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dandrzejewski
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Mesh not working on 7.14

Sun Mar 10, 2024 8:28 am

I've got some devices configured with wds and mesh. The mesh seems to be perfectly stable in 6.49.10, but on 7.14, it drops constantly.

Here's the 6.49.10 config export from an SXTsq 5ac:
# mar/10/2024 01:07:08 by RouterOS 6.49.10
# software id = XXX
#
# model = RBSXTsqG-5acD
# serial number = XXX
/interface mesh
add name=mesh1
/interface wireless
set [ find default-name=wlan1 ] band=5ghz-n/ac country="united states3" disabled=no frequency=5805 mode=wds-slave radio-name=sq1 skip-dfs-channels=all ssid=mesh wds-default-bridge=mesh1 wds-mode=dynamic-mesh
/interface wireless security-profiles
set [ find default=yes ] authentication-types=wpa2-psk mode=dynamic-keys supplicant-identity=MikroTik
/ip neighbor discovery-settings
set discover-interface-list=!dynamic
/interface mesh port
add interface=wlan1 mesh=mesh1
/ip address
add address=10.28.99.253/24 interface=mesh1 network=10.28.99.0
/system clock
set time-zone-name=America/New_York
/system identity
set name=sq1
/system routerboard settings
set cpu-frequency=auto
/tool romon
set enabled=yes
I can't /export the configs from 7.14 because the export times out for some reason. (It literally says "timed out" on the console when I run it).

Here's a snippet of the log from 7.14, it disconnects every 60 seconds:
 11:32:44 wireless,info 2C:C8:1B:CF:01:D3@wlan1: connected, signal strength 3, is AP, wants WDS
 11:32:44 system,info,account user admin logged out by romon E4:8D:8C:50:0A:5E via winbox
 11:33:01 system,info,account user admin logged in by romon E4:8D:8C:50:0A:5E via winbox
 11:33:03 system,info,account user admin logged in from 10.1.1.149 via local
 11:33:44 wireless,info wlan1: 2C:C8:1B:CF:01:D3 is new WDS master
 11:33:44 wireless,info 2C:C8:1B:CF:01:D3@wlan1: disconnected, no beacons received, signal strength 2
 11:33:44 wireless,info wlan1 2C:C8:1B:CF:01:D3 was WDS master
 11:33:47 system,info,account user admin logged out by romon E4:8D:8C:50:0A:5E via winbox
 11:33:47 system,info,account user admin logged out from 10.1.1.149 via local
 11:33:47 wireless,info 2C:C8:1B:CF:01:D3@wlan1: connected, signal strength 3, is AP, wants WDS
 11:34:05 system,info,account user admin logged in by romon E4:8D:8C:50:0A:5E via winbox
 11:34:06 system,info,account user admin logged in from 10.1.1.149 via local
 11:34:47 wireless,info wlan1: 2C:C8:1B:CF:01:D3 is new WDS master
 11:34:47 wireless,info 2C:C8:1B:CF:01:D3@wlan1: disconnected, no beacons received, signal strength 1
 11:34:47 wireless,info wlan1 2C:C8:1B:CF:01:D3 was WDS master
 11:34:50 wireless,info 00:0C:42:C3:60:C3@wlan1: connected, signal strength -35, is AP, wants WDS
 11:34:50 wireless,info 2C:C8:1B:CF:01:D3@wlan1: connected, signal strength 3, is AP, wants WDS
 11:34:51 system,info,account user admin logged out by romon E4:8D:8C:50:0A:5E via winbox
 11:34:51 system,info,account user admin logged out from 10.1.1.149 via local
 11:35:09 system,info,account user admin logged in by romon E4:8D:8C:50:0A:5E via winbox
 11:35:10 system,info,account user admin logged in from 10.1.1.149 via local
I think the key hint here is:
11:33:44 wireless,info 2C:C8:1B:CF:01:D3@wlan1: disconnected, no beacons received, signal strength 2

Just for clarity: I upgraded directly from 6.49.10 to 7.14 without changing anything from the configuration above. When I downgrade to 6.49.10 - again without changing anything, the mesh works fine.

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