Long ago (ROS 7.6) I set up my hAP ax^3 for “dual” WiFi with a shared SSID for both 2 and 5 GHz radios. It worked splendidly. At some point that changed, although I can’t say precisely when. Only recently I logged in to find zero 5GHz client connections when before I had at least a couple.
In the interest of troubleshooting this I split the networks onto different SSIDs. (not a big deal b/c no connections were active) None of my client devices can see it. Probably goes a long way to explaining why they’re not connecting.
What do I need to do to troubleshoot this? Here’s where I’m at right now…
/interfaces/wifi/print detail
0 M BR ;;; 5GHz
default-name="wifi1" name="wifi1" l2mtu=1560 mac-address=48:A9:8A:4A:B4:AD arp-timeout=auto radio-mac=48:A9:8A:4A:B4:AD
configuration.mode=ap .ssid="Test5G" .country=United States
security.authentication-types=wpa2-psk,wpa3-psk .passphrase="Test5GTest5G"
channel.band=5ghz-ax .width=20/40/80mhz .skip-dfs-channels=10min-cac
/interface/wifi/radio/print detail
0 L radio-mac=48:A9:8A:4A:B4:AD tx-chains=0,1 rx-chains=0,1 bands=5ghz-a:20mhz,5ghz-n:20mhz,20/40mhz,5ghz-ac:20mhz,20/40mhz,20/40/80mhz,5ghz-ax:20mhz,20/40mhz,20/40/80mhz
ciphers=tkip,ccmp,gcmp,ccmp-256,gcmp-256,cmac,gmac,cmac-256,gmac-256 min-antenna-gain=6 countries=Canada,United States
5g-channels=5180,5200,5220,5240,5260,5280,5300,5320,5500,5520,5540,5560,5580,5600,5620,5640,5660,5680,5700,5720,5745,5765,5785,5805,5825,5845,5865,5885 max-vlans=128 max-interfaces=16 max-station-interfaces=3
max-peers=512 hw-type="QCA6018" hw-caps=sniffer,qos-classifier-dscp,spectral,channel-switch interface=wifi1 current-country=United States
current-channels=5180/a,5180/n,5180/n/Ce,5180/ac,5180/ac/Ce,5180/ac/Ceee,5180/ax,5180/ax/Ce,5180/ax/Ceee,5200/a,5200/n,5200/n/eC,5200/ac,5200/ac/eC,5200/ac/eCee,5200/ax,5200/ax/eC,5200/ax/eCee,5220/a,5220/n,5220/n/Ce,
5220/ac,5220/ac/Ce,5220/ac/eeCe,5220/ax,5220/ax/Ce,5220/ax/eeCe,5240/a,5240/n,5240/n/eC,5240/ac,5240/ac/eC,5240/ac/eeeC,5240/ax,5240/ax/eC,5240/ax/eeeC,5260/a/D,5260/n/D,5260/n/Ce/D,5260/ac/D,5260/ac/Ce/D,
5260/ac/Ceee/D,5260/ax/D,5260/ax/Ce/D,5260/ax/Ceee/D,5280/a/D,5280/n/D,5280/n/eC/D,5280/ac/D,5280/ac/eC/D,5280/ac/eCee/D,5280/ax/D,5280/ax/eC/D,5280/ax/eCee/D,5300/a/D,5300/n/D,5300/n/Ce/D,5300/ac/D,
5300/ac/Ce/D,5300/ac/eeCe/D,5300/ax/D,5300/ax/Ce/D,5300/ax/eeCe/D,5320/a/D,5320/n/D,5320/n/eC/D,5320/ac/D,5320/ac/eC/D,5320/ac/eeeC/D,5320/ax/D,5320/ax/eC/D,5320/ax/eeeC/D,5500/a/D,5500/n/D,5500/n/Ce/D,
5500/ac/D,5500/ac/Ce/D,5500/ac/Ceee/D,5500/ax/D,5500/ax/Ce/D,5500/ax/Ceee/D,5520/a/D,5520/n/D,5520/n/eC/D,5520/ac/D,5520/ac/eC/D,5520/ac/eCee/D,5520/ax/D,5520/ax/eC/D,5520/ax/eCee/D,5540/a/D,5540/n/D,
5540/n/Ce/D,5540/ac/D,5540/ac/Ce/D,5540/ac/eeCe/D,5540/ax/D,5540/ax/Ce/D,5540/ax/eeCe/D,5560/a/D,5560/n/D,5560/n/eC/D,5560/ac/D,5560/ac/eC/D,5560/ac/eeeC/D,5560/ax/D,5560/ax/eC/D,5560/ax/eeeC/D,5580/a/D,
5580/n/D,5580/n/Ce/D,5580/ac/D,5580/ac/Ce/D,5580/ac/Ceee/D,5580/ax/D,5580/ax/Ce/D,5580/ax/Ceee/D,5600/a/D,5600/n/D,5600/n/eC/D,5600/ac/D,5600/ac/eC/D,5600/ac/eCee/D,5600/ax/D,5600/ax/eC/D,5600/ax/eCee/D,
5620/a/D,5620/n/D,5620/n/Ce/D,5620/ac/D,5620/ac/Ce/D,5620/ac/eeCe/D,5620/ax/D,5620/ax/Ce/D,5620/ax/eeCe/D,5640/a/D,5640/n/D,5640/n/eC/D,5640/ac/D,5640/ac/eC/D,5640/ac/eeeC/D,5640/ax/D,5640/ax/eC/D,
5640/ax/eeeC/D,5660/a/D,5660/n/D,5660/n/Ce/D,5660/ac/D,5660/ac/Ce/D,5660/ac/Ceee/D,5660/ax/D,5660/ax/Ce/D,5660/ax/Ceee/D,5680/a/D,5680/n/D,5680/n/eC/D,5680/ac/D,5680/ac/eC/D,5680/ac/eCee/D,5680/ax/D,
5680/ax/eC/D,5680/ax/eCee/D,5700/a/D,5700/n/D,5700/n/Ce/D,5700/ac/D,5700/ac/Ce/D,5700/ac/eeCe/D,5700/ax/D,5700/ax/Ce/D,5700/ax/eeCe/D,5720/a/D,5720/n/D,5720/n/eC/D,5720/ac/D,5720/ac/eC/D,5720/ac/eeeC/D,
5720/ax/D,5720/ax/eC/D,5720/ax/eeeC/D,5745/a,5745/n,5745/n/Ce,5745/ac,5745/ac/Ce,5745/ac/Ceee,5745/ax,5745/ax/Ce,5745/ax/Ceee,5765/a,5765/n,5765/n/eC,5765/ac,5765/ac/eC,5765/ac/eCee,5765/ax,5765/ax/eC,
5765/ax/eCee,5785/a,5785/n,5785/n/Ce,5785/ac,5785/ac/Ce,5785/ac/eeCe,5785/ax,5785/ax/Ce,5785/ax/eeCe,5805/a,5805/n,5805/n/eC,5805/ac,5805/ac/eC,5805/ac/eeeC,5805/ax,5805/ax/eC,5805/ax/eeeC,5825/a,5825/n,
5825/n/Ce,5825/ac,5825/ac/Ce,5825/ac/Ceee,5825/ax,5825/ax/Ce,5825/ax/Ceee,5845/a,5845/n,5845/n/eC,5845/ac,5845/ac/eC,5845/ac/eCee,5845/ax,5845/ax/eC,5845/ax/eCee,5865/a,5865/n,5865/n/Ce,5865/ac,5865/ac/Ce,
5865/ac/eeCe,5865/ax,5865/ax/Ce,5865/ax/eeCe,5885/a,5885/n,5885/n/eC,5885/ac,5885/ac/eC,5885/ac/eeeC,5885/ax,5885/ax/eC,5885/ax/eeeC
current-gopclasses=115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,125,126,127,128,131,132,133 current-max-reg-power=30
My primary clients are a Mac mini, an iPhone 13, and a Raspberry Pi 5 — which are all supposedly capable of using the 5GHz radio, but can’t ever see the SSID. Like I said I am pretty sure they used to. (otherwise I would have posted this topic a long time ago) Am I missing something obvious with this configuration?
ETA : These devices all connect as expected to the 2.4GHz SSID with basically the same configuration.
