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My IP's listed are not the actual but you get the jest. Google DNS --8.8.8.8 OpenDNS -----208.67.220.220 My address from Isp#1----10.0.1.2/30 Gateway-10.0.1.1 My address from Isp#2----10.0.2.2/30 Gateway-10.0.2.1 /ip route add dst-address=8.8.8.8 gateway=10.0.1.1 scope=10 add dst-address=208.67.220....

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This may be simple but everything I have done doesnt work. I have 2 public IP's from 2 different companies coming in to a single wireless connection. This single connection is coming in to a RB450G. Not looking to do load balancing, just failover if the internet is down to the ISP's The problem is t...

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I am needing to record to the 'address list' the ip of the person behind our nat network that is using a specific port. How can I do this.

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I have been trying to down load the Tile version of 6.3 today from Mikrotik. Every very time I try I keep getting a zonealarm virus alert. Packed.Win32.PasswordProtectedExe.gen I have not had this problem on lower versions. I can disable the virus protection to get the package but want to be sure th...

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Sad to say, but I think the Dude is dead. Hope Im wrong but no one has heard anything about upgrades since 2011.
I have a rb1100x2 I would love to put it on. Oh well I guess it might get Aircontrol .
Sad very sad.

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Power light or not. When picking between the 2 there is only one clear choice. Groove!

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I have upgraded to 5.19 and still cant get into the client radios. What is going on here?

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I have a RB433 and a SXT I put 5.18 on. Every thing seemed to work but when I tried to get in thru ssh IP Telnet and Mac Telnet all failed. Is this Broken? I went out to the SXT removed the default firewall settings and down graded it to 5.17. Some things started to work, ssh ,telnet but not Mac tel...

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Next RouterOS version will include fix for your problem, What's new in 5.18 (2012-Jun-05 10:50): *) fix bad block count not to increase on Samsung K9F1208U0C nand; So does that mean they just fixed the counter to stop counting or the problem that causes the counting and reboots? Thanks doghead for ...

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Is this possible with mikrotik? I have needed something simple like this in the past. What I have done was to set up two systems with 2 computers running iperf and a spectrum analyzer. It was a pain due to the number of parts. A simpler setup would be great.

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So what was the problem final determination with the 433AH boards? Was it hardware or software? I have checked most of our AH boards and find some bad blocks 0.2 to 0.4. One board 5.14 was showing 13 bad blocks so I upgraded it to 5.17 and now it shows 0.2. That board started to randomly reboot so t...

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I have a PtP link that is 16 miles apart. I am running RB433ah with R52nM and ros 5.14 at each site. Ch0 Tx/Rx is -59/-61 and Ch1 Tx/Rx is -59/-62 Signal to noise is 59dB at the Station side. Ch0 Tx/Rx is -62/-61 and Ch1 Tx/Rx is -60/-62 Signal to noise is 57dB at the AP side. Running 5GHz-only-N an...

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I recently got a 750up router with the capability to turn on and off power to ports 2-5. Looking for a script to ping that port and if it doesnt reply after so many try's or minutes that it will cycle the power to that port.

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Ok done a little more digging. So it looks like nstreme dual is reaching its EOL. NV2 is now the hot item for ptmp. If I understand this correctly I should run nv2 on a 2 chain N system to get the max speed MIMO has to offer? Is Nv2 better to use in a PTP setup than dual nstreme at this time? I have...

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Thanks InoX
I didnt know that there was a limitation in dual Nstreme. I'll need to do some studying on the bonding stuff.
I have been away from mikrotik stuff for awhile 3.30 was where I left off. Got suckered into ubnt stuff dropping that and coming back to MT.

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Has anyone set a 2 chain Nstreme dual system using R52nM cards?
I know that I would need 2 dual pole antennas at each end.

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What I would like to do is to run a test on two different freq (chan 1 and chan 11 in the 2.4 band) at around 2 in the morning when there is little traffic. There needs to be a delay between freq changes for the other radio to lock in on the ap freq change before the next test starts. Each test need...

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I have see this script for monitoring input voltage http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Monitor_input_voltage_on_RB333/433AH The problem is that my boards are not indicating the correct voltage. Some boards are .7 to 1.25vdc off. How/where would I take this script and put in a correction factor so that it...

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Unfortunately I am not familiar with scripting. I wished there was some where to learn this here in my local. Maybe the best thing is to hire some one to write the script that I need. It is a little more complicated than a simple btest. I will pay thru paypal $30usd for a working custom script that ...

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Need help with a script to run Btest that can be ran late at night for about 5 minutes.
Thanks

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Instead of using the software that comes on a NB-5G22, has anyone loaded Mikrotik? I like the ubnt unit but not the software.

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Licensed link is the way to go for a major backhaul. We just put in a new OC3 link in from Helena to our small town in Whitehall 2 months ago. The local competitor is using Trango equipment and is causing major interference in the 5.2/5.8 band for any serious unlicensed backhaul to work that is why ...

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IP Address ---No. But why should it make a difference as the old ver works but not the new?

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In the new version I can access the RB when I use discovery and id the MAC. If I put in the address it just sets there thinking about it but never accesses it. The old version jumps right in with the IP address.

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I have a weird situation in which I cant access my routerboards using winbox 2.2.16 but I can with 2.0.8 Most of the RB are v3.25 and 4.15. I cleared cache but still the same. The Old version works just fine. Anythoughts?
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Wispwest are you in Livingston?

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Ok, Here's how I checked it. I got a power supply put a volt meter just behind the male jack plug so I could check it if I pluged it into the RB jack or POE adapter. I should mention that all testing was done on the bench with very short cables (4inches). The voltage was 14.85vdc before anything was...

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Im not sure where to put this, sorry. I have been using RB450G's health function to monitor battery condition at various sites. I have used Dude function to display this voltage and it works great. Problem is that the 450G's are not showing the correct voltage. RB's are ROS 3.30 and 4.10 . The Os do...

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I have a RB450G that I use at a remote solar site. I noticed this weekend that I had a low voltage showing on the Health meter of 10.9. Since this was a new setup I thought that I had to many devices running and that the battery pack was extreamly low. I was afraid that the low voltage disconnect wa...

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What a shame. Good product but no interface cards. Oh well I guess it's off to Cisco

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Is there an Interface Card that I can use with Mikrotik to be able to use our new OC-3 Line?

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Yes I have seen those and have tried to do some of it, but no luck. What I want is a pre-packaged solution. I just dont have time to spend on a new learning curve.

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I have had about 400 customers. Keeping track of who has paid or not, entering checks, bounced checks and no checks is very time consuming. What I am looking for is a program that will let anyone attach to my network and get a welcome screen. On this welcome screen they can pick the speed (1,2,4 meg...

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Nice job Matt. i have been running remote mountain top AP's for 5 years now. One thing that has excaped me is how to monitor the remote AP's battery supply with out a lot of costly equipment. How did you do yours?
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Yep
Ticket No:2009030966000455

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Ok got my last RB493AH out of the bin. Booted it up it has 3.11 os on it didnt make a change to it. Checked the ethernet ports and it looked ok. Assigned ether9 as a dhcp setting and made a backup file. Took that backup file and loaded it into the funky rb493 and loaded it. That straighten the ports...

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Ok I got another 493 out of the bin. It checked out ok as far as the ports being ether2 from the top to ether9 at the bottom near the rs232 port. Loaded 3.20 and it looked ok. Loaded my backup file and ZAP the ethernet ports are rearanged. Ether 3 at the top thru to ether9 and ether 1 at the bottom ...

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Well Im scared as a long tailed cat in a rocking chair factory. If I down loaded new software or firmware and it reassigned my ethernet ports I would have to go to the site to fix it. I have router boards in some of the worst places to get to. One location I would have to walk up a mountain in snow ...

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Ok Loaded routerboot 2.16 and that did nothing.

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Well If I can find some old firmware I'll load it and see. What was strange is that when I pulled it out of the box I went in to it thru the serial interface set up what I thought was ether9 as a DHCP then went in to it ftp and loaded 3.20 and fired it off. I should have paid more attention but thin...

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Did it just now and nope! It is still looking the same.

Thought it might be the software I went from 3.11 out of the box up to 3.20 then down to 3.13 and back to 3.20 No change. I didnt pay any attention on 3.11 if it did it there, so I cant say. Firmware was upgraded to 2.19

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Hi all I just pulled out a new RB493 out of the bin to set it up for a new installation. Problem that I am having is it looks like the ethernet ports are mis-matched. What I mean is the POE ethernet connection is showing up as ether2 and the other ports from the top down to the last one on the botto...

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I have a RB333 located on a mountain top that has a Public IP address that runs ospf to several other RB's down in the valley. The problem that I have is that I have to access one of the RB's down stream but I cant view the contents from the terminal mode. I can get in to another RB333 or 532 down s...

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I have replaced a RB333 with a new RB493 because I needed the extra ethernet ports and the faster processor. I took a backup copy of the 333 and installed it in the 493. Everything came up and worked fine. I made sure I put the ap's back on the right 3 ethernet ports. I am running 3.13 now as 3.20 d...

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Thanks I'll look there.

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Greetings I have a rb433 installed at a location that has DSL as the internet source. I would like to access it thru Winbox on the Public side. Problem is that the DSL connection is DHCP. I cant get static IP's unless I take it to a Business status and that cost 5x more than a Resident status. Also ...

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I have 2 DSL lines and 1 RB as an AP. What would the best way to fully utilize the bandwidth? Bonding is out as it would have to be done at both ends. I could do it on my side but not the other. I have 5meg down and 600k up for each line.

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Yep, Im hoping that the Sangoma S518 card will be supported. Reason T1 1.5meg line $1200/mth Dsl Line 7meg/800k $29/mth By buying several Dsl lines and Bonding them together I could save a bundle and give customers the speed they want at a good price. Where as now I have to pay out the @$$ for 10 me...

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It seems that there is something amiss, as I have an Asus Eeepc that I have wine and winbox on and it works ok. What version of Wine and Winbox is working with your PC's. Im not sure with the Asus unit what is running there. The laptop that I yanked Vista from is an Acer with the above mentioned con...

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I dont know if this is the place to ask this but here goes. I recently have had it with Microsoft crap and decided to go else where. I have changed my computer to Ubuntu 8.04 desktop and have installed Wine 1.0 along with Winbox 2.2.13 Well every thing seem to get started but I cant connect. Winbox ...

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I agree.... I just ran in to needing this feature. I have an Access List that I would like to export to my database and I cant find a way to do it. Being able to create csv files for export or import would be great.

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MMCX for me

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About a month or so ago we had a lightning storm come thru and damaged a RB333. Every thing was grounded except the cat 5 cable running to the radio. It is a shielded cable direct buried about 200 ft. Well the RB kept running but was deaf on the POE ethernet port. What was bad was that the RB was up...

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Speed test mini looks nice but I have to say that I'm not looking to pay yearly fees. I would just like to find a program that does the job with minimal investment not continual pay. I'll keep looking.

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Well my clients are dumb as a box of rocks. Example: I give them access to internet and email. They insist that they use AOL to get on to the internet. They just use my connection to replace the phone line. I tell them that they are going directly to the internet then to AOL then to the internet, wh...

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I have a number of MT clients on our system using using the bandwidth tests from outfits like dsl reports.com and others. I have tried to explain that once they leave our system I have no control as to speed and usability of the internet. With that in mind I am looking to set up our own bandwidth te...

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Well Im still looking for a solution. I have had several opertunities to pick-up an old cable business and turn it around but with out a Mikrotik solution Im having to pass it up. I now have the local telephone company Qwest come in to town and put in DSL for $14/mth. I tried to get Qwest to do some...

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Greetings I have used the backup script listed in "wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Send_Backup_email" up until 3.? Now that I have upgraded the system to 3.11 / 3.12 I havent gotten any backup files. I have ran the script manual and still no joy. I checked the log file and see an error "system...

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Well I would like to know what all this means and how it effects the quality over all. If I had a better understanding as to what and how these different varaibles impacted the system then I would have a better understanding as to how to set them. Any time I see tx-lost and tx-retrys I have to assum...

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Well I guess no one has Dual Nstreme working well enough to give advice on how best to make this stuff work. I have tried several different framer policies and I still see a lot of TX retries and TX losses. Does anyone have explanations as to what is going on or how to tune this stuff to get it to t...

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I have started to try Dual Nstreme again. What Im seeing is a lot of tx-retries-lost. Im not sure as to what is going on so any information would be appriciated. The following is a screen shot taken of the Master router about 5 min after I reset the counters. a.gif b.gif The next screen shot is Slav...

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I am trying to do a failover encase our primary feed (A) is down. to our secondary feed (B). I am having lightning problems striking the tower and killing the equipment at (A) I have tried to do the failover shown in the wiki http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/OSPF_to_simulate_full_duplex_links_with_redu...

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I have left all other settings as their default. The Nstreme interface settings showing is Framer Policy-none Framer Limit-2560 Now on the Tx card side I just checked enable Nstreme its Framer Policy shows None but the Framer Limit shows 3200. These I have not changed or tried as I assumed it was de...

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I have a Nstreme Dual PtP link that drops out about 36 hours after it starts. I disable and enable the connection and it shows connected but no traffic until I reboot the second end. Here is my setup. Both sideds of the link is RB333 with XR5 cards in the No:1 board and RB333 with SR5 and CM9 in the...

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Thanks for the reply. I'll look into this further. The manual lead me to believe that when the burst started that it ignored everyone else until the burst finished. Did I mis read this? If other clients can access the AP while the burst is occuring for that one client then it will work for me.

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Right now I use Simple Q and pcq for bandwidth. I looked at burst and if I understand it correctly ever one is ignored until the burst is finished. That isnt what Im looking for. Basicly it is a pcq with a time limit as to how much and how long it is running and then start to ramp down to a fixed am...

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I would like to set up a system that would give my customers 1 meg of service for 30 minutes and then start to slowly (over15 additional minutes) ramp down that speed down to 256k. If the connection has been idol for 15 minutes then everything resets and gets ready to start again. The reason is that...

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I have ran across this problem a number of times. What happens is if I put the SSID in the client radio RB133 and the AP is hidden, it will not connect. If I do a scan from the client radio it will see the AP but still will not connect. If I unhide the SSID from the AP then it will connect. If I reh...

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Has the issue of RB133c not being able to lock on to a Hidden SSID been resolved?
If so, what was the solution?

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The best thing I can say is go visit a Ham Radio operator and ask him to demonstrate how squelch works. Then maybe you will understand what Im trying to say. Access list is fine if you want to "Accept or Deny " Access to your AP but it does nothing to adjust the noise level that is in the ...

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No, I want the ability to set the receiving threshold (example -88 to -79) at which the radio will ignore signals levels below what I have set. It is basicly like setting the squelch on a 2-way radio so only the strong signals will come in and the weaker ones you dont hear.

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It would be nice to have the ability to adjust an AP receiving signal. Like in the old CB radio's. They had a squelch adjustment that allowed you to set the receivers ability to receive different signal strength. That way if you have a weak signal it wont come in. Kind of like a remote AP with a sig...

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I hate to upgrade anything any more because it is a 50/50 shot if it goes well. I finaly upgraded my 2.9.40 core router to 3.7 on our x86 system. Well it didnt go well. When it did the upgrade I lost the SBE T1 interface. What I mean is that it doesnt even show up in the Interface list, just the eth...

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I am looking for a script that will cycle the the Antenna Alignment on every 15 min untill the script is terminated. This is so I can get down to the other radio and adjust it. It would not be needed if I had another person with me, but at times it's just me.
Thanks for any help.

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I have a simular problem. I am running RB133c with 2.9.50 and a wrap board with 2.9.27 as the AP. Both use 2511mp cards. If I hide the AP after the RB133c is connected it is ok. Otherwise I cant connect to the AP with the ssid hidden. Something weird going on here. I also down graded the RB133c to 2...

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I have a RB133c running 2.9.50 with a Senao 2611mp+ in it using a Arc wireless 19dbi antenna going to our AP running 2.9.27(9dbi gain omni) about a mile and a half away. The RB was running fine for about 2 weeks and now it wont connect to the AP. When I do a scan from the RB it sees the AP (-68db) b...

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I too have had some problems with stations dropping off. I had a winter storm move thru and 3 out of 10 subscribers dropped off and could not connect. I am seeing weird connections signals and up times that dont make sense. My AP has been up for 6-8 months with no changes in equipment or software. I...

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I'll pay the $300 bucks to help out. Has any one got any of the of bands certified, 2.4-5.8 ?
I'd be willing to pay those people some money to get those covered as well.

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I too would be willing to chip in to help get things going. I wander how many other configurations have already been certified.

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I have loaded up 2.13 version of winbox an I cant seem to get it to access anything. I launches fine but it doesnt see any thing out there. It will just time out trying to connect. I loaded 2.11 and everything works fine. It recoginizes address and MAC and will connect. Any Ideas as to why 2.13 just...

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Thanks for the info. I will need to read up on setting up hot spot as I have never done it before. There appears to have more info in it than I know what to do with. I need a better understanding of the functions. I hope I can find examples and better info than what was in the manual.

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How do I prevent my DHCP server from assigning multiple IP addresses to the same radio MAC address? I think that the radio is attached to a switch that is running multiple computers so each computer get an IP number from our DHCP server.

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Have not had any break off yet. Thanks for the insite now I'll be more careful. What I have noticed is that cards that were a little snug fitting into the connectors are now dropping in way to easy. I had one card that didnt come up and I reseated it and it worked. Either the XR2's are getting thinn...

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Well for me it is to separate different clients. Set up different speed values. Make things easer to manage when I set up Real AP's Right now freq assignments are tight but later maybe available.

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Well I guess we are going to try it with a RB333 with one xr2 card. I am going to set it up for 3 vAP's. I have about 80 clients running at present, so Im going to break them up to about 25/30 per vAP. Each vAP is going to have its own speed Limited to 256k/384k/512k. This way I hope to get away fro...

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This is a good question. I too would like to know the anwser. I wander how many vAP's can be assigned to a card and how performance is effected. How much Hp is needed to do this. Maybe a RB333?

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I have 2 public static IP addresses that come in on 1 of my RB532 ethernet ports. I have 2 AP's on my RB and am using one of the Public IP address with NAT Masquerading to get everone on the net. What I would like to do is break up the AP's and use one Public IP for each AP. So Im not sure where to ...

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Same here. I just received a RB333 and It didnt boot all though the light were on. Unpluged it and pluged it back in and it came up. Thought that it was a little weird so I left in on all night to burn it in. Came back in the next morning and it was still working. The next day I took it to the mount...

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I think something is up with some of the Prism cards. I had and old system 2.8.28 running fine until a power outage. I put up a new AP with New prism card and not quite all of my customers came back on line. So I reprogram the old AP and I replaced the Prism card with a new one, because the old card...

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I have a RB333 set up on my primary backhaul running 3.0rc7 . The primary feed coming in is 5.8 using XR5 and a SR5 and CM9 going out to two other locations as a backhaul. I have the 3 ethernet connections going to RB532 and another RB333 that are set up as AP's. I am seeing all kinds of Latency pro...

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I too had a problem this morning when I upgraded to 3.0rc8. I could get in to our RB333 thru the ethernet end. Luckly I have only one client on that AP. He called and said he could not get on the internet thru the Wireless end. I down graded to rc7 and all is working for now.
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I would like to use all MT if possiable but my main problem is there is just one person servicing <400 clients and 14 towers in a 50 mile radius. Thats me. I just dont have the time to build CPE's . I also have a LOT of customers that are, "dumb as a box of rocks" that think I am the cure ...

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I have private static IP numbers assigned to a our clients that appeer to go bad. The first thing I have thought is how can a IP number go bad? Well that is my question. It doesnt happen often, 4 or 5 in three years. The first time it happen was with a customer that was running a cisco VOIP phone wi...

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Hi Chucka, I tend to agree that it is not Mikrotik. As the only difference is the AP card. I have ordered some replacement radios and plan to trash the CPE-90's that I have. I finally got a hold of Tranzeo support and they were WORTHLESS :( I think that your on the right track with the cards. When I...

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The 2511 is what we started out with and it works. I have tried the SR2's and I find that sometimes I have problems. This is not to say that SR2's are bad, it is just that 99% of my clients and AP's are Prism based and I never had a problem with them. If I change over to Atheros cards what's to say ...

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Ok, I have repaired the old ap which is a wrap board with 2.8.27. I did replace the old 2511 with a new 2511 because it was weak. I have put it up and I am now getting the same problem that I had with the new AP. I am think that the new cards must have something different in them than the old cards....

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The New AP RB153 is at 2.9.46 and there is no Advance Tab settings for Hardware retries.
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I had to put up a new AP today to replace one that failed. The problem now is that not all of my clients can associate or see the new AP. The old AP worked fine, it was a Wrap board with 2.8.27 and using a 2511mp card. The new AP is a RB153 with 2.9.46 using a 2511mp card. Most of my clients use Tra...

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I seem to be having problems with web browser time outs when going to different web sites. I have checked everything that I could think of and all looks fine. Here is my stats. 4 meg's coming in. Of which 50 to 60% used up Signals running around -62db to -70db thru the network Correction level runni...

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I have 2 RB333's running on a mountian top site the is solar/wind powered and so far I have not had any power issues. One unit is running SR2-CM9-CM9 and it is happy. The other is running a XR5-SR5-CM9 and it too seems to be fine. Cable runs are 30 and 20 feet of CAT5e cable. The only thing that see...

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FYI I just had to pull a RB153 out of service that I just put in a few weeks ago. It was one that was setting on the shelf that I bought awhile back. Anyway when I replaced the board with a RB532A I left the cards and pigtails connected (no strain on the connectors) . When I started it up the signal...

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Yes I have used a grid when I didnt have a dish.
Here is one of my links.
Pacwireless Grid dish 27?db---4 miles---CM9....-62db 4foot LMR400... 5.3ghz

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If you have changed everything out and you still have a problem, it is my opinion that something is causing interference. It is possiable to have one antenna Vert Pol and the other Horz Pol and they will see each other but there will be about 20db drop in signal. At least this is what I have seen on...

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Those signals are BAD! I suspect that there is some interference that is causing you the problem. Trango and Canopy didnt show in my system. I bought a spectrum analyzer and found a lot of stuff. Here is some of my signals 3' dish---22 miles---SR5....-62db 5foot LMR400 one end... 40ft Hard Line othe...

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When I first set up my 5.8 link, 4 miles, I too was getting really very bad signals. I later found out that the pigtails were my problems after I had changed everything else. Hope this helps.

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Just got my RB333 installed with 3.0 rc4 . I have noticed that the CPU usage, while on the bench just setting there, no load, will show 100% at times. I thought this was odd but went ahead and installed it any way. Now that is is running I see it doing the same thing. I am just using it as a backhau...

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I have the RB333 and the Titan Box. It will fit and that is what I am going to use. Nice box, but would like to see the holes for the bulkhead connectors as double D instead of round.
Mike

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I too like Jober would like to know if the RB333 will can do Nstream2. If so orders are on the way.
Mike

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Thanks P this is what I needed.

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I have an individual that is trying to use an email server behind our Nat'ed network. I have blocked port 25 to stop this but I would like to find the customer instead. The problem is that this is random and I cant seem to find him when he is doing this. Everyone on my network is using a private sta...

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Bingo !
That did it. Thanks for the info.

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I have a RB133c that I set up awhile back and didnt use it. I just got it out hooked up the serial interface and now I cant remember what the password is. I have flashed to 2.8 the board and the OS version is 2.9.34 I have tried pressing s1 and holding it until the unit reboots but still no change. ...

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I have a static IP assignment for each customer on our network. I find that on occasion by accident or on purpose the customer's change their IP address. Is there a way to lock in that IP address and the mac so that if the customer makes changes to something else that it would not work? Also if I on...

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Hey Guys I found a CMTS PCI adapter card can be plugged into a PC to convert the PC into CMTS that would give 1DS x 1US, DOCSIS 1.0 (Software upgradeable to DOCSIS 1.1) Does anyone know anything about this. Is there any way to get Mikrotik to make use of this adapter. I would think that this would m...

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Well Im still looking for a CMTS PCI card that I can use in a Cable system. Has anyone seen anything that would work in a Mikrotik Box?

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I too have been having problems with 2.9.42 It seems to go and come at different times. I just up graded all to 2.9.43. My question is should I use the router-test package in 43 or the standard package?

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This is very intersting as I too am pulling my hair out trying to find out why is works sometimes and other not. I to would be interested in find a solution.
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yes there is some questions "Are your Sure y/N" And I have to admit that I have not always read the prompt completly as Im tired or under stress. But I do think that more seperation between the Items would be a great help. If I could have everything I would like to have it color coded as w...

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I agree. I too have made this mistake and had a long trip to get to the site. Was no a pretty picture.

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WildWISP_N2 I too dont like to go up in the winter. I am looking at taking the diversion controller that controls the resistor bank that charges the battires and shoot some of that excess power to a heating element inside the PC box. I must say that I havent had but one sr5 fail. I have a link up on...

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Yes, no heat. several are located in an enclosure that is inside a 4x4x8 wood box I call the OutHouse. It is solely powered by a wind turbine and a solar panel. There is a diversion controller there but the heat it dumps is next to nothing. And it is on the other side of the wall from the box. The b...

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I have had some sr5's at our mountain top site that seem to work ok. -35F That was the temp in town. The site is about a 1000 FT higher than the town. Most the time when we have a cold issue it was the wrap boards and not the cards.

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Make sure the omni is DC grounded. I have a few pacwireless 12db omni's still up and when a storm moves thru I loose a card from near misses. My problem is antennas. I just havent had time to replace them. But I will sooner or later.

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Well things are heating up. I need to know exactly how to take out trango radio. I cant have 300+ customers out of service because of this. If so how! I have looked at "jober's" microwave guide but am not sure that would have any effect on trango 5.8 equipment but it should fry my 2.4 ap's...

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I am currently using 32db antennas. What seems strange is that I must not be causing him interference issues but it sure shuts down a mikrotik system in short order. I could not even find him on a scan session until I used a spectrum analyzer. Why didnt it show up on a MT scan? Is there a way to get...

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Ok Im so pissed. I have about 300 customers located in a small town. It appears that my competitor got some grant money and now are putting up Trango 5.8 equipment beside my tower site. To date there is about 6 trango AP's and 2 Trango backhauls beside me and it is driving my MT's offline. Is there ...

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I am very interested in trying the rs232 access as I am looking at a Xantrex Link 10 Battery bank monitor that has a RS232 port and it would be great if the data coming from it could be accessed from the Mikrotik board. On another note I have a ethernet device that will ping the router and will rebo...

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Looks like -90 for the floor. But how do you read what site is related to the information show, in example Unit A "signal strength 83" is that what A see's coming from Unit B? What about the other values, how does that relate to which unit?

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I have two backhaul units running and Im trying to figure out which one is which. Unit A Signal Strength is 83 Tx Signal is 71 Tx/Rx CCQ is 52/88 Unit B Signal Strength is 72 Tx Signal is 83 Tx/Rx is 83/ 71 Is the signal strength of Unit A is what is coming from Unit B? Also is the Tx/Rx from unit A...

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I have a back haul link of about 20 miles. Sometimes when the link is broken I have to do a lot of driving. Is there a way to detect which end of a link is at fault? I can get in to both sides but just cant seem to find out which one is at fault untill I change out everything. Usualy it is the last ...

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I have a back haul link of about 20 miles. Sometimes when the link is broken I have to do a lot of driving. Is there a way to detect which end of a link is at fault? I can get in to both sides but just cant seem to find out which one is at fault untill I change out everything. Usualy it is the last ...

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Would it be possiable to get an example on how you routed this? I am trying to determine which way to go. We have 3 routed now but how it was done doesnt look right, as it doesnt allow for expanding the loop if needed.
Thanks
Mike

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How many RB532 can you daisy chain together assuming that each RB gets a good signal, say -60 to -68, before there are to many in the loop? Is there any examples showing the best way to do a daisy chain or how to's?

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If the trees are the problem then that may account for it. I have had bad signals and found that the Pigtail was the problem. The pigtails worked fine for 2.4ghz but not worth a crap at 5.8 ghz. Not all pig tails are created equal.
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2.8 isnt the problem 2.9 is. 2.9 should be backward compatable. I guess I will have to turn on the ssid to get it to work. Thanks any way.

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Not ready to abandon 2.8 yet. I have waited awhile before going to 2.9 because things were to buggy. Now I hear 3.0 is on its way. Why spend the money just yet. I would like to see a stable product before I upgrade. Its nice to see new features in upgraded versions but not at the expence of a stable...

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I am having a problem getting a 2.9.27 Client Station to see a 2.8.27 AP. If I hide the AP's ssid the client cant fine it, even with the correct ssid info installedin the client station. If I un-hide the AP's ssid it connects just fine and works perfectly. Once the client station is connected I can ...

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Oops Sorry posted in the wrong topic.

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I am having a problem getting a 2.9.27 Client Station to see a 2.8.27 AP. If I hide the AP's ssid the client cant fine it, even with the correct ssid info installedin the client station. If I un-hide the AP's ssid it connects just fine and works perfectly. Once the client station is connected I can ...

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Well mine are outdoors. They are in a wrap board with outdoor enclosure. cable length is 3 feet using LMR-400 cable with N connectors.

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Is there any examples of this for 2.9? I have been use to 2.8 and the new term is making me second guess myself. I think that I may have to use terminal mode instead of winbox. I dont understand why my gateways show blank.

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Ok, I have to ask. I have read every where for routing of Public Ip addresses and havent found what Im looking for. I have a T1 and a Class C set of public IP's. I have the T1, with the IP address assigned to me for that router, hooked in to my SBE card and configured and can access it. Now I want t...

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Well here goes. Here is the web site. http://www.sbei.com/index.php/products/wan/wanpci_1t1e1lp/ The card is a Low profile single port T1/E1 WAN PCI adapter. MT 2.9.27 does recognize it and I have it running and it seems ok. The only problem that I am having is trying to figure out how to get my cla...

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Well just got the new SBE T1 $560 card in and purchased my key for 2.9.2x. This new program is a little different than what I was using, 2.8.28. Looks like something is different and it is going to take me a while to set it up It just isnt working on the routed side. May go back to 2.8 to get things...

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Can I use a CF to store the MT operating system and utilizing a hard drive to store/capture graphing? If so where do I set this up?

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thanks Craig, I called SBE and talked to Ben Dewey. He said he thinks the T1 card that they are now offering will work "if" Mikrotik has built in the drivers for it. He said that he had worked with Eugene Butan on a T3 card. If the drivers are in Mikrotik for it then it will work for the T...

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Any T1 cards out there that will work in my MT pci slot? I just got my T1 and now Im told that I have to use a Cisco Router :( Would like to use the MT. Any thoughts?
Mike

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Oh by the way the distance is about 28 statute miles between links.

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yes near BigSky. Thanks for the info.
I just wasnt sure if WDS or EIOP was the way to go. I also wanted to make sure that I have avail of some of my public IP's at each ethernet connection in the link along the way.

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I am located in a rual mountian area which will require me to have 5 links from the hard line to the final destination. I would like to have each unit linked with the other using SR5's and be able to use the ethernet port at each link as a drop for one of my public IP address. Which way is the best ...

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Basicly I am looking for a PCI interface card that will act as the CMTS. Has any thing like this been built?

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No boom truck yet :) But that would not be a problem. I just didnt know if there is something that I could plug in to our existing MT system then just feed it in to the lines. I want all the bells & Whisles running in MT and not some other system equipment. I see some CMTS from cisco :( but had ...

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I live in a small town where the local cable tv system is going out of business. I was looking at buying it primary for its existing cable system and reusing its distribution for internet only. The head end equipment is old and falling apart and the cost of fixing it is not worth while. What I was w...

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Hitek146
If your still around I have some questions about the WPN20R12S03 wiring.
I got one but no documentation on it. I see that there is a "Trim" and a "on/off" but Im not sure if I need to wire these or not. Thanks
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I am running 2.8.28 and I am seeing on a couple of my systems the private IP address that I assign clients going bad. I am using static ip's and simple queues for bandwith control. I just had a third incident of a IP going bad. The first time I saw this was about six months ago. A client that has be...

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Hitek146 I have read the info on the drop-in replacement regulators, but is the circuit board tracing able to handel the extra current?

Which Regulator handels which PCI socket on the card. I have looked at it and my eyes are not what they use to be. SMALL traces!

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Hey Guy's what is the latest on the boards? Has anyone made any progress?

Looking at a RB14 which regulator services which PCI socket?

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The "Station" is looking for the SSID that you assigned to the AP. So when you change the AP's freq the "Station" hunts for that SSID on what ever freq it transmitts on.

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Why is MT limited in freq on the 5.8 band? I have only 4 to use and my competitor using Trango has 6. I am in the USA and we have a bigger range on 5.8 but I cant use it. I seen a post that mentions extra freq and read the MT doc. When I ask the question on availiability for freq upgrade the posted ...

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Look's like we had the same problem,Freq's. Need more info as to distance of P2P and type of antenna's. It could also be interference. I have my link up and running at <18 miles and a signal of -58 to -62 and showing a 54meg connection. I havent tried to test it , but it looks good.

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Hummmm.. May be good, maybe bad. I think it would all depend on the traces on the circuit board. If they are beefy enough then this might work but if not, it is hard to put the smoke back in the box once it is out :)

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Yep, you bet. SR5 is rocking. Only time will tell if these cards will work. I am using them in a production enviroment. I just wished that someone had not fell asleep on the RB design. I think that we now have a good card but not a RB that can handel the power requirements or PCI adapters except RB1...

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Currently I have the SR5 running in a <18 mile link using 29db dishes. Link signal is showing -65 and 54meg connection. I am getting ready to put in a 24 mile link. Has anything been done with Nstream and 5.8 ghz. I would like to put in a dual dish using one for sending and the other for receiving.

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Mine was a little different. It was the Freq range that I had used. But, when I did get it up and running I did have a time-out issue. This was because of the route settings that I had set. I had two gateway's, I think, set up. I got that resolve and all things are working now.

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Well after several hours I got mine worked out. It was the frequency setting. I would work on some freq but not the others. Who would have guessed it.
Thanks
Mike

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Ok....... I tried it. I can see both units when I do "Align" but I dont see them when I do "Scan" Is there something different with these cards that I can do a Bridge-Station on CM9 but not SR5?

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I have 2 SR5's that are as follows. I SR5 is set up as "Bridge" the other is set up as "Station" and they refuse to connect. On another system, I am runinng 2 CM9's on Bridge-Station and all works fine. What is weird is that if I put the "Station" unit in Align mode it ...

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I am having a similar problem. I have 2 SR5's that are as follows. I SR5 is set up as "Bridge" the other is set up as "Station" and they refuse to connect. I am runinng another bridge with CM9's and all works fine. What is weird is that if I put the "Station" unit in Al...

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cheinzle, I have had a lit of LILO problems with my CF cards. The only way that I have used is the CD Install. I slip in the CD and the CF in to my computer that I have set up for this and run the program. It will ask you what packages you wish to install. I install all but the last wireless package...

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Thanks for the feed back.
I have a CF that has expired on the upgrade and is a Sandisk. It will work only in a regular pc with the adapter but not in any RB. When it boots it goes thru the boot and system start and then just sets there. It will never come up unless it is in the PC.

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Any body knows which regulator supplies which mpci slot? Also, any progress on the mod's on RB14 to report?

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I have several CF's that had the basic MT software installed on it. I am now trying to completely erase the card and start from scratch. No matter what I do I cant seem to completely get rid of the old program. The old software ID continues to come back. How can I wipe the CF card and start with a f...

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What I was thinking was that there may be a converter avaliable that would take the battery info and change it to RS232 that MT will use. I see that there is UPS support in 2.8 for ACP. Maybe there a converter that could be used. I do have a battery monitoring device that does give out a RS232 signa...

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I have several boards that are battery/wind powered. Is there a way to use the UPS portion of MT 2.8 to monitor the battery voltage? Maybe a adapter between the batteries and the RS232 port?
Mike

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I have installed a SR5 card in my system and I am running 2.8.28.
Under the interface general tab is shows the card type as AR5213. Should it not show as a AR5004? Also why do I only have 4 freq in the 5.8 band?

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Thanks Hitek146
That was the info that I needed.
Mike

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Question 1) RB11 is it Ok for a SR5?
Question 2) RB14 is it Ok for 2 SR5's on different LDO's and not use the other MiniPCI slots on the board.

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If I read the specks on the SR5 correctly worst case is 4.65 Watts. I assume that I can use the RB11 with a SR5 since it is showing 5 Watt max. Is this correct? After reading Tulle's comment on the RB14 I am thinking maybe I can use a RB14 with 2 SR5 cards, as long as I only put 1 card per LDO and n...

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Should have read my post again. I should have said that the FireWall rules have NOT caused a past problem.

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I am having problems with DNS at Client locations that goes and comes. It seem that several clients running XP and 98 with generic CPE's are having DNS issues. They are reporting extream slowness on look-up or failures in general. These clients are the ones that I am trying to set as static IP's. Th...

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Sooooo is there a way to change the Home Page or am I stuck with it?

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This router is located in a remote spot and the power is not available to run additional equipment. The only way that the outside world see's the router if they know the Public IP address for it. I wanted to change the Winbox default page to something else.

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Is there a way to change the default page that comes up when someone puts in the public IP address of our MT router? I would like to use something other that the default WinBox page that comes up.
Thanks
Mike

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Tech support from the CPE manufacture insisted it was with MT but from what I can see the MT is fine. It maybe with the combination of componets that is causing the problem. I'll check on the firmware just to be sure. Thanks for the input.
Mike

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I have a weird problem with a new MT router set up that is driving me nuts. I have several MT systems running but this one will not issue a IP to any Tranzeo CPE's. The system is as follows 1) rap1d board with 2.8.23 level 3 where I am using the ethernet ports only for in and out. The AP is Tranzeo'...

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Thanks. I am trying to let traffic pass from these ports to the client. I will continue to look for a way to get this thru. It has stumped me at present.

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Dont think that I have disabled them. I ran a check on it and the ports are blocked. But I dont see a way to enable or re-enable them.

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I have a client that is needing ports 5198 and 5199 UDP so he can pass traffic. I have tried to add these under /ip service but it wont let me. Is there another way to give these ports to the end user or how do i set this up?
Thanks

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Thanks. Got it.
Mike

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I need the 2.8.13 CD image or Netinstall software. I tried several times to down load this when it was on the system but it stops transfering half way in the download. Now 2.8.14 is out and it looks like problems are brewing as I see from the previous posts.
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Hi Eric I had a similar problem but I built my system from scratch. About every three days I would lose the client side connection. This drove me nuts. I built another system and got a second Mikrotik OS on a flash disk. When the first system went down again I put the second one in. The second syste...

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I am using a gun scope. I had a bushing made that fits the scope and it slides into the Dish that I am using. It's amazing what a little movement made on the dish shows thru the scope. This gets you pretty close. I am making another adapter for grid dishes that uses the scope also.
Mike

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I too would like to see winbox on pocket pc 2003. It would make life better. Especialy when hanging for a 200 foot tower trying to access the MT box and not having to hold a laptop.
Mike

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Ok Gang I got it fixed. I wound up using the CD image that I down loaded from Mikrotik. I was very nervous to do this. I booted from the CD and I tolded it to install but KEEP THE OLD CONFIGURATION. It recognized the disk on module , kept the old configruation and fixed the boot problem. Be very car...

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It looks like the boot loader on my Mikrotik 64k module might be corrupt. I cant get it to boot up. After going thru the PC system start up stuff and when it comes to the LiLo it just does the following " L 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 " and so on. I have used the Netinstall with boot disk and ...

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