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Thu, 05/08/2025 - 00:06
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ke5lgg
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Network planning
Looking for the best way to handle this.

I get the internet at my tower site via a PTP from an office in town. In town I have a Mikrotik RB4011 with a couple of servers on it and the link to the tower site, this is what the Arden node in town will connect to.  At the tower site I have a Mikrotik RB2011 providing the network to the various things needing internet.

I want to put a hAP AC2 in town at the office with a couple of servers on it for services. This node will have the tunnel on it. I want to put another hAP AC2 at the tower site that will feed 2 120deg access points and possibly a camera. My question is what would be the best way to get everything on the same "network" so that I only have to have one tunnel? I do not want

Cody KE5LGG
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Thu, 05/08/2025 - 08:30
nc8q
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Town to tower
Hi, Cody:

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In town there is a router(town) with internet access whose LAN is connected to the WAN of an AREDN node(hap-ac2-town).
At the tower there is a router(tower) with internet access whose LAN is connected to the WAN of an AREDN node(hap-ac2-tower).
A tunnel between hap-ac2-town and hap-ac-tower will be in the same LAN and services provided by
hap-ac2-town and hap-ac2-tower will also be in the same LAN.

How 'router-town' and 'router-tower' obtain internet access may not play a role in this set-up.
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73, Chuck

 
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Thu, 05/08/2025 - 09:32
ke5lgg
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Physical network
Both nodes will be on the same physical network, just at two different locations. They will both have the same public IP.  I guess the biggest issue is that both nodes have to be connected to the network via their wan port to get internet, but this limits my routing ability. My thoughts, but I may be over thinking it, is that I will have to connect both a the WAN and the DTD of both nodes to each router. On the router the WAN ports will be normal and I will pull the DTD port out of the bridge on the routers and then route the traffic across the link. 
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Thu, 05/08/2025 - 19:38
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nc8q
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I guess the biggest issue is that both nodes have to be connecte
"I guess the biggest issue is that both nodes have to be connected to the network via their wan port to get internet"

Hi, Cody:

Not if your 'office' and 'tower' routers do VLAN.

I 'trunk' WAN, DtD, and LAN ports between 2 VLAN switches;
one in the house and one in the unattached garage.
All nodes and their LAN services on both VLAN switches have internet access.

Or, I think you only need to 'bridge' the 2 routers.

73, Chuck
 
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