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MR60 and MS60 WAP or bridge configuration
Greetings, I recently purchased a MR60+2xMS60 kit. I'd like to use all of these devices behind a pfSense router which will serve as the DHCP server and gateway to the Internet. I'd like to set ...
How are your satellites connected?
Do you have them hardwired in?
if so, it needs go to pfsense---->MR60---->switches/satellites.
The satellites can't be connected directly to the pfsense or pfsense/switch. It needs to go through the router.
How are your satellites connected?
Do you have them hardwired in?
if so, it needs go to pfsense---->MR60---->switches/satellites.
The satellites can't be connected directly to the pfsense or pfsense/switch. It needs to go through the router.
The satellites are connected to the router through the WiFi backhaul channel, at least when the MR60 is not in WAP mode. Can the ethernet port on the satellites be used as their connection to the router? The user manual implies the primary use for those ports is to connect another network end device to the satellite.
pfsense---->MR60---->switches/satellites.
That is the configuration I'm trying to create. I'll throw a switch in between the MR60 and the MS60s to see if it'll work that way. Thanks!
You can set them with a wired backhaul. They'll actually be significantly faster using a wired backhaul versus using the wireless.