CCR2004-16G-2S+ Internet Access Configuration
I have started an WISP(Wireless Internet Service Provider) project and in this project I want to build the WISP network architecture myself. I have plan to use the CCR2004-16G-2S Mikrotik router as a the main core router. I have no earlier experience with Mikrotik router and switches and plan to learn myself. Today I was able to configure the router with internet access from one of its ethernet port. Here I am describing what I have done.
For testing purpose, I used the internet connection from my home router which is getting internet connection from an ISP via FTTH. Below picture shows what and how I have connected the PC and the router.
And below is the corresponding network diagram.
So what I have been trying to do here is to provide internet access on ether7 port of the Mikrotik CCR2004-16G-2S+ router. I have connected a laptop to the ether7 port using a yellow colored CAT5e/6 cable.
So for this purpose, first I connected the internet connection from my home GPON ONU router port to the ether1 port of the mikrotik router. On the picture the CAT5e/6 cable used is gray colored and in the diagram it is shown in violet color.
To access and configure the CCR2004-16G-2S+ router, I connected a laptop to the ether15 port the the Mikrotik CCR2004-16G-2S+ router with a black(greenish in diagram) CAT5e/6 ethernet cable .
I used winbox64 desktop application to connect to the router. For login into the router, I configured the ether1 interface with a static IP(instead of DHCP IP). For static IP,we need first to assign IP to the ether1 interface, then configure the Route and the DNS.
From IP>Addresses, I assigned a static IP 192.168.1.100 to the ether1 interface.
Then I added the ISP router gateway address 192.168.1.1 in the IP>Routes.
Then from IP>DNS, I used the 1.1.1.1, 1.0.0.1, 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as the DNS server IP as shown below.
To get the internet connection on ETH7 from ETH1 I had to create a bridge.
From Bridge, click on the + sign to add a new bridge1 as shown.
From the Ports tab, click on the + sign and add the ether1,ether7(optionally ether2 for me) to the bridge1 port. Now we can exchange data between the interface added.
We can then use a PC and connect to the ether7 port and check whether it is connected to the internet. The following short video shows this.
I think this is not the best way to configure Ports of the router. But I am still learning and happy to see having internet access on the desired port. Next I will check the DHCP option of assigning IP address and NAT and VLANs.
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Hi there, if you're going to be using this unit as a gateway for a WISP, then start with an absolutely fresh cfg - remove default cfg when you start..
ReplyDeleteThe only thing you're missing in your cfg (to get interwebs) is NAT, but you'll wanna have some firewalling too..
For a wisp, you'll likely going to want to use ospf/mpls as you'll have multiple paths, for this I'd suggest look up a YouTuber called The Networkberg.
General notes about WISP'ing: 1) stick with 1 vendor, 2) power supply and lightning arrestors are crazy important, 3) WiFi don't like trees
Hi, thanks for the advice, the youtube channel The Networkberg is the kind of tutorials I was looking for, thanks. I have lots of questions regarding WISP network. Currently I am facing with IP addressing of so many routers, switches, antenna and radio. I am trying to learn VLAN and NAT, so if you have any good links to how to IP address network equipment of an WISP please let me know and perhaps your email.
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