New user questions on cAP ac installation and configuration

RouterOS Wireless Networking
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Hello all,
I am pretty new to MikroTik products. I am supporting a configuration with 4 cAP ac access points. I have some local support from the company we bought these from, but the person cannot be reached quickly.
I have upgraded all of them to the latest software (6.43.7) and updated the firmware also. I’m using Winbox to access the APs, on a wired connection.
I am seeing several issues with this setup that I have not been able to resolve.

  1. One of the APs shows that the wireless interfaces are not “running” but both radios seem to be visible on a wireless network scan. How do I set these interfaces to “running” status?
  2. All of the wireless interfaces are showing a status of “slave” but I cannot find out what this means and whether I need a master device somewhere.
  3. Some of the radios are dropping out intermittently (this is visible on wireless clients as well as with tools such as Acrylic Wi-Fi). I cannot see any difference in how the APs are configured. I am still troubleshooting things like the cables that connect the AP to the main network switch, but I am wondering if there is anything I should be looking for in the configuration. (All of the APs have fixed channel assignments.)
  4. There seems to be no power setting for the wireless transmitters, but this could be due to limitations placed on APs in the United States. Could someone tell me where to find this setting?
    Finally, I’d like to comment that the wiki is helpful but does not provide answers to these types of questions. Just a comment if anyone wants to improve it!

Cheers, jman2133

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Gotta run but I will leave you with one of my recent capac setups.
I use a vlans for devices on 2G (one of the WLANs) and the other WLAN is 5AC for home wifi users and running off that is a virtual WLAN for guest users.
Hope it helps generate discussion. I barely changed the default setup./

/interface bridge
add admin-mac=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx auto-mac=no comment=defconf name=\
    bridgeHallway vlan-filtering=yes
/interface ethernet
set [ find default-name=ether1 ] speed=100Mbps
set [ find default-name=ether2 ] disabled=yes speed=100Mbps (not connected, poe and ethernet cabling attached to eth1)
/interface vlan
add interface=bridgeHallway name=Guests_WIFI-v200 vlan-id=200
add interface=bridgeHallway name=Wifi_SDevices_cap2 vlan-id=45
/interface list
add name=WAN
add name=LAN
/interface wireless security-profiles
set [ find default=yes ] supplicant-identity=MikroTik
add authentication-types=wpa2-psk disable-pmkid=yes eap-methods="" mode=\
    dynamic-keys name=Hallway_wifi supplicant-identity="" wpa-pre-shared-key=\
    Hurr1canes wpa2-pre-shared-key=
add authentication-types=wpa2-psk disable-pmkid=yes eap-methods="" mode=\
    dynamic-keys name=devices_only supplicant-identity="" \
    wpa2-pre-shared-key=
add authentication-types=wpa2-psk disable-pmkid=yes eap-methods="" mode=\
    dynamic-keys name=HouseGuestsSecurity supplicant-identity="" \
    wpa2-pre-shared-key=
/interface wireless
set [ find default-name=wlan1 ] band=2ghz-b/g/n country=canada disabled=no \
    distance=indoors frequency=2442 mode=ap-bridge name=DevicesHallway \
    security-profile=devices_only ssid=RD2 vlan-id=45 vlan-mode=use-tag \
    wireless-protocol=802.11 wps-mode=disabled
set [ find default-name=wlan2 ] band=5ghz-onlyac channel-width=\
    20/40/80mhz-Ceee country=canada disabled=no mode=ap-bridge name=Hallway5G \
    security-profile=Hallway_wifi ssid=Hallway_CellPhones wireless-protocol=\
    802.11 wps-mode=disabled
add disabled=no keepalive-frames=disabled mac-address=CE:2D:E0:AF:73:92 \
    master-interface=Hallway5G multicast-buffering=disabled name=VisitorWIFI \
    security-profile=HouseGuestsSecurity ssid=Guest_Wifi vlan-id=200 \
    vlan-mode=use-tag wds-cost-range=0 wds-default-cost=0 wps-mode=disabled
/ip hotspot profile
set [ find default=yes ] html-directory=flash/hotspot
/interface bridge port
add bridge=bridgeHallway comment=defconf interface=ether1
add bridge=bridgeHallway comment=defconf interface=DevicesHallway
add bridge=bridgeHallway comment=defconf interface=Hallway5G
add bridge=bridgeHallway interface=VisitorWIFI trusted=yes
/interface bridge vlan
add bridge=bridgeHallway tagged=DevicesHallway,ether1 vlan-ids=45
add bridge=bridgeHallway tagged=VisitorWIFI,eth1 vlan-ids=200
/interface list member
add interface=ether1 list=WAN
add interface=ether2 list=LAN
add interface=Hallway5G list=LAN
add interface=DevicesHallway list=LAN
add interface=Wifi_SDevices_cap2 list=LAN
add interface=Guests_WIFI-v200 list=LAN
/ip dhcp-client
add comment=defconf dhcp-options=hostname,clientid disabled=no interface=\
    bridgeHallway
/system clock
set time-zone-name=America/Halifax
/system leds settings
set all-leds-off=immediate
/system logging
add topics=wireless,debug
/system routerboard settings
set silent-boot=no
/system routerboard mode-button
set enabled=yes on-event=dark-mode
/system script
add comment=defconf dont-require-permissions=no name=dark-mode owner=*sys \
    policy=ftp,reboot,read,write,policy,test,password,sniff,sensitive,romon \
    source="\r\
    \n   :if ([system leds settings get all-leds-off] = \"never\") do={\r\
    \n     /system leds settings set all-leds-off=immediate \r\
    \n   } else={\r\
    \n     /system leds settings set all-leds-off=never \r\
    \n   }\r\
    \n "