I did not find any information about this outside the Apple universe – so I'm still curious what kind of Magic Apple is doing there.Īnd now comes the tricky part… Given is a wAP ac because this MikroTik stuff seems to be the most flexible in terms of configuration and is the only option left, I think (I would consider openwrt not as an option).

Regarding MAC… The devices keep their addresses, they are not overwritten with the Airports MAC.Īpple calls this function ProxySTA ('Proxy Station'). Setting static IPs allows much more devices. The only limitation is: max 4-5 DHCP requesting devices retrieve an answer, every additional request is blocked. Devices on the ETH Ports of the Airport reach every device connected to the Wifi/Router and every network device can reach devices connected to the Airport.ĭevices connected to the ethernet port receive their addresses via DHCP from the DHCP server of the existing Wifi. The whole constellation works transparent, it's no addition hop in a trace. It's possible to connect ethernet devices to it's ethernet ports and you can connect a switch with even more ethernet devices connected to it. The Airport is connected as a wireless client. Sweet solution because it's the only solution I know of that is capable of bridging Ethernet to Wifi independent from the chipset vendor. Given is an Apple Airport Express as the sweet solution (which needs a replacement because Apple has decided to kill this division).

Apple airport wifi bridge repeater mode