Audience in USA - 160mhz WLAN3

RouterOS Wireless Networking
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Is it possible to use the 160mhz channel at all for wifi on the Audience in the USA? I bought this router to replace my old RB2011 and Unifi AC Lite and thus far I’m seeing no improvement over my old setup because I get “No supported channel” whenever I set WLAN3 to 160mhz. Any help is appreciated!


[admin@MikroTik] > /interface wireless export

apr/28/2020 13:32:42 by RouterOS 6.46.5

software id = 1W1N-4CBQ

model = RBD25G-5HPacQD2HPnD

serial number = [Redacted]

/interface wireless
set [ find default-name=wlan1 ] disabled=no mode=ap-bridge ssid=[Redacted]
set [ find default-name=wlan2 ] band=5ghz-a/n/ac channel-width=20/40/80mhz-Ceee disabled=no frequency=auto mode=ap-bridge ssid=[Redacted]

no supported channel

no supported channels

set [ find default-name=wlan3 ] band=5ghz-a/n/ac channel-width=20/40/80/160mhz-Ceeeeeee disabled=no frequency=auto mode=ap-bridge ssid=
160Test wireless-protocol=802.11 wps-mode=disabled
/interface wireless security-profiles
set [ find default=yes ] authentication-types=wpa2-psk eap-methods=“” mode=dynamic-keys supplicant-identity=MikroTik wpa2-pre-shared-key=
[Redacted]

2

If you already set 20/40/80/160mhz-Ceeeeeee, may I suggest selecting fixed frequency 5500. Or 5520 for eCeeeeee. Or choose another +20Mhz-step frequency up to 5640 with eeeeeeeC.

3

Here’s my output:

[admin@MikroTik] > /interface wireless info allowed-channels wlan3
  channels:

As you can see, when set to 20/40/80/160mhz, no allowed channels are present.

4

This is my setup for my Audience’s wlan3.
After setting it up, remember to give it time to scan for radar - some 5 to 10 minutes. All this time, frontal Led will blink red and afterwards, when interface is active but no clients registered to, it will turn blue. As soon as a device registers to wlan3, it turns green.

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5

Hey AllexRo,
What RouterOS software version are you running? The only country options for mine are “canada2” and “united states3” and no DFS frequencies are listed. Is there a setting to enable using DFS channels?

Here are the allowed-channels on wlan3 when I have the channel width set to 20mhz:

[admin@MikroTik] > /interface wireless info allowed-channels wlan3
  channels: 5745/20/ac(26dBm),5750/20/ac(26dBm),5755/20/ac(26dBm),5760/20/ac(26dBm),5765/20/ac(26dBm),5770/20/ac(26dBm),5775/20/ac(26dBm),
            5780/20/ac(26dBm),5785/20/ac(26dBm),5790/20/ac(26dBm),5795/20/ac(26dBm),5800/20/ac(26dBm),5805/20/ac(26dBm),5810/20/ac(26dBm),
            5815/20/ac(26dBm),5820/20/ac(26dBm),5825/20/ac(26dBm)
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It’s running latest stable, 6.46.5.
But, I live in EU so it’s a EU version - could it be that US version has limitations?

On hap ac2, it’s clearly mentioned on product page:

  • hAP ac²-US (USA) is factory locked for 2412-2462MHz, 5170-5250MHz and 5725-5835MHz frequencies. This lock can not be removed.
  • hAP ac² (International) supports 2412-2484MHz and 5150MHz-5875MHz range (Specific frequency range can be limited by country regulations).

.. but I couldn’t find anything like this on Audience product page.

7

On the Audience in the united states3 country setting, the only available frequencies for WLAN3 are 5745-5825.

8

I think you should wait for MT to unlock UNII-2 frequencies for your US lock model, mine is hAP AC2 US and got those frequencies after updating ROS but the HW is not compatible with 160mhz bandwidth
https://mikrotikdownload.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/news/news_95.pdf

9

If that’s the case I’ll just return it. RB4011 users have been waiting for almost a year for that to happen. http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/160mhz-support-for-us-rb4011/131804/1

10

The RB4011 is already UNII-2 certified according to FCC ID https://fccid.io/TV74011GS-5HQ2HD. I’m not defending Mikrotik but I guess they’re trying to boost their sales in the US unlocking those frequencies but it won’t happen immediately.

11

Can anyone from Mikrotik chime in on when the Audience will receive 160mhz functionality in the USA?

12

Audience has two separate 5G radios. One can only operate in 5180-5320, whereas the other can only operate in 5500-5825. You cannot use 160MHz on wlan3, but you may have better luck on wlan2.

13

WLAN2 on the Audience does not have option for 160MHz, only WLAN3.

14

Greetings all, any update on this?

15

Audience makes an Excellent Zerotier Bridge Node.

I can tolerate using its Wifi for a day or 2 at a time before I turn it back off.

16

What’s new in 6.48.4 (2021-Aug-18 06:43):

…
*) wireless - added U-NII-2 support for US and Canada country profiles for hap ac, hAP ac^3 LTE6, Audience and Audience LTE6;
…

i recommend to try 6.48.6

dont forget after updgrade routeros to update routerboot on system → routerboard

17

Still not fixed. Setting Channel Width on WLAN3 to 20/40/80/160MHz XXXXXXXX and it selects Channel 5500/20-Ceeeeeee/ac/DP(23dBm) after waiting 10 minutes of listening for radar.

18

that is 160MHz isn’t it? 8 x 20MHz channels

19

i have and Audience Internacional Version that way and the 10 minute radar wait happen, is normal but works

i connect with intel ax210 and intel 9260 nics at 160mhz using 6.48.6 ok

20

You’re absolutely right! My mistake. It’s working now on my US version Audience! Two years later!

For the weary traveler trying to accomplish the same, here are my (applicable) settings:
WLAN 3
Mode: AP Bridge
Band: 5GHz-only-AC
Channel Width: 20/40/80/160MHz XXXXXXXX
Frequency: auto
Skip DFS Channels: disabled
Wireless Protocol: any
Frequency Mode: regulatory-domain
Country: united states
Installation: any