I’ve used the old CapsMan for many years with my hAP and hAP ac2/3 APs. I recently upgraded to hAP ax3s and struggled, like so many, learning CapsMan v2. I finally figured it out and have listed simple steps below. I still wonder, however, even with the new Capsman provisioning just 3 hAP ax3s, it still chooses the same frequencies for the APs. Not all the time, but most of the time. Anyhow, here’s what worked for me:
I have an RB5009 router (no wifi) and 3 hAP ac3s. I use CapsMan to provision these. I recently upgraded all to hAP ax3s, and struggled to provision these with the new CapsMan. Here’s what worked for me. This is a minimum configuration, nothing fancy. This assumes that all APs devices are running the latest RouterOS with the Wifi-qcom package installed. This avoids the confusion about the various WiFi driver packages.
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On The APs, start with no configuration. Add a bridge and all ports to the bridge. You will not need to add the WiFi interfaces. Assign an IP to the bridge and a route to the main router. Under the Wifi section, click the WiFi tab, then Cap on the right. Discovery interface=bridge, Capsman address = Router address, click enable. Now the APs are waiting to be provisioned. -
On the router. This is the absolute simplest way to get going:
a. WiFi section, open the Configuration tab. Name your config. Mode=AP. SSID=Your ssid. Country = yours.
b. Channel tab: Band 2.4 AX. Width=20. Frequency=2412.
c. Security tab: your security or none. WPA2/3, Authentication CCMP, CGMP. Passphrase – your password.
d. Datapath tab: Bridge
e. Provisioning tab: action=create dynamic enabled. Master config=your config created above.
f. Back to WiFi tab. On the far right- CapsMan. Interface=bridge. Click enable/apply.
g. You should see your provisioned APs in this WiFi section.
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Add 5GHz channels as above -
Create other configs with VLANs etc. Add these as slaves configs in the provisioning tab.