Connecting a MikroTik AccessPoint to RouterOS via CapsMAN

After getting tiered of the shortcomings of commercial network equipment I decided to invest in some professional devices. However, investigating the different brands are even more difficult than for commercial products. In the end I decided to go for MikroTik, due to their small office offerings. The devices are great and when first connecting to them you realise their potential through the sheer volume of configuration. As expected you need to design and configure you network to get it to work at all. This made me realise that I have not touched professional network equipment since university, and that was Cisco equipment. To my dread I could not find a good guide on how to configure a simple network with my equipment, so after finishing this is my guide. ...

November 13, 2022 · 6 min · Oskar Edbro