I’ve been given the job of testing a wireless setup but lack the training I’m afraid.
I have a 411 router board with an R52n attached, all connected to a 10dBi omni antenna (I have another antenna too but only one pigtail setup as I want to test the range and power of them separately if possible.
The pigtail is attached to J3 on the R52n.
I have upgrade the ROS on the board and licences etc. and have enabled the wirelesscard.
Can someone advise me on the correct combination of tx/rs chain settings for one antenna as this area completely confuses me.
Any chance of some input from someone because my Mikrotik experience is not a happy one so far?
I’ve tried the other antenna and think I have tried most of the settings in one way or another. Can someone help me use the R52n to create a hotspot (don’t worry about the IP and DNS stuff at the moment, I just want to get a nice strong wireless signal first).
What tx-power you see then the card is enabled?
What signal you see on that wireless link?
What kind of equipment you are trying to connect?
Please contact the support@mikrotik.com with the support output file.
1: Your antennas are not rated for 5ghz, I had this happen to me, it was very very frustrating until I realized I was the problem.
2: bad connectors/pigtails
The pigtail was fine but I have begun to understand my problem.
What I am trying to do is use a RB411/R52n combination to setup a local hotspot. The problem is this: despite saying that the 52n covers the 802.11a spectrum it only in fact covers the lower band (5180-5320MHz) and the higher band (5745-5825MHz). I have been successful in setting up a local hotspot at the lower band using this equipment but as I need it to go between bulidings it is not an option as I shall explain.
In the UK, the high band, 5745-5825 MHz (Band C), is a licensed band which can only be used for the Installation of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) services between stationary points. Band B (5470-5725 MHz) can be used licence free for indoor or outdoor links but the permitted power levels are much lower than those allowed in Band C. Band A is licence free and can be used for public and private mobile/nomadic Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN).
In fact Band A can only be used indoors here so it is useless for what I am trying to achieve and the higher band can only be used for ptp type connections. I need to utilise Band B but the R52n doesn’t allow those frequencies. Which products do?
Can someone cast an eye over what I have written and confirm that this is correct?
Nicomorgan note that modifying the parameter of country, change the frequency ranges you can use. I imagine that the opportunities given to UK may contain an error and therefore does not have the range you need