You need to choose the correct one to match your needs. Mikrotik has a lot of products and the complete list is here. The first step to ensure stable connectivity is to get the correct equipment for the task at hand. Two Mikrotik hAP ac wireless routers in a network experiment setup Choosing the correct equipment In other words, the WiFi network your RouterBOARD is connected to will become the “WAN port” of your personal network. In this article I am going to share the method to use a Mikrotik device to connect to a 802.1X protected WiFi network and use it to extend connectivity to your personal network. I decided to use each in two different occasions in order to bring Internet connectivity to my personal networks. In my case, I had a Mikrotik hAP ac and a Mikrotik SXT 5 ac lying around from previous experimental work.
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This makes Mikrotik devices some of the most flexible computer networking devices ever made. Mikrotik devices, including the RouterBOARD series, run RouterOS, a Linux-based router distribution that can do just about anything a network administrator may need or use. So what do you do? You get yourself a Mikrotik device of your requirement. Most consumer equipment and many entry-level professional equipment is usually not able to connect to or extend a 802.1X EAP secured WiFi network. But here’s the catch: the campus WiFi is secured with 802.1X EAP. In all of the above cases, you will need network equipment to connect to the campus WiFi and extend the network and/or create a second network where the devices in question will connect.