Less detail on Tx/Rx Rate on hAP ax lite LTE

RouterOS Wireless Networking
1

On the registration tab of a hAP ax lite LTE, speed is simply shown as Mbps:

But on an older hAP ac lite, you get to see channel width and number of streams:

Why is there less information on the newer device?

2

because of the use of different hardware that devices you are comparing use different wireless software packages, and consequently have somewhat different functionalities and provide different information

3

So the new WiFi driver has less features that the old Wireless driver :frowning:

4

Yes. Get used to it.

5

Don’t want to get used to it :confused: For diagnosis purposes of Wi-Fi strength, this was a very handy feature. Also quick way to determine the radio status of a client device. It was one of those USPs of Router OS…

6

Want it or not, there are very slim chances to get it changed.

We’ve been complaining about missing features (including spectral scans, connection details, lack of nv2 and/or nstreme) ever since wifiwave2 existed … and these features are still missing. To be fair, some were implemented (at least in wifi-qcom), such as VLAN tagging. But I’d say that yield is poor.

7

it has some benefits even for “old” specific 802.11ac devices which support the new software package, but keep in mind that hAP ac lite is not one of them

WiFi-Benefits

  • WPA3 authentication and OWE (opportunistic wireless encryption)


  • 802.11w standard management frame protection


  • 802.11r/k/v


  • MU-MIMO and beamforming


  • 400Mb/s maximum data rate in the 2.4GHz band for IPQ4019 interfaces

These benefits apply both to the wifi-qcom and wifi-qcom-ac packages.
https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/spaces/ROS/pages/224559120/WiFi#WiFi-Benefits

Lost features
The following notable features are lost when running 802.11ac products with drivers that are compatible with the ‘wifi’ management interface:

  • Nstreme and Nv2 wireless protocols


  • VLAN configuration in the wireless settings (Per-interface VLANs can be configured in bridge settings)


  • Compatibility with station-bridging as implemented in the ‘wireless’ package, station-bridge only works between the same type of drivers. Wifi to Wifi, and Wireless to Wireless.

https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/spaces/ROS/pages/224559120/WiFi#WiFi-Lostfeatures