I have a 1GB upload/download network. Before the transition to mikrotik, my ISP provided router would give me around 250-350 Mbps download speed. On my hAP ax3, I have wifi 5 GHz set up and the best it could do is around 150 Mbps with the computer sitting next to the Router. Anyone know why?
I use Router OS 7.15.3 and wifiwave 2.
How did you manage to install wifiwave2 package on that ROS version ?
I can get 650mbps next to the AX3, is yours running at 80MHz AX mode?
I personally had a problem with 2.4 GHZ when upgraded to 7.15 - no device could connect 2.4ghz WiFi. Problem solved after going back to 7.14.3. Other people reported problem with devices disconnecting randomly until they downgraded. Something wrong with newer qualcomm drivers.
Just a simple download and install. Why?
I mean I installed on the previous version and now upgraded to 7.15, it still works.
Yes, I believe so. I saw people say that not to mess with the config if you don’t know what you are doing, so I kept it simple.
/interface wifi channel
add band=5ghz-ax disabled=no name=ch-5 skip-dfs-channels=10min-cac width=\
20/40/80mhz
add band=2ghz-ax disabled=no name=ch-24 width=20mhz
/interface wifi configuration
add country=Denmark datapath.bridge=LAN_Bridge disabled=no hide-ssid=no mode=\
ap name=Cfg_Slave
/interface wifi security
add authentication-types=wpa2-psk,wpa3-psk disabled=no ft=yes name=Sec_Mgmt
add authentication-types=wpa2-psk,wpa3-psk disabled=no ft=yes name=Sec_Main
add authentication-types=wpa2-psk,wpa3-psk disabled=no ft=yes name=Sec_Guest
add authentication-types=wpa2-psk,wpa3-psk disabled=no ft=yes name=Sec_IOT
/interface wifi configuration
add country=Denmark disabled=no hide-ssid=yes mode=ap name=Cfg_Mgmt security=\
Sec_Mgmt
/interface wifi
set [ find default-name=wifi2 ] channel=ch-24 channel.reselect-interval=1h \
.skip-dfs-channels=10min-cac configuration=Cfg_Mgmt \
configuration.country=Denmark .mode=ap .ssid=My_Mgmt_2 datapath.vlan-id=\
100 disabled=no name=My_Mgmt_2 security=Sec_Mgmt \
security.authentication-types=wpa2-psk,wpa3-psk .connect-priority=0 .ft=\
yes .ft-over-ds=yes
set [ find default-name=wifi1 ] channel=ch-5 channel.reselect-interval=1h \
.skip-dfs-channels=10min-cac configuration=Cfg_Mgmt \
configuration.country=Denmark .mode=ap .ssid=My_Mgmt_5 datapath.vlan-id=\
100 disabled=no name=My_Mgmt_5 security=Sec_Mgmt \
security.authentication-types=wpa2-psk,wpa3-psk .connect-priority=0 .ft=\
yes .ft-over-ds=yes
Here is my full configuration https://pastebin.com/JFju0uA8.
set country usa and fix channels..avoid dfs
And your channel config is ?
interface/wifi/channel/print
My output…
/tool/speed-test address=
status: udp download
time-remaining: 21s
ping-min-avg-max: 1.76ms / 2.27ms / 13.7ms
jitter-min-avg-max: 1us / 465us / 11.6ms
loss: 0% (0/200)
tcp-download: 773Mbps local-cpu-load:80%
tcp-upload: 821Mbps local-cpu-load:43% remote-cpu-load:0%
your computer connects by 5ghz, sure?
nothing wrong with using DFS channels. an lol, advising to use country USA in Europe is illegal.
Also might be helpful to print stats on the device as well as from windows if you have a intel card IE
interface/wifi/registration-table/print stats
1 A interface=wifi1 ssid="02" mac-address=A0: uptime=4d2h51m1s signal=-57 tx-rate=1201.0Mbps rx-rate=1201.0Mbps packets=17809490,4185061
bytes=22933963256,4745458359 tx-bits-per-second=46.4kbps rx-bits-per-second=15.9kbps
And Windows..
netsh wlan show interfaces
Network type : Infrastructure
Radio type : 802.11ax
Authentication : WPA2-Personal
Cipher : CCMP
Connection mode : Auto Connect
Band : 5 GHz
Channel : 36
Receive rate (Mbps) : 1201
Transmit rate (Mbps) : 1201
Signal : 88%
Maybe Wifi 6 (802.11ax). Please see my other reply
Here is the result from
interface/wifi/registration-table/print stats
command
[Mikrotik] > interface/wifi/registration-table/print stats
Flags: A - authorized
0 A interface=My_Main_2 ssid="My_Main_2" mac-address=BC:D0:74:28:68:EE
uptime=19h16m59s signal=-72 tx-rate=172.1Mbps rx-rate=154.9Mbps
packets=1086616,1011498 bytes=694704098,204526944 tx-bits-per-second=0bps
rx-bits-per-second=0bps vlan-id=10
1 A interface=My_IOTx ssid="My_IOTx" mac-address=E8:9F:6D:7A:93:EE
uptime=19h8m3s signal=-64 tx-rate=72.2Mbps rx-rate=72.2Mbps
packets=6904,12428 bytes=522569,1016936 tx-bits-per-second=0bps
rx-bits-per-second=0bps vlan-id=30
2 A interface=My_Main_2 ssid="My_Main_2" mac-address=F8:4D:89:64:85:EE
uptime=13h4m56s signal=-31 tx-rate=1000.0kbps rx-rate=229.4Mbps
packets=403658,154244 bytes=482524111,23790663 tx-bits-per-second=0bps
rx-bits-per-second=0bps vlan-id=10
3 A interface=My_Main_5 ssid="My_Main_5" mac-address=8A:4D:7A:EF:AF:EE
uptime=1h37m47s signal=-91 tx-rate=6.0Mbps rx-rate=6.5Mbps
packets=655944,188545 bytes=882925352,117747653 tx-bits-per-second=0bps
rx-bits-per-second=0bps vlan-id=10
4 A interface=My_Main_2 ssid="My_Main_2" mac-address=80:E6:50:22:35:EE
uptime=40m52s signal=-52 tx-rate=1000.0kbps rx-rate=144.0Mbps
packets=361,426 bytes=176729,63804 tx-bits-per-second=0bps
rx-bits-per-second=0bps vlan-id=10
and on Windows client:
\
C:\Users\Experim>netsh wlan show interfaces
There is 1 interface on the system:
Name : WiFi
Description : Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz
GUID : c8ad1fe2-09c3-4047-9c32-568e827e12d7
Physical address : a8:7e:ea:bd:19:4c
State : connected
SSID : My_Mgmt_5
BSSID : d4:01:c3:be:e5:35
Network type : Infrastructure
Radio type : 802.11ax
Authentication : WPA3-Personal (H2E)
Cipher : CCMP
Connection mode : Profile
Channel : 144
Receive rate (Mbps) : 6
Transmit rate (Mbps) : 613
Signal : 93%
Profile : My_Mgmt_5
Hosted network status : Not available
C:\Users\Experim>netsh wlan show interfaces
There is 1 interface on the system:
Name : WiFi
Description : Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz
GUID : c8ad1fe2-09c3-4047-9c32-568e827e12d7
Physical address : a8:7e:ea:bd:19:4c
State : connected
SSID : My_Main_5
BSSID : d6:01:c3:be:e5:36
Network type : Infrastructure
Radio type : 802.11ax
Authentication : WPA3-Personal (H2E)
Cipher : CCMP
Connection mode : Profile
Channel : 144
Receive rate (Mbps) : 1201
Transmit rate (Mbps) : 600
Signal : 93%
Profile : My_Main_5
Hosted network status : Not available
I think the varied speed showing in Speedtest between different interfaces are from the network fluctuation. I believe they got around 300 Mbps sitting next to the router more consistently. The ISP provided router can get to > 500 Mbps. I sorta expect the Mikrotik Wifi 6 to give me at least 500 Mbps without interference, is it realistic?
Unfortunately I cannot show the status on other clients since I also have another issue http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/hap-ax3-wifi-5-ghz-channel-are-weak-constantly-dropped/178845/5
Always check the allowed TX power for your country! Make sure that low power frequencies cannot be selected .
Low power (SRD) frequencies are new in ax, and where not there in ac. That’s why sometimes ax is weak, and ac is not when auto freq selection is used.
/interface/wifi/radio/reg-info country="Xxxxxxx" number=0
@homelap2024
Quick question, you don’t happen to have a scanner program open do you ?
Also still waiting for your channel config
interface/wifi/channel/print
My apology for missing your previous comment. I don’t have any scanner program open.
Here is my output for the channel
[Mikrotik] > interface/wifi/channel/print
Flags: X - disabled
0 name="ch-5" band=5ghz-ax width=20/40/80mhz skip-dfs-channels=10min-cac
1 name="ch-24" band=2ghz-ax width=20mhz
@bpwl thank you for your suggestion. I will try it out and report back.
Thank you very much for the answer. After setting the frequencies, my connection are now stable and not dropping. However, the speed didn’t really get fixed. I am still hovering at most 300 Mbps on the 5 GHz connection. This is my current channel settings
Mikrotik] > interface/wifi/channel/print
Flags: X - disabled
name="Ch_5GHz_AX" frequency=5170-5730 band=5ghz-ax width=20/40/80mhz
skip-dfs-channels=10min-cac
name="Ch_2GHz_AX" frequency=2402-2482 band=2ghz-ax width=20mhz
skip-dfs-channels=all
ok first of im not a expert just looking at your config and results
u live in denmake correct?
what channels are you running on your 5g??
please look here as the lower channels that i think u are using are very tx/rx limited for you contry region
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels
next i see that the 5g is only 20/40/80mhz but the device you are using is 160mhz so as far as i no it wont get full bandwith
as u get full with ethernet cable so i would be changing the 5g freq to a higher ones
next disable wpa3 as it is a none issue at moment
the intel ax200 impretty sure there wasa post about its wifi6 with mikrotik
next
/interface wifi channel
add band=5ghz-ax disabled=no name=ch-5 skip-dfs-channels=10min-cac width=
20/40/80mhz
from your config where is the channels/width that u are using ?? is it set to 2300-7300? and it picks what it wonts
i have my 5g and 2.4g set to certin freq as i get best signal from the one i picked
as well as no drop outs now and my 4 AP’s are all roaming with no losse
i think i have cracked the roaming mikrotik issues but im talk about that elsewhere
im running a hapax3 with 4 aps and i dont have any such issues im new to the mikrotik but im seeing things that might be a issue that i have found glitchy with ros and mikrotik
like i said im not a expert just looking in from the out side
what ros you running and its firmware? i see that it is 7.15.3 wasnt a fan of that ros on the hapax3 like we have
go back to 7.14.3 i think it was
im currently on the 7.16.rc4 and its firmware and seems pretty good for me for a daily still not perfect but it is ok
ah here we go the channels you have here are a low power for europe
pick the 5470-5660 ch for your area there more power and i get better signals from the higher freq