? Regards, K. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer (kauer@nullarbor.com.au) work +61 2 64957435 http://www.nullarbor.com.au mobile +61 428 957160 GPG fingerprint: 231A B066 CF91 1216 4F0F F2AC CE25 B8AA 46DC CC4F Old fingerprint: 1DB8 0599 13F0 E774 3811 6CA6 D6D0 AFA9 D91A 004C
Hey Karl, The RB951G-2HnD is what I have :-p But it only has one Wifi interface - so can't act as a guest, and AP at the same time. :\ Thanks Mike, yeah I saw that list - seems quite a few years out of date though? I was hoping someone had more info on what might actually be supported :) Cheers, Damien On 27 December 2014 at 23:18, Karl Auer <kauer@nullarbor.com.au> wrote:
On Sat, 2014-12-27 at 21:01 +1100, Damien Gardner Jnr wrote:
Got me thinking I want to use this any time we go away - but most places we stay only have Wifi available, not ethernet. And the RB951 only has one radio interface. Any suggestions of USB Wifi adapters which might be available which work with RouterOS? (That way I can also have it connect to our telstra 4g hockey puck when we're not using hotel wifi)
For not that much more that the cost of a good-quality USB wifi dongle you can have an entire MikroTik router with wifi capability. Why not just get a mAP-2n, an RB951G-2HnD or an RB951Ui-2HnD?
All of those models have ethernet so you can attach your existing RB951, all of them have USB so you can use a 3G/4G dongle in them (though you can do that already with your existing RB951), and they all have wifi, so they can associate with the hotel wifi or with your Telstra 4G puck. Not sure about the mAP-2n, but it might even be able to power your existing RB951, in which case only one plug-pack would be needed.
Plus, when you are not actually hotelling, you have a general-purpose router available for doing all sorts of things with - not just a single-purpose wifi dongle.
All that said, I'd still like to hear how you go with adding a wifi interface via a dongle, if that's how you choose to go. In particular, can you use them as access points, or only as clients?
Regards, K.
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-----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Damien Gardner Jnr Sent: Sunday, 28 December 2014 6:27 AM To: MikroTik Australia Public List Subject: Re: [MT-AU Public] RouterOS USB Wifi support?
Hey Karl,
The RB951G-2HnD is what I have :-p But it only has one Wifi interface - so can't act as a guest, and AP at the same time. :\
Thanks Mike, yeah I saw that list - seems quite a few years out of date though? I was hoping someone had more info on what might actually be supported :)
Cheers,
Damien
On 27 December 2014 at 23:18, Karl Auer <kauer@nullarbor.com.au> wrote:
On Sat, 2014-12-27 at 21:01 +1100, Damien Gardner Jnr wrote:
Got me thinking I want to use this any time we go away - but most places we stay only have Wifi available, not ethernet. And the RB951 only has one radio interface. Any suggestions of USB Wifi adapters which might be available which work with RouterOS? (That way I can also have it connect to our telstra 4g hockey puck when we're not using hotel wifi)
For not that much more that the cost of a good-quality USB wifi dongle you can have an entire MikroTik router with wifi capability. Why not just get a mAP-2n, an RB951G-2HnD or an RB951Ui-2HnD?
All of those models have ethernet so you can attach your existing RB951, all of them have USB so you can use a 3G/4G dongle in them (though you can do that already with your existing RB951), and they all have wifi, so they can associate with the hotel wifi or with your Telstra 4G puck. Not sure about the mAP-2n, but it might even be able to power your existing RB951, in which case only one plug-pack would be needed.
Plus, when you are not actually hotelling, you have a general-purpose router available for doing all sorts of things with - not just a single-purpose wifi dongle.
All that said, I'd still like to hear how you go with adding a wifi interface via a dongle, if that's how you choose to go. In particular, can you use them as access points, or only as clients?
Regards, K.
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Good morning! Karl was suggesting that you buy a mAP instead of USB wifi - mAP supports PoE-in, so you can connect to ether5 of your 951G to work it more or less the same as a usb dongle ;) Cheers! Mike. thunder.
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On Sun, 2014-12-28 at 06:27 +1100, Damien Gardner Jnr wrote:
The RB951G-2HnD is what I have :-p But it only has one Wifi interface - so can't act as a guest, and AP at the same time. :\
Yes - you connect your RB951 via ethernet to a second RB951 (or mAP), Your laptops connect via wifi to the first (your existing RB951), the second RB951 (or mAP) connects via wifi to the hotel. Think of it as an ethernet-connected dongle that (in the case of the mAP) can also power your existing RB951. Regards, K. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer (kauer@nullarbor.com.au) work +61 2 64957435 http://www.nullarbor.com.au mobile +61 428 957160 GPG fingerprint: 231A B066 CF91 1216 4F0F F2AC CE25 B8AA 46DC CC4F Old fingerprint: 1DB8 0599 13F0 E774 3811 6CA6 D6D0 AFA9 D91A 004C
Oooh the mAP looks awesome! Might order a couple (a second to add wireless to the ccr1009 in the DC ) when we get to the next stop tonight :). Cheers! On Sunday, 28 December 2014, Karl Auer <kauer@nullarbor.com.au> wrote:
On Sun, 2014-12-28 at 06:27 +1100, Damien Gardner Jnr wrote:
The RB951G-2HnD is what I have :-p But it only has one Wifi interface - so can't act as a guest, and AP at the same time. :\
Yes - you connect your RB951 via ethernet to a second RB951 (or mAP), Your laptops connect via wifi to the first (your existing RB951), the second RB951 (or mAP) connects via wifi to the hotel.
Think of it as an ethernet-connected dongle that (in the case of the mAP) can also power your existing RB951.
Regards, K.
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These arrived yesterday (not sure WHAT Auspost were doing - the express parcel was in the sorting center in syd on Wednesday, but didn't make it the extra 90km to Tuggerah until yesterday?!?) - WOW! Have done away with the RB951G - and now have two of these setup and working nicely back to back - one setup to be wireless (or wired) client, doing nat if no VPN able to be brought up, and routing all via sydney if VPN can come up. And second one acting simply as a wireless AP. *VERY* cool :) On 28 December 2014 at 15:52, Damien Gardner Jnr <rendrag@rendrag.net> wrote: > Oooh the mAP looks awesome! Might order a couple (a second to add wireless > to the ccr1009 in the DC ) when we get to the next stop tonight :). Cheers! > > > On Sunday, 28 December 2014, Karl Auer <kauer@nullarbor.com.au> wrote: > >> On Sun, 2014-12-28 at 06:27 +1100, Damien Gardner Jnr wrote: >> > The RB951G-2HnD is what I have :-p But it only has one Wifi interface >> - so >> > can't act as a guest, and AP at the same time. :\ >> >> Yes - you connect your RB951 via ethernet to a second RB951 (or mAP), >> Your laptops connect via wifi to the first (your existing RB951), the >> second RB951 (or mAP) connects via wifi to the hotel. >> >> Think of it as an ethernet-connected dongle that (in the case of the >> mAP) can also power your existing RB951. >> >> Regards, K. >> >> -- >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Karl Auer (kauer@nullarbor.com.au) work +61 2 64957435 >> http://www.nullarbor.com.au mobile +61 428 957160 >> >> GPG fingerprint: 231A B066 CF91 1216 4F0F F2AC CE25 B8AA 46DC CC4F >> Old fingerprint: 1DB8 0599 13F0 E774 3811 6CA6 D6D0 AFA9 D91A 004C >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Public mailing list >> Public@talk.mikrotik.com.au >> http://talk.mikrotik.com.au/mailman/listinfo/public_talk.mikrotik.com.au >> > > > -- > > Damien Gardner Jnr > VK2TDG. Dip EE. GradIEAust > rendrag@rendrag.net - http://www.rendrag.net/ > -- > We rode on the winds of the rising storm, > We ran to the sounds of thunder. > We danced among the lightning bolts, > and tore the world asunder > > -- Damien Gardner Jnr VK2TDG. Dip EE. GradIEAust rendrag@rendrag.net - http://www.rendrag.net/ -- We rode on the winds of the rising storm, We ran to the sounds of thunder. We danced among the lightning bolts, and tore the world asunder
-----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Damien Gardner Jnr Sent: Tuesday, 6 January 2015 7:05 AM To: MikroTik Australia Public List Subject: Re: [MT-AU Public] RouterOS USB Wifi support?
These arrived yesterday (not sure WHAT Auspost were doing - the express parcel was in the sorting center in syd on Wednesday, but didn't make it
Neat! :) Do you power them both from the one source? Cheers, Mike. the
extra 90km to Tuggerah until yesterday?!?) - WOW! Have done away with the RB951G - and now have two of these setup and working nicely back to back - one setup to be wireless (or wired) client, doing nat if no VPN able to be brought up, and routing all via sydney if VPN can come up. And second one acting simply as a wireless AP.
*VERY* cool :)
On 28 December 2014 at 15:52, Damien Gardner Jnr <rendrag@rendrag.net> wrote:
Oooh the mAP looks awesome! Might order a couple (a second to add wireless to the ccr1009 in the DC ) when we get to the next stop tonight :). Cheers!
I do! Power pack to unit 1, ethernet from unit 1 to unit 2, which powers it once unit 1 boots. Then usb on unit 2 powers my telstra 4g hockey puck! Next thing to do is find another usb to micro-usb cable, and see if I can power unit 1 from USB, and still have it do POE-out - then I don't need to carry around a power pack for it (already have a 4-outlet USB charger in my bag) On 6 January 2015 at 08:39, Mike Everest <mike@duxtel.com> wrote:
Neat! :)
Do you power them both from the one source?
Cheers, Mike.
-----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Damien Gardner Jnr Sent: Tuesday, 6 January 2015 7:05 AM To: MikroTik Australia Public List Subject: Re: [MT-AU Public] RouterOS USB Wifi support?
These arrived yesterday (not sure WHAT Auspost were doing - the express parcel was in the sorting center in syd on Wednesday, but didn't make it the extra 90km to Tuggerah until yesterday?!?) - WOW! Have done away with the RB951G - and now have two of these setup and working nicely back to back - one setup to be wireless (or wired) client, doing nat if no VPN able to be brought up, and routing all via sydney if VPN can come up. And second one acting simply as a wireless AP.
*VERY* cool :)
On 28 December 2014 at 15:52, Damien Gardner Jnr <rendrag@rendrag.net> wrote:
Oooh the mAP looks awesome! Might order a couple (a second to add wireless to the ccr1009 in the DC ) when we get to the next stop tonight :). Cheers!
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