Hi,
Yes, that is possible with any MikroTik router that has Wi-Fi radios, as they all run RouterOS.
To implement your setup you will need 2 Wi-Fi interfaces in RouterOS:
1) one in Station (client) mode that will connect to your existing "Foo" network.
2) another in AP mode that will broadcast its own "Bar" network.
hAP lite is equipped with single Wi-Fi radio operating in 2.4 GHz band, so in RouterOS you'll see one Wi-Fi interface. On top of that physical interface you may create a virtual Wi-Fi interface for your "Bar" network. The virtual interface inherits physical properties of the physical interface like frequency (channel), etc. So your "Bar" network will be broadcasting using the same frequency as your existing "Foo" network.
If you pick another device like hAP ac lite, which has dual-band Wi-Fi and costs twice as much, you can use 5 GHz band for Client and 2.4 GHz for AP or vice versa.
Yes, that is possible with any MikroTik router that has Wi-Fi radios, as they all run RouterOS.
To implement your setup you will need 2 Wi-Fi interfaces in RouterOS:
1) one in Station (client) mode that will connect to your existing "Foo" network.
2) another in AP mode that will broadcast its own "Bar" network.
hAP lite is equipped with single Wi-Fi radio operating in 2.4 GHz band, so in RouterOS you'll see one Wi-Fi interface. On top of that physical interface you may create a virtual Wi-Fi interface for your "Bar" network. The virtual interface inherits physical properties of the physical interface like frequency (channel), etc. So your "Bar" network will be broadcasting using the same frequency as your existing "Foo" network.
If you pick another device like hAP ac lite, which has dual-band Wi-Fi and costs twice as much, you can use 5 GHz band for Client and 2.4 GHz for AP or vice versa.
Statistics: Posted by mszru — Wed Apr 09, 2025 4:49 pm