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rgroothuis

Thanks for the reply, interesting feedback. I was not aware that it works like that.

How can I hard-code the channels for each AP? Is this done through CAPsMan? If so, how? Or does this needs to be done on each AP? But how can I configure the AP while it is being controlled by CAPsMan?

rgroothuis

Found the solution myself. The services tab page was empty, so there was not something that the Dude server could check/test on. I presses the "Discover" button and the services were automatically filled in. Now the status is shown as Up. Screenshot 2020-11-13 at 13.05.46.png Screenshot 20...

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This is the config: # nov/11/2020 17:01:58 by RouterOS 6.47.6 # software id = 3966-YL61 # # model = RouterBOARD 750G r3 # serial number = 6F3806724F49 /caps-man channel add band=5ghz-onlyac control-channel-width=20mhz extension-channel=disabled \ frequency=5180,5200,5220,5240 name=5Ghz-Channels skip...

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I've configured CAPsMan to control multiple AP's. I've configured that for 2.4Ghz, channel 1, 6 and 11 can be used. And something similar for the 5Ghz (with their own channel numbers of course). When checking the WIFI area, I still see that the AP's using the same channel number 36 on the 5Ghz WIFI....

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The agent is setup on The Dude server for each device. What test causes the status to be set to Up?: the service status being monitored on each device. For example ping. You said the two wAPs are setup identically. By any chance you copied the config from one to the other? If so, check if wAPs have...

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Which service is being monitored on the 172.19.3.249 wAP? if ping, can you ping it from the dude server? The agent is correctly setup for it? Thanks for the feedback. The wAP is identically setup as the other wAP’s in the network. The other ones show status Up. Yes, i can ping (ip and mac) the wAP,...

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I'm setting up the Dude server/monitor system to monitor my wAP access points. There is one AP that keeps the status "Unknown". I don't understand why. I've compared all the settings with the other AP's and I cannot find a difference. What is determining the Status result? Which test needs...

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As I commented on your first question: status of an interface is "not running" if there's no connection through it. While with wired interfaces this is pretty much clear, with wireless it is not at first thought. However, one should not think that "not running" is synonymous to ...

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Fourth question, in the Radio tab page, why are a number of my interfaces in grey italic font? These correspond to the "non-running" interfaces. Thanks for your quick response, most of your feedback is in line with my expectations. Regarding the last comment/feedback. What do you mean wit...

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I've finally CAPsMan running on my network, I should have done this way more earlier, the WIFI AP's seems to be working way better. I've some questions on the CAPsMan table itself, how to read/understand the table. Hope somebody can give me the answers. On the CAPsMan interface tab page, the first c...

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Finally found the solution. :-) There was an incorrect address list assigned to the WIFI interface on the AP. That caused the fact that I could make a WIFI connection but I didn't get an IP address. When the laptop doesn't get a IP address it would try to connect to another AP (with the same SSID). ...

rgroothuis

Firewall?

Nope, then I would not be able to ping the other AP on the same switch.
Firewall is not enabled in this section of the network.

rgroothuis

Pinging "the problem AP" from the 2nd AP on the same HP switch, is working.
Pinging the device from which I cannot do the ping from the AP is working. In other words, the reserve IP ping is working.

rgroothuis

In my network I'm able to ping a device using the ARP, but when using the IP Ping methode I cannot reach the Mikrotik AP. Any idea's? What could be the reason? The Mikrotik AP is connected to a HP switch which has another Mikrotik AP, ping that 2nd AP using IP and/or ARP is working fine. So I can re...

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Could be caused that you selected "outdoor" instead of "any". Think anything beyond channel 52 is indoor only. There is some more information on this to be found in one of the topics. All my configurations are set to any. Looks like you are right. Changing to Any seems to fix th...

rgroothuis

Did you set the country in the configuration?

Yes I did, it is put to "Netherlands".

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rgroothuis

I'm running into a strange problem on the 5Ghz channel configuration together with Capsmann. I've the available 5Ghz channel list at http://www.botsenbytes.nl/academy/internet/wifi/wifi-frequenties-en-kanalen.html when I configure any frequency between 5180 and 5320 Mhz it is complaining that "...

rgroothuis

rgroothuis, I would not make the effort in 2020 to install in such complex environment a 2.4Ghz only system. To me dual band would make more sense here. Remember you have only 3 non overlapping channels in 2.4G which are shared among everybody!!! (even the folks sharing Wifi via their phone...). Co...

rgroothuis

Thanks for the feedback. Only way out seems to add more AP's in the harbour to get a better coverage.
I will do some more experiments.
I'm also installing and testing the CAPSMAN so that it becomes easier to make config changes on the all the AP's

rgroothuis

Other question is where, at what height, did you place the AP's? Are they all wAP ac's ? Don't know how wifi hostile this environment is, but it's certainly not "free field". Ship masts in stainless steel, aluminum ? Your picture is absolutely correct, that is the harbour. And indeed a lo...

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OK. Don't worry, no hurry. On the other hand don't forget you have 11 good scanners there in the air. (If not in use. Background scan exists, but looking with freq usage and Snooper will also be needed.) Those stand alone AP's are hopefully not set to "auto" channel selection (and pick ch...

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Looking forward to other and more feedback on how to improve this WIFI network. Thanks. That's a more general question. Very interesting case. We will have to look at the whole RF spectrum around. Your information is detailed but filtered, because it was focused on your connection problem, and on &...

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Thanks for the feedback. It seems that this is really a tough topic. I though that I would arrange this quickly, but that is for sure not the case. I've included a layout of the harbour, each red dot on the map is a AP. Mainly I'm using the wAP devices. At two locations I'm using the SXT devices. I'...

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I also noticed the following configuration in the router. Could that be off influence of the behaviour I'm experiencing Screenshot 2020-10-26 at 09.08.06.png It's only valid for that WLAN interface. -75 dBm is only good if you have better AP signal around. After the "Allow Signal out of Range&...

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Thanks for your feeedback, really appreciated as I'm stuck with this problem and many complaining users. I've included the AP configuration and log file. The MAC addresses have been changed by text. The "ipad_mac" is the device I'm using for testing. So this it the text to focus on. The o...

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I see the iPad in the Registration list. But at the moment of taking the screenshot the signal strength was -87 (I guess this is not good) and the Access List rules will kick the iPad out of the connection.

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rgroothuis

I also noticed the following configuration in the router. Could that be off influence of the behaviour I'm experiencing

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I noticed also the text "banned" in the log file for a different device. Any idea why this is?

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rgroothuis

Thanks for your feeedback, really appreciated as I'm stuck with this problem and many complaining users. I've included the AP configuration and log file. The MAC addresses have been changed by text. The "ipad_mac" is the device I'm using for testing. So this it the text to focus on. The ot...

rgroothuis

I'm struggling with this issue already for some time and cannot make any progress on this, hence posting the question in this forum. I'm having multiple Mikrotik wAP access points installed on a harbour. I want to make a connect from within my boat to the WIFI network. Unfortunately it doesn't work,...

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Thanks macsrwe for your feedback. Maybe due to limited knowledge i've asked the question incorrectly, sorry. Indeed, I want to do something like roaming, I still have a feeling that clients stay connected to an AP that doesn't have the strongest signal. I want clients when they move around to connec...

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Anybody able to provide feedback on my above question? How to setup a Mesh network with wired connected AP's?

rgroothuis

Hi All, I'm new to Mesh networking but understood it can improve the user experience a lot. I've a harbour area with about 14 MikroTik WIFI access points, all of them have a UTP cable connection and are setup as individual AP's. Can I change this network into a Mesh network to get better user experi...

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configure them in such a way that the wAP's with the same channel are as far as possible apart from each other. Have you verified that this has been effective? That is what I'm testing right now. And it is not working yet so it doesn't seem to be effective. What is outstanding is maybe to reduce th...

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This is an example config of the 2,4Ghz WIFI wAP. Any comments?

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rgroothuis

Thanks for the feedback. I've change the wAP config to manual channels and tried to configure them in such a way that the wAP's with the same channel are as far as possible apart from each other. Also 5Ghz has been enabled. This setup is in a harbour, outside on the boot I've good WIFI connection, b...

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Thanks, I know he was referring to Window. Just checking if I could find the same option on Mac. But if 5Ghz is the preferred option by default it is logical I couldn't find it

Thanks for the support. I'm learning every minute

rgroothuis

Just checked on my Apply Mac Book Pro and I don't have such an option as preferred band etc. Or at least I couldn't find in it in the WIFI configuration screens.

rgroothuis

Excellent, thanks for the feedback. Now you have explained it, it actually make sense. Thanks.

Cheers.

rgroothuis

Is it a good idea to give the 2,4 and 5 Ghz AP's the same SSID? How will the client device handle this situation? Will it always try to connect on 5 Ghz first?

rgroothuis

Thanks for your feedback. Good hint about the SNR, indeed what I've read about it, 3 is really pour. Is this pure because of frequency overlap and maybe to many other AP's around? Assuming the neighbourhood is constantly changing from a WIFI point of view, how do you keep track of that and how to pi...

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In a harbour location I've installed 12 wAP WIFI antenna's. To all of them I've ethernet cables to connect them to the internet. All wAP's (except one) have only the 2,4Ghz frequency enabled. When connecting to the wAP's I'm experience a slow performance and of course I was not expecting this. For t...

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Excellent, thanks for the suggestions. The probe tip, the example above and the SNMPWALK tip I found on the internet I was able to add 3 Probes, one for each ADSL line. Perfect. Now I should get a Telegram message when one of the lines are down. I will do a test when at the premises again. Thanks.

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I'm setting up a Dude server to monitor all the Mikrotik devices in the network, it works really great and I even get Telegram notifications. Next challenge, if possible, is that I want The Dude to monitor my three outgoing ADSL lines. The dude is installed on a local Mikrotik device within the net...

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I'm setting up a Dude server to monitor all the Mikrotik devices in the network, it works really great and I even get Telegram notifications. Next challenge, if possible, is that I want The Dude to monitor my three outgoing ADSL lines. The dude is installed on a local Mikrotik device within the netw...

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Thanks for the feedback. No problem that The latest Dude SW runs on ROS. What would be a good, stable and cheap device to monitor about 12 Mikrotik devices? It was suggested that the RB 750r3 is a good device but there are some issues that it is not keeping the log file after a reboot. Any other goo...

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Ok, thanks for the useful feedback. As the device is about 60/70 euro in NL I will give it a try to purchase one and try to install The Dude on it. I hope it is working and sufficient to monitor my 12 Mikrotik devices. Once I've some experience and results I will post it in this thread.

rgroothuis

That's great.

What do you mean with this comment?

rgroothuis

Ok. Understood. Any other Mikrotik device that is recommended to run The Dude on?

rgroothuis

Can somebody confirm if The Dude is now running fine without any problems on the RB750r3 hEX?

I want to purchase this device to purely running The Dude application to monitor about 11 to 12 Mikrotik WIFI devices. Would this be a good device to do so?

Comments more than welcome.

rgroothuis

This topic is from 2013, we are in 2017 now. Is The Dude already running on a Raspberry Pi?

Indeed I'm looking for a easy, simple device to add to my network to monitor about 11 to 12 Mikrotik devices. A Raspberry Pi would be a good option.

Any thought, feedback?

rgroothuis

Yes. You can use it on a normal desktop to be always connected or install it on a laptop and use to connect when u want (not recommended). Ofcourse always connected is perfect sense The server Dude should always be up and running in the network so that automatically failures can be detected and rep...

rgroothuis

Ok, thanks. So there is no Mikrotik device by itself that can run The Dude server software by itself. I always need PC (Windows) HW in my network to run the server Dude, is that my correct understanding?

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I'm also interested in a HW solution for running The Dude software. I've no existing HW available, what is the best way, on which HW, to install and run The Dude application for monitoring the Mikrotik devices? The USB drives etc being discussed in which HW are you using them? Because a USB by itsel...

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Thanks for the feedback. It is not as simple as I was hoping for. Interesting thing is that at the beginning of the jetty I've a Mikrotik SXT2 and at the end of the jetty (about 100 meters) I still have wifi signal on an Apple Mac Book Pro. I was impressed by this. Instead of selecting wAP's is isn'...

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A Google maps screenshot is included in this post Screen Shot 2016-11-01 at 13.59.52.png-2.pdf harbour2.jpg The red stars are 4 locations at which I've the Unifi Ubiquiti AP Outdoor AP's and I want to replace them with wAP's The blue circles are 3 locations at which I want to add additional wAP's to...

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How many wAPs have you deployed? What's the distance between them and the boats? hundreds of meters is not suitable for wAPs, nor is it Omni antennas either. Only 1 wAP at the moment for testing purposes. This one is positioned on the jetty in the harbour. I've three other mounting points on the je...

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Thanks for your feedback, that is really appreciated. The area I need to cover is a harbour of about 120 x 260 meters. In the harbour their are a lot of boats (obviously) with masts (sailboats) as wel as metal boats. The requirement is that there is good WIFI reception inside the boat. Cabling is no...

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Is anybody aware of a different mounting solution for the wAP. My understanding is that the wAP is a broadcasting in a circle. If the wAP is mounted on a iron pipe (this is the only way in my situation to mount an AP on the jetties in our harbour) it (can) influence the broadcasting. If I can mount ...

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To my understanding a Mikrotik device after reset has 192.168.88.1 IP address. Make sure your WinBox machine as an IP address in the same range, 192.168.88.x. When you change the the IP address of you WinBox machine give it a chance to have the new address activated on your machine. Then try to conn...

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Anybody an idea why my Last IP is flipping all the time? And is this the reason why I cannot ping my main WIFI AP and thus not browse the Internet?

rgroothuis

Finally made some progress on this subject. I found the "Setup Repeater" button in the Wireless Interface configuration. With this button I was able to setup a repeater. The mAP Lite is connecting to my WIFI AP, I'm getting an IP address. I can connect with my laptop to the mAP Lite. But I...

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That is indeed what I tried to do. But for some reason I cannot get the connection to the mAP via the cable. Will give it another try and communicate the results.

Many time connecting Winbox to the mAP via the MAC address doesn't work, I really don't understand why.

rgroothuis

This is driving me crazy!! I need some help. I want to configure a mAP Lite in repeater mode so that I can use the device as a WIFI extender. Is there a good guideline available that I can follow to do the configuration? I tried already many different things. For example: http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wi...

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Looks like my problem is solved. The HP port on which the Mikrotik was connected was set in Trunc mode (if I'm correct), in other words it was not configured correctly and that is why the Mikrotik didn't got an IP address from my management network. It is all sorted out now and it is working perfect...

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What speed will you serve to the customers (your uplink total bandwidth)? Unfortunately my uplink bandwidth is not so high, we are to far away from the telecom providers infrastructure so there is not much bandwidth. 2 ADSL lines 8Mb down, 1,5 MB up. Will you provide public ip addresses to the cust...

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Thanks for the feedback. Yes, the SXT 2's all have level 4 license. I've learned something again

What about the DCHP server? Do I have one central DHCP server or have each SXT its own DHCP server? And what is the effect when clients are moving from different SXT's, am I not running out of IP's?

rgroothuis

For a big harbour place a good WIFI reception is required. For a test I've 3 SXT2 WIFI devices. I'm building a test environment to get familiar with Mikrotik as well as to test stability etc. Once these 3 SXT2's prove they can do the job and we have a stable WIFI signal in the harbour I want to buy ...

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Again thanks for your feedback. Of course I went through that manual. I will not ask questions if they are explained in the manual. What I'm missing is some explanation on how/where to install that CHR solution. The name suggests it is a Cloud Based solution, this brings up a whole lot of other ques...

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Thanks for your feedback, I'm relatively new to the entire Mikrotik product line. Same for the CHR solution. I understand I can run this for free if I accept the 1mbit per interface limitation. But where do I install this CHR solution? Really in the cloud? Or on a VM located in my own network? And i...

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Thanks for your feedback. Does the Windows version still do the job and can monitor the different newest Mikortik devices? I was not able to find the Windows version of the Dude on the Mikrotek web-site. So do you recommend to download it from another site? For example from: http://downloads.tomsgui...

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Hi All, Which Mikrotik HW model is the best, cheapest to run The Dude server package? I want to add such a device so that I can connect to it from a Windows machine in the network and monitor the status of all the Mikrotik devices (only 4 for now but will add more in the near future) in my network. ...

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