Hi,
I am managing three hAP-ax3 devices: one serves as the CAPsMAN controller, and the other two operate in CAP mode. Post-upgrade (7.13 Stable), only one device is functioning correctly. I observed that two additional interfaces, cap-wifi3 and cap-wifi4, appeared on the CAPsMAN controller’s Interface List. To resolve this, I duplicated the various Wi-Fi settings (VLAN/SSID) and set these new interfaces as their master. However, this feels equivalent to manually setting up each device, which isn’t ideal. I prefer a unified configuration that can be distributed to all CAP-controlled devices from a single controller.
I’ve temporarily reverted to separate configurations for each device, but I am keen to streamline the process using CAPsMAN with a singular setup that can be easily applied to all devices under its control. It may be relevant to note that these devices are connected to a CRS312-4C+8XG-RM switch, which is running SWOS.
CAPsMAN:
/interface wifi
add configuration=Config-Home_Mesh configuration.mode=ap disabled=no name=cap-wifi1 radio-mac=******** security=Security-Home_Mesh
add configuration=Config-Home_Mesh configuration.mode=ap disabled=no name=cap-wifi2 radio-mac=******** security=Security-Home_Mesh
# These are the new ones that appeared and disappear if disconnect it from CAPs
add configuration=Config-Home_Mesh configuration.mode=ap disabled=no name=cap-wifi3 radio-mac=******** security=Security-Home_Mesh
add configuration=Config-Home_Mesh configuration.mode=ap disabled=no name=cap-wifi4 radio-mac=******** security=Security-Home_Mesh
/interface wifi capsman
set enabled=yes interfaces="bridge [LAN]" package-path="" require-peer-certificate=no upgrade-policy=require-same-version
CAP 1 and 2:
# 2023-12-25 18:37:20 by RouterOS 7.13
#
# model = C53UiG+5HPaxD2HPaxD
# serial number = ***************
/interface bridge
add admin-mac=*********** auto-mac=no name="bridge [LAN]"
/interface wifi datapath
add bridge="bridge [LAN]" disabled=no name=datapath-CAPS
/interface wifi
# managed by CAPsMAN
# mode: AP, SSID: Home_Mesh, channel: 5500/ax/Ceee
set [ find default-name=wifi1 ] configuration.manager=capsman .mode=ap datapath=datapath-CAPS disabled=no
# managed by CAPsMAN
# mode: AP, SSID: Home_Mesh, channel: 2462/ax/eC
set [ find default-name=wifi2 ] configuration.manager=capsman .mode=ap datapath=datapath-CAPS disabled=no
/interface bridge port
add bridge="bridge [LAN]" interface=ether1
add bridge="bridge [LAN]" interface=ether2
add bridge="bridge [LAN]" interface=ether3
add bridge="bridge [LAN]" interface=ether4
add bridge="bridge [LAN]" interface=ether5
# I believe these can be dynamically assigned too.
add bridge="bridge [LAN]" interface=wifi1
add bridge="bridge [LAN]" interface=wifi2
/interface wifi cap
set discovery-interfaces="bridge [LAN]" enabled=yes slaves-static=yes
/ip dhcp-client
add interface="bridge [LAN]"
I would love to see more in depth videos on this topic! Thanks again.