Hi, I have really strange issue with cAP ax.
At home I run hAP ac2 as main router with relatively simple config (gateway, DHCP server, NAT, firewall). I used a cAP ac device as another AP in the house. Recently I have changed this cAP with cAP ax (static IP, everything in bridge, simple AP config). Since then, I have great issues with wifi connection.
After a client connects to the cAP ax, it loses internet connection. Ping from client to cAP is possible, but not to gateway. But ping from cAP ax to hAP ac2 works fine. Both wifi interfaces and eth ports are in bridge. I tried to reset config and set everything from scratch, but without any success - after short period, internet goes away. Can you please help me find the issue? Thank you.
cAP ax config:
# 2024-05-31 12:29:41 by RouterOS 7.14.3
# software id = 2XPM-2DZS
#
# model = cAPGi-5HaxD2HaxD
# serial number = ****
/interface bridge
add name=bridge1 protocol-mode=none
/interface wifi
set [ find default-name=wifi1 ] comment=5ghz configuration.country=Czech \
.mode=ap .ssid=***** security.authentication-types=wpa2-psk
set [ find default-name=wifi2 ] comment=2_4ghz configuration.country=Czech \
.mode=ap .ssid=***** security.authentication-types=wpa2-psk
/interface list
add name=WAN
add name=LAN
/interface bridge port
add bridge=bridge1 interface=ether2
add bridge=bridge1 interface=wifi1
add bridge=bridge1 interface=wifi2
add bridge=bridge1 interface=ether1
/ipv6 settings
set disable-ipv6=yes
/interface list member
add interface=ether1 list=WAN
add interface=bridge1 list=LAN
/ip address
add address=192.168.1.11/24 interface=bridge1 network=192.168.1.0
/ip route
add disabled=no distance=1 dst-address=0.0.0.0/0 gateway=192.168.1.1 \
pref-src="" routing-table=main scope=30 suppress-hw-offload=no \
target-scope=10
/system identity
set name=cAP_ax
/system note
set show-at-login=no
/system ntp client
set enabled=yes
/system ntp client servers
add address=217.31.202.100
Does this happen when client devices are connected to both SSIDs ? (2.4 and 5Ghz)
Or only 5GHz ?
Already tried to manually set freqency for both radios ? I don’t like auto-settings… especially on AX devices and 5GHz it may favor the higher range frequencies and a lot of clients are not too happy with that.
I’m not completely sure if firewall is not present or it was simply omitted from the exported configuration. Still, since there is no WAN, I cannot see any reason to keep that interface list (apart for having problems).
I would also disable detect-internet on hap.
Hi,
i have deleted both interface lists on cap. IPv6 had been disabled before. I dont understand what do you mean by unsetting bridge-mode. By default Mtik devices are set to RSTP, but i always change that to none, co what should i do? Thanks
On cAP ax specifically (as well as ax2 and ax3, all the devices with IPQ6010 chip), it is suggested to enable RTSP mode on the bridge since there is some bug in hw offloading and setting RSTP will disable hw offload.. I have RSTP on my cAP ax and it works without any issues with CAPsMAN. No RSTP then on the bridge where CAPsMAN is running.
Sticking to the defaults unless needed is the safest approach, in my opinion, as it avoids nasty problems. As such, I prefer to keep the protocol mode unset (=default).
(1) Stick with default mode for bridge, think its RTSP??
(2) No WAN or LAN on an AP.
(3) I config my caps on the bench through ether2, off bridge, and when installed if its reachable directly or else I wire ether2 where I can at least access with laptop.
Just change laptop ipv4 settings to 192.168.55.2 and you are in.
(4) For NTP, Client server should be the main router and set up the main MT router as client to the www, and server for downstream devices.
I repeat myself: sticking to the defaults (unless there is a reason not to do so) helps avoiding problems. Hence, hw offload (apparently) enabled and protocol mode set to RSTP. When (if) they will fix the problems, you will have a working system with hw offloading enabled without touching the configuration.