hi,
I use a CRS328 with current software as CAPSMAN.
I have 3 antennas (2x cAPGi-5HaxD2HaxD and 1x RBwAPG-5HacD2HnD) and a (hopefully) suitable configuration.
At least I have 3 sets of configuration that differ regarding the available bands per accesspoint:
1 config for 5AX which is only provisioned to the cAPGi’s)
1 config for 5A for the RBwAPG
1 config for 2G for all
1 config for 2N for all
They all provide the SSIDs and security for the different devices I have.
For example the MEROSS devices that work 2 weeks with G, than they work 2 weeks with N, sometimes they prefer 5A, it’s a mess with this crap, but with this solution, to provide the SSID+security on all wifi technologies, they run well so far. So, I need this config.
My airconditioner needs other settings, so there’s another config just for it.
The rest of my kitchendevices like 2 ovens, dishwasher etc… have also shown advanced stability with the different wifi technologies and settings… while they were happy with N for a long time. Out of a sudden they wanted G, so now they can choose…
For my laptop, ipads, iphones etc. I use the 5AX indoor. The RBw provides 5A for outdoor.
In summary I am happy with the config, but I cannot get wifi6 running with appropriate speed.
My network card on a desktop PC is wifi6 compatible card and connects with wifi6, but only with 360 Mbps.
My 2 newest ipads have wifi6, speedtest doesnt go over around100Mbps download, though my internetconnections provides 150 (via cable, so: stable, it’s a business account and so it’s not a shared speed. With wired computers I get 150 down, stable and constantly). So it’s wifi that slows my desktop down.
The question is now, why am I not able to get more than 360 Mbps between the desktop-pc and the antenna?
They are 5m away from each other.
During speedtest there is no more traffic in my network.
I cannot exclude more, and I would think that my construction should be able to deliver more then 360Mbps.
Thank you for assisting me, this is my current config:
Just a couple of remarks that can be improved on your config:
Use 20MHz bandwidth on the 2.4GHz radios
Set fixed frequencies on all radios (and make them non-overlapping)
When not setting band, it will support to newest supported standard: “Frequency band and wireless standard that will be used by the AP. Defaults to newest supported standard.” Makes no sense to set it explicitely.
In regards to your question: what wireless interface is used in the desktop-pc? What are the TX and RX rates? And signal strength?
as soon as I set fixed frequencies (e.g. those that are currently being used), I get the answer that these frequencies are not operational.
How am I supposed to understand that I should set fixed frequencies on all radio devices? Do I have to set the frequency on each access point?
I have to set the band for each configuration because the automatic system is not able to use the available bands and assign them automatically.
I would prefer it if I only had to set the SSID and security and each radio device would automatically send what is possible on all available bands.
But unfortunately that doesn’t work.
The card used in the PC is Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX210 160MHz
Channel can be set on the configuration, when selecting the corresponding radio (through it’s MAC address) it will be set. If it shows incorrect frequency, it shows that you are assigning incorrect frequency to that radio (i.e. a 2.4GHz frequency to a 5GHz radio or vice versa).
Auto is not that bad, unfortunately it is not as advanced (on startup all radios might be on the same frequency). A way to handle this is by using reselect-interval. Then periodically the radios will check best channel option (and avoid interference).
Still waiting for the rates to get insights on the underperforming connection.
well, the channels are not even accepted as soon as I set them.
The access point apparently cannot do 80+80 or 80/160, for example.
I always have to leave a lot of things blank, because as soon as I set what is selected automatically, I get the message that there are no available channels or frequencies.
I still don’t understand which device I should set the channel on? On the CAPSMAN or on the access point?
I also don’t know the frequencies that I could set. The channel does show numbers that look like frequencies, but it says channel there.
For example, 5500/ax/Ceee.
The column with the frequency is empty, so all my access points are transmitting without frequencies (if I can believe the CAPSMAN).
On the PC I get a net of around 20-50 MBit (bit!!) per second when I transfer data to a local NAS (which delivers a net of 0.6GBit/s → 50MB/s).
I’ve now set that up. Speed test on the iPhone around 10-20 MBit/s in download (instead of 150), and the connection breaks off every time when uploading.
Can you please translate your responses to English? I now have to use Google Translate.
Just use 20/40/80MHz as bandwidth (for 5GHz radios), they won’t do more.
Just use 20MHz bandwidth for 2.4GHz radios, the spectrum is already overcrowded.
All configuration should be done on the CAPsMAN (that’s why is is called a manager).
See on (i.e.) Wikipedia which channel corresponds with which frequency: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels#5_GHz_(802.11a/h/n/ac/ax/be)
In CAPsMAN you can see multiple columns showing frequencies, make sure the correct column is selected
Network speed is shown in Mbps, please use it correct.
Configuring is not as simple as customer grade devices, you have to be very precise.
I had already used 20/40/80 - that is the configuration which provides me with "no performance".
For 2,4 GHz: as in the config shown, I already restricted to 20MHz, cause everything else lets my shitty MEROSS devices cry and they lose connections...
in the CAPSMAN configuration when I select "channel", I have the list of my channel-configurations.
In my channel-configs I can set Band and Channel Width, but no channel.
I can only set a frequency.
When I have to chose everything myself, I could take out the config for the country, right?
When I lookup wikipedia and set a channel / frequency that should fit, I reduce my available speed. Now I am at 8 mega bit per second.
Btw, what was wrong with my netspeed? You mentioned I should use it correctly...
oh, I just see, I cannot use those accesspoints in austria.
Only 5,470–5,725 MHz are allowed.
As soon as I use one of them, the accesspoints say “no supported channels”.
I played around and set to just use 5720. This works with mikrotik, but neither the pc nor the IOS devices see wifi.
Well, this seems like the end of my journey… I can send those accesspoint to the recycler - now that I finally know that I bought something illegal.
next test… I switched from AX to AC with the same settings. Now I get instead 8 Mbps at least 30 Mbps. (Wow, that’s insane… hopefully the HP Z230 can handle that )
But only with this network card in the desktop pc. iPhone makes 47 down and 4 Mbps up.
When I deactivate AC mode in the network adapter, I can connect to AC wifi.
I repeat: When I “DE-activate” AC mode in the network adapter, I can connect to AC (and only AC!) wifi.
Should I be proud of being able to do the impossible?
No, but I tell you, why this works. It’s because when I set the accesspoint to make AC, they don’t make AC, they make A. Only A. And all my device connect with A.
Is there a translation table for this? What do I have to set when I want 5 GHz AC. 2,4 G? Or 6 Ghz N?
At least that would explain why all my devices don’t work out of the box, when I set wifi to what the vendor tells me.
They say 802.11n, I set it to 802.11n and nothing works. As soon as I switch to 802.11a and 5ghz, the 2.4 n-devices work. And other things like that…
So, where can I find the translation table? Thanks!
R403.AC is for AirConditioner. Should be R403-AC, but the airconditioner doesn’t work with wifis that include a “-”
And the mass of different SSIDs with their channels is to provide:
all devices (notebook, iphones younger and older, 2 different wifi document scanner, macbook, 2 different imacs with older and newer wifi capabilities, 2 oven + 1 dishwasher + 1 stove + 1 hotplate from Bosch)
under all conditions (indoor, outdoor (only the mobil devices, not the stove ) → different type of accesspoint (depending on the distance) → because mikrotik is not able to provide the same technology for indoor+outdoor)
Some devices don’t work with “.” in ssid and/or password (the meross devices were already configured when I got the AC. I didn’t want to reconfigure this meross crap, cause every device takes about 1 hour until it works. Yes, it’s the crappiest bullshit on earth… Meross, Bosch and Toshiba need different settings for wifi)
Some devices don’t work with g mode
Some devices don’t work with n mode
Some devices don’t work with 5 GHz, others are too slow in 2,4
Mikrotiks 2,4 GHz N is limited to 36 MBit on all accesspoints, so it’s useless for a phone/ipad
And the meross-shits chose their capabilities 10 times per month, as I already wrote before (changing between N and G). They are not stable, and after every update they have to be reset to discover the same wifi again, so this wifi has a very simple password.
But at least meross can see online when I open the window…!
Provisioning for every single accesspoint is because they don’t fit together and have completely different technologies.
Some can A in 5 G, some can N and G in 2.4 G, some can A, some can AX, some can AC, but not all find suitable channels in 5 GHz …
A simple config with N in 2.4 and 5 G should be possible, but it isn’t. All my (currently online) and all currently offline accesspoints should do that, but this config lets 5 of 5 devices fail with “no channel”.
This is most likely because mikrotik lets the 5ghz antennas get 2,4ghz config and vice versa. Therefore I chose to give every antenna its own provisioning.
A kind of filter “let all 5ghz devices get 5ghz config” doesn’t work either.
Hi, thank you for this proposal. It won’t work, I can tell you.
I already was at this point during the development of my “mess”. Just had different ssid-names.
It will have 2 effects: a lot of antennas won’t work and say, that they have no channel, and the rest will result in IoT-devices from Meross that won’t connect.
You use US as country, I must use Austria. This may result in other frequencies that are allowed, and may result in reduced tx/rx power. E.g. 5745,5785 - they are only for short range distance allowed in europe. When I use it, I have to reduce to 25mW. Up to 5640 I may use 50mW.
When I change my config now, I will have to reset all Meross devices, all other IoT devices, this will take up to 10 weeks until I can say if everything works fine without any bigger loss (Meross tends to just forget that they are able to connect to g, sometimes they forget that they are able to connect to n,… so this will be another hard time of tests and not working automations… puh…
And if that won’t work, I will re-import the current config and the 10 weeks begin from start… This is the main reason why I am not amused to change those things, but I will give it a try…
48mbps (when I believe the system control) with 802.11ax in 2.4g at the desktop pc - not helpful, because it’s even worse.
Speedtest result is 5,5mbps
speedtest on iphone and ipads stops in the middle because of “connection lost”
IoT things react slowly or not at all. I used the same SSID so I don’t have to reprogram all devices. It’s not new, it’s not better. I just could reprogram them…
And the newer model of my 2 Bosch ovens doesn’t connect at all, but that seemed to be solved with another complete reset (I am used to it).
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) → different type of accesspoint (depending on the distance) → because mikrotik is not able to provide the same technology for indoor+outdoor)