Alright i’m a bit frustrated now. I bought these little babies thinking i could achieve a 100Mb link between two sites. I currently have them setup on my kitchen table, about 4ft apart.
I am getting 12Mb Rx, 22Mb Tx. Using Btest > Btest from 1 laptop to the other laptop.
After messing around with the little guys i found a simple tutorial to setup the Point to Point configuration. This was the ptp using bridge mode and VPLS/MPLS Link
A little more information about my setup.
These devices arrived today. I took them out of the box, and started poking around at them. I’ve since realized just how complex the setup is. I can also see how flexible they are. Clearly they are designed for much more than my simple p2p link.
After messing with as many settings as i could and nothing worked i found a tutorial on the wiki. After that failed to work i upgraded to 5.2, then did a factory reset. I then followed the tutorial again, and it went flawlessly. I then changed the IP of one of the devices to 192.168.88.2. Other than that, they’re virgin devices, with the tutorial copy/ pasted into the console, and the ip changed.
Oh also, i had to remove the band=5ghz variable. It errored out every time i tried it. Maybe thats my issue.
I’d be happy to provide any more information requested. If someone can tell me how to export my settings i’ll do that too.
To show configuration, use export commands. For example, to show wireless interface settings run “/interface wireless export”. To show IP address configuration run “/ip address export”. You can show status by running print commands, there are enhancements to them. With IP addressing common ones would be “/ip address print detail” and “/ip address print detail”. Detail views are usually better as they do not hide or abbreviate information. It’s nice to wrap the output of the commands in
tags when posting it here so it stays legible.
Export commands export everything in lower levels, too: "/ip firewall export" exports "/ip firewall filter", "/ip firewall nat", and so on. Consequently "/export" exports the entire router config, but that is usually overkill for specific questions and leads to walls of text difficult to sift through.
Can't help beyond that, I do not use Mikrotik for wireless. But hopefully that will get someone else going.
Thanks, i did a couple support dumps, but i’ll do those as well. Thanks!
Searching for export in the “manual” just brings me to “Dude Export” =\
Bridge Wireless Configuration
/interface wireless export
# jan/02/1970 02:25:36 by RouterOS 5.2
# software id = 7EHU-202S
#
/interface wireless
set 0 adaptive-noise-immunity=none allow-sharedkey=no antenna-gain=0 area="" \
arp=enabled band=5ghz-a/n basic-rates-a/g=6Mbps bridge-mode=enabled \
channel-width=20mhz compression=no country=no_country_set \
default-ap-tx-limit=0 default-authentication=yes default-client-tx-limit=\
0 default-forwarding=yes dfs-mode=none disable-running-check=no disabled=\
no disconnect-timeout=3s distance=dynamic frame-lifetime=0 frequency=5180 \
frequency-mode=manual-txpower frequency-offset=0 hide-ssid=no \
ht-ampdu-priorities=0 ht-amsdu-limit=8192 ht-amsdu-threshold=8192 \
ht-basic-mcs=mcs-0,mcs-1,mcs-2,mcs-3,mcs-4,mcs-5,mcs-6,mcs-7 \
ht-extension-channel=disabled ht-guard-interval=any ht-rxchains=0 \
ht-supported-mcs="mcs-0,mcs-1,mcs-2,mcs-3,mcs-4,mcs-5,mcs-6,mcs-7,mcs-8,mc\
s-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-txchains=0 hw-fragmentation-threshold=\
disabled hw-protection-mode=none hw-protection-threshold=0 hw-retries=7 \
l2mtu=2290 mac-address=00:0C:42:98:2F:4D max-station-count=2007 mode=\
bridge mtu=1500 name=wlan1 noise-floor-threshold=default nv2-cell-radius=\
30 nv2-noise-floor-offset=default nv2-preshared-key="" nv2-qos=default \
nv2-queue-count=2 nv2-security=disabled on-fail-retry-time=100ms \
periodic-calibration=default periodic-calibration-interval=60 \
preamble-mode=both proprietary-extensions=post-2.9.25 radio-name=\
000C42982F4D rate-set=default scan-list=default security-profile=default \
ssid=MPLS station-bridge-clone-mac=00:00:00:00:00:00 supported-rates-a/g=\
6Mbps,9Mbps,12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,48Mbps,54Mbps tdma-period-size=2 \
tx-power-mode=default update-stats-interval=disabled wds-cost-range=\
50-150 wds-default-bridge=none wds-default-cost=100 wds-ignore-ssid=no \
wds-mode=disabled wireless-protocol=nv2 wmm-support=disabled
/interface wireless manual-tx-power-table
set wlan1 manual-tx-powers="1Mbps:17,2Mbps:17,5.5Mbps:17,11Mbps:17,6Mbps:17,9M\
bps:17,12Mbps:17,18Mbps:17,24Mbps:17,36Mbps:17,48Mbps:17,54Mbps:17,HT20-0:\
17,HT20-1:17,HT20-2:17,HT20-3:17,HT20-4:17,HT20-5:17,HT20-6:17,HT20-7:17,H\
T40-0:17,HT40-1:17,HT40-2:17,HT40-3:17,HT40-4:17,HT40-5:17,HT40-6:17,HT40-\
7:17"
/interface wireless nstreme
set wlan1 disable-csma=no enable-nstreme=no enable-polling=yes framer-limit=\
3200 framer-policy=none
/interface wireless align
set active-mode=yes audio-max=-20 audio-min=-100 audio-monitor=\
00:00:00:00:00:00 filter-mac=00:00:00:00:00:00 frame-size=300 \
frames-per-second=25 receive-all=no ssid-all=no
/interface wireless sniffer
set channel-time=200ms file-limit=10 file-name="" memory-limit=10 \
multiple-channels=no only-headers=no receive-errors=no streaming-enabled=\
no streaming-max-rate=0 streaming-server=0.0.0.0
/interface wireless snooper
set channel-time=200ms multiple-channels=yes receive-errors=no
Station Wireless Configuration
/interface wireless export
# jan/02/1970 02:27:07 by RouterOS 5.2
# software id = Y5QH-TJ1Q
#
/interface wireless security-profiles
set default authentication-types="" eap-methods=passthrough group-ciphers="" \
group-key-update=5m interim-update=0s management-protection=disabled \
management-protection-key="" mode=none name=default radius-eap-accounting=\
no radius-mac-accounting=no radius-mac-authentication=no \
radius-mac-caching=disabled radius-mac-format=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX \
radius-mac-mode=as-username static-algo-0=none static-algo-1=none \
static-algo-2=none static-algo-3=none static-key-0="" static-key-1="" \
static-key-2="" static-key-3="" static-sta-private-algo=none \
static-sta-private-key="" static-transmit-key=key-0 supplicant-identity=\
MikroTik tls-certificate=none tls-mode=no-certificates unicast-ciphers="" \
wpa-pre-shared-key="" wpa2-pre-shared-key=""
/interface wireless
set 0 adaptive-noise-immunity=none allow-sharedkey=no antenna-gain=0 area="" \
arp=enabled band=5ghz-a/n basic-rates-a/g=6Mbps bridge-mode=enabled \
channel-width=20mhz compression=no country=no_country_set \
default-ap-tx-limit=0 default-authentication=yes default-client-tx-limit=0 \
default-forwarding=yes dfs-mode=none disable-running-check=no disabled=no \
disconnect-timeout=3s distance=dynamic frame-lifetime=0 frequency=5180 \
frequency-mode=manual-txpower frequency-offset=0 hide-ssid=no \
ht-ampdu-priorities=0 ht-amsdu-limit=8192 ht-amsdu-threshold=8192 \
ht-basic-mcs=mcs-0,mcs-1,mcs-2,mcs-3,mcs-4,mcs-5,mcs-6,mcs-7 \
ht-extension-channel=disabled ht-guard-interval=any ht-rxchains=0 \
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-txchains=0 hw-fragmentation-threshold=disabled \
hw-protection-mode=none hw-protection-threshold=0 hw-retries=7 l2mtu=2290 \
mac-address=00:0C:42:96:B5:24 max-station-count=2007 mode=station mtu=1500 \
name=wlan1 noise-floor-threshold=default nv2-cell-radius=30 \
nv2-noise-floor-offset=default nv2-preshared-key="" nv2-qos=default \
nv2-queue-count=2 nv2-security=disabled on-fail-retry-time=100ms \
periodic-calibration=default periodic-calibration-interval=60 \
preamble-mode=both proprietary-extensions=post-2.9.25 radio-name=\
000C4296B524 rate-set=default scan-list=default security-profile=default \
ssid=MPLS station-bridge-clone-mac=00:00:00:00:00:00 supported-rates-a/g=\
6Mbps,9Mbps,12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,48Mbps,54Mbps tdma-period-size=2 \
tx-power-mode=default update-stats-interval=disabled wds-cost-range=50-150 \
wds-default-bridge=none wds-default-cost=100 wds-ignore-ssid=no wds-mode=\
disabled wireless-protocol=nv2 wmm-support=disabled
/interface wireless manual-tx-power-table
set wlan1 manual-tx-powers="1Mbps:17,2Mbps:17,5.5Mbps:17,11Mbps:17,6Mbps:17,9Mbp\
s:17,12Mbps:17,18Mbps:17,24Mbps:17,36Mbps:17,48Mbps:17,54Mbps:17,HT20-0:17,H\
T20-1:17,HT20-2:17,HT20-3:17,HT20-4:17,HT20-5:17,HT20-6:17,HT20-7:17,HT40-0:\
17,HT40-1:17,HT40-2:17,HT40-3:17,HT40-4:17,HT40-5:17,HT40-6:17,HT40-7:17"
/interface wireless nstreme
set wlan1 disable-csma=no enable-nstreme=no enable-polling=yes framer-limit=\
3200 framer-policy=none
/interface wireless align
set active-mode=yes audio-max=-20 audio-min=-100 audio-monitor=\
00:00:00:00:00:00 filter-mac=00:00:00:00:00:00 frame-size=300 \
frames-per-second=25 receive-all=no ssid-all=no
/interface wireless sniffer
set channel-time=200ms file-limit=10 file-name="" memory-limit=10 \
multiple-channels=no only-headers=no receive-errors=no streaming-enabled=no \
streaming-max-rate=0 streaming-server=0.0.0.0
/interface wireless snooper
set channel-time=200ms multiple-channels=yes receive-errors=no
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The manual, ahem, takes some getting used to. http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Configuration_Management
Wish I could help with the actual issue, good luck.
HA! There is the backup command i was searching for too! + Karma baby
LMAO… i just noticed i was on this page hours ago when i did the system reset… Had i only scrolled up 
One note that windows bandwidth tester utility isn’t so reliable, I would recommend to use multiple FTP transfers for example or use routers to generate traffic that are connected to each sxt device.
Another note - you need to enable both chains ht-txchains=0,1 ht-rxchains=0,1 and also enable the extension channel ht-extension-channel setting.
One of the members here wrote a guide, take a look at it.
http://www.wispforum.net/entry.php?5-How-to-Connect-two-Mikrotik-SXT-5D-s-In-Bridge-Mode-Part-I
http://www.wispforum.net/entry.php?6-How-to-Connect-two-Mikrotik-SXT-5D-s-In-Bridge-Mode-Part-II
Thanks guys
I found that manual last night, i plan to try it today. I’ll give the channels a try too.
I followed that guide from wisp and I have a full 100MB link.
Is that 100Mb TCP?
I’ve just completed that guide and i too test high on the internal tests. But the tests between the laptops connected to the link are much less… I’m very frustrated at this point.
I setup the SXT’s in the yard mounted on the flag pole and a PVC stand, about 100ft from each other.
Internal vs. External Before extra HT enhancement
Internal vs. External After extra HT enhancement
bah!
The first thing we’re going to change is the TX power. With the radios still so close together the signals will to be too high and you’re not going to get the best results.
Do the following to both SXTs:
Double click on the Wlan1 in the Wireless Tables
Click the Advance Mode button at the bottom right (If you’re already in advance mode - you’ll see a Simple Mode button instead - don’t click it just go to the next step.)
Click the TX Power tab
Click the TX Power Mode list and select All rates fixed
Now here is where it gets tricky…if the radios are just a few feet away then you shouldn’t have any problems setting the TX Power to 0. The goal here is to lower the TX power until you get the signals to be somewhere between 45 and 60 dB on both sides.
Are you sure you can read?
My reading skills seem to be fine, however maybe its your eye sight.
As for that, i tried lowering the tx power. I’m sure that would be quite effective at 1-2ft away from each other. However i setup my radios 100ft from each other for these tests. Decreasing the TX power on them also decreased my signal quality, IE from -11 to -30.
As you can see by my screen shots the bandwidth between the radios matches that tutorial perfectly.
The picture shows -15 not -60.
anyway you can take a look here http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/sxt-ptp-link-reports/46799/1
LE. I belive you should read more about wireless or listen to advise.
It doesn’t show -60 because i put the tx power back after it had negative performance.
And i’ve seen that picture all over the forum. You’ve posted it 3 times today.