Currently I have my RB1100AHx4 acting as my capsman server (using Capsman). Everything is running 7.15 My WAPs are:
2x CAP ac
1x hAP ac^2
1x CAP ax (not yet added to configuration)
I understand that the CAP ax will not be compatible with Capsman, but beyond that I am having a very hard time making heads or tails of the documentation.
All my APs have a “Wifi” menu – does this mean they’re all compatible with the new Capsman (wifi)?
How do I migrate existing CAPs from Capsman to Capsman-Wifi?
If I have to run both, I can run Capsman (Wifi) on a separate device, but how to I make the CAP ax connect to that instead of the original?
In Capsman there were bands “2ghz-b/g/n” and “5ghz a/n/ac” but I don’t see those in the new Capsman (wifi), and I don’t seem to be able to select multiple bands for a single configuration. How do I get a 5ghz radio in a WAP to support a/n/ac/ax? Or even a/n/ac as in Capsman?
Lastly, I think you should really NEED to give the new Capsman (wifi) an actual name other than “Wifi” Using a generic term as a proper name really screws with people ability to search for meaningful results. Imagine if Chevy named their next vehicle “The Car.”
In newer RouterOS releases wireless package was split from main package, now wireless package has to be installed separately. Wifi menu is present in main package and it is there to act as Wifi CAPsMAN. Devices running Wireless driver can only join Wireless CAPsMAN, and Wifi devices can only join Wifi CAPsMAN.
If Wireless devices in question support wifi-qcom-ac package, you have to install that, afterwards use wifi menu to enable CAP service and change configuration.manager to CAPsMAN. You can run both CAPsMAN if needed, or you can migrate Wireless devices to wifi-qcom-ac, if they are supported.
cAP ax can only join Wifi CAPsMAN, but in case of multiple CAPsMAN, you can use lock-to-capsman feature, or specify IP address of Wifi CAPsMAN in CAP, just like you would do in Wireless CAP service.
Bands are backwards compatible, so setting 802.11ax will still allow older band clients to connect to AP.
I’m pretty sure my current CAP ac and hAP ac^2 are compatible with wifi capsman, but when I go to the package list on the device using WinBox I only see “routeros” and “wireless” Where do I find wifi-qcom-ac?
Go to https://mikrotik.com/download , select correct version and device architecture (arm), fetch the extra packages archive, open it and extract needed .npk file. Upload it to device and reboot.
However, this doesn’t work on your ac drvices because they have too small internal storage. So you have to uninstall wireless package first (reboot required) and you can install wifi-qcom-ac after that.
Yes you can. You need to install the wireless package on the device that acts as capsman server, because wireless-capsman is part of the wireless extra package.