Nstreme problem

Sorry for bad english.

I have а problem - does not work Nstreme under ideal conditions. And the link works fine in the modes of 802.11 and NV2, mode Nstreme low ratespeed and disconnects (“extensive data loss”).

802.11 mode:

/interface wireless registration-table> print stats 
 0 interface=wlan1 radio-name="000C42CEA6ED" mac-address=00:0C:42:CE:A6:ED ap=no wds=no bridge=no rx-rate="65.0Mbps" 
   tx-rate="65.0Mbps" packets=115932,151307 bytes=175051083,228869732 frames=60017,76109 frame-bytes=176032341,230215982 
   hw-frames=70471,76322 hw-frame-bytes=208585645,232146907 tx-frames-timed-out=0 uptime=2m58s last-activity=0ms 
   signal-strength=-43dBm@6Mbps signal-to-noise=73dB signal-strength-ch0=-53dBm signal-strength-ch1=-43dBm 
   tx-signal-strength-ch0=-44dBm tx-signal-strength-ch1=-55dBm evm-ch0=22 evm-ch1=24 
   tx-signal-strength=-44dBm tx-ccq=96% rx-ccq=69% p-throughput=43538 distance=8 nstreme=no framing-mode=none 
   routeros-version="5.14" last-ip=192.168.1.2 802.1x-port-enabled=yes management-protection=no compression=no 
   wmm-enabled=yes

Nstreme mode

/interface wireless registration-table> print stats 
 0 interface=wlan1 radio-name="000C42CEA6ED" mac-address=00:0C:42:CE:A6:ED ap=no wds=no bridge=no rx-rate="3.0Mbps" 
   tx-rate="6.0Mbps" packets=275,24 bytes=4263,336 frames=275,24 frame-bytes=4263,192 hw-frames=435,272457 
   hw-frame-bytes=19923,12533080 tx-frames-timed-out=0 uptime=2m20s last-activity=0ms signal-strength=-43dBm@6Mbps 
   signal-to-noise=74dB signal-strength-ch0=-53dBm signal-strength-ch1=-43dBm tx-signal-strength-ch0=-43dBm 
   tx-signal-strength-ch1=-56dBm
   tx-signal-strength=-43dBm tx-ccq=61% rx-ccq=64% p-throughput=5156 nstreme=yes framing-mode=none routeros-version="5.14" 
   802.1x-port-enabled=yes management-protection=no compression=no wmm-enabled=yes

Interface:

/interface wireless> print advanced 
Flags: X - disabled, R - running 
 0  R name="wlan1" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:0C:42:D9:4C:26 arp=enabled disable-running-check=no interface-type=Atheros 11N 
      radio-name="000C42D94C26" mode=ap-bridge ssid="test" area="" frequency-mode=superchannel country=no_country_set 
      antenna-gain=0 frequency=5830 band=5ghz-onlyn channel-width=10mhz scan-list=default wireless-protocol=nstreme 
      rate-set=default supported-rates-a/g=6Mbps,9Mbps,12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,48Mbps,54Mbps basic-rates-a/g=6Mbps 
      max-station-count=2007 distance=dynamic tx-power=0 tx-power-mode=all-rates-fixed noise-floor-threshold=default 
      nv2-noise-floor-offset=default periodic-calibration=default periodic-calibration-interval=60 dfs-mode=none 
      wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none wds-default-cost=100 wds-cost-range=50-150 wds-ignore-ssid=no 
      update-stats-interval=disabled bridge-mode=enabled default-authentication=yes default-forwarding=yes 
      default-ap-tx-limit=0 default-client-tx-limit=0 proprietary-extensions=post-2.9.25 wmm-support=disabled 
      hide-ssid=yes security-profile=default disconnect-timeout=3s on-fail-retry-time=100ms preamble-mode=both 
      compression=no allow-sharedkey=no station-bridge-clone-mac=00:00:00:00:00:00 ht-ampdu-priorities=0 
      ht-guard-interval=any ht-supported-mcs=mcs-0,mcs-1,mcs-2,mcs-3,mcs-4,mcs-5,mcs-6,mcs-7,mcs-8,mcs-9,mcs-10,mcs-11,mcs-
                 12,mcs-13,mcs-14,mcs-15,mcs-16,mcs-17,mcs-18,mcs-19,mcs-20,mcs-21,mcs-22,mcs-23 
      ht-basic-mcs=mcs-0,mcs-1,mcs-2,mcs-3,mcs-4,mcs-5,mcs-6,mcs-7 ht-txchains=0,1 ht-rxchains=0,1 ht-amsdu-limit=8192 
      ht-amsdu-threshold=8192 tdma-period-size=2 nv2-queue-count=2 nv2-qos=default nv2-cell-radius=30 nv2-security=enabled 
      nv2-preshared-key="test123" hw-retries=7 frame-lifetime=0 adaptive-noise-immunity=none 
      hw-fragmentation-threshold=disabled hw-protection-mode=none hw-protection-threshold=0 frequency-offset=0 
      rate-selection=legacy

/interface wireless> nstreme print 
 0 name="wlan1" enable-nstreme=yes enable-polling=yes disable-csma=yes framer-policy=none framer-limit=3200

When idling increases the counter hw-frames.

The problem in different configurations:

  1. RB711UA-5HnD + sector antenna MIMO, CPE RB SXT 5HnD, distance 10 meter, 5 GHz
  2. 2 x RB433 + R52Hn + sector antenna MIMO, distance ~1000 meter, 2,4 GHz.

In the two configurations works fine 802.11 and nv2, does not work nstreme. I can not migrate to the nv2, because he does not support EAP-TLS.

How to fix the problem?

Downgrade to version 4.17 has solved the problem.

Let me know who has what version (5.x) of nstreme working properly!

I have a lots of nstreme links running on v5.11 without problems.
When I have extensive data loss on nstreme links it is always from another wireless link running on the same frequency or very near it. I’ve noticed that nstreme is highly unstable if it shares frequency, but very good if you move to clear channel.

Thank!

In version 5.x nstreme works if all the AP selected wireless protocol - unspecified. If you choose nstreme or any - the link is not working. This is very strange.