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by DogHead
Mon Oct 25, 2021 2:22 am
Forum: General
Topic: Bricked Routers
Replies: 11
Views: 7733

Re: Bricked Routers

Thanks for the reply. But I have already tried both hot and cold boot with the reset button. I can get the act light to indicate NetInstall mode or CapMan mode, but then before the router ever shows up all the indicator lights flash and the board reboots. With console access I am blind to know what ...
by DogHead
Sun Oct 24, 2021 9:01 am
Forum: General
Topic: Bricked Routers
Replies: 11
Views: 7733

Bricked Routers

I pulled some old units out of storage. I needed a wireless bridge for a trade show. So I started with an RB751 which had ROS 6.40.1 on it. I wanted to use Wireguard and so I tried to upgrade it to 6.49. The upgrade went fine, I thought, using Winbox. The router rebooted fine and had the OS running....
by DogHead
Thu Apr 25, 2019 4:49 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: v6.45beta [testing] is released!
Replies: 304
Views: 157216

Re: v6.45beta [testing] is released!

After upgrade to 6.45rc34 all ports in bridge disappeared. Cannot add them back as the system says they are still in a bridge. Will downgrade bac to rc31 which was working.
by DogHead
Tue Jan 10, 2017 6:50 pm
Forum: Forwarding Protocols
Topic: Wireless Mesh Gateway Selection with HWMP+ and MME
Replies: 1
Views: 1616

Wireless Mesh Gateway Selection with HWMP+ and MME

We are using both HWMP+ and MME in a dynamic wireless mesh configuration. HWMP+ is used to join all the nodes together, some which have Internet connectivity and some which don't. When a node has Internet connectivity we change it's status to Mesh Portal, otherwise this is off. Layer 2 meshing is wo...
by DogHead
Mon Sep 26, 2016 9:16 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: v6.37 [current] is released!
Replies: 197
Views: 67359

Re: v6.37 [current] is released!

Like others, I have not been able to get the wireless package to update properly. On a RB433GL with 6.36 installed and working fine. We were using the CM2 driver which is the only one in the routerOS "all in one" package. Steps followed were: 1. Backup system and move backup to PC 2. Unins...
by DogHead
Thu Aug 11, 2016 6:10 am
Forum: General
Topic: Ethernet Not Forwarding IP on RB411GL
Replies: 1
Views: 752

Ethernet Not Forwarding IP on RB411GL

On a network with over 50 wireless routers using a combination of RB411GL and RB433GL and R52Hn modules, we have two RB411GL that are exhibiting a strange behavior. All are using 6.35 and are configured identically except for SSID, IP address, channel, etc. We have an IP camera attached via a cross ...
by DogHead
Thu Nov 05, 2015 7:59 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Scripts and System Clock problems
Replies: 0
Views: 1015

Scripts and System Clock problems

For several years we have been using scripts to do system configuration and board burn in testing. These scripts are fairly long and generally we have only had to make minor changes to accommodate command structure changes from ROS version to version. They have been highly reliable up to now. Recent...
by DogHead
Sun Aug 17, 2014 10:13 am
Forum: General
Topic: v6.19rc for CCR tests needed!
Replies: 57
Views: 24920

Re: v6.19rc for CCR tests needed!

I replaced the RB433 with a RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN and am seeing the same memory leak under 6.19rc9. So the problem seems to be with the mips be build. I have uninstalled everything except the combined ROS package and NTP. Disabled wireless too. There also is an issue with the watchdog timer which preve...
by DogHead
Sat Aug 16, 2014 7:59 pm
Forum: General
Topic: v6.19rc for CCR tests needed!
Replies: 57
Views: 24920

Re: v6.19rc for CCR tests needed!

Memory leak on RB433 continues in 6.19rc9. It may have slowed. It appears to be related to network traffic throughput. The more traffic, the faster the leak. Has anyone else experienced this.
by DogHead
Fri Aug 15, 2014 5:17 pm
Forum: General
Topic: v6.19rc for CCR tests needed!
Replies: 57
Views: 24920

Re: v6.19rc for CCR tests needed!

There is a significant memory leak in 6.19rc6 on the RB433. We have disabled all packages unneeded packages, but it appears that we still lose about 5MB of memory per hour until the system reboots with a kernel panic This router has previously been running for about 3 years with no issues. We have n...
by DogHead
Thu Mar 06, 2014 6:46 am
Forum: General
Topic: v6.10 released
Replies: 248
Views: 108957

Re: v6.10 released

As Doc Marcus says, importing at CA does not work correctly. StartSSL CA certs seem to work. CACert CA does not. Self signed certs generated on Windows or Linux under easy-rsa from OpenVPN or from OpenSSL do not work. The certs are not recognized as CA certs, only normal certs and we have issues wit...
by DogHead
Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:55 pm
Forum: General
Topic: v6.10 released
Replies: 248
Views: 108957

Re: v6.10 released

We have tested and progressively went back through prior ROS versions until we found one where certificate management worked. You have to go back to 6.3. I think someone else mentioned this. Any release after 6.3 certificate authority certs and keys cannot be properly imported, particularly from sel...
by DogHead
Sun Mar 02, 2014 12:28 pm
Forum: General
Topic: V6.10 and openVPN
Replies: 4
Views: 2718

Re: V6.10 and openVPN

As far as I can tell the entire certificate management infrastructure of ROS is completely broken. We had routers running from 4.x to 5.26 that all could easily import certificates, configure OVPN, PPTP and L2TP. In 6.x nothing seems to work and it is impossible to diagnose. As a start, there appear...
by DogHead
Mon Feb 24, 2014 11:00 pm
Forum: General
Topic: v6.10 released
Replies: 248
Views: 108957

Re: v6.10 released

There are some very weird things going on in ROS 6.x pertaining to certificate management and VPN in general. I have an RB433AH that has been running for years and is a gateway for an office. It was originally installed with a 4.x version of ROS and we have upgraded it every time a new release comes...
by DogHead
Mon Feb 24, 2014 5:58 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Layer 2 VPN over UDP
Replies: 0
Views: 1052

Layer 2 VPN over UDP

We are looking for a simple way to create dial up, light weight VPN tunnels for point to multipoint. We don't need encryption, just bridging. Needs to work between ROS devices as well as Windows. We thought OpenVPN, but MT does not support UDP. So L2TP ? Has anyone used L2TP without IPSec to bridge?...
by DogHead
Fri Feb 14, 2014 6:01 am
Forum: General
Topic: OpenVPN - UDP, LZ0?
Replies: 16
Views: 10085

Re: OpenVPN - UDP, LZ0?

+1+1+1+1+1
Udp openvpn...please
by DogHead
Fri Feb 14, 2014 5:55 am
Forum: General
Topic: Feature Request: OpenVPN [ovpn] udp tunnels
Replies: 249
Views: 139045

Re: Feature Request: OpenVPN [ovpn] udp tunnels

+1+1+1+1+1
Udp for ovpn now!!!
by DogHead
Fri Feb 14, 2014 5:44 am
Forum: General
Topic: Feature request: OpenVPN compression LZO and UDP
Replies: 200
Views: 125463

Re: Feature request: OpenVPN compression LZO and UDP

+1+1+1+1+1+1+1
Very important
by DogHead
Thu Jan 16, 2014 10:19 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Strange OpenVPN MTU Issue
Replies: 5
Views: 4632

Re: Strange OpenVPN MTU Issue

Yes, I tried using a mangle rule to reduce the size to 1460 for mss, but it did not fix the problem.

Seems strange that I can pass large packets from the console of the router, but not from a connected PC.
by DogHead
Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:34 am
Forum: General
Topic: Strange OpenVPN MTU Issue
Replies: 5
Views: 4632

Re: Strange OpenVPN MTU Issue

Odd, but if I turn off encryption and just use SHA1 authentication, then I can pass 1500 packets. But then explain to me why I can ping 1500 length packets from the console of the remote client router to a pc at the server end, but I cannot go end to end from a pc to pc? The tunnel should fail in bo...
by DogHead
Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:05 am
Forum: General
Topic: Strange OpenVPN MTU Issue
Replies: 5
Views: 4632

Strange OpenVPN MTU Issue

I have a problem which I have not been able to resolve. I have an application that I am testing for sending video over a bridged VPN connection using a pair of MT RB411GL boards. One one board I am running OVPN server with ethernet/tap configuration which is bridged to the ether1 port. On the other ...
by DogHead
Mon Dec 16, 2013 3:08 am
Forum: General
Topic: v6.7 released
Replies: 225
Views: 133174

Re: v6.7 released

With OPENVPN we found that key exchange is not working properly when choosing AES192 or 256. If on the server you select ANY, then the system figures out which key length to apply to connections. We used 192 bit keys. This appears to be a new automatic feature that works, while manual settings fail....
by DogHead
Tue Oct 22, 2013 6:59 am
Forum: General
Topic: New Ethernet port flap issue enquiery, PLS JOIN!
Replies: 247
Views: 113796

Re: New Ethernet port flap issue enquiery, PLS JOIN!

Normis...No comments on this thread? I think this topic deserves a detailed response from MT. Is it a board HW issue, user install issue, or both? What are the recommended best practices to avoid ethernet port flapping? Please provide a detailed reply. We have some very high profile installations ha...
by DogHead
Sun Oct 20, 2013 11:26 pm
Forum: General
Topic: New Ethernet port flap issue enquiery, PLS JOIN!
Replies: 247
Views: 113796

Re: New Ethernet port flap issue enquiery, PLS JOIN!

The preponderance of evidence is that there is something seriously wrong with the Ethernet ports of Routerboard products. The problem seems to have started around 2011. All you have to do is look at how many users reports here the exact same symptoms. I have seen no effort to address this issue over...
by DogHead
Sat Oct 19, 2013 7:54 pm
Forum: General
Topic: New Ethernet port flap issue enquiery, PLS JOIN!
Replies: 247
Views: 113796

Re: New Ethernet port flap issue enquiery, PLS JOIN!

We have updated to 6.4 on all systems and updated bootloader. We turned on debug logging for all systems. Installed RB411GL as wireless clients attached to IP cameras with cross over through passive POE injectors with 18VDC .7A power supplies. UTP 2' cable between router and POE injector, 2' UTP cab...
by DogHead
Mon Mar 25, 2013 5:27 am
Forum: General
Topic: 6.0rc11 on Fit-PC2 - no Hard Disk
Replies: 4
Views: 2498

Re: 6.0rc11 on Fit-PC2 - no Hard Disk

The IDE to SATA interface is difficult to deal with. With Linux you need to build a driver for it which is not in kernel.

The wifi is Ralink RT2870 but you can use the drivers for RT3180. It works fine, but probably not supported in MT. You can replace it with a usb only miniPCIe or USB module.
by DogHead
Thu Feb 14, 2013 7:35 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Qualcom Gobi Support
Replies: 3
Views: 2334

Re: Qualcom Gobi Support

The MC7710 will only work on ATT in the USA, not for Verizon or Sprint. ATT has relatively limited LTE coverage and masks this with calling HSPA 4G. Also, as miniPCIe it can only work on RB800 and RB411. We would really like to see a miniPCIe slot on the bottom of the 433GL or 435 We have found solu...
by DogHead
Sun Feb 10, 2013 12:13 am
Forum: General
Topic: v6.0rc9 released
Replies: 59
Views: 22896

Re: v6.0rc9 released

Upgraded a point to point nstreme link from 6.0rc6 to rc9. One end used RB433 and the other used an Alix board (x86). Both with R52Hn cards. Link is set up using VPLS over a AP to Station link. AES encryption. The RB433 looks fine with about 2% CPU, but the Alix board jumped up to 80% CPU. Under rc6...
by DogHead
Sat Feb 02, 2013 11:16 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Recommended config for short distance p2p.
Replies: 8
Views: 3876

Re: Recommended config for short distance p2p.

As noted above, turn down your tx power at both ends. Assuming you have something like 16dB of antenna gain, putting more than 10dBm of tx power into them for such a short link will be too much. Sometimes just turning the antennas off angle and working the side lobes is what is required at short dis...
by DogHead
Sat Feb 02, 2013 11:02 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: wireless network for 3g
Replies: 1
Views: 1145

Re: wireless network for 3g

Any routerboard with USB will work great. If you want to bolt the cell modem in, use the RB411 and a miniPCIe USB only modem check the list under supported hardware for which modems have been tested. 3G works on almost everything. LTE is another story.
by DogHead
Sat Feb 02, 2013 11:00 pm
Forum: General
Topic: PCC, Proxy and Macintosh FTP
Replies: 1
Views: 897

Re: PCC, Proxy and Macintosh FTP

Bump...Someone must have a macintosh behind a pcc load balanced connection and gotten FTP to work...please let me know what you did
by DogHead
Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:03 pm
Forum: General
Topic: PCC, Proxy and Macintosh FTP
Replies: 1
Views: 897

PCC, Proxy and Macintosh FTP

We have set up a router with two DSL links using PCC. Works great for everyone except one user with a Macintosh. From linux and PC clients all services work fine (FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, Skype). On the Macintosh (10.0.6.8 Snow Leopard) everything works except FTP when using the PCC link. If we connect dir...
by DogHead
Fri Jan 18, 2013 7:07 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Usb port invalid
Replies: 46
Views: 31778

Re: Usb port invalid

Eye3Motion...The USB drivers in ROS5.22 seem to work reliably to support most 3G (UMTS, HSPA, EvDO) modems. They do not support any LTE other than the Bandrich C501 that is derived from GOBI 3000. Just saw that ATT has authorized this modem. In US that is the only carrier that can use this modem rig...
by DogHead
Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:29 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Why would two MIMO chains have different receive signal
Replies: 4
Views: 2173

Re: Why would two MIMO chains have different receive signal

We are not talking about a minor difference. This is a 15dB difference between chains 0 and 1. The difference is persistent across swaps of antennas, processor boards and radio modules. When we back down to 4.17, the difference goes away, so it must be related to drivers in ROS5 and 6 with the R52Hn...
by DogHead
Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:13 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Why would two MIMO chains have different receive signal
Replies: 4
Views: 2173

Why would two MIMO chains have different receive signal

We have a strange problem. With a 2km link using RB433 and R52Hn we see about a 10-15 db difference in signal between chain 0 and 1. Both ends of the link use the same cross pol panel antennas. When we swap the antenna ports at one end of the link the signal stays the same. When we swap both antenna...
by DogHead
Thu Jan 10, 2013 6:27 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: nv2 multilink problem
Replies: 94
Views: 36123

Re: nv2 multilink problem

We are seeing similar types of issues with the RB433AH and R52Hn in point to point to multipoint configurations. I think that there may be even more going on here than just protocol implementation issues. I think, as others have pointed out, that there are kernel settings for TCP that probably need ...
by DogHead
Thu Jan 10, 2013 1:08 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: RB433AH and R52Hn problems
Replies: 4
Views: 2040

Re: RB433AH and R52Hn problems

Thanks Josh, but this does not appear to be a shielding or noise issue. The links were working fine for a period of time and then all of a sudden chain 1 failed. And it did it on several units at one time. No new interference sources. No high noise floor. Just weird behavior.
by DogHead
Wed Jan 09, 2013 5:52 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: RB433AH and R52Hn problems
Replies: 4
Views: 2040

RB433AH and R52Hn problems

We have been having point to point and point to multipoint link problems with the RB433AH and the R52Hn. Recently we installed a network with a couple of repeaters built using RB433AH and 2 ea R52Hn. Generally the links have a point to multipoint backhaul with one radio as StationWDS looking at an u...
by DogHead
Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:50 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Is there such a thing as Quiet Mode or /y or no prompt
Replies: 17
Views: 6307

Re: Is there such a thing as Quiet Mode or /y or no prompt

We figured out that the way to make reboot work was to import a script that created a script and added a scheduler event that was a minute or two later than when you ran the script. Also have it run on startup another script which disables the scheduler that runs the reboot. Really messy. We do the ...
by DogHead
Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:43 pm
Forum: General
Topic: FlashFig for updating boards from 5.11 to 5.21
Replies: 3
Views: 2440

Re: FlashFig for updating boards from 5.11 to 5.21

We determined that the problem with FlashFig is that with ROS 5.11 boards (all brand new RB411GL that we received) there are problems with the TFTP/bootp implementation. We traced the session using Wireshark and found that the boards make a request to boot from flashfig. The flashfig server gives th...
by DogHead
Wed Nov 21, 2012 8:39 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Is there such a thing as Quiet Mode or /y or no prompt
Replies: 17
Views: 6307

Re: Is there such a thing as Quiet Mode or /y or no prompt

We are trying to completely automate the inbound testing, configuration, reboot cycling and firmware upgrade of routerboards. Much easier said than done when you need to repeatedly cycle boards, upgrade firmware etc. Especially when tools like FlashFig don't work properly with the version of ROS tha...
by DogHead
Fri Nov 16, 2012 2:50 am
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Complete DELPHI API client: update 4
Replies: 69
Views: 50054

Re: Complete DELPHI API client: update 4

On mipsbe 411GL and 433 we get a prompt for Are you sure?

Scripts fail every time on this. Cannot put in a Y response.
by DogHead
Thu Nov 15, 2012 5:39 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Complete DELPHI API client: update 4
Replies: 69
Views: 50054

Re: Complete DELPHI API client: update 4

/system reboot in 5.21 requires interactive confirmation as does /system upgrade /system auto-upgrade requires interactive password Using ROS scripting you cannot respond to these requests, rendering all scripts that use these commands useless. The right way to fix the problem is eliminate the inter...
by DogHead
Thu Nov 15, 2012 12:42 am
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Is there such a thing as Quiet Mode or /y or no prompt
Replies: 17
Views: 6307

Re: Is there such a thing as Quiet Mode or /y or no prompt

Have you tried this on 5.21? I just tested and ROS does not like it, says that y is a bad command and it still prompts me for confirmation. /system reboot used to work but then at some point the confirmation was added and started to cause scripts to fail.
by DogHead
Wed Nov 14, 2012 11:54 pm
Forum: General
Topic: FlashFig for updating boards from 5.11 to 5.21
Replies: 3
Views: 2440

Re: FlashFig for updating boards from 5.11 to 5.21

Further...with brand new, never powered on boards, FlashFig gives a "No TFTP request" error for all 411GL boards with 5.11 on them. We are trying to upgrade to 5.21 and we are running FlashFig on a windows 7 Pro 32 bit machine with no firewall. Again, if we enable bootp net booting on NetI...
by DogHead
Wed Nov 14, 2012 10:28 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Is there such a thing as Quiet Mode or /y or no prompt
Replies: 17
Views: 6307

Re: Is there such a thing as Quiet Mode or /y or no prompt

I agree that small changes in syntax break everything. Each release, even a point release, requires careful testing of each and every script. It is a real pain.
by DogHead
Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:34 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Is there such a thing as Quiet Mode or /y or no prompt
Replies: 17
Views: 6307

Re: Is there such a thing as Quiet Mode or /y or no prompt

Now /system reboot requires confirmation too.

We can't automate much of anything without the ability to bypass confirmations and password requests.

This is a big pain
by DogHead
Wed Nov 14, 2012 8:56 pm
Forum: General
Topic: FlashFig for updating boards from 5.11 to 5.21
Replies: 3
Views: 2440

FlashFig for updating boards from 5.11 to 5.21

We have a large lot of 411GL boards that just arrived with v5.11 on them. We wanted to automate the configuration process to upgrade them to v5.21 and to put v2.41 of RouterBoot on them using FlashFig and FTP with scripts. It seems that FlashFig in Netinstall v5.21 will not respond to bootp requests...
by DogHead
Fri Oct 26, 2012 3:26 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: hardware issues with rb4xx
Replies: 45
Views: 20672

Re: hardware issues with rb4xx

We are in USA, but have customers world wide. The problem with NAND first came up in the USA, but we saw this same issue in UK and France. What we are seeing is that if the board does not fail in the first 48 hours following numerous power resets, it will not fail. We think that the problem is a com...
by DogHead
Thu Oct 18, 2012 10:58 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bypass Webfig Splash
Replies: 2
Views: 2482

Re: Bypass Webfig Splash

Thanks for the suggestion. I suppose the best I can do is follow your suggestion and then create a skin that limits the admin account to do minimum viewing of status items only.
by DogHead
Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:16 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bypass Webfig Splash
Replies: 2
Views: 2482

Bypass Webfig Splash

Is there a way in ROS 6 to bypass the first splash screen of webfig and just go to the plain login page with no logos or links to graphs, telnet, etc as the default. When logging in we just want two fields on the page...userid and password, nothing else. Can this be done using skin design? if so how
by DogHead
Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:25 am
Forum: General
Topic: Qualcom Gobi Support
Replies: 3
Views: 2334

Qualcom Gobi Support

In the Linux 3.4 kernel and later there is kernel support for Qualcom Gobi 3000-4000 modems. In particular there is mobile IP support and control through the QMI interface.

When will this show up in ROS if ever? LTE support with basically just one obscure Chinese modem is not cutting it.
by DogHead
Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:49 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: RB433UAH w/RB52H miniPCI slot problem
Replies: 3
Views: 1870

Re: RB433UAH w/RB52H miniPCI slot problem

I created a trouble ticket on dev.openwrt.org of Ticket #12269 on this topic.

It seems to be something related to PCI bus I am guessing. Not power as we have measured power under load and it is no different from top to bottom slot.

Any support on this would be helpful.
by DogHead
Wed Oct 03, 2012 8:17 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: RB433UAH w/RB52H miniPCI slot problem
Replies: 3
Views: 1870

Re: RB433UAH w/RB52H miniPCI slot problem

Could this be a power problem? Does the top slot of the RB433 get enough power to drive the RF amp of the RB52H when there are two modules used?

This is about the only thing I can think of.
by DogHead
Wed Oct 03, 2012 2:54 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: RB433UAH w/RB52H miniPCI slot problem
Replies: 3
Views: 1870

RB433UAH w/RB52H miniPCI slot problem

We are trying to run OpenWRT on an RB433UAH with two RB52H (AR5414) modules on it. The enclosure we are using requires that we use the top two miniPCI slots. Can't change the enclosure and we can't fit a module in the bottom slot. We are using the ath5K driver with mac80211 under kernel 3.2.5. One r...
by DogHead
Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:32 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: hardware issues with rb4xx
Replies: 45
Views: 20672

Re: hardware issues with rb4xx

We just had 4 more RB411GL failures with same type of erratic behavior. Sometimes they work fine, sometimes they randomly reboot, sometimes you can connect, sometimes not. All came to us with 5.11 OS. We upgraded to 5.18 and 2.39 bootloader. Still issues. All boards have the same Samsung NAND and DT...
by DogHead
Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:27 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: MIMO Above and Below Channel Bonding with Superchannel
Replies: 5
Views: 7506

Re: MIMO Above and Below Channel Bonding with Superchannel

Not an antenna problem. We were seeing these results when running 20/40-HT-below on 4.9GHz freq using superchannel with no domain set. Switch to HT-Above an everything worked. We can only infer what was going on in the background. But definitely this was what we saw.
by DogHead
Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:24 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: How to Install OpenWRT on RB with no serial
Replies: 3
Views: 3172

Re: How to Install OpenWRT on RB with no serial

Thanks for the suggestion. It was so obvious I should have thought of it, but you pointed me in the right direction. Still a little scary to play with a RB with no serial. Good probability of bricking with the wrong config. Hopefully the reset button will invoke the bootloader call to PXE properly. ...
by DogHead
Tue Jun 19, 2012 6:49 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: How to Install OpenWRT on RB with no serial
Replies: 3
Views: 3172

How to Install OpenWRT on RB with no serial

I would like to install OpenWRT on a RB411GL or RB433GL. Normally I would boot with serial console attached, then use network boot option to launch DHCP/TFTP. The system would boot from my TFTP server and then I can copy OS to NAND. But without a serial port how can I do this? I do not want to run O...
by DogHead
Sun Jun 17, 2012 4:35 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: MIMO Above and Below Channel Bonding with Superchannel
Replies: 5
Views: 7506

Re: MIMO Above and Below Channel Bonding with Superchannel

We are using no country set and superchannel. We are using 4.9GHz antennas. There is nothing else in the band, but when we use HT-Below on 4960 for example, we get throughput in the 30-40Mbps range. Using HT-Above we get 80-90Mbps. TCP throughput. Change antennas to 5GHz and flip up to 5900 and the ...
by DogHead
Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:32 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: MIMO Above and Below Channel Bonding with Superchannel
Replies: 5
Views: 7506

MIMO Above and Below Channel Bonding with Superchannel

In the 802.11n spec, channel bonding is done on specific channels above and below the base center channel, like what is described in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11n#40.C2.A0MHz_in_2.4.C2.A0GHz . It appears that ROS implements this with some idiosyncrasies in 5GHz when using Superchannel. I...
by DogHead
Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:06 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: hardware issues with rb4xx
Replies: 45
Views: 20672

Re: hardware issues with rb4xx

We just received a shipment of 40 RB411GL boards. Out of these we had 3 boards DOA with flaky firmware/reboots/ethernet connect issues. Not sure if it is related, but all boards used the Samsung NAND and DTC RAM. All 40 of the boards arrived with 5.11 on them and most would not boot or were unstable...
by DogHead
Sun Jun 10, 2012 4:19 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: hardware issues with rb4xx
Replies: 45
Views: 20672

Re: hardware issues with rb4xx

Here is the answer from tech support. Clearly there was something wrong when writing to Samsung NAND. Hello, Thank you very much for the attached files and your spent time to help us. Next RouterOS version will include fix for your problem, What's new in 5.18 (2012-Jun-05 10:50): *) fix bad block co...
by DogHead
Tue May 29, 2012 4:02 am
Forum: General
Topic: Sector writes, how big is a "sector"
Replies: 19
Views: 10242

Re: Sector writes, how big is a "sector"

We have been really busy and doing testing for Mikrotik manufacturing defects is not the top of our list of things to spend our time on. I have a few boards that I have been cycling to try to get the bad blocks near the failure point. Seems pretty random. Sometimes they fail at 2% and sometimes at 1...
by DogHead
Tue May 22, 2012 8:00 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Sierra Wireless AirCard® 313U supported?
Replies: 5
Views: 3164

Re: Sierra Wireless AirCard® 313U supported?

Did anyone ever test out this modem with 5.16? Would be interested to know if you got it to work.

Thanks
by DogHead
Sat May 19, 2012 11:06 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Sector writes, how big is a "sector"
Replies: 19
Views: 10242

Re: Sector writes, how big is a "sector"

We have responded to every single question from support. We do not have debug logging enabled. And have turned off all store writes. We are convinced that we have a bad lot of RB433, as we only see these problems on RB433 with DTC/SAMSUNG combination. All other RB433 behave normally with exact same ...
by DogHead
Fri May 11, 2012 6:29 am
Forum: General
Topic: Sector writes, how big is a "sector"
Replies: 19
Views: 10242

Re: Sector writes, how big is a "sector"

The wiki manual only has data sheet for Hynix NAND, but almost all boards we have received in the last 6 months have used Samsung NAND. Do you have a datasheet for these too? I am still convinced that the recent releases of boards with Samsung NAND and DTC RAM are prone to progressive NAND corruptio...
by DogHead
Thu May 10, 2012 7:47 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: rb433 keeps rebooting, no login possible. What to do?
Replies: 12
Views: 8010

Re: rb433 keeps rebooting, no login possible. What to do?

What NAND and RAM chips are on the board? Are they DTC RAM? We believe that this RAM is unreliable and causes NAND to corrupt. We have been able to recover some boards using Netinstall, but others are hosed up just as you describe. Even after reinstalling we see incremental NAND block failures until...
by DogHead
Thu May 10, 2012 7:41 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Sierra Wireless MC 5725 W/ 411U
Replies: 3
Views: 1814

Re: Sierra Wireless MC 5725 W/ 411U

I am pretty sure that the MC 5725 requires PCIe signaling as well as USB. The miniPCIe slot on the 411 is USB only. Perhaps the compatibility is under x86 ROS with a board that supports PCIe. I have this same modem and other Sierra Wireless miniPCIe and none of them are detected by drivers. I have t...
by DogHead
Thu May 03, 2012 9:20 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: hardware issues with rb4xx
Replies: 45
Views: 20672

Re: hardware issues with rb4xx

This problem is not related to the capacitor problem. Boards that failed had the new 680uF caps. It is the combination of RAM and NAND.

BTW, testing RAM on the failed boards shows no problems.
by DogHead
Thu May 03, 2012 9:15 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Getting Winbox and Netinstall to run on Windows 7 64 bit
Replies: 0
Views: 1160

Getting Winbox and Netinstall to run on Windows 7 64 bit

A tip... Layer 2 MAC discovery, BOOTP and other layer 2 protocols choke on some Windows 7 64 systems. I was getting really frustrated in trying to get Winbox to discover routers consistently and to get Netinstall to be recognized by boards for flashing. I turned off Windows Firewall entirely. Makes ...
by DogHead
Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:04 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: hardware issues with rb4xx
Replies: 45
Views: 20672

Re: hardware issues with rb4xx

We have sent support full documentation of the failures and all details. They say they want more information. We suggested that they sample RB433AH built with DTC memory and Samsung NAND to verify our test results and then, if appropriate, issue a recall on the boards. This is a very serious manufac...
by DogHead
Fri Apr 27, 2012 1:03 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: hardware issues with rb4xx
Replies: 45
Views: 20672

Re: hardware issues with rb4xx

We have now confirmed that RB433 built with Samsung NAND and DTC RAM combination are bad. In every single case, regardless of OS (4.17, 5.14 or 5.15), every power reset causes incremental bad blocks. We have replicated this problem on 15 different boards from inventory. This does not happen with Sam...
by DogHead
Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:58 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: hardware issues with rb4xx
Replies: 45
Views: 20672

Re: hardware issues with rb4xx

Here is a repetitive set of reboots. Note that each reboot increments bad blocks by .1%. Seems that warm reboot is less likely to corrupt flash than hard power off. [admin@MikroTik] > system resource pr uptime: 1m21s version: 5.15 free-memory: 113960KiB total-memory: 127168KiB cpu: MIPS 24Kc V7.4 cp...
by DogHead
Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:35 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: hardware issues with rb4xx
Replies: 45
Views: 20672

Re: hardware issues with rb4xx

There may be a correlation between having Winbox open at the time of power off reboot and corruption. When system is only attached via serial and console is open, there appears to be no corruption on reset. However if Winbox session is open at time of reset, we see .1% increase in bad blocks on each...
by DogHead
Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:34 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: hardware issues with rb4xx
Replies: 45
Views: 20672

Re: hardware issues with rb4xx

Tried downgrading to 4.17 and the number of bad blocks held at 11. One thing I noticed was that the system was continuing to has a DSA SSH key at every reboot. I don't recall this being the case and that the SSH key should only be hashed when the file system is wiped or the system reinstalled. I upg...
by DogHead
Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:53 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: hardware issues with rb4xx
Replies: 45
Views: 20672

Re: hardware issues with rb4xx

We can confirm, 100% of the time, for boards built with the Samsung flash, that power off restart of the board causes incremental flash corruption. .1% per reset for the first 10 or so resets, then it starts escalating.

We are going to try downgrading to 4.17 and check downgrading bootloader.
by DogHead
Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:18 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: hardware issues with rb4xx
Replies: 45
Views: 20672

Re: hardware issues with rb4xx

We know that we can "fix" the problem by reformatting flash or using check-disk, but this is not a solution. We sell a lot of units to end users and we are having failures in the field. We need to root cause this so that we can eliminate the issue, not put a band aid on it. The boards that...
by DogHead
Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:03 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: RB493G Crash - Kernel Panic
Replies: 2
Views: 4432

Re: RB493G Crash - Kernel Panic

We are seeing the same bad block problem. If you have any additional details, please add to http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=61321
by DogHead
Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:00 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: rb433uah problem
Replies: 11
Views: 2269

Re: rb433uah problem

We are having exact same problem with bad blocks. see http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=61321

Did you ever learn any more about what was causing your crash?
by DogHead
Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:57 am
Forum: General
Topic: Sector writes, how big is a "sector"
Replies: 19
Views: 10242

Re: Sector writes, how big is a "sector"

We are seeing increasing bad blocks on RB433 and RB411. It appears to be correlated to power resets. Once total bad blocks reaches over 2% it is inevitable that the board will fail. We attempt format of NAND but it doesn't fix the bad blocks. see http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=613...
by DogHead
Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:48 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Need help with WISP
Replies: 5
Views: 1494

Re: Need help with WISP

We are seeing same type of NAND corruption leading to system failure. We are looking for more data to help determine root cause.

Any additional info, please add to http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=61321 thread.

Thanks
by DogHead
Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:46 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: RB450G problem - system,eror
Replies: 6
Views: 2621

Re: RB450G problem - system,eror

We are seeing the same types of problems on RB433 and RB411 as well. Seems that power off without shutdown causes NAND corruption. At some point the corruption gets to critical system files and causes failure. see http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=61321 for more Looks to be a fairly ...
by DogHead
Wed Apr 25, 2012 12:14 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: hardware issues with rb4xx
Replies: 45
Views: 20672

Re: hardware issues with rb4xx

What we are seeing is increasing bad blocks reported under system resources. It appears that with 5.14 and 5.15 that every power off reboot (pulling power) causes incremental nand corruption. This seems to continue until it reaches critical mass of 3 or 4% and then the system loses some critical fil...
by DogHead
Mon Apr 23, 2012 11:46 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: hardware issues with rb4xx
Replies: 45
Views: 20672

Re: hardware issues with rb4xx

This is what we see from the boot loader after the board fails. Somehow nand is corrupted. These are brand new boards from factory. All we do is install 5.14 if it is not already on and update boot loader to 2.39. If you pull power a few times, the boards will eventually crash. Boards are from diffe...
by DogHead
Sun Apr 22, 2012 5:26 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: hardware issues with rb4xx
Replies: 45
Views: 20672

hardware issues with rb4xx

We are having many failures of rb433 and rb411. The boards all run 5.14 with updated bootlader. Boards boot fine for a couple of times, then stop working. Boot loader goes but nand is corrupt. Have to reflash with net install. Happens with a variety of radios (rb52hn, xr5, rb52h) does not matter whi...
by DogHead
Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:51 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: NAND Corruption Issues
Replies: 2
Views: 1423

Re: NAND Corruption Issues

+1

Are we the only ones seeing this issue?

No one else is using ubiquiti PoE?

No NAND problems?
by DogHead
Thu Apr 12, 2012 4:04 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: NAND Corruption Issues
Replies: 2
Views: 1423

NAND Corruption Issues

We have now had 4 RB433UAH and 1 RB411A boards suffer the exact same problem. After running for a short time, the boards power up, get to the bootloader and then stop with corrupt system image. They they go into reboot mode and just keep cycling. We can get in through serial and reflash them using N...
by DogHead
Mon Mar 12, 2012 3:20 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Cisco AP1250 and RB411U/R52Hn
Replies: 2
Views: 1057

Re: Cisco AP1250 and RB411U/R52Hn

Bump...Nobody has any input on this one???
by DogHead
Sun Mar 04, 2012 10:27 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Cisco AP1250 and RB411U/R52Hn
Replies: 2
Views: 1057

Cisco AP1250 and RB411U/R52Hn

We have a project where the customer has 3 Cisco AP1250 Autonomous APs in a parking lot. They have upgraded to the latest Cisco firmware and have disabled the 2.4GHz interface, so the APs only run 5GHz. They do not support WDS and the application we are supporting needs layer 2 device discovery, so ...
by DogHead
Fri Feb 17, 2012 6:52 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Mesh handover network with no latency time or no packet loss
Replies: 13
Views: 7109

Re: Mesh handover network with no latency time or no packet

Roy, Infrastructure mesh is not going to get you the throughput you want. Thanks to WDS being limited in MT to only WEP, yet MIMO requiring AES for MCS speeds, you cannot achieve rates higher than 54Mbps. You could run in "turbo" 40MHz channel width and that would help. If WDS could be imp...
by DogHead
Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:49 pm
Forum: General
Topic: 5.11 LTE GOBI?
Replies: 22
Views: 12815

Re: 5.11 LTE GOBI?

I received an email back from MT support on this topic. It appears that there will be no support coming for the IP drivers required for GOBI 3000 from MT. "that IP driver is a standalone driver which is not included in the kernel drivers. We are not adding drivers that are not in the kernel alr...
by DogHead
Sun Feb 05, 2012 9:47 pm
Forum: General
Topic: 5.11 LTE GOBI?
Replies: 22
Views: 12815

Re: 5.11 LTE GOBI?

Sierra Wireless MC7750 will not run on RB411U as it has full miniPCIe signaling. The RB411U only has USB. We have tested one and the the card is not even discovered as USB port by ROS. We are waiting to see about the Novatel E362, but the prognosis is not good. Right now the only viable modem option...
by DogHead
Sat Feb 04, 2012 5:17 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: 802.11n Slow
Replies: 126
Views: 59303

Re: 802.11n Slow

Yes, after testing, you are correct that WDS will only function with WEP, which means that it cannot bridge using WDS at MIMO rates. That means that there is no benefit to use MIMO with HWMP mesh. Is there any way this can be fixed? Real competitive disadvantage when people ask for mesh. Yes, we nev...
by DogHead
Fri Feb 03, 2012 7:16 pm
Forum: General
Topic: 5.11 LTE GOBI?
Replies: 22
Views: 12815

Re: 5.11 LTE GOBI?

Can you please check your spam filters and block lists for my domain cafedot.com. I have no issues sending or receiving mail to others.

I sent the support request from yahoo mail. Ticket#2012020366000461
by DogHead
Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:21 pm
Forum: General
Topic: 5.11 LTE GOBI?
Replies: 22
Views: 12815

Re: 5.11 LTE GOBI?

Nope, nothing. I do get notices of postings to the forum, but nothing from support.
by DogHead
Thu Feb 02, 2012 9:48 pm
Forum: General
Topic: 5.11 LTE GOBI?
Replies: 22
Views: 12815

Re: 5.11 LTE GOBI?

I sent the supout.rif two days ago and have not heard anything. No acknowledgement, no trouble ticket, nothing. Can someone at MT at least let me know you received it? Sent a follow up email that was not responded to either.

Thanks
by DogHead
Thu Feb 02, 2012 6:49 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: 802.11n Slow
Replies: 126
Views: 59303

Re: 802.11n Slow

We have been testing with WDS and MIMO, specifically to create Mesh networks. What we have found is that if we set up with two RB433UAH + RB52Hn routers using ROS v5.12 using AP mode on both with dynamic mesh wds and mesh bridge interfaces with only AES CCM WPA2 security we can get links to associat...
by DogHead
Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:04 am
Forum: General
Topic: 5.11 LTE GOBI?
Replies: 22
Views: 12815

Re: 5.11 LTE GOBI?

supout.rif was sent
by DogHead
Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:44 am
Forum: General
Topic: 5.11 LTE GOBI?
Replies: 22
Views: 12815

Re: 5.11 LTE GOBI?

If no one from MT is watching, then how did you know to respond?

What do I need to email beyond all of the information conveyed here? Happy to provide whatever is required to get the driver done.

Obviously nearly a thousand other folks are interested in the outcome.
by DogHead
Mon Jan 30, 2012 11:45 pm
Forum: General
Topic: 5.11 LTE GOBI?
Replies: 22
Views: 12815

Re: 5.11 LTE GOBI?

Clearly this is of interest as 891 views in one day...

MT, any response
by DogHead
Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:30 pm
Forum: General
Topic: 5.11 LTE GOBI?
Replies: 22
Views: 12815

Acellerating LTE GOBI on ROS

We have a major project that requires 4G LTE over Verizon in USA. There are only four modem options: 1. Pantech UML290 - Gobi 3000 chipset, USB, EVDO, external antenna ports 2. Novatel 551L - Gobi 3000 chipset, USB, EVDO, no external antenna ports, poor quality materials - Can't use 3. Sierra Wirele...
by DogHead
Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:23 am
Forum: Virtualization
Topic: USB Ports in VM
Replies: 2
Views: 2761

USB Ports in VM

Is there any way to forward USB ports to a metarouter instance?
by DogHead
Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:41 pm
Forum: General
Topic: v5.12 released
Replies: 144
Views: 38004

Re: v5.12 released

Trying to get LTE to work. First, I know that the LTE support in 5.12 is stated as being for Bandrich modems only using the cdc ether driver. However I am trying to figure out if there is any way possible to use ROS with LTE/EVDO modems from other manufacturers. So far we have only been able to use ...
by DogHead
Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:10 am
Forum: General
Topic: 5.11 LTE GOBI?
Replies: 22
Views: 12815

Re: 5.11 LTE GOBI?

We have confirmed with Verizon that Bandrich modems are not approved for use on their network and they will not give you a SIM and approval to operate their modems. We spoke with Bandrich and they have not been successful in getting their devices approved and are not even trying. So, does anyone hav...
by DogHead
Fri Dec 16, 2011 1:46 am
Forum: General
Topic: 5.11 LTE GOBI?
Replies: 22
Views: 12815

Re: 5.11 LTE GOBI?

It looks like Bandrich has a variety of USB and miniPCIe modules that are in the same "500" family and based on MDM9200 Gobi 4000 chips. There are flavors for almost all combinations of EvDO, GSM, HSPA, etc. In particular we would be interested in the B13 version which is the C506 or M506....
by DogHead
Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:08 am
Forum: General
Topic: 5.11 LTE GOBI?
Replies: 22
Views: 12815

5.11 LTE GOBI?

We see that LTE was added to interfaces and that in 5.10 the port firmware command was added to support GOBI 2000. Does this mean that support for GOBI 3000 (Sierra Wireless MC7750, MC7780 and Novatel Expedite E362 and E371) is close? What about USB devices too? Very excited if this is true....pleas...
by DogHead
Fri Dec 09, 2011 2:31 am
Forum: General
Topic: Using more than one VLAN on RB411 or 433 problem
Replies: 1
Views: 877

Using more than one VLAN on RB411 or 433 problem

Is there any reason that you cannot run more than 1 vlan tag on an ethernet interface on an RB411 or 433? We have been trying to configure a simple vlan trunk over wireless. We are using ROS 5.9, but have also tested with 4.17 with same results. I won't go into all the details of the configuration, ...
by DogHead
Wed Nov 30, 2011 6:40 pm
Forum: General
Topic: ROS 5.9 wireless and 4G improvements??
Replies: 7
Views: 3861

Re: ROS 5.9 wireless and 4G improvements??

We are bidding a project where the customer has pre-existing Cisco Aironet 1250 APs. We use station psuedobridge or WDS (if the APs have controllers behind them). When we use RB52n as an adapter in a PC we get 90-100Mbps TCP. When we use ROS client bridge we get 12Mbps. Links all show 300/300 with 2...
by DogHead
Tue Nov 29, 2011 11:21 pm
Forum: General
Topic: ROS 5.9 wireless and 4G improvements??
Replies: 7
Views: 3861

ROS 5.9 wireless and 4G improvements??

See that 5.9 is up for public download. Can someone in support provide more detailed information on the improvements to wireless made in this release. The draft improvements tech note had some vague objectives and the change log really says nothing. Will this improve 802.11n performance at all? Part...
by DogHead
Fri Nov 18, 2011 8:00 pm
Forum: General
Topic: RouterOS v5.8 released
Replies: 182
Views: 102040

Re: RouterOS v5.8 released

We have been trying to get a Pantech UML290 to roam between LTE and EVDO on Verizon. On windows systems the Verizon Access Manager application takes care of trying to connect first on 4G, then trying 3G, then periodically checking to see if 4G is available for a switch back. Very messy, but it seems...
by DogHead
Thu Nov 03, 2011 2:42 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: 802.11n Slow
Replies: 126
Views: 59303

Re: 802.11n Slow

More details on slow performance... 1. Using RB52Hn with 2 chains we were able to get up to 178Mbps actual TCP throughput testing with Ixia. It was not easy...As far as we can figure out: a. you need to have almost noise or congestion of any type on channel b. Use NV2 c. Use RB52Hn at both ends d. U...
by DogHead
Thu Oct 27, 2011 5:33 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: 802.11n Slow
Replies: 126
Views: 59303

Re: 802.11n Slow

We have been testing a variety of MIMO configurations and are seeing very consistent and disappointing results. We started with a pair of RB433UAH with RB52Hn cards. Running with two chains, all AMPDU priorities enabled, and all MCS enabled, with AES encryption or with no encryption. We used NS2 in ...
by DogHead
Fri Jun 10, 2011 4:53 pm
Forum: General
Topic: 4G Modem won't stay alive
Replies: 3
Views: 3687

Re: 4G Modem won't stay alive

Charlie, you are not alone in having issues with the 4G modems on Verizon. I have been testing the UML290 and continue to have very strange connectivity issues. In a Windows XP computer I can get the modem to come up fine using the latest drivers and version of VZ Access Manager (VZAM_7.6.3.5_2642k_...
by DogHead
Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:36 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Pantech UML290 in Routerboards with a USB Port
Replies: 3
Views: 2352

Re: Pantech UML290 in Routerboards with a USB Port

I was wondering if you ever were able to get the UML290 to work with 4G mode on RouterOS?
by DogHead
Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:16 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Very Strange Problem with SR9 and RB433UAH
Replies: 3
Views: 1006

Re: Very Strange Problem with SR9 and RB433UAH

More testing shows that there is absolute consistency in having poor performance with 64MB NAND. We know that this is not the issue, but it does point specifically to builds of RB433UAH boards. What we know with certainty is that the exact same SR9 modules, with the exact same antennas, and the exac...
by DogHead
Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:57 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Strategic Wireless Plan
Replies: 5
Views: 1805

Re: Strategic Wireless Plan

The dependency on Linux support is understood. Ralink seems to have to closest level of openness to Atheros. What is needed is for someone like MT or Compex to start a strategic discussion about migrating to the Ralink chipset in order to mitigate risk and foster competition. The problem I see is th...
by DogHead
Thu Mar 10, 2011 7:10 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Strategic Wireless Plan
Replies: 5
Views: 1805

Re: Strategic Wireless Plan

Nobody has any comments on this?
by DogHead
Tue Mar 08, 2011 7:02 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Very Strange Problem with SR9 and RB433UAH
Replies: 3
Views: 1006

Very Strange Problem with SR9 and RB433UAH

We have been trying to troubleshoot a problem and are at a dead end. Using ROS 4.11, 4.16 or 4.17 same results We have four different RB433UAH boards. Two have 64MB of NAND and two have 512MB of NAND. MT only promises to build boards with 64MB so sometimes we get boards with 64 and sometimes we get ...
by DogHead
Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:24 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Strategic Wireless Plan
Replies: 5
Views: 1805

Strategic Wireless Plan

I don't know if you all have been following what is going on with Qualcomm and their acquisition of Atheros, but I think you should be watching this carefully. http://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2011/01/05/qualcomm-acquire-atheros-leader-connectivity-networking-solutions Qualcomm sells carrier ce...
by DogHead
Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:08 am
Forum: General
Topic: v5rc10 released
Replies: 77
Views: 14304

Re: v5rc10 released

We have OVPN working fine under 5.0rc10. Upgrade worked fine and link works fine. We are using two MT routers to link remote offices.
by DogHead
Thu Nov 18, 2010 2:56 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Franklin M600 Support?
Replies: 0
Views: 772

Franklin M600 Support?

Any chance of support for this modem
http://www.franklinwireless.com/image/e ... eet_v1.pdf
by DogHead
Sat Nov 13, 2010 1:30 am
Forum: General
Topic: Mesh change in new wireless drivers
Replies: 1
Views: 1437

Re: Mesh change in new wireless drivers

Bump...any response MT?
by DogHead
Sat Nov 13, 2010 1:30 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: 433 NAND
Replies: 2
Views: 1450

Re: 433 NAND

This does raise a serious question about the qualification of parts on MT boards. If MT is using "whatever is lying around" then how are parts qualified? How do you validate boards for quality? Thermals? Reliability? We have seen broad variations in reliability of items such as flash memor...
by DogHead
Thu Nov 11, 2010 8:16 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: 433 NAND
Replies: 2
Views: 1450

433 NAND

We have been buying RB433AH boards since they were first released. For a long time we were seeing the reported file system space of 520MB. This seemed odd to us with a RAM of only 128MB and 64MB of NAND (see image). Sometimes we see boards that report 1044MB. Other times we get boards that report 64...
by DogHead
Fri Nov 05, 2010 7:28 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Mesh change in new wireless drivers
Replies: 1
Views: 1437

Mesh change in new wireless drivers

We have been previously configuring HWMP mesh to use wds-slave mode in making peer connections with dynamic-mesh wds. In versions 4.12 and below the routers could find each other and associate fine. In version 5.rc3 and version 4.13 we now find that wds-slave mode no longer allows peer discovery. We...
by DogHead
Tue Aug 24, 2010 11:01 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Pantech UMW190 and RB433UAH.
Replies: 7
Views: 3090

Re: Pantech UMW190 and RB433UAH.

One thing to remember to do with the UMW190 that I forgot to do on a recent build is to deactivate the Verizon USB storage partition. If you don't do this then the modem will not be detected. Use the Verizon wireless manager to do this. So far no problems on ROS4.11 or 5.0b5 on RB433UAH. Upgraded bo...
by DogHead
Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:24 am
Forum: General
Topic: Webfig
Replies: 1
Views: 1360

Webfig

Will Webfig be customizable like the current webbox interface? Will we be able to edit menu structure to limit user access to just those functions we want them to see?
by DogHead
Sat Jun 19, 2010 2:30 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: LED and LCD for RB433UAH
Replies: 1
Views: 1151

LED and LCD for RB433UAH

I am trying to get some visible LEDs routed to the outside of an outdoor (NEMA) rated enclosure from the RB433UAH. I would like to take the user leds off the back. Has anyone every routed the user LEDs off the back of the RB433 to external LEDs? What parts did you use? What voltage? Assume 3.3. Or i...
by DogHead
Fri May 28, 2010 4:53 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Pantech UMW190 and RB433UAH.
Replies: 7
Views: 3090

Re: Pantech UMW190 and RB433UAH.

Try setting the routerboard boot delay to 9sec. You need to activate the modem using windows. Update the firmware to latest. Update location db. Log in under windows a couple of times to make sure there are no activation issues. Then put it in. You should see usb2 You may have a bad modem. We have h...
by DogHead
Wed May 26, 2010 12:48 am
Forum: General
Topic: FIPS 140-2/FIPS 197
Replies: 1
Views: 1694

Re: FIPS 140-2/FIPS 197

MT...any comments?
by DogHead
Fri May 21, 2010 7:54 pm
Forum: General
Topic: FIPS 140-2/FIPS 197
Replies: 1
Views: 1694

FIPS 140-2/FIPS 197

We were wondering if MT had any plans to implement the OpenSSL FIPS compliant module (http://openssl.org/source/openssl-fips-1.2.tar.gz) or if you already have? By implementing this validated version of openssl and corresponding patches to openssh that forces limits to algorithms used to only those ...
by DogHead
Mon Apr 26, 2010 5:08 am
Forum: General
Topic: OS 4.7 DHCP
Replies: 14
Views: 4654

Re: OS 4.7 DHCP

We never assume that an MT release is stable and usable. We generally test for a month, watch the forum for issues, and then, if all is stable, we will migrate up. We have learned from a long string of releases that are not stable that it is up to the end user to make the decision of whether to migr...
by DogHead
Sun Apr 11, 2010 4:12 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Usb port invalid
Replies: 46
Views: 31778

Re: Usb port invalid

The Pantech UMW190 works flawlessly. Cold booted 20 times with no issues. Warm rebooted 20 times with no issue. No lcp errors, no disconnects. Tested with both ROS4.6 and 5.9b1. This is not a cheap modem. It is multiband supporting both GSM, UMTS, and CDMA. Primary carrier is Verizon CDMA and then r...
by DogHead
Sun Apr 11, 2010 4:11 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: ROS 4.7??? to fix USB 3G modems
Replies: 6
Views: 2190

Re: ROS 4.7??? to fix USB 3G modems

The Pantech UMW190 works flawlessly. Cold booted 20 times with no issues. Warm rebooted 20 times with no issue. No lcp errors, no disconnects. Tested with both ROS4.6 and 5.9b1. This is not a cheap modem. It is multiband supporting both GSM, UMTS, and CDMA. Primary carrier is Verizon CDMA and then r...
by DogHead
Sun Apr 11, 2010 12:22 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: ROS 4.7??? to fix USB 3G modems
Replies: 6
Views: 2190

Re: ROS 4.7??? to fix USB 3G modems

The problem is not on plugging into a running system, it is from cold boot. If you are leaving the modem plugged in all the time (seal inside an enclosure for example), then the USB port is detected properly about 30% of the time when system is started (my experience across multiple boards and multi...
by DogHead
Sat Apr 10, 2010 12:24 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Usb port invalid
Replies: 46
Views: 31778

Re: Usb port invalid

USB invalid/undiscovered problem persists under ROS5.0beta1 too which is supposed to have new 3G drivers.

I think it is related to USB hot plug driver and not necessarily tied to the modem driver.
by DogHead
Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:34 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: ROS 4.7??? to fix USB 3G modems
Replies: 6
Views: 2190

Re: ROS 4.7??? to fix USB 3G modems

Nope, the 5.0beta1 behaves the same way as 4.6. It varies between not finding the USB port for the 3G card, coming up with invalid status for the USB, and coming up properly. Does this for both the 598U and 760U on both the RB411U and RB433UAH. Nothing in the logs (debug, ppp, error) to indicate tha...
by DogHead
Fri Apr 09, 2010 3:43 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: ROS 4.7??? to fix USB 3G modems
Replies: 6
Views: 2190

ROS 4.7??? to fix USB 3G modems

I saw another post that indicated that MT might be working on fixing the driver for the Sierra Wireless USB modems. Will this be in 4.7? When will that be released? Anxious to get the issues we are seeing with the 598U and 760U fixed. These are critical for Verizon and Sprint, who are really the onl...
by DogHead
Fri Apr 09, 2010 2:40 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Usb port invalid
Replies: 46
Views: 31778

Re: Usb port invalid

We continue to test the Sierra Wireless 598U and 760U with the RB433. We have concluded that the modems take just slightly longer to power on and register themselves as an active USB devices than the RB433 takes to boot. So the OS does not recognize the USB port on the modems properly. Solutions tha...
by DogHead
Thu Apr 08, 2010 4:01 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Usb port invalid
Replies: 46
Views: 31778

Re: Usb port invalid

So, it appears to be that the 598U has a timing issue with the USB driver. About 30% of the time the USB port is missing, 20% of the time the USB port is invalid, and 10% of the time the driver appears to load, but then we see that the modem is constantly resetting the link. We have tried setting th...
by DogHead
Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:51 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Usb port invalid
Replies: 46
Views: 31778

Re: Usb port invalid

We upgraded bios to 2.25. So what we are seeing is that the Sierra Wireless 598U USB modem will sometimes be detected and sometimes not. There appear to be two different conditions: the USB port completely not discovered and the USB port being partially discovered but being shown as invalid. Sometim...
by DogHead
Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:29 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Usb port invalid
Replies: 46
Views: 31778

Re: Usb port invalid

We have been having this same problem with a RB433UAH and a Sierra Wireless U598. This is with ROS 4.6. The problem we are seeing is that the USB port is either being reported as invalid or is completely undetected after EITHER a warm reboot or a power reset. If we hot plug the modem into the USB af...
by DogHead
Fri Mar 05, 2010 12:28 am
Forum: General
Topic: Update Key through console
Replies: 3
Views: 1778

Update Key through console

We have a router that has some corruption on the compact flash that it boots from. It is mounted on a tower and we do not want to have to take it down. Winbox will not load due to some missing files. It is running 3.30. We would like to do an upgrade using FTP and telnet to 4.5 to see if we can rebu...
by DogHead
Fri Jan 15, 2010 12:45 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: RB Product Lifecycle
Replies: 15
Views: 5495

Re: RB Product Lifecycle

My main point is one of confidence in product availability and longevity. So when a board comes out MT could say "standard" or "extended lifecycle" on a part so that you can choose which product to use in which case. Sometimes just having the same mounting holes, etc is not suffi...
by DogHead
Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:07 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: RB Product Lifecycle
Replies: 15
Views: 5495

RB Product Lifecycle

Is there a policy at Mikrotik regarding product lifecycle/longevity? We were building products based on the RB333, then it was EOL without much notice. We were building products based on the Crossroads board, then without any notice it was EOL. We were building products based on RB411A, then without...
by DogHead
Sat Aug 22, 2009 3:37 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: In which factory are the Routerboards manufactured?
Replies: 3
Views: 3999

Re: In which factory are the Routerboards manufactured?

Gateworks boards are made in USA

PC-Engines are made in China and Germany (not often)
by DogHead
Sat Aug 22, 2009 3:20 am
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: 411R disappointment?
Replies: 36
Views: 8584

Re: 411R disappointment?

This week we were told that the crossroads is no longer available. The replacement was the RB411AR. We thought "great" little faster processor, and the price was a little lower. Then we got the boards in and found out about the 20dBm tx limit. This kills the value of the board. Will you be...
by DogHead
Fri Aug 21, 2009 9:00 am
Forum: Scripting
Topic: API Links
Replies: 155
Views: 218077

Re: API examples

No word from anyone on this.

We would love to see someone come up with a good working solution.
by DogHead
Fri Aug 07, 2009 5:56 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Webbox and 3.28
Replies: 5
Views: 1502

Webbox and 3.28

Just looked through the change log and did not see any fixes related the web interface. Was the "interfaces" cfg page fixed to work? Any of the other enhancements like being able to enable/disable nstreme (checkbox), set port forwarding, enable UPnP, use wireless snooper, etc? I will take ...
by DogHead
Tue Aug 04, 2009 4:53 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: RB433AH + XR5 AP Problems
Replies: 20
Views: 7746

Re: RB433AH + XR5 AP Problems

What is your noise floor? While you may have good SNR, you may still have a high noise floor with two high power radios in the same enclosure with no space diversity between antenna elements. We don't use the dual polarity antennas because there is no space between the elements and you do get cross ...
by DogHead
Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:37 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Is WWW.MIKROTIK.COM Down?
Replies: 1
Views: 769

Is WWW.MIKROTIK.COM Down?

Have been trying to log in for the last two days and get resets from the server? Anyone else having issues? Pingable, not not webable

Not good if you can't buy license keys, etc.
by DogHead
Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:29 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: HWMP+ not working as expected
Replies: 9
Views: 2830

Re: HWMP+ not working as expected

So as outlined in several dozen previous messages, we have tried every conceivable configuration to get past issues with HWMP. All configurations we have tried to rely on dynamic mesh wds connections between mesh nodes. We have tried putting WDS interfaces into a mesh interface, putting them into br...
by DogHead
Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:58 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: When Mikrotik support 11n mimo (SR71-5)
Replies: 62
Views: 24110

Re: When Mikrotik support 11n mimo (SR71-5)

i have Mikrotik ROS 3.20 on RB600A. I plug the SR71-15 in and... nothing.

Upgraded to ROS 3.27... nothing
Dude...did you not read any of these posts...You need to upgrade to ROS 4b3 to support mimo.
by DogHead
Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:56 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: HWMP+ not working as expected
Replies: 9
Views: 2830

Re: HWMP+ not working as expected

I am guessing that you are trying to use MAC address connections when Winbox crashes. You are probably initiating a FDB update by trying to connect via MAC. This causes a network flood which causes everything to crash. First, HWMP is not ready for prime time. But even so, you should be able to conne...
by DogHead
Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:13 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: diversity : again. does it work or not?
Replies: 20
Views: 7182

Re: diversity : again. does it work or not?

We have had very good results using diversity with madwifi drivers on OpenWRT. Generally we will use one antenna with vpol and one with hpol. Driver will sample SNR off both antennas over a time period and then switch to use the best antenna based on sampling. Most effective in high motion/dynamic e...
by DogHead
Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:06 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: HWMP+ not working as expected
Replies: 9
Views: 2830

Re: HWMP+ not working as expected

We have been testing HWMP+ on each and every release hoping that this problem would be resolved. The issue appears to be in the FDB updates. FDB is how paths across the mesh are determined. Basically a spanning tree like update keeps a forwarding table current for each node. But at some point the FD...
by DogHead
Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:59 pm
Forum: General
Topic: station pseudobridge in 3.x
Replies: 6
Views: 10398

Re: station pseudobridge in 3.x

My understanding of station-psuedobridge is that it behaves similarly to NAT. The station associates with it's ap and then uses session tracking to translate MAC addressing on it's client side to use it's MAC over the air link. Clone mode does the same thing, but takes the MAC address of the first s...
by DogHead
Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:19 pm
Forum: General
Topic: 3.27 and Webbox
Replies: 7
Views: 2206

Re: 3.27 and Webbox

I agree that UPnP support can be effective in dealing with port forwarding requirement. However we deal with many industrial devices that do not support UPnP, so having the ability to add a simple port forward statically is still important to us. So then having a UPnP check box on the firewall confi...
by DogHead
Sat Jul 18, 2009 12:12 am
Forum: General
Topic: 3.27 and Webbox
Replies: 7
Views: 2206

3.27 and Webbox

It has now been 3 releases since the webbox user interface was broken. In every release announcement I have indicated that it was broken, and yet it never gets fixed. On an x86 build, the interface dialog does not work. Other enhancements that we have requested several times, but have yet to see (th...
by DogHead
Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:02 am
Forum: General
Topic: RouterOS V3.25 released
Replies: 34
Views: 6206

Re: RouterOS V3.25 released

We would still like to have the following modifications to the webbox user interface, which we have requested repeatedly with no progress: 1. Support for station pseudobridge and station pseudobridge clone mode in the wireless interface page (add to drop down list) 2. Support for enable nstreme in t...
by DogHead
Thu May 28, 2009 9:25 pm
Forum: General
Topic: RouterOS V3.24 release
Replies: 26
Views: 5096

Re: RouterOS V3.24 release

We are seeing a strange behavior in 3.24 on x86: In Web interface (webbox): a. Interfaces page returns a connection reset error b. If there is more than one wlan interface, then start page returns connection reset error (I think this is the same as "a" above, as if there are two wlan, then...
by DogHead
Wed May 27, 2009 1:54 am
Forum: Scripting
Topic: API Links
Replies: 155
Views: 218077

Re: API examples

We would want to be able to: 1. Add/enable bridge or mesh interface a. Bond interfaces into bridge or mesh b. For bridge turn on or off RTSP c. For mesh make portal node 2. Configure wireless a. Set mode, band, frequency, SSID b. Enable Nstreme c. Enable WPA and set PSK 3. IP/Routing/NAT a. Apply IP...
by DogHead
Wed May 27, 2009 1:06 am
Forum: Scripting
Topic: API Links
Replies: 155
Views: 218077

Re: API examples

The examples, etc using the API are great. We are already trying to write our own simplified interface for end users in Delphi based on the examples provided, but it is a major pain for us to learn Delphi (java, ruby or any other programming language for that matter). Even python is tough if you wan...
by DogHead
Tue May 19, 2009 7:43 am
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Alter the default-configuration script
Replies: 2
Views: 1484

Re: Alter the default-configuration script

You cannot alter the autorun.scr to my knowledge. This is a good request.
by DogHead
Mon May 11, 2009 1:24 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: When Mikrotik support 11n mimo (SR71-5)
Replies: 62
Views: 24110

Re: When Mikrotik support 11n mimo (SR71-5)

Firetide just released an N mesh node. They make no mention of range, noise immunity, or anything other than they achieve "400Mbps". Of course they had to use a pre N guess at final protocol. In looking for benchmark testing on N there is just nothing. The only test that seemed even remote...
by DogHead
Thu May 07, 2009 3:33 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Was Mesh Fixed in 3.22?
Replies: 6
Views: 2087

Re: Was Mesh Fixed in 3.22?

So the good news is that HWMP seems to be working better in 3.23. Still not perfect but much more stable than before. Our test bed is 5 routers, all with low power 5GHz radios. They are all within good RF link quality of one another. We are using WDS dynamic mesh and putting all of the wds interface...
by DogHead
Mon May 04, 2009 6:11 am
Forum: General
Topic: Problems with Winbox MAC 2.2.4 in ROS 3.23
Replies: 3
Views: 1171

Re: Problems with Winbox MAC 2.2.4 in ROS 3.23

The problem is intermittent. We have seen it work one time and then not on the next connection.

Have seen the same issue on Alix and RB Crossroads.

No problems with 3.22.

Is it possible that it is related to MS Windows XP or Vista updates? Firewalls are off.
by DogHead
Mon May 04, 2009 4:44 am
Forum: General
Topic: Problems with Winbox MAC 2.2.4 in ROS 3.23
Replies: 3
Views: 1171

Re: Problems with Winbox MAC 2.2.4 in ROS 3.23

Anyone else see this problem?
by DogHead
Sun May 03, 2009 8:08 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Problems with Winbox MAC 2.2.4 in ROS 3.23
Replies: 3
Views: 1171

Problems with Winbox MAC 2.2.4 in ROS 3.23

Has anyone else had issues with using MAC connections through winbox to ROS 3.23? Winbox works fine with 3.22 and earlier versions for both MAC and IP connections. Winbox also works fine with 3.23 under IP. But when using MAC connections to 3.23, there is a lot of latency. Sometimes data does not co...
by DogHead
Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:26 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Web Interface in post 3.22 problems
Replies: 3
Views: 1297

Re: Web Interface in post 3.22 problems

Normis, In looking over 3.23 there was no change to the web interface. Is there any intention to address the issues we found in the web interface or should we be working on building our own API client. We really don't want to spend the resources if you are going to fix this soon. As noted, the fixes...
by DogHead
Wed Apr 08, 2009 5:30 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Forwarding Mulicast DNS ( Apple Bonjour Protocol )
Replies: 2
Views: 1999

Re: Forwarding Mulicast DNS ( Apple Bonjour Protocol )

I would guess that your problem is MAC address resolution. Your cameras send out a broadcast with their own MAC, but as soon as it hits the client bridge the MAC is replaced with the MAC of the bridge and session managed from there. Have you tried running your client bridges in station pseudobridge ...
by DogHead
Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:28 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: API web interface running on router?
Replies: 5
Views: 2234

Re: API web interface running on router?

Chupaka, Yes, we are working on a simple Delphi or Java interface based on the work posted in Forum by others. But this actually is less ideal than having a simple embedded web interface for end users. Webbox is very close to what we need. It has a few features that we don't want users to see and so...
by DogHead
Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:27 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: API web interface running on router?
Replies: 5
Views: 2234

Re: API web interface running on router?

So there is no way to load a custom configuration page onto a MT router? There is no interpreter for the embedded web server that webbox runs under? I know you can push some configuration commands to it using HTTP. This is how I was able to get the snooper function to work, even though it was broken...
by DogHead
Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:02 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Web Interface in post 3.22 problems
Replies: 3
Views: 1297

Re: Web Interface in post 3.22 problems

Normis, Thank you. We understand that the current web interface is transitional. It is actually very useful as it is and is a good compromise between giving the user a complete, and complex interface, and one that is simple to use. We generally tell users to use the web interface for basic set up, a...
by DogHead
Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:12 am
Forum: Scripting
Topic: API web interface running on router?
Replies: 5
Views: 2234

API web interface running on router?

If someone wanted to make a custom version of webbox using the API v3, is there a way to do this? This would be an interface that would run on the router itself, not a separate server, and be accessed through the web interface. Is there an interpreter in RouterOS that would allow you to write your o...
by DogHead
Sat Apr 04, 2009 10:52 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Was Mesh Fixed in 3.22?
Replies: 6
Views: 2087

Re: Was Mesh Fixed in 3.22?

The problems with FDB and forwarding in HWMP still exist. If we set up a mesh using dynamic-WDS-mesh and put the wds interfaces and the wlan interfaces into the mesh interface, the system does not forward properly to more than 3 nodes. The 4th node causes everything to break. Even at 3 nodes we see ...
by DogHead
Sat Apr 04, 2009 10:41 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Web Interface in post 3.22 problems
Replies: 3
Views: 1297

Web Interface in post 3.22 problems

In version 3.22 the web interface has been changed significantly. The tabs are nice, but there are some features that we were using in older versions for customers that are now broken: 1. The dashboard is no longer present. This provided good status information on the system to help troubleshoot wit...
by DogHead
Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:01 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Was Mesh Fixed in 3.22?
Replies: 6
Views: 2087

Was Mesh Fixed in 3.22?

In looking through the changelog for 3.21 and 3.22 there is no mention of any changes to fix HWMP, mesh or anything related. Were changes made to fix the routing problems with HWMP? Can we now test with WDS dynamic mesh? Is it worth our effort or should we continue to wait?

Thanks
by DogHead
Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:11 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Ideas on implementing wireless mobile mesh
Replies: 11
Views: 3821

Re: Ideas on implementing wireless mobile mesh

Uldis, any word on progress with 3.21 release? We are all anxious to get HWMP working for mobile mesh applications.
by DogHead
Fri Feb 13, 2009 7:53 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Ideas on implementing wireless mobile mesh
Replies: 11
Views: 3821

Re: Ideas on implementing wireless mobile mesh

Thanks Uldis, we are anxious to see the improvements. The issue seems to come up when there are multiple paths across the mesh, a change occurs, then the FDB does not seem to be refreshed properly and paths just don't seem to work. Kind of looks like the same kind of issue we see with STP convergenc...
by DogHead
Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:29 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Ideas on implementing wireless mobile mesh
Replies: 11
Views: 3821

Re: Ideas on implementing wireless mobile mesh

Anyone? Any suggestions? Anything?
by DogHead
Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:46 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Ideas on implementing wireless mobile mesh
Replies: 11
Views: 3821

Ideas on implementing wireless mobile mesh

We have posted several times trying to get to the bottom of using HWMP in a mobile mesh architecture. Like what other systems like Firetide or Strix does using ad hoc mode and OLSR or AODV. The HWMP protocol looks like it should work, but we can get it to scale beyond 4 mesh nodes before it fails. T...
by DogHead
Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:04 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: unstable ping with nstream
Replies: 27
Views: 9253

Re: unstable ping with nstream

Have you tried turning off CSMA? Your current config has it on with polling enabled. We find more consistent delay with CSMA off.
by DogHead
Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:49 pm
Forum: RouterBOARD hardware
Topic: Boot loader 2.19 for Crossroads
Replies: 4
Views: 1590

Boot loader 2.19 for Crossroads

The link to the MT bootloader 2.19 for crossroads boards is broken on the routerboard.com web site.

We want to load MT 3.20 on boards that currently have 2.12 version of bootloader. Are there issues with this? Can we get the link fixed and get the updated bootloader?

Thanks
by DogHead
Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:11 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Fast link for Sentryscope. 21Megapixel camera.
Replies: 5
Views: 1334

Re: Fast link for Sentryscope. 21Megapixel camera.

They look like they support 2fps max at 21MP. But no mention of compression algorithm, streaming engine protocol, etc or nominal bit rate at low mid and high motion. If they are like everyone else, they use mjpeg with some sort of HTTP or FTP streaming (ie TCP) which will be lousy for wireless. You ...
by DogHead
Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:50 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: HWMP Mesh - Is it possible
Replies: 2
Views: 5689

Re: HWMP Mesh - Is it possible

One Last Try...I have posted this several times with no response from anyone. I have sent in to support with no response. So from the deafening silence it seems that on one has an answer... We are trying to set up mobile mesh networks using HWMP and are not having good success. The network needs to ...
by DogHead
Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:50 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: HWMP Mesh - Is it possible
Replies: 2
Views: 5689

HWMP Mesh - Is it possible

Has anyone successfully implemented HWMP mesh using WDS dynamic-mesh mode with more than 4 nodes? Seems like it suffers from exactly the same issues as just bridging WDS with RSTP. We really want to create layer 2 mesh that scales well using MT, but without using ad-hoc mode (like all other mesh sol...
by DogHead
Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:43 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: HWMP, WDS Mesh and Wireless-test
Replies: 2
Views: 2311

Re: HWMP, WDS Mesh and Wireless-test

Let me rephrase my posting:

Has anyone successfully implemented HWMP mesh using WDS dynamic mesh with more than 6 nodes?

How?

Thanks
by DogHead
Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:29 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: HWMP, WDS Mesh and Wireless-test
Replies: 2
Views: 2311

HWMP, WDS Mesh and Wireless-test

We have been trying to get a mesh configuration running using HWMP that is more scalable than simple WDS bridging. We are using 3.17 on an x86 platform with the standard wireless driver package. We created a mesh interface using the default values. We configured wireless interface with WDS dynamic m...
by DogHead
Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:48 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Webbox Enhancement Request for Wireless
Replies: 1
Views: 1189

Re: Webbox Enhancement Request for Wireless

Does anyone have any suggestions on this? Any help is appreciated.
by DogHead
Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:30 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: Webbox Enhancement Request for Wireless
Replies: 1
Views: 1189

Webbox Enhancement Request for Wireless

We are working on a project where we would like to provide a simplified user interface. Webbox seems to be just the right thing, but we need to get a couple of things added to it. Anybody have any alternate suggestions for simple user interface? The main thing that we want to be able to do is set ev...
by DogHead
Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:01 am
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: MME and Dynamic WDS Mesh?
Replies: 11
Views: 8766

Re: MME and Dynamic WDS Mesh?

I have not received any feedback on this topic. I am really interested to learn how to implement dynamic mesh routing on MT, but since no one is answering this, I can only assume that it is not possible. This leaves us with layer 2 mesh, which is extremely limited, or static mesh, which, while usefu...
by DogHead
Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:40 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: MME and Dynamic WDS Mesh?
Replies: 11
Views: 8766

Re: MME and Dynamic WDS Mesh?

I never received any replies or responses to this post. The fundamental problem that I see is that in most mesh implementations they use ad-hoc mode, which creates the layer 2 link point to point with a peer, then OLSR or ADVO decides which link is the best to route over. Each interface is unique an...
by DogHead
Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:12 pm
Forum: Wireless Networking
Topic: MME and Dynamic WDS Mesh?
Replies: 11
Views: 8766

MME and Dynamic WDS Mesh?

I have been trying to figure out how to implement scalable wireless mesh using MME. The goal is to have dynamic wireless mesh over larger number of nodes than what WDS alone can support. Ideally self configuring, meaning that every node in the mesh looks pretty much identical and pulls address info,...