NL-3054MPA Atheros in AP mode

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I’m having problems getting Mikrotik 2.8.12 running in AP mode on the Senao Atheros Cards model NL-3054MPA. I have 2 units and they one will only see the other if in B mode but not in G mode. I have a notebook with netstumbler that sees the AP in G mode fine, just not the mikrotik client. Any ideas what could be going on here or is it a compatilibity issue with the senao cards and mikrotik?

Thanks

Nik

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I just tested and I got connection between two atheros card in Gmode. Look here at my configuration:

AP

1  R name="wlan2" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:0B:6B:31:00:78 arp=enabled
     disable-running-check=no interface-type=Atheros AR5212 mode=ap-bridge
     ssid="Gmode" frequency=2447 band=2.4GHz-G scan-list=default-ism
     supported-rates-b=1Mbps,2Mbps,5.5Mbps,11Mbps
     supported-rates-a/g=6Mbps,9Mbps,12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,48Mbps,                         54Mbps basic-rates-b=1Mbps basic-rates-a/g=6Mbps max-station-count=2007
     ack-timeout=dynamic tx-power=default noise-floor-threshold=default
     burst-time=disabled fast-frames=no dfs-mode=none antenna-mode=ant-a
     wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none wds-ignore-ssid=no
     default-authentication=yes default-forwarding=yes hide-ssid=no
     802.1x-mode=none

Station

1  R name="wlan2" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:0B:6B:31:08:59 arp=enabled
     disable-running-check=no interface-type=Atheros AR5212 mode=station
     ssid="Gmode" frequency=2447 band=2.4GHz-G scan-list=default-ism
     supported-rates-b=1Mbps,2Mbps,5.5Mbps,11Mbps
     supported-rates-a/g=6Mbps,9Mbps,12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,48Mbps,                         54Mbps basic-rates-b=1Mbps basic-rates-a/g=6Mbps max-station-count=2007
     ack-timeout=dynamic tx-power=default noise-floor-threshold=default
     burst-time=disabled fast-frames=no dfs-mode=none antenna-mode=ant-a
     wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none wds-ignore-ssid=no
     default-authentication=yes default-forwarding=yes hide-ssid=no
     802.1x-mode=none

Here is the monitor of the station:

             status: connected-to-ess
               band: 2.4GHz-G
          frequency: 2447
            tx-rate: 18Mbps
            rx-rate: 6Mbps
               ssid: Gmode
              bssid: 00:0B:6B:31:00:78
    signal-strength: -31
current-ack-timeout: 56
   current-distance: 56

Check your configuration, maybe you have misconfigured it. I suggest to do ‘system reset’ and configure just like in my configuration.
Also check if you have antennas connected to the cards.

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Well that got me working, well kind of. Turns out that the ufl pigtail had come off the card and I had the antenna’s assembled. Got that taken care of and now its working like a champ. Thanks for your help.