Hi all, I hope this ends up being something silly I missed, but since doing a net install on my hAP ax3 I cannot get the 5GHz band to work.
I have what I think is a very basic config:
/interface/wifi/print
# NAME CONFIGURATION.MODE CONFIGURATION.SSID CHANNEL.WIDTH
0 MBI wifi1 ap ssid5GHz 20/40/80mhz
1 MBR wifi2 ap ssid 20/40mhz
/interface/wifi/configuration/print
Flags: X - disabled
0 name="cfg1" mode=ap ssid="ssid" country=United States
/interface/wifi/security/print
Flags: X - disabled
0 name="sec1" authentication-types=wpa2-psk,wpa3-psk passphrase="password" ft=yes
/system/package/print
Columns: NAME, VERSION, BUILD-TIME, SIZE
# NAME VERSION BUILD-TIME SIZE
0 routeros 7.17 2025-01-16 08:19:28 11.9MiB
1 wifi-qcom 7.17 2025-01-16 08:19:28 10.2MiB
Skip DFS Channels is also set to 10min CAC
Yet, I cannot see 5GHz (to be clear, i did before netinstall).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
What frequency is being used for 5GHz ?
AX devices tend to favor UNII-3 part of spectrum but quite a lot of client devices can not handle it.
Set frequency manually so you know where it should be.
Hi holvoetn, I appreciate the reply!
I ended up “resolving” this with a downgrade to 7.15. Do you think this is something that should be reported? Any other hapax3 7.17 users experiencing this?
Thanks again!
Oh yeah, plenty of times.
Most of the times the reason I see is frequency setting or client incompatible with the auto- selected frequency.
Hence why I suggest to set frequency manually.
Then you know where it is supposed to be.
I’ll keep that in mind next time I upgrade and see this issue. I really appreciate your time!
ft must be disabled if not running multiple caps.
It also helps for roaming between 2.4 and 5GHz if SSIDs are the same.
Yes I switched to using the same SSID, the switch was for testing when I couldn’t see the 5GHz band at all. FT is working!
Wait, should I have FT disabled if this is my only WAP? Presumably the 2.4-5 roaming still works with it disabled?
*Edit: Documentation seems to confirm that. Thanks again, all!