Any word on when the MikroTik MQS Mobile Quick Setup AP device mentioned in the Mum will be out?
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I’m waiting for LtAP (the big brother) for more than 2 years announced in March 2017 (Italy).
I got one MQS in hand and here are my first impressions:
- The MQS for some reason will not power up from CRS112-8P-4S which I have in my lab from poe-in using straight or cross over cable, but it will power up from rb260GSP
- Using a Power bank at my hand, one rated at output 5V x1A, MQS does power up from USB. It will then power up from poe-out one SXTsq Lite but will fail with cAP AC. The cAP AC will enter in a power up power down cycle. Looking at the specifications, max output of MQS is 7W with attachments and 1W without, it means it gives a 6W max power. cAP AC requires as max 13W.
- I did connect to the connected device (SXTsq Lite) from both my Android phone and from laptop successfully. The speed was not great but still manageable.
- So I would conclude that it may have limits, but is still useful as the last option to get connection on remote devices with no options to get connection to it. It will prove handy also on rack installations with limited spaces to move around and difficult interfaces to be reached via ethernet cables.
Great. How about the wifi configuration? It let configure SSID and PSK with AES only?
The Ethernet interface I believe that is fast Ethernet, in any case Gigabit. Right?
Thanks for share your first impressions with us.
Regards.
The OS is quite limited, still version 1.1. But wifi configuration is interesting, you have two options, two options, one as AP and one as Station. On the device you have a Mode button, which if pressed before power up will activate led “M2”, which is the second option of wifi config, presumably as station (it is up to you how you configure it anyway).
In normal power up, device selects M1 which is the AP mode (still is up to you how you configure that option).
Ethernet is 100Mbps, no gigabit, but no point in having a fast ethernet when wifi is not so strong.
One should keep in mind that this is a tool to access and configure devices, is not meant as a fast bandwidth device.
Great, thanks for the information.
Regards.
Still did not get the point. What is the advantage to:
Maybe … there is no advantage this time (the price eventually or the rugged design ? … choose )
If I don’t miss anything in the spec, it is no full RouterOS running on MQS.
It is an AP-bridge only, which delivers passive PoE to a “setup-candidate” [point].
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MQS itself can be configured only in the web interface.
For recovery purposes, it is possible to boot the device from the network, see section Buttons and jumpers
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Plattform ESP32 seems something like that →
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where can i get the latest MQS software ?
it can provide PoE from the USB power input, if i understood correctly. so you can just connect it to an AP, and it can power the AP - for a limited time though.
“MQS can be powered from a power bank or a USB charger. It has PoE out to power your devices – you don’t even need electricity on-site to perform maintenance, diagnostics or Netinstall!”
source: https://mikrotik.com/product/mqs
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We recommend clicking the “Check for updates” button and updating your system software to the latest
version to ensure the best performance and stability
It doesn’t work… when i do it i have error
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sad, but an error is better than nothing 
… would you like to share that error ?
… or a screenshot ?
How i can “Check for updates” when device have no internet connection ?
Guess without internet access for the device, you can’t.
There’s no manual download in the moment … what’s wrong with the running image ?
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manual download - computer says: no
<Error>
<Code>AccessDenied</Code>
<Message>Access Denied</Message>
<RequestId>EFE50D47CE5598D3</RequestId>
<HostId>
23YQ6RwpAiJiQnHSC2F6G/GETxFvc1M+lGDdben/50ief1fiKe0tcOar05aA3MPHOOSdxx0qg68=
</HostId>
</Error>
Currently there is software 1.1, when I connect some RB to MQS, eg SXT, winbox neighbors can’t see it, so I don’t need such a device for a technician.
That’s a profound complaint, … but obviously it is the main purpose of MQS to do so.
The cause could be accidental misuse or damage.
To distinguish between these two possibilities a more detailed description of your problem would be necessary. 
MQS quickstart-guide says actual sw-version is 1.2p.
With default-configuration MQS has a DHCPd enabled on it’s wireless interface … try these steps.
-connect your PC with a wired internet-connection via ethernet and open a CMD-window with administrative rights
-check internet-connectivity with
ping www.mikrotik.com
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-after that connect addionally with the MQS-wireless-network “RBMQS” - it should give a 192.168.88.x-address
-try to open MQS-webinterface http://192.168.88.3
-on CMD-window check your PC’s default-route
route print
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if there is a default route to the MQS-address 192.168.88.3 … like that:
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.88.3 192.168.88.x 25
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… delete default-route to MQS with
route delete 0.0.0.0 mask 0.0.0.0 192.168.88.3
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-after that check if you are still able to ping www.mikrotik.com and MQS-address 192.168.88.3
-retry the “Check for updates”-button on MQS-webinterface
What are you guys talking about? You are mixing up mAP and MQS, two different devices.
MQS has no other software, and has no advanced functions. It’s a wifi to ethernet bridge. There is no upgrade.
What are you guys talking about?
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bout the Mikrotik MQS Quickstart-Guide ? … and the recommendations made there (obviously not your recommendations ?!)
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later is “Operating system support The device software version is 1.2p” mentioned … which differs to v1.1 
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