Hi,
I’m trying to get an Nstreme dual link running. I can get each pair of radios to associate in ap-bridge/station mode, but they won’t connect as part of an Nstreme dual group.
On one end:
/interface wireless print
Flags: X - disabled, R - running
0 name="wlan1" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:0B:6B:4D:5C:0D arp=enabled
interface-type=Atheros AR5213 mode=nstreme-dual-slave ssid="ktm10-2"
frequency=5825 band=5ghz scan-list=default antenna-mode=ant-a
wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none wds-ignore-ssid=no
default-authentication=yes default-forwarding=yes default-ap-tx-limit=0
default-client-tx-limit=0 hide-ssid=no security-profile=default
compression=no
1 name="wlan2" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:0B:6B:37:21:D4 arp=enabled
interface-type=Atheros AR5213 mode=nstreme-dual-slave ssid="ktm10-1"
frequency=5300 band=5ghz scan-list=default antenna-mode=ant-a
wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none wds-ignore-ssid=no
default-authentication=yes default-forwarding=yes default-ap-tx-limit=0
default-client-tx-limit=0 hide-ssid=no security-profile=default
compression=no
/interface wireless nstreme-dual print
0 R name="nstreme1" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:0B:6B:37:21:D4 arp=enabled
disable-running-check=no tx-radio=wlan1 rx-radio=wlan2
remote-mac=00:0B:6B:4C:BA:7E tx-band=5ghz tx-frequency=5300 rx-band=5ghz
rx-frequency=5825 disable-csma=no rates-b=1Mbps,2Mbps,5.5Mbps,11Mbps
rates-a/g=6Mbps,9Mbps,12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,48Mbps,54Mbps
ht-rates=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 ht-guard-interval=long ht-channel-width=20mhz
ht-streams=single framer-policy=none framer-limit=2560
At the other:
/interface wireless print
Flags: X - disabled, R - running
0 name="wlan1" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:0B:6B:35:B9:9C arp=enabled
interface-type=Atheros AR5213 mode=nstreme-dual-slave ssid="ktm10-1"
frequency=5805 band=5ghz scan-list=default antenna-mode=ant-a
wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none wds-ignore-ssid=no
default-authentication=yes default-forwarding=yes default-ap-tx-limit=0
default-client-tx-limit=0 hide-ssid=no security-profile=default
compression=no
1 name="wlan2" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:0B:6B:4C:BA:7E arp=enabled
interface-type=Atheros AR5213 mode=nstreme-dual-slave ssid="ktm10-2"
frequency=5260 band=5ghz scan-list=default antenna-mode=ant-a
wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none wds-ignore-ssid=no
default-authentication=yes default-forwarding=yes default-ap-tx-limit=0
default-client-tx-limit=0 hide-ssid=no security-profile=default
compression=no
/interface wireless nstreme-dual print
Flags: X - disabled, R - running
0 R name="nstreme1" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:0B:6B:35:B9:9C arp=enabled
disable-running-check=no tx-radio=wlan2 rx-radio=wlan1
remote-mac=00:0B:6B:4D:5C:0D tx-band=5ghz tx-frequency=5825 rx-band=5ghz
rx-frequency=5300 disable-csma=no rates-b=1Mbps,2Mbps,5.5Mbps,11Mbps
rates-a/g=6Mbps,9Mbps,12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,48Mbps,54Mbps
ht-rates=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 ht-guard-interval=long ht-channel-width=20mhz
ht-streams=both framer-policy=none framer-limit=2560
I’ve tried using the mac addresses of both the tx and rx radios in the “remote-address” parameter, to no avail. When I monitor the link from either end, I get:
/interface wireless nstreme-dual monitor 0
rx-signal-strength: 0dBm
tx-signal-strength: 0dBm
rx-rate: "1Mbps"
tx-rate: "6Mbps"
connected: no
packets: 0,0
bytes: 0,0
frames: 3,0
frame-bytes: 120,0
hw-frames: 290667,0
hw-frame-bytes: 11626680,0
tx-retries-timeout: 290664
tx-retries-lost: 0
rx-bad-seqs: 0
rx-duplicates: 0
Any pointers? Where am I going wrong? The antennae for one link are horizontally polarised and those for the other are vertical, and they have a reasonable distance between them. The link distance is just over 30km.