I am developing a tri-frequency mesh radio (900MHz, 2.4GHz, 5.8GHz). The radio should determine which frequency has the lowest path cost (including hopping) and use that frequency as the link between radios. The path cost should be constantly reevaluated to determine which frequency is best.
I have set up all three frequencies on the mesh interface along with the Ethernet port. What I see is that the radio will start communicating using one of the three frequencies and never change to any of the others unless that frequency has no comms at all and then it will switch to another after a large time delay.
Basically I need the radios to pick the best frequency to talk to the other radios on the network, a network that is changing rapidly as vehicles move around.
See the attached picture for an idea of what I am trying to do.
Below is my configuration:
#RB433 with XR2, XR5 and XR9 radio cards.
/ip address remove numbers=0
/interface mesh add disabled=no
/interface mesh port add interface=wlan1 mesh=mesh1
/interface mesh port add interface=wlan2 mesh=mesh1
/interface mesh port add interface=wlan3 mesh=mesh1
/interface mesh port add interface=ether1 mesh=mesh1
/interface mesh port add interface=ether2 mesh=mesh1
/interface mesh port add interface=ether3 mesh=mesh1
/interface wireless set wlan1 name=w900MHz disabled=no ssid=Mesh frequency=2437 band=2ghz-b/g mode=ap-bridge wds-mode=dynamic-mesh wds-default-bridge=mesh1
/interface wireless set wlan2 name=w2.4GHz disabled=no ssid=Mesh frequency=2462 band=2ghz-b/g mode=ap-bridge wds-mode=dynamic-mesh wds-default-bridge=mesh1
/interface wireless set wlan3 name=w5.8GHz disabled=no ssid=Mesh frequency=5785 band=5ghz-a mode=ap-bridge wds-mode=dynamic-mesh wds-default-bridge=mesh1
/interface wireless set w900Mhz radio-name=Mesh100
/interface wireless set w2.4GHz radio-name=Mesh100
/interface wireless set w5.8GHz radio-name=Mesh100
/system identity set name=Mesh100
/ip service enable api
/ip address add address=192.168.200.100/24 interface=mesh1 network=192.168.200.0 broadcast=192.168.200.255
Is what I need even possible with RouterOS?
