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The other thing about DC-DC converters is the 20-25% loss in power. Thus, you'll have to spec for additional wattage on your solar panels...

Thus, if I'm running a 12V system and feeding my RB's directly from the batteries, why would I need a DC-DC converter?

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Am I missing something here... is it no all about watts? Thus, even if you run a 12V system, the amps pulled by the board will be higher, thus all is suppose to be fine?

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Hi All

HighOnsNow - How do you do that monitoring? I'm very interested and it will really give me a warm fuzzy feeling if I can do this.

Thanks

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Hi Tim Thanks for the reply. I've rewired this tower probably 3 times in the past 4 weeks. There CANNOT be any bad connections. Your suggestion on taking the power feed to the routers, directly from the batteries - this is what I'm going to do if my current test (mentioned above) is successful. But ...

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Hi Tanker I'm searching through the forum for help on a major problem I'm experiencing... I'm so confused with all the mysterious things I'm seeing. I really hope you can shed light on my problem - would appreciate it so very much. A summary of my situation: I'm running a 24V solar system using this...

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Hi All I have 2 base stations, running RB600's with lots of success. Such an efficient board in term of the number of wireless interfaces and price. And, its stable! I'm now having trouble with 2 of my boards after bad weather... First, I realize that the RB600 has been discontinued. Why?! This boar...

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mmm, OK, interesting. Thanks for the information, much appreciated.

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Anybody has knowledge of this issue, please?

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Anybody?

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I see the following: On the AP, under the 'Status' tab, it shows an act-timeout value of 87. What does this value mean with a lot of clients connected? I saw that this is the highest value for all the connected clients, thus, the connected client with the highest act-timeout value, will show here? I...

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Hi All I have clients connecting to one of my AP's with very high act timeout values - 174, 333 etc. When I disconnect these clients, they re-connect with proper looking values... 50-90us. All clients are set to 'Act Timout=Dynamic'. My questions: 1. Will it improve connection performance if I set t...

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The problem has been solved by changing the band on the sectors from 5GHz-5MHz to 5GHz-10MHz... Don't know why this solved the problem, but it did...

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Hi All I believe I might have solved the problem, but I don't know why... All the CPE's now connects perfectly to the correct sectors. I have changed the AP's band from 5GHz-5MHz to 5GHz-10MHz. Also updated all the CPE's... Seem to be problem solved!! I will keep you posted. Can anybody explain to m...

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I have already tried the scan list suggestion. As mentioned, most of the times the CPE does not pick up the directed sector's frequency. Thus, in the example image above, it normally only shows 00:15:6D:65:3F:89 (AP1) and 00:15:6D:65:92:DF (AP3)... Sometimes, it will show AP2... the CPE will connect...

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As mentioned above, I have already tried different SSID's for each sector... 50% (4 clients) of the CPE's refuses to connect to the directed sectors (sectors with the best signal).

Why not use capital letters in the SSID?

shrick

No luck.

I've tried using the 'Access List' to also try and force a CPE to connect to a specific sector (more or less same idea as with the unique SSID). The CPE refuses to connect... 90% of the time only wants to connect to the non-directed sectors?!

Also tried WDS... no luck.

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The spacing of the channels did not help... still experiencing the same problem.

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Yes, this was the last changed I've made, by giving the sectors 40MHz spacing. The frequencies are now as follows: AP1: 5825 AP2: 5785 AP3: 5745 The situation seems better, lets say 70% of the clients connects more stable now, the remaining 30% is still connecting to the wrong sectors. It seems that...

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I have also tried to switch off 2 of the AP's and see how the remaining one reacts with clients... no positive effect.

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I just want to mention this again. Not all clients has the above mentioned problem... some clients connects 95% stable to the correct sectors... and some clients are very troublesome, connecting most of the time to the wrong sector, thus one with bad signal strength.

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I believe this is not the problem. I have 2 base stations. On the one I have 3 sectors about 0.5m apart from each other - I had no problems on this base station for 18 months now. On the new base station the sectors are almost 2 meters apart from each other... and I have these funny problems? Thanks...

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Hi All I have the following setup at a new base station (The base station is in a rural area - no interferece): * RB600, 3 x XR5's with 120deg sectors, used for PtmP, freg 5705, 5685, 5665 all on 5GHz-5MHz, all vertical polarized. * RB600, 4 x XR5's, used for PtP, freq 5210 (5GHz-10MHz), 5250 (5GHz-...

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The change to 24V made no difference... I run 15m 1.5mm cable up the tower to the router. My next step is to move the batteries up the tower, closer to the router...

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Thanks for the reply. Are there some rule of thumb in terms of how far the the freqencies must be spaced? Eg, when running 5GHz-5MHz is it adequate to space the wireless interfaces with 5MHz intervals, eg, 5100, 5105, 5110 etc? Thus, when running normal 5GHz, one must space the frequencies by 20MHz?...

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Yes, using the DC jack. I run 2 x 50W solar panels - never had problems with batteries going flat. I have also changed the voltage from 12 to 24V this evening. Will monitor the problem and see if it gets better.

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Sometimes the AP2 interface will also disappear from the wireless interface list. Then I need to reboot the router...

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But why am I still able to pick the AP up during a scan? Does this not indicate that the AP is operating properly?

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Hi All What is the best way to space frequencies (between wireless interfaces) in a 5GHz network running a combination of 5MHz, 10MHz, 20MHz and 40MHz (turbo) bands? Thus, to ensure the least interference. PS: My back haul links are horizontally polarized while my AP's are vertically polarized. The ...

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Hi All I have the following scenario. RB600A running 4 x XR5's, solar power, 12V. 3 of the cards are used for sectors and the 4th one is for backhaul. RouterOS 4.5 AP1 has 4 users AP2 has 9 users AP3 has 1 user The problem is normally with AP2. About twice a day, all 9 users will just be dropped. Wh...

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http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=33497

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How much better performance will a dish antenna give over a grid antenna?

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Anybody?

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Hi All I need to do an antenna upgrade on one of my links and have to make a decision on what to buy. This is what I currently have: http://www.dbg.co.za/product_info.php?cPath=1_41_43&products_id=170 The make is 'UniGain', whatever that may be?! Anyway, I need something stronger. Now this is my...

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Thanks for all the feedback. I've settled on the RB600 with a maximum of 4 x XR5s in each. I'll keep you posted on how it worked out.

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If money was no problem, I would have probably settled for individual 411AH's, but at the moment I have to budget a bit. I think I'm going to give the RB600's a go. One handling the 3 sectors (3 XR5's) and on handling the back haul (2 XR5's). At a later stage I can maybe get a dual system going on t...

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Hi All I'm planning on setting up a new base station and need to decide on which router board to use. The site will start with 3 AP sectors and 2 grids for back haul. I've previously made use of R433(AH)'s, mostly running 2 x RB433(AH)'s with dual XR5 in them. What makes the RB600 attractive is it's...

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Hi Normis

Which html page must I modify?

Thx

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K, smart. Thx.

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Great, thanks. Is that login page editable?

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MAC authentication via User Manager Radius.

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How would I do user name based authentication? With PPPOE? I'm using a routed network. Eg, the base station IP is 10.0.2.1 and the CPE IP is 10.0.2.100 (currently static). Then there are a few more network hops to the ADSL modem... How would I implement PPPOE in this scenario?

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The Radius setup is in order. The problem is the IP addresses and MAC authentication. I'm going to have 2 MAC addresses, thus immediately I'm in need of 2 accounts? I cannot use the same MAC address for both CPE's?

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I have access to the ISP...

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I'm bringing this issue up once again. Please... I'm running a HotSpot with 10 active users sharing a 4mbit ADSL connection. I'm one of the 10 users and the admin. I'm limited on speed, upload 150k, download 1500k. Here is the test: I'm constantly pinging the hotspot router. The pings are 3-4ms. The...

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Hi There I'm running a small WISP where users gets access via a HotSpot with MAC athentication. I have one user that needs internet access at his business and his home, but he want to pay for only one account a month. Thus, a CPE is installed at his house and business and he has for example one 5GB ...

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Thanks for the insight. Going to make a plan with a fan! Much appreciated.

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Hi Guys I'm sitting with a hop running a RB433 with 1 x XR5 and 1 x R52H. The following happens... and it seems to happen only on very hot days. The router will just go dead and after about 30min it will start again - with no intervention. From here, it will sometimes run without problems, other tim...

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I've heard about bonding. Is is not possible to use bonding to create a virtual 8mbit interface?

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Hi there

I'm running a MikroTik router in my office, connected to a 4mbit ADSL modem. I'm planning on adding another 4mbit ADSL line and want to create some kind of a virtual 8mbit connection from the MikroTik router to the 2 ADSL modems?

Is this possible?

Would appreciate any advice.

Thx

shrick

Does any of the Mikrotik Developers have comments on this issue, or is it only me experiencing it!?

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Hi Ron Thanks for the reply. At the end of the day my MikroTik ROS license did not allow the number of active sessions that were running in user manager. Think the max is 20 and there were 40 odd sessions open. Don't know how this happened because there are less tan 10 users on the hot spot? Anyway,...

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Anybody? This is really frustrating.

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This also happens with incoming traffic, thus with downloading. If the queue limit is reached, the pings are dead slow. Remove the queue for the specific user on the hot spot router, no more slow pings...

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Thanks Nick. Much appreciate.

If any of the Mikrotik developers can shed some light on this issue, please let us know.

Thx

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Hi there I came across the following this morning... I'm running a hot spot that gives internet access to +-10 users. Each user is authenticated by MAC against the radius server (User Manager). Each user has upload/download limits. Me, as the administrator, is also a hot spot user having 100k up and...

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Hi there

I'm running 3 hotpots from one RB. User Manager runs on that same RB. I'm getting constant 'accounting request not send: no response' messages in the log? Why does this happen? The RB is not very busy, only 6 users on it?

Would appreciate any advice.

Thx

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Thanks for the replies. Appreciated. I'm currently running the power from the solar panel regulator, not directly from the battery and it seems to be more stable...?! Will check it out for a few more weeks.

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k, thanks.

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Hi I have a RB that runs hot spots and a radius server. The only way for me to log into that router is via the hot spot. Thus, when upgrading the RouterOS, the radius server (user manager) dies, because of the discrepancy in versions. Then I cannot log into the router anymore. How do I upgrade Route...

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Anybody?

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Hi There I have 2 x RB433AH's with dual XR5's in each, 20m up a tower. It runs from battery/solar power. I monitor the battery voltage daily and thats always stable. The lowest voltage I get is 12.4V during night time. The power cable going up the tower is 2mm twin core cable, one for each router bo...

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The starting point of the project will be on a 100m tower. With this tower I can basically cover the whole city/area. Thats why I need some kind of fail over solution on this central tower. Normis, I like your idea. Makes good sense with what I want to do. I also agree with you that the best place f...

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How close is too close? Or how far apart from each other must they be? They will be on the same tower.

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The VOIP device will plug into the CPE, thus the VOIP device does not connect to the AP's. So all I do is give all the relevant AP's the same name and security profile. The CPE will automatically connect to the AP with the strongest signal. What will happen if both primary and secondary AP's more or...

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Hi Normis Thanks for the info. you can set up some mesh-like setup where APs share the same SSID, and the client switches to another one, should the strongest signal disappear. The VoIP will not even notice, even if it's during a call. Some people have done this. Where/How can I do the mesh setup po...

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Hi There I have a possible opportunity to start a 'Total' wireless communication solution in surrounding rural areas, from where I live. My plan is to become more than a WISP, thus act as a kind of a telecommunication service provider. We want to discourage any fixed line solutions and substitute it...

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Its not a problem to fit the cards. You'll be able to fit 6 XR5's. The problem is the power supply... I think a maximum of 4 XR5's will be safe? What do you think...?

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RB433's can only take 2 XR5's and when mounting equipment 50-100m up on a tower it gets expensive to run power cable up there. Using an RB600, logistically, is just so much easier and cleaner... maybe I'll try to run 4 x XR5's and 1 R52H. What kind of power supply would I need to run something like ...

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Hi There I'm sitting with a back haul high site that must also do 360 degree coverage. Thus, 2 x backhaul wireless cards and 3 x AP wireless cards. Running XR5's. I'm tempted to do this setup with a RB600 and a daughterboard. More than enough space for the cards, but will the power supply be adequat...

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Hi there I'm running 3 hot spots on 3 AP's. Theres currently 3 active clients using the hot spots. All 3 clients are natted behind their CPE's. Please see attached images... http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t235/shrick_photo/HotSpot1.jpg http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t235/shrick_photo/HotSpot...

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On the AP side (Bridged - 192.168.0.3) [admin@AP] /interface pppoe-server server> print Flags: X - disabled 0 service-name="InternetServer_AP2" interface=Bridge_Jakalsberg_AP max-mtu=1480 max-mru=1480 mrru=disabled authentication=pap,chap,mschap1,mschap2 keepalive-timeout=120 one-session-p...

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Thanks for the reply!

Make sure the Service Name matches on the PPPoE server and the client.

Does match

Also, go to system->logging and add logging for pppoe, it should shed more light on the problem.

ppp and pppoe are added...

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Heres the debug log: 07:18:32 pppoe,ppp,info pppoe-out1: initializing... 07:18:32 pppoe,ppp,info pppoe-out1: dialing... 07:18:35 pppoe,ppp,info pppoe-out1: terminating... - disconnected 07:18:35 pppoe,ppp,debug pppoe-out1: LCP lowerdown 07:18:35 pppoe,ppp,debug pppoe-out1: LCP down event in initial ...

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Hi there

Can somebody please help me to configure RouterOS to authenticate PPtP connections via User Manager. I've already got User Manager going with PPPoE, want to use it for PPtP.

Would really appreciate help.

Thx

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Hi I'm so frustrated and this is the 3rd post I'm doing on this problem and no replies!! Please HELP! I have a PPPoE server running on an AP. With a client CPE I cannot establish a PPPoE client connection. The status says 'dialing' and then 'disconnected'. I can do a PPPoE dialup via Windows with NO...

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Thx, appreciated.

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Hi there

Why does the voltage, under 'System/Health' show 0.0V on my RB433? On the RB433AH's its fine?

Thx.

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I've switched the 'Dial on Demand' option off. That was causing the 'waiting for packets' status. Now, I only get statuses of 'dialing...', 'disconnected'.

I can do dialups through windows without problems?

Would appreciate any suggestions.

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Is this a common problem?

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Great, thanks. Any other alternatives to user manager that works well with RouterOS?

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Thanks for the reply.

Where in the web interface do I reset the counters?

Are there any other way I can get more storage space on the RB433AH? If not, whats the other options? To run user manager on a separate machine on the network? How do I setup user manager on a windows machine?

Thx

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Hi I'm testing PPPoE dialups from Windows. If the dialup connection is idle for a certain period of time, the interface dissapears under RouterOS, PPP/Interfaces? Thus, RouterOS disconnects the interface. On Windows, the connection still shows active but with no activity? I've played around with the...

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Hi there I have a few questions on UM: 1. How do you reset the total upload/download figures for a user. I've deleted the user sessions, but this does not help? I have users with for example a xGB limit/month. After the month I need to reset these counters. 2. Are there a way to automatically reset ...

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Hi there I'm running a wireless back haul, bridged and connected via 'Station Pseudobridge'. I use it for internet access on my farm and connects to a 4mbit ADSL line. My office connects to the back haul via an AP on a tower, 10km away. In the past I did not use PPPoE but I want to get it working be...

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