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Bomber67

Just came across this one, which would solve my immediate need for USB support on the modern Routerboards, whle waiting for onboard USB support: http://www.aaeon.com/PD_Products_Detail_DCCAA0A1DF3344B7BB_928F5E62D5B04DB08D_61FB70F30078430581_TW_utf-8.html (I know I must add 5V to it) Will this work ...

Bomber67

I guess it's like going on an Opel website asking when they'll bring out a Volkswagen look-a-like that smells the same???? Dunno - WiFi & HSDPA = 2 different markets and business models???? T So you mean that I'm posting in the wrong MT forum? Well, MT and ROS is all about networking, wired or ...

Bomber67

Really only me in this community who is concerned about HSDPA?

Bomber67

When will Mikrotik launch an elegant solution for running HSDPA on routerboards? AFAIK, currently the only option is PCMCIA or USB clients on the RB230. When do we get HSDPA MiniPCIs supported in Routerboard/ROS? If MT could come up with a solution for this it would soon be a success! Have been talk...

Bomber67

Looks like upgrading to 3.2 did the trick.
Will observe and eventually revert.

Bomber67

The other day one of the clients (Broadcom based) lost connection and I had to re-configure it. Still it wasn't able to connect, so i finally rebooted the AP (BTW RB333 with rc13 that has run for 55 days!), in the same operation I upgraded to 3.1. Now the client connects fine, but as you can see it ...

Bomber67

I haven't checked whether JP6 is there. Actually, as a response to normis' last post I was iterating through all the jumpers mentioned in the user manual to prove that no jumper except JP2 can possibly be the reason for my problem. For several of the jumpers a wrong position would simply keep my boa...

Bomber67

JP1 - Open : Normal operation (otherwise the RB would reboot!) JP2 - Closed : CF is Master ATA JP3 - 1-2 : Normal operation (otherwise CMOS would be cleared!) JP4/5 - 1-2 : Power jack (otherwise the RB would not start, no PoE attached) JP6 - 1-2 : MiniUPS deselect As far as I understand the only jum...

Bomber67

Ordered another card (Lexar, first one was Twinmos) and tried it today, but same result. I'm getting kind of frustrated now. Is there anybody out there that can confirm that booting from CF is possible? :shock: Have you tried it yourselves? Something I have overlooked? Please somebody, otherwise my ...

Bomber67

Yes, you can see it close to the end of the console output, I selected "i" for IDE and then "x" to reboot. However the board (bios) does not recognize the CF.

Bomber67

Thank you Normis.

As I wrote, installing ROS on the CF goes all fine, but it won't boot from it, despite JP2 is closed.
Can you please comment on the console output above?

Trying another CF was mentioned. Is it possible that one functioning card is bootable, while another is not?

Bomber67

Sorry for nagging you, but as this is a board still delivered by MT there must be somebody within MT or among users that has been playing around with it enough to be able to help?

Unfortunately I'm stuck on this...

Bomber67

RB333 should be the way to go but in my opinion they fall short of being a backhaul class board. Build quality is poor and you are forced to use non-release software.

Can you please explain in which way the RB333 is "poor build quality" and what consequences it might have? Just curious.

Bomber67

Anyone from Mikrotik that can comment on this?
Normis?

Bomber67

Well, it is actually closed....:-( RB230 is new to me, I need a confirmation that it is able to boot from CF! If all the installation using Netinstall goes fine, then the card must be ok? Then, why won't it boot from it, and how can it help repeating the procedure on another CF card? Any tips? I don...

Bomber67

bomber67..

I tried the link you posted but there is no page there, can you tell us what you did.

Erik

I figured out that upgrading the CPEs to the latest firmware did the trick. The CPEs are Linksys WRT54G (Broadcom) and at that time "latest" meant Talisman 1.3.1.

Bomber67

Folks, I'm struggling to boot my RB230 from the CF card. Installed ROS using NetInstall (Etherboot), have tried both 2.9.50 and 3.0rc13. The router recognizes the CF card and appears to install ROS properly, but I'm unable to boot. As CF is recognized, why isn't it listed as a boot option in BIOS? A...

Bomber67

Same problem, we need major ROS update. New RBs (RB333 and RB600) are unusable with RC13 I stongly disagree with your statement. My RB333 has been running for 29 days now without problems. 3x R52, one 5GHz and two on 2.4. PPPoE server and firewall. Initially I had big problems with frequent reboots...

Bomber67

How is it possible that NStreme can degrade speed?

Anybody that can comment on my use of EOIP, is that a poor setup?

Bomber67

A lot has been written about backhaul links, NStreme and bandwidth testing, and tonight I made a lab test to see how far I could push a couple of RIC/522. Later on they will be depoyed as a backhaul in real life. In fact I'm not impressed by the results, so I'm asking everybody with skills to commen...

Bomber67

It was already in Prague once. Didn't you all just say that 'same location' is a bad thing? :) I think you understand what we're all talking about Normis.. Besides the great event that the MUM is itself, and besides meeting old and new friends, one good thing about it is the opportunity to see new ...

Bomber67

I've setup a firewall (ROS 3.0 rc10) and I can see a lot of packets being dropped that appears to belong to connections that I consider being "legal" i.e. connections to/from non-blocked ports, initiated by a user on the LAN side of the router. For instance, if I open a newspaper webpage, ...

Bomber67

I must also admit that I'm a bit disappointed that this winter's Europe Mum will be in Krakow. Krakow and Hotel Qubus was all fine, and the 2007 Krakow MUM was a great experience, but why not move to another town for 2008? There are so many european cities worth a visit. MUM has never been same plac...

Bomber67

I was struggling with an RB333 rebooting every now and then without reason. Sent an autosupout.rif to support and Normis told me to upgrade to latest release candidate and upgrade BIOS to latest version. That seemed to do the trick. When I put it down for maintenance this afternoon it had been runni...

Bomber67

Ok, for let's say 5 clients?
If a login attempt is unsuccessful, the client will try again and again I assume?

Just for curosity, what is so CPU-consuming in the PPPoE server?

Bomber67

I've been warned about running PPPoE server on the "lighter" routerboards, as they're not powerful enough. What is the limiting factor, CPU or available memory for running the PPP package? Does the load on the board scale up with number of clients all the way from zero, meaning an RB112 ca...

Bomber67

I've experienced frequent reboots on my RB333 with ROS 3.0rc10. It has rarely run for more than some hours or at most a day before rebooting without any reason. From another post I was recommended to disable the watchdog. I did, and now it looks like the router is more stable already, it has already...

Bomber67

RB411 have extra frequency 2.3-2.5 ghz ?
Need small cheap CPE on 5-6 ghz no on full of noise 2.4ghz.

Routerboards do not carry radios onboard themselves, the radios are added as MiniPCI cards.
To be able to use a specific MiniPCI under ROS, Mikrotik must provide drivers for it.

Bomber67

Solved for me: http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?p=95373#p95373

Bomber67

I found a cure for my problem: http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?p=95373#p95373 Actually, when reading the thread thoroughly again I see that my problem is kinda opposite to kchris': After restarting the AP the CPEs had to be restarted to connect. Anyway, it is related, and it's Broadcom 2.4 a...

Bomber67

Are you sure your problem is related? Mine is fixed a few versions ago. Well I don't know, but my problem is still there. As mentioned the behaviour has changed from disconnects every 20 seconds with this "class 3 frame (7)" message in rc5, to very frequent connects/disconnects with no me...

Bomber67

this problem will be fixed in the next release of the RouterOS. OK, so what was the problem Uldis? As you stated that it would be fixed in rc6 I guess you know what the problem is? I also have had this problem for weeks, and despite I've upgraded to rc9 it's still there. I don't want to upgrade to ...

Bomber67

They are all in my access list, copied there from the registration list (at the time they were all associated after being rebooted). Have also tried default authenticate, no luck. Anyway If I disable one of them in the access list (with def.auth. false) they won't show up in the registration list at...

Bomber67

Noise floor is approx -100, I manually picked the clearest channel, i.e. 2452 MHz. RSSI measurement on clients are between -60 and -78 dBm, noise about -95 dBm. Same clients with same firmware associated all fine to the old AP, a Linksys WRT54G with a 12 dBi omni which I'm certain was picking up a l...

Bomber67

*BUMP*

Nobody that have experienced this?

There must be some kind of workaround to this, parameters that can be changed or something?
Any tips are welcome!

Bomber67

fiber. fiber. fiber. no other option, sorry. 300Mbps is just plain too much. Either you want to have stable business or you want to fiddle with radios. ...and some places will never ever get fiber, so they have to manage with the second best. Forget small things like Mikrotik, Star-os, Dlink etc. F...

Bomber67

Ok, than you for the tip. I'll check.

But why is the separate link to User Manager removed from the download page for RB333 (PPC)?
By the time rc5 was the latest, I'm certain it was there, when rc6 was released it was removed.

Bomber67

Forgot to mention this is about RB333

BTW, where did you get the User manager rc6?
The only User Manager for RB500 on the download page is 2.9.48.

For RB333 (PPC) no User Manager is available.

Bomber67

Upgraded to rc9 and now it's even worse! With rc5 the clients stayed associated for 20 seconds, now they disconnect immediately, but without any further error message: 08:10:19 wireless,info 00:14:BF:D2:5C:6A@wlan2: connected 08:10:20 wireless,debug wlan2: 00:0F:66:5B:21:07 attempts to associate 08:...

Bomber67

Topic says it all. I'm running User Manager on the router, and am stuck to rc5 because there hasn't been any User Manager version available for rc6 and onwards. Now I'd like to get rid of some bugs in rc5, so what do I do? User Manager rc5 won't install on ROS rc6 and onwards. When will next version...

Bomber67

Any news radtke99?
I'm struggling with the same.

Bomber67

Asked this question in another thread without finding any solution, and now I'm getting a little desperate so I try again: My AP is a RB 333 with rc5, R52 Radio in 2.4 GHz. I have several old Linksys clients that I need to connect (customers won't spend money on MT CPEs now). When the AP is running ...

Bomber67

After extensive forum searching I finally got this to work. The solution was in this thread. I added topic "manager" to system/logging and got the same error message as mac86, "manager,debug received remote request from 127.0.0.1:xxxxx with unknown address..." Then I figured out ...

Bomber67

No, it's there: [admin@MikroTik] > radius print Flags: X - disabled # SERVICE CALLED-ID DOMAIN ADDRESS SECRET 0 ppp 192.168.4.10 ***** Under PPP I have the following: [admin@MikroTik] > ppp export # oct/18/2007 08:25:27 by RouterOS 3.0rc5 # software id = L2FP-FTT # /ppp profile set default change-tc...

Bomber67

I use ROS 3.0 rc5 on a RB333 and have setup a PPPoE connection on Eth3. When specifying User/Pass in "secret" in Winbox autentication works fine, but not when trying to authenticate against User Manager. Under Radius I have specified the address of Eth2, namely 10.0.2.1 (which is currently...

Bomber67

I tried static and it went all fine. Then I realised that it was something about my DHCP settings. The problem was that in the DHCP network settings I specified 24 in the netmask field. When leaving this as non-specified everything was fine! According to the manual this netmask is to be specified if...

Bomber67

I have an RB333 with ROS 3.0 rc5 and the following settings: [admin@MikroTik] > ip address print Flags: X - disabled, I - invalid, D - dynamic # ADDRESS NETWORK BROADCAST INTERFACE 0 ;;; added by setup 192.168.4.10/24 192.168.4.0 192.168.4.255 ether1 1 10.0.0.1/24 10.0.0.0 10.0.0.255 wlan2 [admin@Mi...

Bomber67

I have experienced the same as jcremin a couple of times on a 532 with 2.9.45. Several reboots and power outages over many weeks and the graphs are kept, then suddenly after a power outage they are gone.
I assume this should be well-known to you MT guys?

Bomber67

Thanks for comments boys.

I'll start out with a single RB333 on each side. Then I'll add another board later if necessary.

I'll keep you posted.

Bomber67

Oh, come on folks!

I know this question is trivial for you to answer!

Bomber67

I guess you are far more skilled in this than me Sten. Can you please tell me a little more about this and give me some recommendations? I guess option 2 is similar to what DSL operators using PPPoE auth does? If you run a bridge DSL modem and have to setup PPPoE on a separate router or in a client ...

Bomber67

I know bumping is rude, but this ought to be a well-known consideration among the WISPs on the forum?

Bomber67

if it wher me and only 1 ptp shot then id run duel nstream on both sides and then have a pc based board as your core router running usermanager and pppoe, if you really wanted to be nice to your cpus you could run a pc based version for usermanager and then another mt board as yur core router along...

Bomber67

I have some questions regarding config of CPEs. Let's assume all users connect wirelessly using PPPoE I consider the 2 following options: 1. PPPoE client in the CPE, client computers NATed and on DHCP Pros: -End-user won't have to deal with username/password, just connect ethernet cable -End-user ha...

Bomber67

Time is here to do some planning for a new network. This involves a PtP link (Nstreme or NStreme Dual) of about 5 km connected to fiber, and I would therefore like to squeeze as much speed as possible out of the backhaul link. I would like to run User Manager at this main router, and have a number o...

Bomber67

Ok, thanks!

Then I'll put the P2P rule right after "drop invalid" as I suggested above.

Bomber67

My guess would be P2P. Do you have access to that machine to check it out? -Louis No, it's a client computer on an open hotspot in a harbour. My guess is also P2P. A large number of connections, rather constant use of bandwidth, IP addresses unable to reverse-DNS makes me believe this. But I have a...

Bomber67

I mean all these connections originating from port 4809?

Bomber67

we didn't make the engine, sorry guys :) we'll try to upgrade again and see if "they" fixed it. Thank you for your quick reply Normunds, I see that now it works. I know that MT is not the developer of phpBB. :lol: I just found it strange that some search criteria were suppressed by the en...

Bomber67

It's not banned, forum just doesn't like short terms. use something like this: http://www.google.lv/search?q=p2p+site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fforum.mikrotik.com Ok, that works to a certain extent but as far as I've found out there are major limitations to this method, for instance when I would like to restr...

Bomber67

I have this service chain from an MT training session: add chain=service protocol=tcp dst-port=20 action=accept comment="FTP" \ disabled=no add chain=service protocol=tcp dst-port=21 action=accept comment="FTP" \ disabled=no add chain=service protocol=tcp dst-port=22 action=accep...

Bomber67

It's not banned, forum just doesn't like short terms. use something like this: http://www.google.lv/search?q=p2p+site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fforum.mikrotik.com P2P matcher doesn't care about ports, just as the other poster said, use a simple drop rule Thank you Janis, then I'll just use the following: add ...

Bomber67

It's not banned, forum just doesn't like short terms. use something like this: http://www.google.lv/search?q=p2p+site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fforum.mikrotik.com P2P matcher doesn't care about ports, just as the other poster said, use a simple drop rule Thanks Normis, But will this hit ALL P2P packets, not o...

Bomber67

Well, from what I've read P2P programs nowadays use encryption, standard ports (http port 80?) and such things to hide from filters, so that once a packet is recognized as P2P, the connection must be tagged to be able to drop further packets on the same connection. Anyway, there must be something se...

Bomber67

Hello all! What is this guy doing (192.168.10.103)? http://home.c2i.net/anatedal/mikrotik/torch.jpg I suspect it to be kind of P2P but I haven't been able to block it. I have the following entries in the firewall: / ip firewall mangle add chain=forward action=mark-connection new-connection-mark=P2P ...

Bomber67

And calea is?? Another question: I can see that input and forward chains jump to virus chain. But there is no return statement at the end of virus chain so how does it return to caller for packets that does not match any of the virus tests? I post entire dump here: [demo@demo2.mt.lv] > ip firewall e...

Bomber67

When setting up a firewall I thought I'd copy the settings from the MT demo router at demo2.mt.lv. But as can be seen I get an error message when running the "ip firewall export" command. Why is that? Am I missing parts of the firewall when exporting? [demo@demo2.mt.lv] > ip firewall expor...

Bomber67

remove the 6db gain setting, that will decrease transmit power by 6db i believe to stay 'legal'. also check if your using antenna a or b. Sam No, the opposite! Specifying antenna gain in ROS makes it account for antenna gain to stay legal, specifying 0 dB antenna will allow more tx power. However, ...

Bomber67

Thank you for the tip Tom! My network is routed. As this is a rather small setup I have only one public IP, therefore I cannot do that. I could dst-nat port 8291 further to another unit but then I'm afraid I won't be able to move back. I don't trust Webbox that much, screwed up my masquerade setting...

Bomber67

Apparently the issues related to channel and link speed were due to the wireless settings, I had forgot to set "regulatory domain" and select country on the station. Is it normal that only the lowest channel can be selected then? Was my poor rate due to power restrictions or just restricti...

Bomber67

I have setup 2x RIC/522 with RB112 and R52, one as AP bridge and the other as Station, distance approx 1 km. Both running 2.9.40. Eth1 of AP is connected to the Internet through a non-MT router (because this is an extension of an already existing network) On the wireless page of the wireless interfa...

Bomber67

Is this P2MP? Otherwise a 120 deg sector is huge waste of RF. Anyway you should use a regular directional on the far side. Should be no need to blow at full power if you aim your signal properly.

Bomber67

In most cases PoE cable length will be restricted by maximum Ethernet cable length. In particular this will apply to Mikrotik due to its wide power span.
However, several high-power card might cause too high drop or even temperature rise?

Bomber67

normis, is it a part of your strategy to not publish this presentation as well? As you see a lot of rumors around and some of those who didn't go to Krakow are eager to see what's around the corner.
I think what we saw there isn't actually secrets so why not put it on the wiki?

Bomber67

hebeda: Thanks for your info, I believe you're right. Anyway, this will be a huge step forward in terms of CPU power and power supply capabilities for high-power Mini-PCIs. My point was just that since mip claims that he was at the MUM and that nothing more powerful than a 532 was presented there, h...

Bomber67

mip, this is pure bullshit: Then I write down what was told on MUM: nothing importent. A few (5) weka boards. Nothing stronger or even equall than 532 I simply can't believe that you were at this presentation! Everybody that was AND were not sleeping could both hear and see about the exiting new boa...

Bomber67

You should have been at the Krakow MUM, zhark! Not many participants from up north to see there, just 2 of us! There was a polish guy that had a presentation about his network near Warzaw. Last winter he had -42C in the tower and all his 3 P4s boards in a steel cabinet had stopped functioning. Then ...

Bomber67

According to the MT guys all the presentations will be published on the MUM pages.
I assume this also includes the presentation of new HW.

Bomber67

Nice!
Have you got any more info on this relay project?
The description on their pages is about remote-starting manually.

Bomber67

Read this, it's just what you are looking for!

http://www.bndcom.com/rms/power_relay_project.htm

Eric

Yes, read that one and it's indeed very interesting!
However, I want to take it even further and allow gennie auto-start.

Can this be done by scripting in the RMS?

Bomber67

This is the equipment that we use to monitor battery voltage via TCP/IP over a wireless link in Northern Maine. We have it plugged into Ether3 on an RB532: http://www.bndcom.com/products.html I use the version 1 product to monitor the voltage coming from my solar cells, windmill, and battery all at...

Bomber67

I've read through all the posts to date regarding Mikrotik and Billing/Payment systems.

I know the MT has a User Manager in development, but as yet no intention of integrating Billing/Payment systems into it...
paypal integration will soon follow

..meaning how soon?

Bomber67

Thank you normis!

Does any plan exist on how the training classes in Krakow will be organized, or which topics will be covered?
Will there be common classes or will the participants attend the specific courses they want to do?
I assume that the needs may vary sligthly between the participants.

Bomber67

According to http://training.mikrotik.com/ there is an MT training in Krakow 21-24 of january, just before MUM, but I cannot find any information about how to register for this training, how much it costs or which topics will be covered during the training.

Anyone?

Bomber67

Hello all! I am considering starting up a commercial Wisp using Mikrotik/Routerboards. Although I have a fair share of experience running wireless networks I have yet no experience with MT. A few keywords of my plans so far: -Fiber (10Mb?) feed -Backhaul links using RB532/SR5 -RB532 for APs (5GHz) -...

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