MikroTik

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Use a signal detection tool with your smartphone to see if you get signal everywhere. Better yet, use the client registration list to see your smartphone's signal strength from the radios. The access points can typically provide a stronger signal as they typically have higher power transmitters and...

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You mean to daisy chain multiple units from the same power supply? Usually where POE out is provided you can power a second one, but not indefinitely. You are going to hit the power limits of not only the power supply (which you are trying to augment with a 5 or 10A version) but also the injector, t...

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Does your DHCP network's address include the mask? i.e.
192.168.1.0/24

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You can add DIA (GPL) to the list too.

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VHF, and EPIRB are also worth noting but probably not going to be a significant concern to either interfere with them or be interfered by them. We do have 3.65ghz available for WISPs here, I don't know if you would classify as a WISP or not and what you have for local regulations but it may be more ...

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Can you describe (map would be best) the route that the ferries take? Once again, but for the available land/buildings to but base stations/APs on? Weather? (constant rain, etc) Frequencies (licensed/unlicensed, bandwidth, etc) 24/7 availability is fine, but what about planned up time? 99%? Just as ...

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Yeah I read it entirely differently. I read it as Switch (Vlans 1 & 300) -> RadioA (vlans 1 & 300, management on 1) -> Radio B (vlans 1 & 300, 1 management on 1, 300 bridged to ethernet to make it untagged) It's quicker to do with airMax stuff, yes, but I do it on both regularly and the ...

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it depends on how your access points are connected and configured. It would be best to test with either 1 or 2 and try to connect simultaneously 5 clients behind a single access point other than the hotspot controller and see if it works. If it doesn't, increase the number to the amount you want. If...

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If your hotspot clients are connecting via a bridge/switch or another access point (that cannot be seen directly from the controller which may depend on the configuration and functionality of those devices), the hotspot controller may not see the mac addresses of the clients, rather that of the brid...

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In the Ubiquiti ones you can specify the "Management VLAN: Enable" then in the "VLAN ID:" box enter a number. For Mikrotik you have lots of options, which require a bit more understanding of what's happening behind the scenes with VLAN'ing and the other networking components/serv...

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If they are all connected to the LAN via ethernet, then you can just set them up with the wireless bridged to the ethernet port, all access points having the same settings in their security profile, same wireless settings except for the MAC Address (don't need to set it, it should auto-assign just f...

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Is your other access point still running when you are testing the RB751U-2HnD? (as in are they both sitting next to each other?) For the frequency I generally find it best to avoid 2412 and 2462 as although the router seems to support it well, not every client device does when I test it. It's too ba...

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Is the QRT G going to be just plastic like the SXT/SEXTANT/OmniTik/912G Outdoor or is it going to have some sort of RF Shielding? That has been the main obstacle preventing me from pursuing the Routerboard's integrated radios.

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When you look at the ARP table for the clients, do they all show the actual MAC address of the client or are they showing the MAC of either the bridge or one of the wireless cards?

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That helps a lot, I thought you were talking about two different access points. So there is just a single device, with a single bridge. Is the DHCP server assigned to that bridge as well? You may need to make sure that your DHCP server does not have "Add ARP for Leases" checked, even if th...

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I believe you want only one device running the hotspot (including dhcp, etc) and the second device acting only as a bridge and the two connected either via cable, wds, or something similar.

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Running in series (higher voltage, lower current) provides higher efficiency in the cabling (important for long runs). If the batteries are being directly connected to each other it will prevent a failed battery from discharging the working one below it's rated depth of discharge. It would be best t...

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There are quite a few threads on the forum about it but I don't see anything in the wiki either. Basically what you want to do is bridge the ethernet interface with the wireless interface on each access point, set all access points to have the same SSID and security settings, but stagger the frequen...

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If you are still looking to do it yourself, there is conductive glue which you can use instead of soldering. It's not as strong as solder and has higher resistance but it will probably work. It's commonly used for rear window defoggers in colder climates or in hobby electronic shops as a graphite ep...

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Most importantly it is going to depend on your budget, expected radio pattern (is it going to be sitting in the middle of the area and broadcasting outwards with an omni-directional antenna or sitting in a corner and broadcasting in a cone), and aesthetics. There are many options for boards of varyi...

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I would suggest looking into LED light pipes (or light guide) it's basically a lens or hard fiber optic that is used commonly in electronics to have light shine from an LED on a board to the front panel. They are commonly used for power lights on the front of computer cases and home theater amplifie...

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" I've installed 10 Groove/Metal (each on different frequency)" Is there one hotspot controller with a backhaul or WDS or is each radio acting as a hotspot controller as well? Is it designed that users can roam between them? Are they within radio range of eachother and/or can the mobile de...

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Thanks 0ldman, I look forward to trying it with the next shipment.

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With the DNS issue that I have experienced basically it will connect to the hotspot wireless network, but won't pop-up the login window or allow you to manually surf to it. I suspect it's related to some settings that the carrier-locked mobile phones have, but it seems to work with the domain name t...

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Not sure if it's related but I have better luck by using 2417/2437/2457. 2412 and 2462 give me issues with many apple and some android products. Also for the hotspot DNS Name I have the best luck using an address like hotspot.domain.tld where domain.tld is the actual domain I own and have a DNS reco...

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On a radio acting as an access point with two antennas operating in MIMO (let's say a RB2011UAS-2HnD-IN or RB912G for example) can one antenna be like a 5dBi omni and the other a 12dBi omni? What I am hoping to accomplish is use a single radio for mobile phones (typically a single antenna I believe)...

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There are a few ways to do it with trade-offs for either security or configuration. One way I can see it is to move your existing hotspot configuration from the physical wireless interface to a virtual wireless interface then remove the SSID/broadcast/default authentication on the physical one, and ...

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I'm not really versed with this but from my understanding when using 802.11b/g/n there are two different kinds of roaming between access points: WDS where they can connect using the same frequency/ssid/etc and the AP's can talk to eachother over the same radio (no ethernet connection between them or...

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I have a few sites setup like that with 2011's or 751s and it works well, with staggered frequencies. I am assuming you're talking about 2.4ghz so in that case I use only 2417, 2437, 2457 as many apple products seem to be flaky on 2412/2462. When I have to reuse frequencies I set use them where the ...

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I have had RB751's that were "bricked" or inaccessible for various reasons and couldn't netinstall, all resolved with using the power adapter from an SXT. Whether or not that is a supported method or not I do not know. I was hoping to link the thread I got that idea from before but not see...

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To go back to your original question, I am not sure if your method is intended but yes it should be faster for many situations as you can easily hit bottlenecks with either the CPU or its two links it has to the switches for ports 1-5 and 6-10. I have ran into CPU bottlenecks with the RB1100AH's so ...

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If I am understanding you correctly, I would say it would be more useful to: -set ports 2-5 having master port 1 (probably already done) -set ports 7-10 having master port 6 (probably already done) -create a new bridge -add ports 1 and 6 to this bridge as right now it sounds like you are losing 2 po...

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I recall having something vaguely similar with another model where it was resolved once I upgraded the firmware (RouterBOOT) to the version included with the same RouterOS and restarted it. It may be worth a shot if a newer one is available.

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Hi, I have what I believe is a fairly simple setup. I am planning to replace other routers (non-Microtik) one at a time and I am configuring these to match their settings nearly identically. The routers are running RIPv2 multicast w/o authentication. I currently have two RB1100's (tried with shipped...

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Hi, I am looking to use winbox or telnet on Eth1/PoE on an RB450G. I am hoping to connect by MAC Address, of which it is not being listed in WinBox. Telnet does not connect either. It works on the other four ports without a problem. The following thread appears relevant, and I did remove the rule (t...

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Re: WIFI Project - WIFI on Ferries

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Re: Metal 5SHPn uptime for 2 x 12V 6800mah battery...

Re: Multiple AP with wired connection

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Winbox on Eth1 RB450G